Senior Clinical Nurse Specialist / Nurse Practitioner

Sustain SoCal; Havant; On-site; GBP 46,000 - 53,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a dedicated team as a Band 7 Nurse Mental Health Practitioner, where you will play a crucial role in supporting children and adolescents facing complex mental health challenges. This position offers the opportunity to develop care and recovery plans, ensuring that young people lead fulfilling lives. With a strong emphasis on professional development and training, you will be part of a supportive environment that values your contributions. If you are passionate about making a difference in the lives of young people and families, this role is perfect for you. Embrace the chance to work collaboratively and innovatively in a forward-thinking healthcare organization committed to excellence.

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse with current UK registration in mental health.
• Degree/diploma level with specialist qualifications relevant to care.

Responsibilities

• Provide specialist assessments and nursing interventions to patients.
• Develop care plans and recovery plans for young people.

Skills

Mental Health Nursing

Clinical Assessments

Psychoeducation

Care Planning

Leadership Skills

Education

Registered Nurse

Degree/Diploma in Nursing

Post Registration Training

Job description

The closing date is 19th Jan 2025
Job summary

The Havant and Petersfield Children and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHs) team are seeking a B7 Nurse Mental Health Practitioner to join the already well established and supportive team. You will be a highly motivated and experienced senior clinical nurse specialist, with leadership skills and a passion for working with young people and families.

Hampshire CAMHS values the contributions that nursing colleagues bring and has a well-established nursing structure and strategy. Robust and supportive clinical and management supervision and governance arrangements are in place so that staff are able to practice safely and effectively. Hampshire CAMHS is supportive of clinicians' professional development and provides access to quality training opportunities.

The role of Mental Health Practitioner (nurse) is to work in partnership with children and young people in the designated care group with complex health presentations, developing their care plans and recovery plans to enable them to lead fulfilling lives. They will demonstrate an understanding of clinical interventions relevant to the care group to include education, care plans and discharge planning, working closely with carers, families and partner agencies to facilitate this. The post holder will work at all times to promote the safety and the well being of children and young people and their families/carers. The post holder will assess, plan and implement care, and provide specialist advice and interventions.

Main duties, tasks & skills required

The post holder will provide specialist assessments and nursing interventions to patients within a care group; participate in review of clinical policies and guidelines relevant to the area and support and implement changes to practice; liaise with other organisations and professionals to promote communication and good practice; be able to undertake audit activity and supervision to other staff in service area/care group.

Understand psychosocial interventions to include psychoeducation, wellness recovery action plans and discharge planning.

About us

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a newly established organisation, bringing together expertise from across mental health, learning disabilities, community, and physical health services. We are dedicated to delivering compassionate, high-quality, and accessible care to the diverse communities of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight.

With over 13,000 dedicated staff working across more than 300 sites, we place patients and staff at the centre of everything we do. Our goal is to create an integrated healthcare system that improves accessibility and ensures more consistent care for patients. By working together, we aim to improve patient outcomes, drive innovation, and meet the unique needs of the populations we serve.

Our Trust unites services from Southern Health, Solent NHS Trust, Isle of Wight NHS Trusts community and mental health teams, as well as Hampshire CAMHS, originally part of Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust. This transformation enables us to deliver more seamless care across the region, ensuring that patients receive the right support, in the right place, at the right time.

Join us as we embark on this exciting journey to shape the future of healthcare across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. We are deeply committed to our CARE values of compassion, accountability, respect, and excellence, and offer outstanding opportunities for career development, training, and collaborative working.

Job description

Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached. It is important to us that we ensure our recruitment processes are accessible and inclusive to everyone - if as a potential candidate you are concerned a person specification may prevent or restrict your application for employment as a result of unintentional barriers on the grounds of your sex, race, age, sexual orientation, religion/belief or disability please initially contact the Trust's Recruitment team - detailed in the advert. The Trust will seek to resolve this issue wherever possible.

We are happy to talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process.

Person specificationQualificationsEssential

Registered Nurse with current registration (mental health / LD/ Adult /Paediatric) appropriate to the job role.

Degree/diploma level supplemented by specialist qualification, training, experience, courses to masters level equivalent relevant to the care group.

Evidence of post registration training in relevant service area.

Completion of Mentorship Course/ENB equivalent.

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.

UK Professional Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.

For help with your application, contact:

Anna Hayes

Pay scheme

Agenda for Change

Band

Band 7

Salary £46148.00 to £52809.00 Yearly Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-Time

Reference number

348-SS-6927

Job locations

Oak Park Childrens Services
8 Lavant Drive
Havant
Hampshire
PO9 2AW