Community Mental Health Nurse - Band 5-6 Development

Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (HPFT); Baldock; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust is advertising for a Registered Mental Health Nurse to join our team at Cherry Tree Cottage, a therapeutic residential environment for adolescents with complex mental health needs. The role emphasizes experience with children and young people in either community or inpatient settings and supports newly qualified nurses through a preceptorship.

We operate in North Herts, collaborating with social care within an integrated care model, and

Qualifications

• Qualified mental health nurse with experience working with children and young people in community or inpatient settings.
• Newly qualified nurses are supported with a 6–12 month preceptorship.

Responsibilities

• Provide care for adolescents with complex mental health needs in a therapeutic residential environment.
• Collaborate with social care in an integrated care model.

Skills

Child and adolescent mental health

Nurse registration

Education

RMN qualification

Job description

We are in an exciting position to be able to advertise for a Registered Mental Health Nurse to join our award winning service at Cherry Tree Cottage. We are a innovative health and social care collaborative providing holistic care to adolescents with complex mental health needs in a theapeutic residential environment. We are keen to recruit a mental health nurse with experience of working with children and young people with mental health difficulties in either a community or inpatient setting.

Newly qualified mental health nurses are supported with a 6-12 month preceptorship programme.

We are looking for a dynamic qualified mental health nurse who is passionate about the care of children and young people and has worked with young people who have a history self-harm and suicidal ideation.

We are based in North Herts and work alongside social care in a newly developed integrated care model.

Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust are one of just five mental health trusts to achieve an overall rating of ‘Outstanding’ from the Care Quality Commission.

Our Family Of Over 4,500 Members Of Staff Provide Health And Social Care For People With Mental Ill Health, Physical Ill Health And Learning Disabilities Across Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Essex And Norfolk, Delivering These Services Within The Community And Several Inpatient Settings. Everything Is Underpinned By Choice, Independence And Equality, With Our Trust Values Embedded Throughout

Welcoming. Kind. Positive. Respectful. Professional.