Community Mental Health Nurse - Band 5-6 Development

NHS Jobs; Baldock; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

Cherry Tree Cottage is an Ofsted registered children’s home operated through an integrated health and social care staffing model to care for looked-after children. A newly qualified mental health nurse will join to develop their career while collaborating with social care colleagues in a MDT.

The post holder will work with the Registered Manager, Team Leader, HPFT Clinical Lead, CAMHS community team and other clinicians to plan, deliver and review crisis containment and therapeutic support for

Responsibilities

• Plan, develop, provide and review a crisis containment and therapeutic support service for children and young people with social and co-morbid mental health difficulties.
• Work within an MDT with the Registered Manager, Team Leader, HPFT Clinical Lead, CAMHS community team and other clinicians to deliver a service.
• Operate within the ARC framework and Non-violent resistance ethos to create a warm and nurturing environment.

Job description

Community Mental Health Nurse - Band 5-6 Development

Cherry Tree Cottage is an Ofsted registered childrens home operated through an integrated health and social care staffing model (HPFT and HCC Social Services) to care for children looked after. The home provides 4 beds for children with mental health presentations who may be repeat attenders at A&E /S136 suite or at risk of /or have had admission to Tier 4 provision (psychiatric inpatient unit).This is an exciting opportunity to join this innovative service as a newly qualified mental health nurse who is passionate to develop their career whilst working alongside social care colleagues at Cherry Tree Cottage. As part of an MDT, the candidate will work collaboratively with the Registered Manager, Team Leader, HPFT Clinical Lead, CAMHS community team, and other clinicians in the team with the planning, development, provision and review of an excellent, service-user focused service providing crisis containment and therapeutic support to children and young people with social and co-morbid mental health difficulties.The home uses the ARC theoretical framework (Attachment, Regulation and Competency) and Non-violent resistance interventions and ethos in the provision to create a warm and nurturing environment to enhance wellbeing of the CYP. Training is provided and all workers are expected to work within this framework. The post-holder will work within professional guidelines and under the clinical and professional supervision of a Team Leader alongside the Registered Manager.