Senior Nurse Practitioner

Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust

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Job summary

As an Senior Nurse/ Mental Health Practitioner, the post holder will provide high standards of evidence based client centred care to children and young people with mental health [CYPMH] problems within the THRIVE Framework for service delivery.

The postholder will be expected to provide interventions, advice, consultancy and supervision to both colleagues and colleagues within external partner agencies in line with THRIVE.

As the post is identified within the CYPMH strategy, it is expected the role will continue to develop in line with national and local initiatives.

The post holder will demonstrate an attitude which respects and values service users' and their carers.

The post holder will embrace the core values of the organisation and adopt the principles of Recovery and THRIVE. These principles will recognise the need to:

Promote safe practices

Value the aims of service users

Work in partnership and offer meaningful choice

Be optimistic about the possibilities of meaningful change

Value social inclusion

Main duties of the job

To hold a caseload of assessments, treatment and consultation work based upon a conceptual framework and employing research based evidence.

To provide direct therapeutic interventions in line with the grading of the post, including assessments, formulation and therapeutic input into children , young people and families referred into the service.

Undertake risk assessments and care plans accordingly, in line with the THRIVE framework

To be responsible for the screening of referrals to children and Young People's services, including urgent referrals

To participate directly in the teams duty rota's.

To deliver care co-ordination, ensuring effective assessment, care planning and risk management processes are maintained. Involve the views of children, their families, referring agents and other professionals involved in the network of care including organising multi-agency meetings.

To work jointly and collaboratively with other team members in order to enhance and develop the provision of services to young people and their families. To have an effective knowledge base of other modalities so as to engage and work effectively with colleagues in other disciplines.

About us

Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 11 million people.

We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health and specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction and brain injury services. Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK that offer high secure mental health facilities.

At the heart of all we do is our commitment to 'perfect care' - care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable and efficient. We support our staff to do the best job they can and work alongside service users, their families, and carers to design and develop future services together. We're currently delivering a programme of organisational and service transformation to significantly improve the quality of the services we provide and safely reduce cost as we do so.

Date posted

08 March 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£33,706 to £40,588 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

350-COM5038518

Job locations

Knowsley resource and Recovery Centre

Dragon Lane

Whiston

L35 5DR


Job description

Job responsibilities

To communicate in a skilled and sensitive manner information concerning the assessment, formulation and treatment plans of clients and to monitor and evaluate progress during the course of both multi and uni disciplinary care. To effectively communicate professional opinions, verbally and in writing to other relevant professionals.

Attend Child Protection Case conferences as a representative from children and young peoples mental health services.

Provide and receive highly complex, sensitive or contentious information to children, young people and families and to other professionals with in young peoples services.

Communicate effectively with children, young people and their carers, when in crisis and in challenging family situations

Organise and facilitate multi-agency meetings and reviews

Elicit highly sensitive information using engagement/ communication skills which are appropriate to the young persons stage of development

Work, as part of an integrated multi professional team, ensuring good communication and working relationships with other professionals

Provide written reports detailing the progress of the mental health intervention.

Job description

Job responsibilities

To communicate in a skilled and sensitive manner information concerning the assessment, formulation and treatment plans of clients and to monitor and evaluate progress during the course of both multi and uni disciplinary care. To effectively communicate professional opinions, verbally and in writing to other relevant professionals.

Attend Child Protection Case conferences as a representative from children and young peoples mental health services.

Provide and receive highly complex, sensitive or contentious information to children, young people and families and to other professionals with in young peoples services.

Communicate effectively with children, young people and their carers, when in crisis and in challenging family situations

Organise and facilitate multi-agency meetings and reviews

Elicit highly sensitive information using engagement/ communication skills which are appropriate to the young persons stage of development

Work, as part of an integrated multi professional team, ensuring good communication and working relationships with other professionals

Provide written reports detailing the progress of the mental health intervention.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Up to date Professional Registration (to be maintained), eg RMN, Social Worker, Psychologist, Occupational Therapist
  • Evidence of continuing professional development in the field of child and adolescent mental health

Desirable

  • Specialist child mental health qualification eg ENB 603 Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
  • Other relevant therapeutic qualification eg; Drama therapy, Webster Stratton Parenting, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Family Therapy

Experience / Knowledge

Essential

  • Demonstrable experience at Band 5 level (or equivalent)
  • Work with children and adolescents with mental health problems
  • Community work
  • Child and adolescent development
  • Research methodology/audit cycle
  • Knowledge of child protection issues and legislation, The Children Mental Health Act
  • Knowledge of mental health problems relating to children and adolescents

Desirable

  • Experience of working in a specialist CAMHS Multi-disciplinary Team.

Skills

Essential

  • Mental health and risk assessments of children, adolescents and their families
  • Ability to apply therapeutic knowledge to clinical practice
  • Ability to travel in the course of performing duties.

Desirable

  • I.T Skills
  • Experience of database use
  • Audit/service evaluation
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Up to date Professional Registration (to be maintained), eg RMN, Social Worker, Psychologist, Occupational Therapist
  • Evidence of continuing professional development in the field of child and adolescent mental health

Desirable

  • Specialist child mental health qualification eg ENB 603 Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
  • Other relevant therapeutic qualification eg; Drama therapy, Webster Stratton Parenting, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Family Therapy

Experience / Knowledge

Essential

  • Demonstrable experience at Band 5 level (or equivalent)
  • Work with children and adolescents with mental health problems
  • Community work
  • Child and adolescent development
  • Research methodology/audit cycle
  • Knowledge of child protection issues and legislation, The Children Mental Health Act
  • Knowledge of mental health problems relating to children and adolescents

Desirable

  • Experience of working in a specialist CAMHS Multi-disciplinary Team.

Skills

Essential

  • Mental health and risk assessments of children, adolescents and their families
  • Ability to apply therapeutic knowledge to clinical practice
  • Ability to travel in the course of performing duties.

Desirable

  • I.T Skills
  • Experience of database use
  • Audit/service evaluation

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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

Certificate of Sponsorship

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).

Employer details

Employer name

Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Knowsley resource and Recovery Centre

Dragon Lane

Whiston

L35 5DR


Employer's website

https://www.merseycare.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)


Employer details

Employer name

Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Knowsley resource and Recovery Centre

Dragon Lane

Whiston

L35 5DR


Employer's website

https://www.merseycare.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)


For questions about the job, contact:

Team Manager

Janet Jackson

janet.jackson@merseycare.nhs.uk

01513518610

Date posted

08 March 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£33,706 to £40,588 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

350-COM5038518

Job locations

Knowsley resource and Recovery Centre

Dragon Lane

Whiston

L35 5DR


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