Main area Community Mental Health Nursing Grade NHS AfC: Band 6 Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Flexible working between 08.00 and 18.00 is supported and encouraged) Job ref 338-6959169-25
Employer Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site The Grange Town HULL Salary £37,338 - £44,962 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 24/02/2025 23:59
Specialist Nurse - Adult CMHT
NHS AfC: Band 6
Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust are proud award winners of the HSJ Provider of the Year 2019
Job overview
Adult Community Mental Health Services in Hull are changing. We have formed a locality based team incorporating Primary and Secondary Mental Health Care staff to give us a more seamless approach to care delivery.
These roles sit within the secondary care part of the locality team and the post-holders will provide specialist mental health interventions to people with complex mental health presentations.
We are moving towards a trauma informed model of care delivery so an understanding of this approach is essential for all applicants.
You will work alongside colleagues from Social Work, Occupational Therapy, and Clinical Psychology and will benefit from an extensive breadth of professional expertise.
Main duties of the job
The applicant will be expected to have specialist nursing knowledge of working with adults with complex mental health issues.
Experience in assessing and managing clinical risk is a key feature of the role and so applicants will need to demonstrate understanding and experience in this area.
The post holder will manage a caseload of people with complex mental health presentations and will need to be able to prioritise their time effectively and maintain a degree of flexibility around their time management.
You will have the opportunity to develop leadership skills, providing supervision to healthcare staff. You will lead and participate in the development of staff through appraisal and clinical supervision.
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.
We recognise the positive value of diversity and promote equality whilst challenging discrimination. We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds.
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 information with regard to this vacancy, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.
Person specification
Qualifications & Knowledge
* Registered Mental Health Nurse - Part III or 13 of NMC live register
* Post registration/graduate diploma or equivalent experience in related work area, to demonstrate advanced level of practice
* Evidence of CPD or experiential learning at an advanced level e.g. Post graduate/Masters level
* Leadership training/Qualification/Experience
Experience
* Evidence of continuing professional development (CPD) relevant to the clinical area at specialist level of care
* Evidence of development of specialist practice nursing skills and able to demonstrate the impact of this on practice change/development
* Demonstrable experience of working in the specific field where the post is held
Skills And Competencies
* Effective interpersonal skills and experience in supervising and mentoring
* Ability to lead and motivate staff to embrace change
* Working knowledge of the Trust policies and procedures in order to effectively lead and manage others
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.
Where operationally feasible the Trust supports agile working, there is an expectation of attendance of 1 day per week at a Trust site as a minimum operationally. Unless specifically stated in the advert that a role will have home as the base of work, all roles will have the option to work from a Trust base if remote working is not for you.
If required for the post the ability to commute within the Trust's geographical area with access to the appropriate means of transport would be essential.
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. We would however like to thank you for the interest you have shown in the Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust.
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Employer certification / accreditation badges
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.
Name Kevin Blyth Job title Team Leader Email address kevin.blyth@nhs.net Telephone number 07973 619517 Additional information
Lydia Tandy, Clinical Lead lydia.tandy1@nhs.net
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