Nurse Practitioner | £63k - £68K | Jersey

Job responsibilities

1. The post holder will support the clinical manager in the provision of professional leadership and accountability for a specialised service, sharing clinical knowledge and experience to improve nursing practise and delivering evidence-based outcomes through the use of routine outcome measures.

2. The post holder will keep fully up to date in developments within own professional discipline and maintain an awareness of developments in clinical and nursing practice generally and will disseminate knowledge and experience to improve patient care.

3. The post holder will take an active role in the support of colleagues and provide expert advice and guidance to the multi-disciplinary team and the wider network. Modifying practice to improve efficiency where necessary.

4. The post holder will balance clinical/educational responsibilities to maintain professional competence and sustain the authority of professional expertise.

5. The post holder will maintain a professional portfolio which demonstrates the continuing acquisition of skills, knowledge, attitudes, understanding and achievement

6. Manage a caseload of vulnerable children and their families supported by the CAMHS Service Manager, to provide a person centred, strengths-based model, providing and coordinating practical and emotional, evidence-based support that is persistent and proactive.

7. Work as part of a Duty and Assessment rota supporting the Children and Families Hub as required, to respond to immediate mental health concerns raised by professionals from all agencies, members of the public, children, young people and families. Thereby ensuring a comprehensive mental health triage process and onward support and facilitation to wider services and needs based interventions

8. Use, update and maintain specialist skills, knowledge and experience to act as a mental health resource for children and families, colleagues and partners as required.

9. Maintain up to date and factual records that ensure the service provided is both transparent and accountable, in line with legal requirements and departmental procedures and processes.

10.Our service is in the process of expanding our hours: Undertake a 7day week rota, including duty rota, (Monday to Sunday covering out of hour and unsocial working hours, 8am -8pm.

11. Undertake responsibility for ensuring that risk is clearly identified and managed, promoting and safeguarding the welfare of children and young people, in line with organisational policies, procedures and statutory obligations

12. Carry out technical tests or interventions, which involve additional training and will provide advice, education and training to staff across a range of disciplines within acute and community settings.

13. Take responsibility as a highly experienced practitioner within the multi-disciplinary team and contribute to the development of a service through involvement in standard setting and dissemination of expertise, contributing to the determination of overall service strategy.

14. Demonstrate a keen appreciation of national and international standards and evaluate local practice against benchmarking characteristics of best practice within CAMHS.

15. Be willing to undertake training in evidence-based therapeutic practice and treatments

16. Ability to provide community support as well as support and interventions within in hospital settings, such as in-patient admissions.

Experience

Essential

• Able to evidence practical, direct experience of working with complex mental health, vulnerable children and their families
• Experience of working with service users with Mental Health needs.
• Direct experience of working in a multi-agency setting
• Able to work as part of a team, sharing expertise and skills as a resource for colleagues Able to work flexibly.
• The ability to communicate effectively and concisely and with a range of different individuals and groups
• Strong written communication skills with the ability to produce professional reports
• The ability to plan and prioritise workload
• Able to work as part of a team, sharing expertise and skills as a resource for colleagues
• Demonstrates empathy towards individual clients
• Supports the development of and shares learning with other members of staff.
• Able to remain professional and effective under pressure
• Able to keep excellent records of work.
• Effective use of ICT. This would include working knowledge of email, Word, Outlook, PowerPoint and a variety of databases
• Good understanding of the social care and mental health frameworks
• Understanding of all relevant legislation/regulation relating to Mental Health and Capacity.
• Detailed understanding of Mental Health, including medical, social psychological processes and their impact on peoples ability to develop.
• Knowledge and understanding of prevention and recovery models of care. Good, practical understanding of working with common mental health issues and alcohol use disorders within a professional role and how clients may present in Primary Care.
• Knowledge of how to carry out risk assessments within scope of practice.

Qualifications

Essential

• 1st level Registered Nurse
• 1 st Degree in health-related field or equivalent Diploma
• 4 years post qualifying experience including 2 years recent experience in specialty area of CAMHS

Desirable

• Post graduate degree in Mental Health
• Teaching / Mentorship / Assessment of Learning in Practice award or qualification
• Relevant CAMHS post qualifying training in specific treatment modalities including CBT, DBT, CAT, Systemic Therapy

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).