Job summary
Are you passionate about supporting adults to have good mental health? Are you a recovery focused and creative mental health nurse whowants to work in a supportive multi-disciplinary team? An opportunity has become available to work within the Goole Cygnet Primary Care Mental Health Network team as aBand 6 Specialist Community Mental Health Nurse.
As an employer Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust are dedicated to being a best practice example of inter-professional working in mental health. As part of this we encourage and provide opportunities for continued professional development and regular supervision to help develop nursing skills, knowledge and experience.
As part of the role you will need the means to effectively transport yourself between multiple addresses/venues on a daily basis including transporting, clients, equipment & clinical stock required for treatment.
Main duties of the job
As a Primary Care Mental Health key-worker you will provide signposting, support and short-term interventions to promote mental health recovery. Establishing therapeutic relationships with service users and their family / carers. Provide clinical leadership within the team, ensuring high standards of care and supporting colleagues with complex cases.
Act as a role model for best practice and contribute to service development initiatives.
Offer guidance and supervision to team members and students, fostering a positive learning environment.
Support effective decision-making and problem-solving within the team to maintain safe, responsive care delivery.
Complete initial triage and assessment of needs including:
- Signposting / referring clients to the most appropriate service to meet their needs.
- Complete risk assessment and care planning documentation
- Develop and deliver recovery focused care.
- Provide information and psycho education surrounding mental health conditions and medication.
- Uphold legal frameworks which underpin service delivery.
- Assess risks, the management of risks and effectiveness of interventions.
- Develop good working relationships with neighbouring teams to enable effective co-working and responsive transfers of care if necessary.
- Monitoring of medication.
- Offer leadership and support to the team in the absence of the Clinical lead day to day and in meetings.
About us
We are an award winning and CQC rated good health and social care Trust delivering integrated services across Hull, East and North Yorkshire. Find out more on our website
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 are proud to score above or equal to the average for all NHS People Promise theme areas demonstrating our commitment to improve the experience of working in the NHS for everyone. Wherever you work we know you will receive a warm welcome and all the support you'll need to get you started.
We recognise the positive value of diversity and promotes 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 and we are happy to discuss this further.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For further information for this vacancy, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For further information for this vacancy, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.
Person Specification
Qualifiactions & Knowledge
Essential
- Registered Mental Health Nurse on NMC live register
- Demonstrable experience of mentoring pre-registration students
- Full understanding of relevant policy, legislation, drivers and their application to clinical and service area, e.g. The Mental Health Act, Mental Capacity Act.
- IT skills for learning systems required for role e.g. electronic patient record, clinical stock ordering systems, incident reporting systems.
Desirable
- oLeadership training/qualification/experience.
- oEvidence of project work that has impacted on practice and demonstrates a higher level of communication/planning/change that impacts within own area of work/responsibility.
Experience
Essential
- Previous community based experience or band 6 experience transferrable to community setting Experience of leading on complex care delivery
- Experience of leading on care delivery
- Evidence of promoting/supporting active user/carer involvement/participation
Desirable
- Leadership/management experience which has had a positive impact and created change within the service delivery/practice
- Ability to effectively Chair meetings
- Experience of SystmOne
Skills and Competencies
Essential
- Effective inter-personal skills and experience in supervising and mentoring
- Ability to effectively transport self between multiple addresses/venues on a daily basis including transporting, clients, equipment & clinical stock required for treatment.
Desirable
- Ability to lead and motivate staff to embrace change
- Working knowledge of Trust policies and procedures to effectively lead and manage others
Person Specification
Qualifiactions & Knowledge
Essential
- Registered Mental Health Nurse on NMC live register
- Demonstrable experience of mentoring pre-registration students
- Full understanding of relevant policy, legislation, drivers and their application to clinical and service area, e.g. The Mental Health Act, Mental Capacity Act.
- IT skills for learning systems required for role e.g. electronic patient record, clinical stock ordering systems, incident reporting systems.
Desirable
- oLeadership training/qualification/experience.
- oEvidence of project work that has impacted on practice and demonstrates a higher level of communication/planning/change that impacts within own area of work/responsibility.
Experience
Essential
- Previous community based experience or band 6 experience transferrable to community setting Experience of leading on complex care delivery
- Experience of leading on care delivery
- Evidence of promoting/supporting active user/carer involvement/participation
Desirable
- Leadership/management experience which has had a positive impact and created change within the service delivery/practice
- Ability to effectively Chair meetings
- Experience of SystmOne
Skills and Competencies
Essential
- Effective inter-personal skills and experience in supervising and mentoring
- Ability to effectively transport self between multiple addresses/venues on a daily basis including transporting, clients, equipment & clinical stock required for treatment.
Desirable
- Ability to lead and motivate staff to embrace change
- Working knowledge of Trust policies and procedures to effectively lead and manage others
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details
Employer name
Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Goole Cygnet Primary Care Mental Health Network Bartholomew House
Boothferry Road
Goole
DN14 6AL
Employer's website
https://www.humber.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
