Senior Mental Health Practitioner

Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust; Southam CP; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a pioneering healthcare provider dedicated to transforming lives through compassionate care. As a Band 6 Senior Mental Health Nurse, you will play a crucial role in supporting children and young people facing mental health challenges. This position offers a unique opportunity to make a significant impact from day one, working within a supportive community that values innovation and personal growth. You will be involved in holistic assessments and provide tailored interventions, collaborating with families and professionals to ensure the best outcomes for those in need. Embrace this chance to advance your career in a forward-thinking environment committed to excellence in mental health services.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in mental health care is essential.
• Relevant qualifications in therapeutic specialties are required.

Responsibilities

• Conduct holistic mental health assessments and provide interventions.
• Work collaboratively within a multi-disciplinary team.

Skills

Mental Health Knowledge

Risk Assessment

Therapeutic Interventions

Communication Skills

Basic IT Competency

Education

Relevant Post Qualifying Qualification

Post Graduate Study

Specific Qualification in Therapeutic Specialty

Tools

Mental Health Act Knowledge

Driving License

Job description

Search through the open vacancies at Birmingham Women’s and Children’s.

This is YOUR place

• To be at the heart of brilliant care for women, children and young people.
• Where innovation, compassion, and opportunity meet to help transform lives.
• To make a unique impact from day one. As one of only two centres in the UK for women, children, and young people, this is where you can help bring prize-winning discoveries and game-changing innovations to life.
• To grow a thriving career and unlock your potential. Our unique and vast specialisms provide opportunities you won’t find anywhere else. No matter the career path you choose – you’ll have unwavering support for your ambition and a real investment in your learning.
• To discover a community of support. Where our strength comes from our people, who come from every walk of life and who work shoulder-to-shoulder across every discipline. Here, you’ll find a deep camaraderie and the support to take control of your career and find your passion – on the best days, and the toughest.

This is Birmingham Women’s and Children’s Trust.

This is your place, our place, the place.

Flexible working arrangements may be considered and discussions with the recruiting manager regarding this are encouraged.

Job overview

We are looking for a motivated, experienced Band 6 senior mental health nurse to work in the West Core Community team.

The post will involve holistic mental health assessments, signposting and liaison, specialist clinical input to children and young people with physical health and co-morbid mental health issues, working with parents, schools, and educating colleagues. You would need to be confident and competent in positive risk assessment and management with robust care plans and be able to provide brief solution-focused interventions to support children, young people, and their families.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be a member of the Multi-disciplinary Team and will carry continuing responsibility for the assessment, treatment and management of a defined caseload. Where appropriate, they will be required to liaise with other local agencies including Tier 4 inpatient and specialist centers, as well as the Mental Health Liaison Team and the home treatment team.

Provide specialist interventions for referred people within a therapeutic framework, both individually, with families and in groups. Also providing advice and support for other professionals as required.

Ensure that all case records are maintained accurately, legibly and contemporaneously and that all information acquired in the course of carrying out their duties is treated in the strictest confidence but is shared with all professional colleagues in line with information sharing policy/protocol.

Working for our organisation

Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust is the first of its type in the UK. Our Trust was formed in February 2017 to drive forward our commitment to provide the highest quality, world-class physical and mental health care for our women, children and families. Uniting our hospitals means more seamless care; more investment to make greater advances in our specialist treatment and world-leading neo-natal and fetal work. Importantly, it also gives us a greater voice in shaping the future of family-centred care.

Birmingham Children's Hospital is a UK leading specialist paediatric centre with an international reputation in several areas.

Birmingham Women's Hospital is one of two dedicated women's hospitals in the UK, with the busiest single site maternity unit, delivering more than 8,200 babies a year offering a full range of gynaecological, maternity and neonatal care.

Forward Thinking Birmingham (FTB) Mental Health Services are a unique, innovative community and inpatient mental health partnership. Alongside partners, FTB offers care pathways of mental health assessment and treatment for young people aged 0-25 years old.

Our Trust is committed to creating the best place to work. We believe in promoting and enhancing inclusion, diversity and equality and encourage applications from all areas of the community, who meet the criteria for the role, regardless of age, gender identity, disability, race, religion or sexual orientation.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification to view the full details for this opportunity at Birmingham Women’s and Children’s NHS Foundation Trust.

When completing your application, please ensure you have evidenced how you meet the job description and person specification to include transferable experience, qualifications, skills along with professional registration details (if applicable).

Occasionally we receive a large number of applications for our roles and when that happens we sometimes bring the closing date forward, so please apply promptly to avoid disappointment.

Person specification

Knowledge

• Working knowledge of Health Service
• Working knowledge of mental health
• A good knowledge of own professional guidelines
• Good knowledge of recognised disorders and illnesses in the field of mental health
• Understanding of a range of communication styles when working with children, young people, young adults and families in distress
• Hold an interest in a specialist area
• Knowledge of the Mental Health Act

Skills & Abilities

• Able to undertake audit
• Able to undertake risk assessments within the service
• Basic IT competency

Qualifications

• Relevant Post qualifying qualification e.g. or be able to demonstrate an equivalent level of training
• Relevant Post graduate study or be able to demonstrate further skills-based training
• Specific qualification in a relevant therapeutic speciality e.g. counselling, Family Therapy, CBT, substance misuse
• Nurse Prescriber

Experience

• Extensive post registration experience in mental health care
• Use of therapeutic interventions with children and young people i.e. 1:1, counselling, family therapy and group work
• Delivering teaching / training
• Providing consultation
• Liaison with inpatient settings
• Working in inpatient settings
• Providing care in community settings
• Developing a specialist area on behalf of the Service/ or local Team
• Developing policies and protocols
• Working in a multi-disciplinary Team
• Supervising less experienced members of staff

Other Requirements

• Full driving license
• Able to work independently
• Able to work as a member of a team
• Awareness of personal strengths and limitations
• Able to meet the travel requirements of the role

Our current Mental Health Services division may be transferring the provision of its services to Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health Foundation Trust (BSMHFT). Whilst at present you are applying for a position within Birmingham Women’s and Children’s NHS Foundation should you be successful in gaining a position within Mental Health Services, your employment may in the future be transferred over to BSMHFT. Should any new information become available, you will be kept informed of this throughout your recruitment process.

As a Trust employee you are required to comply with all legislation and guidance relating to safeguarding children and adults with care and support needs, and promoting their health and welfare. You are required to inform the Head of Safeguarding of any safeguarding concerns about your own children or children you live with. This information will be treated in a confidential manner.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.