Job summary
Employer heading
Registered Nurse Mental Health
NHS AfC: Band 5
Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust are proud award winners of the HSJ Provider of the Year 2019
Job overview
We are looking for a Mental Health Nurse to join our supportive and well-established Crisis Intervention Team for Older People to deliver high standards of care for Adults over the age of 65 in the community.
The successful candidate will receive an excellent Induction Programme and Preceptorship Programme for newly qualified nurses, if required. The team follows a multidisciplinary approach with decision making, care delivery and staff support.
As a Community Nurse, you will work alongside Specialist Mental Health Nurses, Registered Nursing Associate, Support workers, Occupational Therapist, Clinical Psychologist and Consultant Psychiatrist.
Main duties of the job
As a Mental Health Nurse you will provide support and interventions to promote mental health recovery to Older People experiencing a mental health crisis. Establishing therapeutic relationships with service users and their family / carers.
- Develop and deliver recovery focused care in collaboration with service users and their family /carers.
- Provide information and psychoeducation surrounding mental health conditions and medication.
- Uphold legal frameworks which underpin service delivery.
- Assess risks, the management of risks and effectiveness of interventions.
- Signposting / referral to external services when required.
- Develop good working relationships with neighbouring teams to enable effective co-working and responsive transfers of care if necessary.
Working for our organisation
We are an award winning and CQC rated good health and social care Trust delivering integrated services across Hull, East and North Yorkshire. Find out more on our website
We are a forward thinking and dynamic Trust with a real commitment to staff development. We value our colleagues and invest in them to ensure they have the right skills to deliver outstanding care.
We are proud to score above or equal to the average for all NHS People Promise theme areas demonstrating our commitment to improve the experience of working in the NHS for everyone. Wherever you work we know you will receive a warm welcome and all the support you’ll need to get you started.
We recognise the positive value of diversity and promotes equality whilst challenging discrimination. We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds.
Work life balance is about having influence and flexibility over when, where and how you work. If the work pattern for this role does not meet your needs, we welcome an application and are happy to discuss working arrangements that differ from those advertised.
We offer a unique range of benefits that go above and beyond other NHS Trusts including an enhanced leave package and health and wellbeing support.
From city to countryside, market towns to moors you’ll find a place to call home including some of the most affordable places to live in the UK.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For further information for this vacancy, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.
Person specification
Qualifications and knowledge
Essential criteria
- Have current NMC registration or student registration if in final year of training at application.
- Degree/diploma in Mental Health Nursing
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of recent CPD and/or formal qualifications at an advanced level e.g. degree or post graduate level or equivalent knowledge/experiential learning
- Full understanding of relevant policy, drivers and their application to clinical and service area.
Experience
Essential criteria
- Willingness to undertake and complete preceptorship
- Experience of Adult Community Mental Health Nursing
Desirable criteria
- Demonstrable experience of mentoring pre-registration students
Skills and Competencies
Essential criteria
- Ability to efficiently transport self and any required equipment required for care to multiple patients homes/venues in the course of a day.
- Able to demonstrate effective inter-personal/communication skills.
- Ability to demonstrate ethical values and attitudes within a culture of equality and diversity.
Desirable criteria
- Awareness of leadership/management skills and qualities
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
- Stacey Appleby
- Job title
- Team Leader
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Additional information
If you have any questions about this post or would like to meet the team please do get in touch and contact Stacey Appleby via email ([email protected])
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