Children & Young Persons Mental Health Nurse

Job description

Job responsibilities

Location:Anstey Frith House, Leicester Road, Leicester, LE38RN

What DHU can offer you:

Working Patterns:Bank position

Competitive salary: £53,770 - £60,721 (Band 8a.0) 30% evening enhancements. 45% weekend enhancements.

Generous annual leave entitlement:Standard 25 days + 8 bank holidays, increasing with service up to 33 days + 8 bank holidays. Pro Rata/ Per Annum

Employee benefits:

As part of our team at DHU Healthcare, we believe in rewarding you, our colleague, for your hard work and dedication to providing the very best in patient care. As part of our team, you can enjoy a host of benefits to enhance your wellbeing.

Health Cash Plan:We take care of your health and wellbeing with health cash plans provided through Westfield Health. A health cash plan allows you to claim money back, up to set limits, towards the cost of your essential healthcare, as well as providing access to valuable health and wellbeing services.

NHS Pension Scheme: Rest assured knowing your future is secure with our NHS pension scheme. Already an NHS employee? We acknowledge your continuous service and commitment to healthcare excellence, allowing you to bring your existing pension pot and holiday allowance with you!

Car Lease Scheme:DHU has teamed up with NHS Fleet Solutions to offer a salary sacrifice scheme for colleagues. As part of our citizenship commitment and active approach to reducing our carbon footprint, we can provide you with lease options on a brand-new hybrid or electric car.

Enhanced Maternity/Paternity Leave: We understand the importance of family, which is why we offer enhanced maternity and paternity leave to support you during this special time in your life, supported by a robust Family Friendly policy.

Referral Programme: Share the benefits of working at DHU with your network and you can earn cash rewards through our Employee Referral Programme.

Birthday Leave Guarantee:Birthday leave isn't compulsory; it's entirely up to you! We cant always celebrate with you, so whether you choose to take the day off and indulge in a well-deserved break or prefer to work and save your leave for another time, the decision is yours to make!

To be a successful CYP Mental Health Nurse youll need:

• Registered Mental Health Nurse registered with the Nursing & Midwifery Council (NMC)
• Substantial Autonomous practice experience working and multi-professional team
• Evidence of working with undiagnosed and undifferentiated patients.
• Experience of working with children and young people.
• Knowledge of mental health conditions, diagnoses and clinical risk
• Be motivated, passionate, positive, resilient, and determined to provide the best care.
• Right to work in the UK

More information on our recruitment process can be foundhereor reach out to our team of talent acquisition professionals by emailing:Careers@DHUHealthCare.nhs.uk

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered Mental Health Nurse registered with the Nursing & Midwifery Council (NMC)

Desirable

• Evidence of continuing post-registration/graduate development

Experience

Essential

• Substantial Autonomous practice experience working and multi-professional team
• Evidence of working with undiagnosed and undifferentiated patients.
• Experience of working with children and young people.
• Knowledge of mental health conditions, diagnoses and clinical risk
• Experience of working as a mental health triage/screening/assessing technician
• Experience in working in community setting

Desirable

• Experience in working in crisis team

Skills & Knowledge

Essential

• Awareness of available services in the local health service, local authority, and voluntary sector, including support available in an online format.
• Ability to self-organise/manage and deliver a high standard of clinical coordination and triage service
• Established risk assessment skills and able to reduce the level of risk to clients, staff and others.
• Ability to work with technical teams (IT, telephones etc) to develop efficient technical solutions to the management of referrals in and out the service
• Comprehensive knowledge of relevant policy & legislation relating to mental health
• Excellent communication/ interpersonal skills in order to deal effectively with complex and sensitive service user information, distressed or aggressive service users or carers or those with an impaired level of understanding.

Desirable

• Research skills.
• I.T and database.
• Presentation skills

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.

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

DHU Healthcare

Address

DHU Healthcare

Anstey Frith House

Leicester

Leicestershire

LE38RN

Employer's website

http://www.dhuhealthcare.com/ (Opens in a new tab)