Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust
Would you like to be part of an adolescent mental health service which is innovative, forward-thinking and committed to enabling Young People who are experiencing mental health difficulties to recover and discover their potential?
We currently have 37.5 hours per week vacancies for a Qualified Nurse to work as part of the nursing team at The Cove, a QNIC accredited inpatient service in Heysham Lancashire. The primary focus of the role will be to provide quality care for young people aged 13 and up to their 18th birthdays that have acute mental health problems, in partnership with their families and carers.
Main duties of the job
The successful applicant will be part of the multi-disciplinary team of health and social care professionals.
The service provides assessment and treatment for young people from across the whole of Lancashire and South Cumbria.
The post involves a 24 hour working pattern covering days, nights and weekends.
The successful candidate must have a genuine interest and a desire to work with young people within this age range.
To join the team you will need to be caring, compassionate, innovative, creative, flexible and highly motivated. We are looking for a good communicator and team player.
Working with this age group is a specialist field that will provide you with a highly challenging and very rewarding career. Relevant training and supervision will be provided for all successful applicants as an integral part of their ongoing professional development.
The service is committed to Young People's participation in decision-making and we would expect applicants to support collaborative working with young people. The selection and appointment process will involve Young People who have experience of using CYPMH services.
About us
Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust provides a range of services including secondary mental health care across this area. Specialist provision comprises inpatient child and adolescent mental health services, perinatal mental health and forensic services including low and medium secure care.
The Trust also provides a range of physical health and well-being services in the community alongside a range of partners in the Lancashire, Cumbria and Sefton area.
Lancashire & South Cumbria Foundation Trust encourages flexible working, we believe that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing. We would consider working patterns such as; term time, part time, compressed hours, flexi-time and career breaks. We encourage applicants to state clearly on their application forms this request and discuss these options at interview.
Job responsibilities
For more details on this vacancy please review the attached job description and person specification.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* 1st level registered nurse
Knowledge
* Working knowledge of Children Act 1989, Mental Health Act and Child Protection.
* Professional nursing issues, PREP, NMC disciplinary issues etc.
* Assessment methods & therapeutic approaches
Experience
* Recent experience of working within CYPMH
* Experience of working with adolescents experiencing emotional / psychological difficulties.
* Shift leader experience, delegating tasks and organising work duties.
* Key Worker or Named Nurse experience.
* Devising individual care plans and co-ordinating care for specific clients
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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