SENIOR CAMHS NURSE

North East London Foundation Trust are looking to recruit a Senior Mental Health Nurse, who will provide effective and efficient management of delegated resources within the Young Person's Home Treatment Team (YPHTT), which is a 24 hour crisis provision within CAMHS. Shift patterns including early, late and night shifts.

YPHTTare recent RCNi award winners and rated 'outstanding' by the CQC. YPHTT work with young people and their families /carers, who are aged 12-18 years YPHTT is a full MDT service that is effectively a 'hospital at home' working adjacent to the inpatient unit. The team encourages re-integration back into communities, school and homes.

Main duties of the job

1. To be responsible for organising and prioritising own and others workload in the day to day allocation of work.2. To show leadership skills across the multi-disciplinary team.3. To deputise when required in the absence of the clinical leads / team manager and delegate appropriately to other members of the team.4. To have organisational knowledge of Trust protocols and procedures and adhere to them, particularly in relation to the administration of medicine and Safeguarding Children.5. To be responsible for providing accurate records of information required by the Trust for audit purposes.6. To ensure effective risk management at team level by accident / incident reporting, assessing and controlling risk and ensuring residual risks are added to the Trust register.7. To undertake regular clinical audits to inform practice and to report this in to Brookside's internal governance structure.8. To work a 24 hour, 365 day shift pattern, including night shifts.

About us

Starting with NELFT

NELFT place a great deal of importance on new starters being properly welcomed and inducted into the Trust. All new starters will join the Trust on the first Monday of each month and will undertake a comprehensive induction of up to two weeks which will include mandatory training, systems training and the allocation of equipment. As part of the process new starters will have the opportunity to also meet the executive team, senior managers and attend a number of drop-in sessions focusing on engagement, health and wellbeing and key processes. The induction will be held at our head office in Rainham, Essex.

Probationary Period

This post will be subject to a probationary period. Internal applicants are exempt from the probationary period (unless you are an internal applicant currently part way through a probationary period or currently a bank member of staff).

High-Cost Area Supplement

This post also attracts payment for High-Cost Area Supplement of 15% of the basic salary (minimum payment of £4,551 and a maximum payment of £5,735) (pro rata for part time staff).

Use of AI

Applications for this role should be written by the applicant. If artificial intelligence (AI) programmes are used then the application may be rejected due to this document being an important part of the assessment process. This does not prevent applicants seeking appropriate support with applications should they need to for the purposes of any declared disability.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached job description and person specification for more information about this role and working at North East London NHS Foundation Trust. We encourage you to refer closely to this when completing your application.

We welcome your application even if you do not meet all the criteria listed in the person specification. Any development needs to help you succeed in the role, can be discussed at the interview stage.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• RMN
• Degree
• Evidence of CPD

Desirable

• Mentorship

Experience

Essential

• Extensive experience of working with young people with complex, acute mental health needs and challenging behaviours.
• Providing staff supervision and appraisal to qualified and non- professionally aligned staff.
• Risk assessment and management within a mental health inpatient setting.
• Ability to perform under pressure, quickly and effectively, making timely managerial decisions and following through available agreed care pathways.

Desirable

• Managing clinical services.

Knowledge

Essential

• An awareness of NHS Plan, NSF and clinical governance priorities
• Thorough knowledge of the 1983 Mental Health Act, Mental Capacity Act, Children's Act, and related legislation, codes of practice and guidance.
• Understanding of and commitment to the principle of equal opportunities in service delivery
• Infection control standards

Other

Essential

• To be able to travel efficiently throughout the area
• Well-developed interpersonal skills especially when handling conflict and change.
• Ability to lead and direct teams performance and activities.
• Ability to cope with highly emotionally stressful situations on a day-to-day basis.
• To be flexible, supportive and if required to take on management of new services as required

Employer details

Employer name

NELFT North East London Foundation Trust

Address

Brookside

Ilford

IG3 8XQ

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