Band 7 Community Psychiatric Nurse - Youth Justice

NHS; Leicester; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional healthcare provider in Leicester is seeking a Band 7 Community Psychiatric Nurse specializing in youth justice. This role involves working with mentally ill youth, conducting assessments, leading multi-disciplinary teams, and providing training. The position is a 9-month fixed-term contract, requiring excellent knowledge in mental health and effective communication. Candidates must be registered nurses and possess a valid driving license for community work.

Qualifications

• Must be a registered nurse with experience in mental health assessment.
• Demonstrate competency in managing high-risk cases.
• Knowledge of current mental health strategies and practices.

Responsibilities

• Act as a central point for mental illness presentations in youth.
• Provide training and consultation to peers.
• Conduct comprehensive risk assessments and care plans.

Skills

Expert knowledge in youth justice and mental health

Excellent communication skills

Strong record keeping abilities

Education

Relevant nursing qualification

Job description

Band 7 Community Psychiatric Nurse - Youth Justice

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 a Youth Justice Mental Illness Senior Nurse - Community Psychiatric Nurse Band 7 to join our team. This post is 0.5 WTE (18.75 hours per week).

You will have an expert knowledge around youth justice and mental health, be able to deliver consultation and formulation at monthly clinics with youth justice partners and local authority professionals, they will act as a central point for all complex mental health referrals who have an a youth justice referral/open case and be trauma informed in their practise.

You will be confident in presenting training packages to large groups and be responsible for ensuring the training packages are up to date and inline with current research.

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

The successful applicant 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 9 month secondment to the team or for a 9-month Fixed Term Contract.

Main duties of the job

• To be the central point for moderate to severe presentations of mental illness within young people known to youth justice.
• 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 youth justice 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.About UsLeicestershire 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, please view the supporting documents.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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