Are you a passionate, compassionate, highly skilled Nurse?
Are you looking for an opportunity to support the delivery of excellent patient care to children, young people and their families?
Are you keen to be at the forefront of service development and innovative practice?
Are you keen to work across systems to seek solutions?
If so, there is an innovative and exciting opportunity within our North Yorkshire, York and Selby Child and Adolescents Mental Health Service for a Community Modern Matron to join an existing Matron. You will be joining a senior leadership team and taking a clinical leader role in delivering and supporting the delivery of excellent safe, effective, and person-centered care to young people and their families.
Main duties of the job
You will be welcomed by the teams across the locality and will work alongside another enthusiastic, excellent Modern Matron. You will work as part of the leadership team including General Manager, Service Managers, and Clinical leaders. You will be line managed by the Associate Director of Nursing and will also work with other Modern Matrons in the North Yorkshire York & Selby Care Group.
You will be taking a lead on nursing and service development, assurance, and supporting the identified teams in your portfolio in the CAMHS specialty with the transformation to ensure patient safety, excellent care, and service development.
You will be required to travel across the NYY & S locality. The post holder will be given a base at Northmoor House Northallerton or Orca House York.
About us
We are the Mental Health & Learning Disability NHS Trust for County Durham and Darlington, Teesside, North Yorkshire, York, and Selby.
From education and prevention to crisis and specialist care, our talented and compassionate teams work in partnership with our patients, communities, and partners to help the people of our region feel safe, understood, believed in, and cared for.
We nurture the recovery journey of anyone in need of our help. In Our Trust, everyone has a say in how they are supported and treated because we listen to every person in our care until they feel understood. Our patients, their families, and carers work together with us towards better mental health.
We're committed to new thinking that improves the wellbeing of our region. We connect with our communities and partners to get mental health care right in areas that really need it.
We won't rest until everyone in our region has the mental health care they need to lead their best possible life.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for further detailed information to ensure that you meet the role criteria before applying.
Informal enquiries: Nicola Everett- Joel, Associate Director of Nursing at nicola.everett@nhs.net
Lisa Edmonds, CAMHS Community Modern Matron at lisa.edmonds@nhs.net
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
1. RN, current professional registration with NMC
2. Professional knowledge acquired through degree/diploma supplemented by specialist training or equivalent experience to master's level equivalent
3. Recognised clinical teaching qualification or equivalent clinical mentoring and teaching experience
4. Leadership qualification or willingness to work towards. Qualification must be achieved within agreed timescale.
5. Quality Improvement Systems for Leaders or willing to undertake within agreed timescale.
6. Evidence of continuous personal development
7. Key skills in literacy, numeracy and ITQ level 2 (or equivalent)
Experience
Essential
1. Extensive experience working with people with complex mental ill health or learning disabilities in an inpatient or community environment
2. Extensive experience working collaboratively with service users and their families/carers
3. Extensive experience in a clinical nurse leadership role
4. Extensive experience providing clinical supervision, mentoring and teaching to healthcare professionals and students.
Knowledge
Essential
1. Sound knowledge of principles of nursing and how to apply these in a practice setting
2. Significant evidenced based knowledge of best practice in caring for patients in the designated field
3. Good understanding of relevant legislation and guidance (e.g. Mental Health Act, Mental Capacity Act, CPA, Safe Staffing) and its application in practice.
4. Good understanding of clinical governance and its application in practice.
5. Good understanding of Recovery principles and application in practice
Employer details
Employer name
Tees Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust
Address
North Yorkshire York and Selby CAMHS Service - Base to be agreed at appointment
Northallerton
DL6 2FG
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