mental health nurse

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

Job summary

Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a newly qualified Mental Health Nurse to join Cherry Tree Cottage, a therapeutic residential home for children and young people with complex mental health needs. You will work within an MDT with social care partners and CAMHS to provide crisis containment and supportive care.

Experience with CYP and a passion for development in an integrated care model is valued; preceptorship training of 6–12 months is available to new

Qualifications

• Degree, diploma or equivalent in Nursing (Mental Health Nursing).
• Registration with Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC).
• Understanding of common mental health conditions (e.g., psychosis, mood disorders).
• Awareness of risk assessment principles.
• Knowledge of the Mental Health Act, Mental Capacity Act and safeguarding.

Responsibilities

• Work within an MDT to plan, develop and review a crisis containment and therapeutic support service for children and young people with mental health needs.
• Collaborate with CAMHS, social care and other clinicians to provide holistic care in a residential setting.
• Supervise and develop care plans for CYP with complex needs within Cherry Tree Cottage.

Skills

MH Nursing

Child & Adolescent

NMC Registration

Risk assessment

Education

Nursing degree/diploma (Mental Health)

Job description

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. Cherry Tree Cottage is an Ofsted registered children's 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.

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 an innovative health and social care collaborative providing holistic care to adolescents with complex mental health needs in a therapeutic 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.

• Degree, diploma or equivalent in Nursing (Mental Health Nursing).
• Registration with Nursing and Midwifery Council
• Understanding of common mental health conditions (eg psychosis, mood disorders, personality disorders, anxiety disorders)
• Awareness of risk assessment principles
• Basic knowledge of the Mental Health Act, Mental Capacity Act, and safeguarding.

Desirable criteria

• Pre or Post registration training/ short courses in mental health
• Community and InPatient nursing experience.
• Experience of crisis services
• PhysiCal health skills
• Experience of working with children and young people, You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

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