CYPMHS West Nurse Practitioner

NHS; St Albans; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 57,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional healthcare provider is seeking a CYPMHS West Nurse Practitioner in St Albans to deliver specialist mental health services for children and young people. Responsibilities include providing evidence-based interventions, care-coordination, and collaborating with multidisciplinary teams. Candidates should have relevant qualifications and extensive experience in mental health environments. The position offers competitive compensation ranging from £50,008 to £56,908 per year, pro rata.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience of working with CYPMHS.
• Knowledge of specialist functional / medical/legal terms.
• Experience in a mental health environment or NHS.

Responsibilities

• Develop and provide highly specialist evidence-based interventions.
• Deliver timely, accessible services through clinic-based and outreach models.
• Care-coordinate a caseload of service users delivering assessments.

Skills

Experience in working as part of a multidisciplinary team

Awareness of mental health problems affecting children and young people

Pleasant and efficient telephone manner

Education

RMHN / Social Worker Qualification

Degree level qualification or equivalent experience

Communications skills / Leadership training

Job description

Go back Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust

CYPMHS West Nurse Practitioner

The closing date is 05 October 2025

Taking responsibility for making a significant contribution to the nursing input, participating fully in the referral and allocation process, assessments, treatment, risk management, safeguarding vulnerable children and adults, care coordination of service users as well as contributing to case discussions and service-related meetings.

Offering consultations and supervision to colleagues and students as well as staff in other services.

Main duties of the job

To develop and provide highly specialist evidence-based interventions for service users, drawing on a wide range of theoretical frameworks and treatment modalities.

To deliver timely, accessible services through both clinic based and outreach models.

To provide highly specialist advice and consultation regarding formulations and treatment to colleagues, external agencies working autonomously within professional guidelines.

Care-coordinate a caseload of service users delivering highly specialist assessments and integrated care.

Together with other team members to be responsible for developing nursing practice in the service including the supervision of both nursing colleagues and colleagues from other disciplines in the service.

To actively participate in supervision, appraisal and professional development to enhance clinical skills, e.g. nurse prescribing

To chair/attend MDTs for all teams providing clinical sign off

To work collaboratively and provide nursing consultation to other relevant professions within HPFT and external agencies to build capacity in terms of the early identification and physical and psychological management of disorders and/or disability.

Totake a leading role for service innovation and development, including projects with other junior staff to ensure delivery of safe effective nursing

About us

Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust are one of just five mental health trusts to achieve an overall rating of 'Outstanding' from theCare 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.

Job responsibilities

Sound working relationships

The post holder will have four main groups within his/her professional domain:

Service Users and their Carers

The clinical staff within the team

The senior staff within the teams

Staff within services with which there is daily liaison

Communication Requirements

Leadership and Staff Management Responsibility

Service Development and Improvement

Analytical and Judgmental Skills

Planning and Organizational Skills

An Understanding of Physical Working Conditions and Environment

Management of Information Resources

* Please see attached detailed Job Description for this post

Person Specification

QUALIFICATIONS/EDUCATION/TRAINING

• RMHN / Social Worker Qualification
• Degree level qualification or equivalent experience
• Willingness to complete further training and qualification identified as appropriate to the role
• Communications skills / Leadership training

PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE

• Extensive experience of working with CYPMHS
• Range of work procedures and practices; base level of theoretical knowledge
• Knowledge and experience to deal with nonroutine issues such as problem solving for an area of work or developing alternative or additional procedure
• Knowledge of specialist functional / medical/legal terms, organisational policies and procedures
• Experience in a mental health environment or NHS

SKILLS/KNOWLEDGE/ABILITY

• Experience in working as part of a multidisciplinary team
• Experience liaising with external agencies and report writing
• Awareness of mental health problems affecting children and young people
• Experience and understanding of neurodevelopment difficulties, including Autism spectrum disorder Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
• Awareness of child protection policies and procedures

COMMUNICATION SKILLS

• Pleasant and efficient telephone manner
• Professional approach when using email
• Friendly and welcoming manner when receiving visitors at reception
• Calm and efficient when resolving issues
• Able to provide and receive routine information requiring tact or persuasive skills, considering barriers to understanding. Eg. anxious patients cultural differences, language or communication difficulties.
• Able to clearly and accurately communicate routine information verbally and in writing, with patients and staff on, for example discharge, admission, transfer.

ANALYTICAL SKILLS

• Able to use their own judgement to find solutions to visitor/staff requests/needs through the use of analytical and problems solving skills
• Is able to confidently o Escalate issues when necessary. o Prioritise work o Resolve conflicting diary appointments and schedules
• Able to maintain spreadsheets and analyse and disseminate data

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.

Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust

£50,008 to £56,908 a yearper annum, pro rata (5% HCAS Included)