Job summary
- Main area
- Children and Young People's Mental Health
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 8a
- Contract
- Fixed term: 12 months
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 346-DDC-053-24-A
- Employer
- Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Acley Centre
- Town
- Newton Aycliffe
- Salary
- £50,952 - £57,349 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 15/07/2024 23:59
Employer heading
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Associate Nurse Consultant
NHS AfC: Band 8a
We are the Mental Health & Learning Disability NHS Trust for County Durham and Darlington, Teesside, North Yorkshire, York and Selby.
From education and prevention, to crisis and specialist care —our talented and compassionate teams work in partnership with our patients, communities and partners to help the people of our region feel safe, understood, believed in and cared for.
We nurture the recovery journey of anyone in need of our help. In Our Trust, everyone has a say in how they are supported and treated because we listen to every person in our care until they feel understood. Our patients, their families and carers work together with us towards better mental health.
We’re committed to new thinking that improves the wellbeing of our region. We connect with our communities and partners to get mental health care right, in areas that really need it.
We won’t rest until everyone in our region has the mental health care they need, to lead their best possible life.
Job overview
The Associate Nurse Consultant will be an experienced practitioner who is able to demonstrate a very high degree of personal and professional skill in the care of Children and young people with complex mental health conditions. This is a fixed term post to cover Maternity cover.
The South Durham Getting More Help CAMHS team is based in the Ackley centre in Newton Aycliffe, however this post is split between South Durham and Darlington.
They provide mental health assessment, treatment and care planning to Children and Young People with complex mental health needs. The Getting help teams work closely with the other Trust CAMHS teams and their local partners. The post holder will be a Non Medical prescriber.
Main duties of the job
The Associate Nurse Consultant will be an experienced practitioner who is able to demonstrate a very high degree of personal and professional skill in the care of Children and Young People with complex mental health difficulties and their families.
To promote at all times a positive image of Children and Young Peoples Mental health needs.
To promote at all times a positive image of the Children and Young peoples Mental Health Community Services and the wider Trust.
Working with the senior clinical leadership and management team, to ensure that the service operates in a recovery focused way, enabling Children and young people to achieve their recovery goals.
The post holder will be an independent prescriber and will initiate, alter and stop medication related to mental health as determined by assessment and diagnosis and interpret and adapt NICE guidelines and clinical pathways where these exist
The post holder will deliver mental health assessment, diagnostic and
appropriate interventions in line with NICE guidance
The post holder will be required to work independently and autonomously and be accountable for his or her own area of practice.
Working for our organisation
We are the Mental Health & Learning Disability NHS Trust for County Durham and Darlington, Teesside, North Yorkshire, York and Selby.
From education and prevention, to crisis and specialist care —our talented and compassionate teams work in partnership with our patients, communities and partners to help the people of our region feel safe, understood, believed in and cared for.
We nurture the recovery journey of anyone in need of our help. In Our Trust, everyone has a say in how they are supported and treated because we listen to every person in our care until they feel understood. Our patients, their families and carers work together with us towards better mental health.
We’re committed to new thinking that improves the wellbeing of our region. We connect with our communities and partners to get mental health care right, in areas that really need it.
We won’t rest until everyone in our region has the mental health care they need, to lead their best possible life.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for further detailed information to ensure that you meet the role criteria before applying.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Registered RMN / RNLD/ RGN/ RNSC (CAMHS ONLY)
- Relevant Post-basic clinical qualification(s) with a professional portfolio supporting this
- Independent and Supplementary Nurse Prescribing Course Certificate
- Masters level qualification
- AC/RC status or willingness toward within 12 months of appointment
Desirable criteria
- Relevant teaching qualification
Experience
Essential criteria
- Post registered experience in a senior nurse position
- Specific, recent experience within a senior capacity within CAMHS
- Change Management experience
- Substantial post registration experience in a clinical nurse specialisation and/or senior nursing position to include significant leadership functions
- Substantial experience of working as an independent non-medical prescriber
- Currently engaged in significant clinical work with people with a complex mental illness at an advanced level of practice and can demonstrate a high level of professional autonomy
Desirable criteria
- Organisational development experience
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Specialist knowledge of CAMHS services
- Theory and concepts associated with Mental Health
- Principles of managing change
Skills
Essential criteria
- Leadership skills e.g can exercise leaderships skills to support and inspire colleagues
- Autonomous clinical decision making
- Research audit and quality improvement methodology's and their application
- Team work skills
- Goal setting and delivery of targets within deadlines. Working well under pressure within tight guidelines.
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Gillian Pounder
- Job title
- Team Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01325 529520
- Additional information
Kayleigh Atkinson
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