Job summary
Are you a Learning Disability Nurse, Mental Health or Paediatric Nurse with CAMHS expertise? We have an exciting opportunity for you to join our highly specialist community team supporting children and young people with learning disabilities, associated autism and or behaviours that challenge.
We are seeking an experience band 6 nurse who would like to develop specialist knowledge and skills in this field. You would be part of progressive and passionate team working working with a range of partner services including health education and social care to provide specialist mental health and behavioural intervention to young people and their families.
Main duties of the job
The LD CAMHS Team are looking for an enthusiastic, proactive and innovative individual with the ability to join our acute service for Learning Disability. You will work closely with the Inpatient Service as part of a flexible workforce, providing assessment and interventions to support the team to identify the impact of learning disability on the individual's life and to support the team and the individual in ways that improve that person's quality of life.
About us
NSFT is engaged in a process of significant and exciting change with a new Suffolk-wide care group for Children, Young People and Families. Recent CQC inspection has shown improvements in the services which we plan to build on as we transform the CFYP service following the recent investment from NHSE and the CCG.
We have a new leadership structure and are engaged with internal and external transformation. NSFT in collaboration with alliance partners are striving to deliver a truly biopsychosocial approach within the 'Thrive' framework. This will require significant system changes across Suffolk to move towards a whole system approach.
This is an exciting time of Transformation of Children's and Young Peoples mental health services in Suffolk, creating opportunities for services to recognise and consolidate what they are doing well and also to drive creativity to radically change service delivery. The changes are locally driven, with the aim of embedding mental health services within the community.
Job description
Job responsibilities
You will be responsible for direct assessment of need, designing specific and implementing targeted care and treatment interventions.
You will work in collaboration with a range of interdisciplinary and multi-disciplinary staff offering direct support to children, young people and their families.
You will need excellent communication and liaison skills in order to engage and collaborate with service users, families, colleagues and a range of professionals.
You will act as a professional advocate for young people to ensure their mental and physical health needs are met. Where required you will facilitate healthcare access with universal and specialist health services.
You will support access to emergency and crisis services in accordance with presenting risk.
You will work within the governance frameworks and values of NSFT
Job description
Job responsibilities
You will be responsible for direct assessment of need, designing specific and implementing targeted care and treatment interventions.
You will work in collaboration with a range of interdisciplinary and multi-disciplinary staff offering direct support to children, young people and their families.
You will need excellent communication and liaison skills in order to engage and collaborate with service users, families, colleagues and a range of professionals.
You will act as a professional advocate for young people to ensure their mental and physical health needs are met. Where required you will facilitate healthcare access with universal and specialist health services.
You will support access to emergency and crisis services in accordance with presenting risk.
You will work within the governance frameworks and values of NSFT
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- professional registration in mental health or learning disability
Desirable
- Evidence of post graduate training
Experience
Essential
- experience in mental health or learning disability or autism
Desirable
- experience working in the community
Skills
Essential
- Evidence of autonomous risk management
- evidence of good communication re LD/Autism
- evidence of supervision skills
Desirable
- Evidence of working within PBS framework
Values
Essential
- Demonstrates a positive approach to working with people with learning disabilities and autism
Desirable
- Demonstrates a positive approach to team working
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- professional registration in mental health or learning disability
Desirable
- Evidence of post graduate training
Experience
Essential
- experience in mental health or learning disability or autism
Desirable
- experience working in the community
Skills
Essential
- Evidence of autonomous risk management
- evidence of good communication re LD/Autism
- evidence of supervision skills
Desirable
- Evidence of working within PBS framework
Values
Essential
- Demonstrates a positive approach to working with people with learning disabilities and autism
Desirable
- Demonstrates a positive approach to team working
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.
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).
Additional information
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).
