Band 7 Community Psychiatric Nurse- Youth Justice Mental Illness Nurse

Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust; Leicester; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Part time

Job summary

A community health provider is seeking a Youth Justice Mental Illness Senior Nurse to work with young people experiencing severe mental health issues. This role involves providing consultation, leading multi-disciplinary meetings, and comprehensive care planning, with the flexibility to work across Leicester, Leicestershire, and Rutland. Ideal candidates will have extensive knowledge of youth justice and mental health, along with excellent communication and record-keeping skills.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated competency to work with high levels of risk.
• Ability to develop comprehensive care planning.
• Knowledge of the trust values and strategy.

Responsibilities

• Act as the central point for complex mental health referrals.
• Provide consultation and training to youth justice partners.
• Lead multi-disciplinary meetings and offer supervision.

Skills

Expert knowledge around youth justice and mental health

Excellent communication skills

Ability to provide consultation and leadership

Strong record keeping skills

Confident in presenting training packages

Job description

Overview

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.

Responsibilities

• 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.
• 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).

Requirements / Qualifications

• You will have 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 a youth justice referral/open case and be trauma informed in their practice.
• You 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/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.
• We may close the advert early if we receive a sufficient number of applicants, so please apply as soon as possible.

About Us

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, please view the supporting documents. We will consider requests to work alternative hours or varied