Job summary
We are seeking to recruit Band 5 to band 6 nurses to join our new Mental Health Urgent Care Centre.
If you are interested in working with an outstanding Trust to develop and deliver Crisis assessment and treatment in an innovative urgent care centre environment then we would love to hear from you.
The Mental Health Urgent Care Centre will operate with an enhanced specialist multidisciplinary team, focusing on improving the experience and outcomes for service users, carers, and staff, alongside supporting acute colleagues in the system by enabling the acute hospital to operate and improve ED performance and quality of care.
The service will operate 24/7 and will be a multi-disciplinary, cross sector service that is practitioner-led and supported by social care, voluntary sector partners and Lived Experience Workers.
For an informal chat, please contact Liz Angus on07966554195
Main duties of the job
You will:
- Support the Team Leader in the development and implementation of a multi-professional Mental Health Urgent Care Centre
- Provide a high-quality service to meet the needs of people in a Crisis phase of mental illness, and their carers
- Ensure the efficient and effective running of the team
- Provide Leadership and supervision within the multi-disciplinary staff group.
- Support the Team Leader in the development and implementation of a multi-professional Mental Health Urgent Care Centre providing a high-quality service to meet the needs of people in a Crisis phase of mental illness, and their carers.
- Undertake urgent assessments of people with mental health problems in acute crisis in the Mental Health Urgent Care Centre. The service will be available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
- Be responsible for helping to establish and maintain team systems and processes for effective team working and processes, including outcome measures and audits under the direction of the Team Management.
About us
Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (HPFT) is an outstanding organisation with ambitions to match. We are one of just five mental health trusts to achieve an overall rating of 'Outstanding' from theCare Quality Commission, and our aim is to be the leading provider of mental health and specialist learning disability services in the country.
Our family of over 3500 members of staff provide health and social care for over 400,000 people with mental ill health, physical ill health and learning disabilities across Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, and Norfolk, delivering these services within the community and several inpatient settings. We also deliver a range of nationally commissioned specialist services including Tier 4 services for children and young people, perinatal services, plus medium and low secure learning disabilities services.
The care we provide makes a fantastic difference to the lives of our service users, their families and carers - everything is underpinned by choice, independence and equality, with our Trust values embedded throughout.
Our Trust values are:
Welcoming. Kind. Positive. Respectful. Professional.
These values are at the core of who we are, everything we do, and how we do it!
Job description
Job responsibilities
To support the Team Leader in establishing and maintaining effective inter-team and inter-agency communication
To provide effective liaison/communication relating to referral and admission to, and discharge from the Mental Health Urgent Care Centre.
To assess clients meeting defined referral criteria as per Mental Health Urgent Care Centre and local Operational Policies
Carry out Risk Assessment and Management activities
Allocate and re-allocate tasks or staff on a daily basis to meet organisational and workload requirements, and in response to urgent, unplanned client activity, to ensure that rapid response, assessment and rapid time limited treatment is a reality
To assist the Team Leader in the effective day to day management of the team, including, e.g., Duty Rota, time worked and annual leave, thus ensuring appropriate skill mix at all times.
To ensure the effective use of supervising and administering medication and monitoring therapeutic and adverse effects of prescribed medication as per trust and NMC Policies and guidelines; ensure stock medication is maintained as per policy.
To remain updated on all relevant aspects of psychotropic medication.
For a more detailed description, p[lease see attached JD and PS.
You will initially be employed at a Band 5 at your current salary whilst you are working through your Band 6 competencies. You will be expected to demonstrate these competently in practice. Please be aware that the expected time to complete competencies and become a Band 6 will be approximately 12 months after starting your new role. Following successful achievement of meeting the competencies, your salary will be reviewed and your pay band confirmed at band 6 pay step 1.
In the unlikely event that you didnt meet the competencies, an action plan would be put in place to support you to address the competency gaps; you would remain as a Band 5 and the opportunity for a Band 6 at this time will not be confirmed. Salary payment until your competencies as band 6 are met will be AfC band 5 scale.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To support the Team Leader in establishing and maintaining effective inter-team and inter-agency communication
To provide effective liaison/communication relating to referral and admission to, and discharge from the Mental Health Urgent Care Centre.
To assess clients meeting defined referral criteria as per Mental Health Urgent Care Centre and local Operational Policies
Carry out Risk Assessment and Management activities
Allocate and re-allocate tasks or staff on a daily basis to meet organisational and workload requirements, and in response to urgent, unplanned client activity, to ensure that rapid response, assessment and rapid time limited treatment is a reality
To assist the Team Leader in the effective day to day management of the team, including, e.g., Duty Rota, time worked and annual leave, thus ensuring appropriate skill mix at all times.
To ensure the effective use of supervising and administering medication and monitoring therapeutic and adverse effects of prescribed medication as per trust and NMC Policies and guidelines; ensure stock medication is maintained as per policy.
To remain updated on all relevant aspects of psychotropic medication.
For a more detailed description, p[lease see attached JD and PS.
You will initially be employed at a Band 5 at your current salary whilst you are working through your Band 6 competencies. You will be expected to demonstrate these competently in practice. Please be aware that the expected time to complete competencies and become a Band 6 will be approximately 12 months after starting your new role. Following successful achievement of meeting the competencies, your salary will be reviewed and your pay band confirmed at band 6 pay step 1.
In the unlikely event that you didnt meet the competencies, an action plan would be put in place to support you to address the competency gaps; you would remain as a Band 5 and the opportunity for a Band 6 at this time will not be confirmed. Salary payment until your competencies as band 6 are met will be AfC band 5 scale.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- RMN OR Dip / BSc (Hons) in Mental Health Nursing.
Desirable
- ENB 998 / Preceptorship and Mentorship.
- ENB 812 / BSc (Hons) Specialist Community Nursing Practice (Mental Health) or similar training.
Experience
Essential
- Post-registration experience.
- Experience in acute and community areas.
- Experience in care planning, change management and use of Microsoft Office.
- Evidence of continuing professional development.
- Knowledge of physical health contributions to Mental Health issues, difficulties, and assessment.
Desirable
- Experience in working with acute mental health problems in any setting.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- RMN OR Dip / BSc (Hons) in Mental Health Nursing.
Desirable
- ENB 998 / Preceptorship and Mentorship.
- ENB 812 / BSc (Hons) Specialist Community Nursing Practice (Mental Health) or similar training.
Experience
Essential
- Post-registration experience.
- Experience in acute and community areas.
- Experience in care planning, change management and use of Microsoft Office.
- Evidence of continuing professional development.
- Knowledge of physical health contributions to Mental Health issues, difficulties, and assessment.
Desirable
- Experience in working with acute mental health problems in any setting.
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).
