Mental Health Nurse - Cherry Tree Cottage

The Methodist Church in Britain; Greater London; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

The Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (HPFT) is recruiting a Band 6 Registered Mental Health Nurse to work at Cherry Tree Cottage, a three-bed children's home run jointly with Hertfordshire County Council social services.

You will undertake mental health assessments, care planning and crisis containment for children in care, with the aim of preventing hospital admission and supporting a settled move.

Qualifications

• Registered mental health nurse with NMC registration.
• Experience working with children and young people in a health environment.
• Experience working with children and young people in a mental health crisis environment.
• Experience working with children and young people in care.
• Willingness to work long shifts, weekends and bank holidays and take children on holiday in the UK and abroad.

Responsibilities

• Undertake mental health assessment, risk assessment, care plan management and reviews for children with complex mental health and co-morbid social care needs.
• Provide crisis containment and therapeutically engaging activities for children admitted for a limited time, and support therapeutic groups in the home
• Give advice and consultation to team members on the mental health care of children in the home
• Provide reparative parenting that safeguards and promotes welfare, meeting legislation and the National Quality Standards for residential homes
• Provide a safe, containing environment that stabilises children's mental health so they can return to their original placement
• Support children's social, educational and emotional development through assessment, care planning and liaison with other agencies
• Respond appropriately to children with challenging behaviour and support the purpose of the home
• Carry out day-to-day home tasks: cooking, cleaning, school and appointment transport, petty cash, medication administration, maintaining the environment and acting as a role model
• Work shift patterns including long shifts, weekends and bank holidays, and take children on holiday within and outside the UK
• Oversee care team responsibilities and work with the team leader and manager on clinical governance and service targets
• Initiate and take part in service audits, and promote service user feedback
• Communicate accurately and clearly, integrate into the multi-professional health and social care team, and follow HPFT and HCC policies and local procedures

Skills

Flexibility

Communication

Education

NMC registration

Job description

A Band 6 post at Cherry Tree Cottage, a three-bed Ofsted-registered children's home run jointly with Hertfordshire County Council social services. The nurse carries out assessments and care planning for children in mental health crisis and supports therapeutic groups, aiming to prevent hospital admission or enable a settled move on. Shifts include long days, weekends, bank holidays and holidays in the UK and abroad. Registered mental health nurses with experience of children in care are invited to apply.

What the job involves

• Undertake mental health assessment, risk assessment, care plan management and reviews for children with complex mental health and co-morbid social care needs
• Provide crisis containment and therapeutically engaging activities for children admitted for a limited time, and support therapeutic groups in the home
• Give advice and consultation to team members on the mental health care of children in the home
• Provide reparative parenting that safeguards and promotes welfare, meeting legislation and the National Quality Standards for residential homes
• Provide a safe, containing environment that stabilises children's mental health so they can return to their original placement
• Support children's social, educational and emotional development through assessment, care planning and liaison with other agencies
• Respond appropriately to children with challenging behaviour and support the purpose of the home
• Carry out day-to-day home tasks: cooking, cleaning, school and appointment transport, petty cash, medication administration, maintaining the environment and acting as a role model
• Work shift patterns including long shifts, weekends and bank holidays, and take children on holiday within and outside the UK
• Oversee care team responsibilities and work with the team leader and manager on clinical governance and service targets
• Initiate and take part in service audits, and promote service user feedback
• Communicate accurately and clearly, integrate into the multi-professional health and social care team, and follow HPFT and HCC policies and local procedures

Registration & licences

• Registered mental health nurse with NMC registration

Experience

• Experience working with children and young people in a health environment
• Experience working with children and young people in a mental health crisis environment
• Experience working with children and young people in care

Skills & knowledge

• Additional training through short courses

Other

• Willingness to work long shifts, weekends and bank holidays and take children on holiday in the UK and abroad, confirmed in the supporting statement

Nice to have

• RMN
• Degree with postgraduate level study experience, or equivalent ENB 998 or mentorship experience
• Evidence of management or leadership development
• Membership of professional bodies such as the NMC