Job summary
Senior Nurse Practitioner in Adult Community Mental Health - Band 7 - Full-time
Are you an experienced band 6 mental health nurse who is keen to develop their clinical leadership skills in an innovative and exciting community mental health service?
This is a key Senior Nurse Practitioner post in the High Weald, Lewes and Havens Assessment and Treatment Service which has two sites: in Uckfield and Newhaven.
The service sits within the beautiful landscape of the South Downs National Park and is only a few miles from the cosmopolitan city of Brighton. Our community mental health services are undergoing a huge transformation as we move to a more integrated network of services, with our mental health teams being central in driving the changes.
Main duties of the job
The Senior Nurse Practitioner provides clinical, professional and management supervision to all the nurses in the service. They coordinate the training and registration of all nursing staff. They provide practice education for nursing associates, nursing degree apprentices and sometimes nursing students. They hold a capped caseload of complex, high risk secondary care patients. They act as co-worker to support other Lead Practitioners with particularly challenging cases. They support the coordination and delivery of the ATS Duty service across our two sites. They lead on the the overall clinical management of the clinic rooms at both sites. They handle all nursing and medication related incidents and complaints and lead on the implementation of any new regulatory or service improvement that is particularly related to nursing practice. Many of these functions cannot be adequately or safely delivered by a series of bank or agency staff. The functions support high standards of health care delivery and maintain the wellbeing, retention and recruitment of staff. Their clinical leadership and experience is essential to support safe and effective practice with some of our most high risk service users.
About us
As a mental health trust Sussex Partnership places a huge focus on the wellbeing of our staff, as well as ensuring our reward packages reflect the immensely important work they do.
As a Senior Nurse Practitioner in our team we can offer you:
- Access to numerous wellbeing and support programmes, run by our internal wellbeing team
- Excellent supervision programmes, with ongoing opportunities for training and development
- Flexible working patterns
- Access to a host of discount schemes (including gyms, shopping, restaurants and cars)
- A position within a trust rated as 'Outstanding' for caring and 'Good' overall by the CQC
- Generous holiday entitlement (starting at 27 days + 8 bank holidays)
If you are looking for the opportunity to work within a busy but rewarding Assessment and Treatment service in the heart of The South Downs National Park, then we would love to hear from you.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The post holder will provide specialist assessments and nursing interventions to patients with severe mental illness in a community setting; participate in review of clinical policies and guidelines relevant to the area and support and implement changes to practice; liaise with other organisations and professionals to promote communication and good practice; be able to undertake audit activity and supervision of other staff in the service area/care group; have an understanding of psychosocial interventions to include psycho-education, wellness recovery action plans and discharge planning
Job description
Job responsibilities
The post holder will provide specialist assessments and nursing interventions to patients with severe mental illness in a community setting; participate in review of clinical policies and guidelines relevant to the area and support and implement changes to practice; liaise with other organisations and professionals to promote communication and good practice; be able to undertake audit activity and supervision of other staff in the service area/care group; have an understanding of psychosocial interventions to include psycho-education, wellness recovery action plans and discharge planning
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse with current registration (mental health / LD/ Adult) appropriate to the job role
- Degree/diploma level supplemented by specialist qualification, training, experience, courses to masters level equivalent relevant to the care group
- Evidence of post registration training in relevant service area
- Completion of Mentorship Course/ENB equivalent
Experience/Knowledge
Essential
- Extensive post qualifying experience in relevant service area
- Experience of supervising staff and students
- Able to manage a caseload of patients with complex mental health needs
- Comprehensive knowledge of interventions specific to service area
- Awareness of Trust policies and service specification
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse with current registration (mental health / LD/ Adult) appropriate to the job role
- Degree/diploma level supplemented by specialist qualification, training, experience, courses to masters level equivalent relevant to the care group
- Evidence of post registration training in relevant service area
- Completion of Mentorship Course/ENB equivalent
Experience/Knowledge
Essential
- Extensive post qualifying experience in relevant service area
- Experience of supervising staff and students
- Able to manage a caseload of patients with complex mental health needs
- Comprehensive knowledge of interventions specific to service area
- Awareness of Trust policies and service specification
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).
