Community Mental Health Nurse

Job summary

Our Core CAMHS team in Tamworth are looking to welcome a Band 5 Community Mental Health Nurse to the team

The role involves managing a defined caseload with children/young people and their families who experience a complex range of needs and difficulties. You will be responsible for assessing, planning and providing ongoing support and therapeutic interventions to the client group/service users under the supervision of a senior team member.

You will complement the multi-disciplinary working of the team, participating in team and service development and evaluation.

This post is a development post, you will have a training plan in place to support the learning to fulfil that on a Mental Health Nurse in CAHMS. Upon completion and competency sign off the post holder will transition to the next AFC pay banding.

Main duties of the job

• The function of this development role is to develop the key core skills and competencies for a mental health nurse in CAMHS.
• Be available for individual supervision with agreed clinical and managerial supervisor in line with Trust policies.
• Take responsibility, (with supervision of senior staff, during developmental period) for the management of a caseload, which includes, specialist assessment (within service specification), care planning in conjunction with the child and family, delivering treatment interventions, evaluation of individual treatment plans.
• Responsible for participating in the setting of quality standards, including the auditing, monitoring and reviewing of practice in line with current clinical guidance practice and policy.
• Complying with relevant Trust procedures and NMC Guidance.
• Assess patient's individual care needs, develop, implement and evaluate programmes of care.
• Deliver a range of interventions in accordance with the agreed plan of care and service guidance including; pharmacological and psychologically informed interventions.
• Maintain an effective reporting system by observing and reporting verbally and in writing on patient conditions.
• Utilise agreed outcome measures to review the effectiveness of interventions, as part of the care planning and evaluation process.
• Support in the provision of formal and informal training of pre/post registration students, staff members, carers and children.

About us

By joining Team MPFT, you will be helping your communities and in return for this, we will support you by;

• Supporting your career development and progression
• Excellent NHS Pension scheme
• Generous maternity, paternity and adoption leave
• Options for flexible working
• Up to 27 days annual leave (increasing with service up to 33 days) and the opportunity to purchase additional leave
• Extensive Health and Wellbeing support and resources
• If you work in our community teams, we pay for your time travelling between patients
• Lease car if you complete more than 500 business miles per annum, fully insured and maintained (including tyres), mileage paid at lease car rate
• Salary sacrifice car - fully insured and maintained (including tyres), your gross pay is reduced by the cost of the vehicle before tax, NI and pension deductions are calculated, milage paid at business rates
• Salary sacrifice bikes up to £2k
• Free car parking at all trust sites
• Free flu vaccinations every year
• Citizens Advice support linked with a Hardship Fund for one off additional support up to £250 (if the criteria is met)

And more. We are proud to be a diverse and inclusive organisation and there is a choice of staff networks that help you meet like-minded people.