NHS AfC: Band 6
Main area Nursing Grade NHS AfC: Band 6 Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (The service is staffed 24/7 including weekends, bank holidays.) Job ref 338-6885017-24
Site The Walker Street Centre Town Hull Salary £37,338 - £44,962 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 02/01/2025 23:59
Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust are proud award winners of the HSJ Provider of the Year 2019
Job overview
Do you want to be part of an innovative, dynamic service that is committed to delivering the best care by the best people?
We are looking to appoint Band 6 Specialist Practitioners to our CAMHS Intensive Home Treatment Team, this team works closely with the CAMHS Crisis team. This is an exciting opportunity for mental health/learning disability nurses with experience of mental health to progress their skills working within the Intensive Home Treatment and CAMHS. Experience of working with young people with emotional or mental health difficulties or working in a mental health urgent care/ crisis setting is desirable but not essential.
The CAMHS Crisis & Intensive Home Treatment Team provides a 24/7 community crisis service for young people up to the age of 18 years. The team also provides intensive intervention, home treatment and in-reach into the CAMHS inpatient/acute hospital setting.
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will have strong engagement skills, excellent communication skills and some experience of working collaboratively with other agencies and professions. They will work as part of a multi-disciplinary team and undertake the crisis assessment of young people, care plans, and provide psychological interventions in relation to the young person’s presenting need. They will also lead/supervise interventions provided by junior staff.
The CAMHS Crisis & Intensive Home Treatment Team works closely with our CAMHS Inspire Inpatient Service and will support young people whilst in-patient to facilitate early discharge. Therefore, the successful candidate will be provided with additional training regarding in-patient working to support this joint working.
The successful candidate will work 37.5 hours per week 09:30-19:30 but would expect to work flexibly.
Working for our organisation
We are an award-winning and CQC rated good health and social care Trust delivering integrated services across Hull, East and North Yorkshire. We are a forward-thinking and dynamic Trust with a real commitment to staff development. We value our colleagues and invest in them to ensure they have the right skills to deliver outstanding care.
Work-life balance is about having influence and flexibility over when, where, and how you work. If the work pattern for this role does not meet your needs, we welcome an application and are happy to discuss working arrangements that differ from those advertised.
We offer a unique range of benefits that go above and beyond other NHS Trusts including an enhanced leave package and health and wellbeing support.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For further details with regard to this vacancy opportunity, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.
Person specification
Qualifications
* Registered Mental Health/Learning Disability Nurse on NMC live register
* Full understanding of relevant policy, legislation, drivers and their application to clinical and service area, e.g. The Mental Health Act (1983), Mental Capacity Act, Social Inclusion
* Evidence of CPD or experiential learning at an advanced level e.g. Postgraduate/Masters level
* Leadership training/qualification/experience
Skills
* Effective inter-personal skills and experience in supervising and mentoring
Experience
* Previous community-based experience or band 6 experience transferable to community setting
* Evidence of continuing professional development (CPD) relevant to the clinical area at specialist level of care
Please note that if there is a high volume of applications we reserve the right to close the vacancy earlier than the advertised closing date.
This post will be subject to successful completion of a 6 month probationary period where applicable, further details would be included within any offer letter.
We will apply for a Disclosure from the Disclosure & Barring Service for the successful candidate if this is required for the post. Anyone applying for a position which involves a regulated activity will require an enhanced Disclosure & Barring check.
IMPORTANT: Should your application be successfully shortlisted, you will be contacted to attend an interview electronically to the email address provided at the time of the application. It is important therefore, that you CHECK YOUR EMAILS/NHS JOBS ACCOUNT on a regular basis.
If you are not contacted by the Trust within six weeks of the closing date of the vacancy, your application will have been unsuccessful on this occasion.
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You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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