Job summary
- Main area
- Nursing
- Grade
- Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 367-ACMS-8937-A
- Employer
- Hertfordshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Saffron Ground, Ditchmore Lane, Stevenage SG1 3LJ
- Town
- Stevenage
- Salary
- £31,469 - £38,308 per annum pro rata (+5% HCAS included)
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 30/01/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Newly Qualified Nurse
Band 5
Values Based Screener
At Hertfordshire Partnership Foundation Trust we are looking for people to join us who share our values and those of the NHS. Before your application can be considered please take part on our online values questionnaire, which you can find below. When you have finished you will be sent a 'completion code' by email, which will be valid for 6 months and required to submit your application form.
http://hpft.recruitforvalues.com/
Job overview
This vacancy is suitable for a newly qualified mental health nurse with experience in the field of mental health. We would support with Preceptorship .
These roles are looking to start February 2025.
We would love you to join our friendly specialist team in the Early Intervention in Psychosis (EIP) Service - PATH (Psychosis: Prevention, Assessment and Treatment in Hertfordshire). Our service users are people experiencing psychosis for the first time and we are committed to delivering personalised and meaningful care.
The role will be working in the North & East of Hertfordshire in a specified geographical area, based in Hatfield or Bishops Stortford or
We welcome applications from candidates interested in full time, part time, job sharing. We are committed to supporting flexible working options for staff, wherever possible, and welcome discussions on flexible working patterns to support our staff to maintain a healthy work life balance.
Previous applicants need not apply.
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will:
- have NMC registration as a mental health nurse
- carry out relevant risk assessments and risk management with the multi-disciplinary team
- engage with and gather information from service users, relatives, and patient records to develop a formulation
- work in collaboration with the individual service user and their family and carers as appropriate to develop care plans that are focused on strengths and are outcome based
- plan and deliver Family Interventions for psychosis (FIP), in line with best practice
- Refer a friend to work for the Trust and receive up to £500! (A payment of £250 will be made when the applicant commences employment with us and a further payment of £250 will be made once they hit 6 months continuous service with us, terms and conditions apply)
Working for our organisation
Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust are one of just five mental health trusts to achieve an overall rating of ‘Outstanding’ from the Care Quality Commission
Our family of over 4,000 members of staff provide health and social care for people with mental ill health, physical ill health and learning disabilities across Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Essex and Norfolk, delivering these services within the community and several inpatient settings. Everything is underpinned by choice, independence and equality, with our Trust values embedded throughout:
Welcoming. Kind. Positive. Respectful. Professional.
About us - Hertfordshire NHS Partnership Trust
Heard. Respected. Included. Together, we help people with mental ill-health, learning disabilities and autism to live life to the fullest. We work throughout Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Norfolk...
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
All nurses must be registered with the NMC.
You will be an active member of a unique mini team model, supporting the care coordinator in planning and delivering a care plan and wider multi-disciplinary team.
You will work in close co-operation with hospital based, primary care-based professionals, other community agencies such as Housing, Probation, Police, Substance misuse, Children Schools & Families and Voluntary Agencies.
You will be responsible for the assessment of care needs and the development, implementation and evaluation of programmes of care for a defined caseload of people with first episode psychosis and and maintaining associated records.
The core functions are to undertake integrated health and social care assessments, supporting the care coordinator in delivering a care plan within a framework of recovery which embraces each individual’s right to choose and control.
The role requires skills in assessing, planning, organising, reviewing and delivering recovery oriented and evidence-based interventions to support the recovery of service users, as agreed with supervising clinician(s). This work will be in accordance with clinical governance processes and professional standards.
For a detailed Job and Person Specification please read attached before applying
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Professional qualifications at degree level or above
- Membership of professional bodies
Desirable criteria
- Additional areas of training through short courses
Experience
Essential criteria
- • Experience at in a relevant mental health setting
- • Evidence of continuing professional development.
- • Ability to assess, plan, implement and evaluate nursing care with supervision.
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- • Working knowledge of MHA (1983), CPA, Risk Assessment and Section 25 etc.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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.
Application numbers
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Sarah Tooley
- Job title
- Service Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07899 061831
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