Senior Mental Health Nurse

Inclusion

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Job summary

Are you an experienced RMN (Registered Mental Health Nurse) looking to advance and diversify your career as a nurse? Why not break into prison healthcare?

Our Integrated Mental Health and Substance Misuse Team at Drake Hall is looking for a dynamic and experienced registered mental health nurse. Our team is innovative, forward thinking and committed to a recovery focused approach.

This is an exciting and diverse role for an individual who is passionate about providing excellent quality nursing care. You will have the privilege to influence and shape the provision of high-quality mental health care to some of society's most vulnerable members.

HMP/YOI Drake Hall offers the opportunity to work with female offenders in a trauma informed way. Individuals are offered mental health and substance misuse assessment and from the information gathered a more personalised care plan is developed, based on evidence-based interventions like Compassion Focused Therapy, Cognitive Behavioural therapy and Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR).

Main duties of the job

HMP/YOI Drake Hall offers the opportunity to work with female offenders in a trauma informed way. Individuals are offered mental health and substance misuse assessment and from the information gathered a more personalised care plan is developed, based on evidence-based interventions like Compassion Focused Therapy, Cognitive Behavioural therapy and Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR).

There is a focus on women's health issues in particular menopause and perinatal mental health, therefore an interest or experience in these issues would be beneficial for this role. Perinatal mental health is a new initiative at Drake Hall so in the role of women's health mental health nurse you would support with the implementation of this plan, so this is an exciting opportunity for someone with a passion to improve women's health services

If you:

o are an experienced RMN who has a flexible approach, with a drive to clinically innovate;

o share our values and are committed to providing high quality care and developing your skills;

About us

Inclusion, created in 2002 is part of the Specialist Services Care Group of Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (MPFT). We provide caring and effective services across England, including, West Yorkshire, West Midlands, East Midlands, West Mercia, Thames Valley, Hampshire, Isle of Wight and Thurrock, Essex. We support individuals, families and communities who are affected by addiction, crime, mental health or need treatment for their sexual health. We believe that the individuals and families who use our services should receive high quality, committed and inclusive care, realising all the benefits a modern NHS organisation can provide. We work with patients and our staff teams to achieve the best outcomes we can. We invest heavily in training and development, and the wellbeing of our people, both staff and service users is central to who we are. Here at MPFT, we are proud of the comprehensive wellbeing and lifestyle support offer available, in addition to in-house training and coaching support. Our services are robustly governed, evidence-based, inclusive, and designed and provided in conjunction with service users. We are committed to providing the best service we can, and if you share our values, we want you on our team!

For more information about HMP Drake Hall and our incentives offer please see attached information.

Date posted

22 March 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£35,392 to £42,618 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

301-IT-23-5260849-E

Job locations

HMP Drake Hall

Eccleshall

Staffordshire

ST21 6LQ


Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached job description for the full list of duties and responsibilities. Here is a summary:

  • Provide a high quality service to people who use our service.
  • Provide care within the CPA Framework.
  • Assess people's needs, develop, implement and evaluate programmes of care.
  • Facilitate therapeutic group work programmes taking the lead where appropriate.
  • Deliver evidenced based interventions.
  • Responsible for the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of care.
  • Identify those people in prisoner requiring hospital treatment and facilitate the timely transfer via The Mental Health Act.
  • Line management of Band 5 nurse where appropriate.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached job description for the full list of duties and responsibilities. Here is a summary:

  • Provide a high quality service to people who use our service.
  • Provide care within the CPA Framework.
  • Assess people's needs, develop, implement and evaluate programmes of care.
  • Facilitate therapeutic group work programmes taking the lead where appropriate.
  • Deliver evidenced based interventions.
  • Responsible for the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of care.
  • Identify those people in prisoner requiring hospital treatment and facilitate the timely transfer via The Mental Health Act.
  • Line management of Band 5 nurse where appropriate.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Registered Mental Health Nurse with the Nursing and Midwifery Council Register.
  • Evidence of recent CPD and compliance with NMC revalidation.
  • Teaching Certificate including annual update (ENB 603) or related mentoring/coaching qualification.

Experience

Essential

  • Considerable experience of working in the mental health field.
  • Experience of providing specialist interventions for those with mental health problems, counselling techniques, CBT, motivational interviewing.
  • Providing supervision and line management of staff.
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Registered Mental Health Nurse with the Nursing and Midwifery Council Register.
  • Evidence of recent CPD and compliance with NMC revalidation.
  • Teaching Certificate including annual update (ENB 603) or related mentoring/coaching qualification.

Experience

Essential

  • Considerable experience of working in the mental health field.
  • Experience of providing specialist interventions for those with mental health problems, counselling techniques, CBT, motivational interviewing.
  • Providing supervision and line management of staff.

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information

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

Inclusion

Address

HMP Drake Hall

Eccleshall

Staffordshire

ST21 6LQ


Employer's website

https://www.mpft.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Inclusion

Address

HMP Drake Hall

Eccleshall

Staffordshire

ST21 6LQ


Employer's website

https://www.mpft.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)

For questions about the job, contact:

Team Leader

Charlotte Wise

Charlotte.Wise2@mpft.nhs.uk

01785774135

Date posted

22 March 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£35,392 to £42,618 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

301-IT-23-5260849-E

Job locations

HMP Drake Hall

Eccleshall

Staffordshire

ST21 6LQ


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