Band 7 Community Psychiatric Nurse - Adoption Lead

NHS; Leicester; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A community health organization in Leicester is looking for a Band 7 Community Psychiatric Nurse - Adoption Lead. This role (30 hours per week) involves supporting young people with mental health issues and providing expert consultation for adoption matters. Candidates should have strong communication skills and be able to deliver training, while also managing complex care cases efficiently. The position is temporary, involving a central role in clinical settings across Leicester.

Qualifications

• Experience with moderate to severe mental illness in an adopting context.
• Proven record of providing consultation and training.
• Familiarity with the trust values and strategy.

Responsibilities

• Central point for mental health issues in adoptive young people.
• Work with local authority and lead multi-disciplinary meetings.
• Provide comprehensive risk assessments and care planning.
• Supervise junior colleagues and deliver ongoing training.

Skills

Expert knowledge around adoption

Excellent communication skills

Ability to work with high levels of risk

Competency in record keeping

Training presentation skills

Job description

Band 7 Community Psychiatric Nurse - Adoption Lead

The Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) Young Peoples Team (YPT) is a specialist mental health team working with young people who present with a moderate to severe mental illness.

We are looking to recruit an Adoption Lead - Community Psychiatric Nurse Band 7 to join our team. This post is 0.8 WTE (30 hours per week).

The successful applicant will have expert knowledge around adoption and mental health, be able to deliver consultation and formulation at monthly clinics with adoptive parents and local authority professionals, act as a central point for all complex mental health referrals who have an adoptive history, and be trauma informed in their practice.

The successful applicant will be confident in presenting training packages to large groups and be responsible for ensuring the training packages are up to date and in line with current research.

You will have excellent communication skills and be able to work closely with mental health professionals, parents and the local authority.

You will have excellent record keeping abilities and demonstrate competency to work with high levels of risk and develop comprehensive care planning.

You will be able to demonstrate all of the trust values and have a good knowledge of the trust strategy.

Please note - this post is for an 8 month secondment or a fixed term contract.

Main duties of the job

• To be the central point for moderate to severe presentations of mental illness within adoptive young people.
• To work closely with the local authority.
• To provide consultation and training.
• To provide comprehensive risk assessment and care planning with excellent record keeping skills.
• To hold a clinical caseload and act as Lead Professional.
• To be confident in leading multi-disciplinary meetings.
• To be a strong presence in team meetings and leading on adoption feedback and training within the team.
• To offer supervision to junior colleagues.
• To be flexible and able to provide care across Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland - a driving license and access to a car with relevant insurance is required for this post.

For more details, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.

About us

We may close the advert early if we receive a sufficient number of applicants, so please apply as soon as possible. Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust (LPT) provides a range of community health, mental health and learning disability services for people of all ages. Delivered through over 100 settings from inpatient wards to out in the community, our 6,500 staff serve over 1 million people living in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland. We aim to develop a workforce that reflects our community. We actively implement equal opportunities in employment and service delivery and seek people who share our commitment. We strongly encourage applications from all sections of the community, particularly from underrepresented groups. Details of our benefits, leadership behaviours and other important information can be found in the Information for Applicants. We will consider requests to work alternative hours or varied working patterns in line with our flexible working policy. For all substantive roles, new staff (excluding medical staff) are appointed subject to a 6-month probationary period (see Probation Policy). All jobs will require permission to work in the UK. For all jobs the cost of any DBS disclosure required will be met by the individual. This will be deducted from salary once started. Applicants at risk within the local NHS who meet essential criteria will have preference for interview.

Job responsibilities

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Person Specification

Qualifications

• Please review the attached job description and person specification. This document outlines the full range of criteria that are required for the role. In your application, you can state how you meet the criteria in the job description and person specification.

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.

Employer name

Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust

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