Job summary
We are looking for an Advanced Nurse Practitioner (mental health) to help develop and lead on support to the East Riding CORE team who are caring for young people up to the age of 18 years with moderate to severe mental health difficulties. Ideally the successful candidate will have a professional qualification alongside a therapeutic qualification.
The post will be sit within the clinical core team alongside a Team Leader, Specialist Nurses/Practitioners, Clinical Psychologists and a team of Psychiatrists.
This is an exciting opportunity to be part of the development of the service which will include providing clinical intervention, consultation and support in the safe management of young people within the East Riding, with conditions such as anxiety, depression, self-harm and/or suicidal intent, including complex co-morbid difficulties associated with neuro diversity.
Main duties of the job
You will need to be experienced in providing intervention/ consultation in all elements of mental health with a particular focus on trauma informed care. You will also need to have strong clinical leadership skills as you will be responsible for clinically leading/providing supervision within the team.
The role will also include multi-disciplinary liaison with wider CAMHS Services including CAMHS inpatient, CAMHS Eating Disorder Team, CAMHS Crisis and Home Intervention Team, and Children's Neuro diversity Teams.
The East Riding Core CAMHS service currently operates Monday-Friday 8am-8pm, flexibly. The successful candidate will work mainly between the hours 9-5 Monday to Friday, but could be expected to work outside of those times.
About us
We are an award winning and CQC rated good health and social care Trust that delivers care to communities in Hull, East Yorkshire, Scarborough and Ryedale and Whitby. We deliver safe, effective and integrated health services that improve the physical, mental and social health and wellbeing of our patients and service users.
To find out more about our wide range of services including mental health, learning disabilities, children and young people service, Forensic, Community and Primary Care visit our Trust website humber.nhs.uk/Services.
We are an award winning and CQC rated good health and social care Trust that delivers integrated health services to communities across Hull, East and North Yorkshire. To find out more about our wide range of services visit humber.nhs.uk/Services
You will join our team of over 3,000 colleagues that work together to change lives. lives. We're proud of our Trust community and we know you will receive a warm welcome and all the support you'll need from your new team to get you started.
We are a forward thinking and dynamic Trust with a real commitment to staff development. We value our staff and invest in them to ensure they have the right skills to deliver outstanding care.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For further details with regard to this vacancy opportunity, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For further details with regard to this vacancy opportunity, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.
Person Specification
Knowledge
Essential
- Full understanding of relevant policy, legislation, drivers and their application to clinical and service area, e.g. NICE Guidelines,
- Advanced/expert understanding of relevant clinical practice, standards and protocols within identified clinical area.
Desirable
- Good working knowledge of relevant IT systems
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working with children
- Extensive experience of supervision and mentoring staff
- Experience of providing consultation
- Experience of proving training on a wide range of mental health presentations
- Experience of working with people who present with self harm
Desirable
- Experience of working in a home treatment service
- Experience of working with eating disorders
Qualifications
Essential
- Current NMC professional registration of qualified mental health nurse
- Prepared to take or hold a recognised non-medical prescribing qualification if required
- Educated to Masters Level or be able to demonstrate equivalent knowledge or experiential learning/experience
Desirable
Person Specification
Knowledge
Essential
- Full understanding of relevant policy, legislation, drivers and their application to clinical and service area, e.g. NICE Guidelines,
- Advanced/expert understanding of relevant clinical practice, standards and protocols within identified clinical area.
Desirable
- Good working knowledge of relevant IT systems
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working with children
- Extensive experience of supervision and mentoring staff
- Experience of providing consultation
- Experience of proving training on a wide range of mental health presentations
- Experience of working with people who present with self harm
Desirable
- Experience of working in a home treatment service
- Experience of working with eating disorders
Qualifications
Essential
- Current NMC professional registration of qualified mental health nurse
- Prepared to take or hold a recognised non-medical prescribing qualification if required
- Educated to Masters Level or be able to demonstrate equivalent knowledge or experiential learning/experience
Desirable
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).
