ASD/DSR Mental Health Nurse

NHS; Norwich; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

The NHS is recruiting a Mental Health Nurse for a new role focusing on intensive support for individuals with autism. This position entails working within a small team to improve mental health stability for service users through effective data management and collaboration with key stakeholders across Norfolk and Waveney.

Qualifications

• Familiar with risk assessment and management.
• Experience in autism and learning disabilities.
• Ability to work in a multi-disciplinary team.

Responsibilities

• Support the implementation and monitoring of the Dynamic Support Register.
• Develop relationships with stakeholders in Norfolk and Waveney.
• Establish data collection systems for accurate and timely data.

Skills

Data interpretation

Change management

Education

Nursing degree

Job description

We are seeking to recruit a Mental Health Nurse to a brand-new role within a small resource, offering intensive support to those presenting in our urgent and emergency care pathways with a diagnosis of autism. The post will be based in Central Norfolk CRHT alongside a Consultant Clinical Psychologist, Neurodevelopmental Clinical Nurse Specialist, and an Assistant Psychologist. The intensive support resource will work with those service users with comorbid autism and mental health difficulties in a formulation-led and recovery-oriented way for up to a year with the aim of improving mental health stability and recovery. We are expecting that many of the service users will be in the 18-25 age group based on our local service utilisation data. We expect the successful candidate to have a keen interest in data acquisition, processing and interpretation and be a confident and concise communicator. Ideally, the post holder will have a professional background in Autism and/or Learning Disabilities and a passion for working in the field of neurodiversity.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will work within a very small resource offering, supporting and delivering specialised autism care provision within a small team. This post will only cover the Norfolk and Waveney area of NSFT.

The post holder will primarily be responsible for supporting the implementation and monitoring of the Dynamic Support Register (DSR) for Adults with a Learning Disability and or Autism. This is within Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust across Norfolk and Waveney, where there is a risk of admission to a mental health hospital.

The post holder will be required to support the development and embedding of the DSR across NSFT linking in with the local partner organisations including local authorities, CCG and Education (where applicable) to implement the Dynamic Support Register for Adults. This register will be inclusive of people with a mild Learning Disability and /or Autism, where there is risk of admission to a mental health hospital.

Within this role, there will be a dedicated amount of time for direct work with service users and their families and support networks. The service will operate with a capped caseload so that a small cohort of service users can receive intensive support.

To ensure equity of access across Norfolk and Waveney, the post, although based in Norwich, needs to have adequate geographical reach across the whole ICB footprint. Joint working with our key system partners for LD, Autism and Mental Health will be important for this role.

About us

Here at NSFT we pride ourselves on being a welcoming, talented, friendly and supportive team who like nothing better than sharing experiences and learning from each other. In addition to ongoing training and development opportunities, we are committed to providing an environment in which you can thrive.

Why work for us? We have challenges as a Trust, but we have ambitious aspirations, are pushing ahead with exciting transformation work and we need dedicated individuals to support us on our journey. We have strong, established professional networks coupled with an exceptional leadership team who will ensure you are truly cared for and cared about.

Why Norfolk and Suffolk? The people here are warm and welcoming, you'll never be far from the beautiful coastline or Broads National Park. We're an hour and a half away from London and have an international airport in Norwich too. Our villages, towns and cities are packed full of history, independent cafes, shops and theatres. We have excellent shopping, eating out, top ranking schooling and affordable house prices too.

Job responsibilities

Ensure the development of a DSR within NSFT which identifies people who have autism, who are at Risk of Admission have access to a CTR/CETR where appropriate to prevent inappropriate admissions.

Assist with the development and support of staff in the Local Authority, Education, Mental Health, ICB, and other key stakeholders to develop a sustainable process for identifying and monitoring trends within the DSR in NSFT. Support the identification of processes and procedures that enable these to be discussed strategically to improve outcomes for people with autism across in NSFT.

Co-produce information regarding the DSR in a manner that meets the needs of people with autism regardless of age. e.g. easy read, access to language translation.

Establish strong professional relationships with all key stakeholders across NSFT in Norfolk and Waveney so that each area receives adequate support and engagement in the development of the DSR.

Support the development and implementation of data collection systems that will provide accurate and timely data.

Present information and issues, explaining highly complex issues, to a wide range of internal and external stakeholders.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Nursing degree or equivalent

Experience

• Familiar with risk assessment and its management
• Previous experience working within the field of Autism and/or Learning Disabilities
• Experience of working within a multi-disciplinary team

Skills

• Have an interest in producing and interpreting metrics and data
• Ability to identify and action change in health care need

Knowledge

• Working knowledge / application of the Mental Health Act/Mental Capacity Act
• Up to date and evidence-based knowledge of Person-Centred Care
• Knowledge of mental health needs with autism

Other

• Able to travel independently
• Able to liaise with statutory / non-statutory bodies due to patients' needs.

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.

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