CAMHS Crisis Nurse - Jersey - £70k-£74k

Job description

Job responsibilities

Receiving and scrutinising appropriateness of referral.

Utilising excellent interpersonal skills, ability to listen others views, respecting and valuing individuals from a diverse range of backgrounds.

Carrying out assessments (including for those in crisis) in the community, in the Emergency Department, and in police custody independently, liaising with family and professionals and taking an active role in risk-assessing and safety planning. Where appropriate, promoting and enabling the use of alternatives to hospital admission.

Liaising and working positively with members of the team, other teams within the department, and partner organisations. Working collaboratively with colleagues to empower service users and carers, maximise service user independence, and ensure the protection of islanders human rights.

Recognising and addressing concerns about the physical health needs of service users, and how they interact with the service users mental health needs.

Encouraging and empowering service users to have an optimum level of responsibility for their individual program of care and with their consent, where appropriate, seeking the cooperation of relatives, carers, and community provisions following recovery principles and approaches. Supporting service users to adopt recovery strategies that promote their wellbeing, healthy lifestyle, independence, and self-care.

To be personally responsible and professionally accountable for a caseload as part of the crisis and assessment team.

Provides timely, accurate, well written reports, in accordance with statutory guidance and Government policy.

Takes responsibility for continuing professional development within own area of expertise.

Mentors and supports students and junior members of staff within own professional expertise as and when required.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• Demonstrable experience post qualifying as a CAMHS nurse/ability to demonstrate required experience including evidence in leading a multi-professional team.
• Broad experience of engaging with patients, motivate and support them to high standards.
• Demonstrable knowledge of Safeguarding
• Evidence of leadership Experience of implementing,managing and achieving changes inclinical practice
• Demonstrates clinical outcome measures for service users
• Experienced in clinical governance, clinical audit, and service users experience.
• Evidence of effective staff management and running a ward/area/department

Desirable

• Experience of conducting supervision sessions with staff
• Evidence of experience in delivering training/education to a broad range of professionals
• Experience of implementing, managing and achieving changes in clinical practice.

Qualifications

Essential

• Regulated Mental HealthNurse with current NMC registration.
• Profession Specific / Speciality Degree (or level 6 qualification) in Nursery equivalent.
• Recognised teaching qualification
• Working towards Masters (Level 7) professional qualification, relevant to speciality.
• Intermediate Life Support (ILS)

Desirable

• Masters Level qualification in appropriate speciality
• Independent Prescribing Qualification (e.g. NMC v300)

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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

Health and Community Services

Address

Government Of Jersey

19-21 Broad Street

St. Helier

Jersey

Channel Islands

JE2 3RR

Employer's website

https://www.gov.je (Opens in a new tab)