Senior Nurse Practitioner

Navigo Health and Social Care CIC; Grimsby; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 47,000; Full time

Job summary

A mental health service provider in Grimsby is seeking a qualified Senior Practitioner to work within their crisis and acute services. The role involves holistic assessments, evidence-based treatment, and coaching junior staff. Candidates should have experience with mental illness and effective communication skills, along with a commitment to person-centred care. This position offers a competitive salary from £38,682 to £46,580 annually.

Benefits

£2,500 Golden Hello Payment

Opportunities for training and growth

Qualifications

• Two years post-registration experience, including one year at a senior level.
• Evidence the ability to work autonomously as well as part of a team.
• Knowledge of mental illness treatment and relapse prevention.

Responsibilities

• Complete holistic assessments and risk management.
• Deliver evidence-based treatment and support to patients.
• Provide supervision and support to junior colleagues.

Skills

Autonomy

Person-centred care

Positive attitude

Education

Post qualification award in health/society care

Current UK professional registration

Tools

Psychometric tools

Job description

Awarded for this vacancy - £2,500 Golden Hello Payment. Apply now and if you are successfully recruited you will receive up to £2,500. Terms and Conditions Apply.

This is an exciting opportunity to join the expandingNavigo family, working as a qualified Senior Practitioner within the Acuteservices, which encompasses single point of access (SPA), crisis, liaison,home treatment, substance misuse and the inpatient lodges. If you'relooking to start a new career, or you already have experience supporting peoplewith health & social needs, we want to hear from hard working, kind, caringand compassionate people who want to make a difference to the lives of others.

Ourteams work across the locality in a holistic, person-centred andtrauma-informed approach to deliver services that we'd be happy for our ownfamilies to use.

Please note the expected start date for this position is not before 05/01/2026.

Main duties of the job

The role of a qualified Senior Practitioner involvescompleting holistic assessment of need, risk assessment & management,delivering evidence-based treatment & interventions, admission/discharge,coaching & supervising junior colleagues, attending and leading meetings(including MDT's, reviews, team meetings, etc.), maintaining the wardenvironments, supporting the friends/families of people using services, andcontributing to the safe and effective delivery of the service whilst ensuringthat the people who use our services are always involved and at the heart ofany decision-making. Through robust implementation of policy and compliancewith the appropriate legal frameworks, this role truly contributes theimproving the lives of the people accessing our services.

About us

Hello!

Weare Navigo. We look after North East Lincolnshire's mental health andwell-being, an award-winning social enterprise that provides mental healthservices to the NHS and beyond.

Thewhole basis of our work is to deliver services that we would be happy for ourown family to use.

Weoffer a range of mental health services, including acute and communityfacilities as well as specialist support such as outstanding older adultsinpatient services, rehabilitation and recovery community mental health and anoutstanding specialist eating disorder facility.

Rankedas one of the top UK companies to work for, we feature in the Best Companiestop 100 large company list.

Asa social enterprise, we do things a little bit differently and have alsodeveloped income-generating commercially viable businesses that providetraining, education and employment opportunities including Grimsby GardenCentre.

Workingat Navigo is not like working anywhere else. Lots of places say that, but wereally mean it.

Welike to work with forward-thinking people who want to make a difference.

Comeand Join us !

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Job responsibilities

Clinical: responsibility for assessment, admission anddischarge processes, care planning, maintaining accurate records and must havea standard that reflects their level of clinical expertise, use of specialisedpsychometric tools to complement the assessment and evaluation of patient care,liaise with community based services and resources such as education, socialsecurity, employment, housing, police and voluntary sector organisations tofacilitate the delivery of the most appropriate and best possible care for theindividual patients, their carers and families, discuss complex issuessurrounding risk management and plan care accordingly advising others regardingmanagement of care, respond the patient crises in a positive pro-active manner,develop clear care pathways, including methods to reduce the risk of furthercrises developing, provide telephone support to any patients or carers, outsideagencies or clinicians who require information, advice or crisis intervention(this will require the postholder to make immediate, effective decisions thatwill have implications for the outcomes of the patients' mental health. Thepostholder must be able to assess complex mental health conditions and developand implement care packages in a variety of settings.

Managerial: act as a role model for staff, which will involveproviding support and guidance to staff in order to maximise the experience ofpatients whilst they are an inpatient, take charge of the lodge in the absenceof the manager with continuing responsibility, plan and organise workloads forstaff within the area to include allocation of staff, planning patient care andgroups etc., assist with managing positive attendance in clinical areas inaccordance with Navigo's Managing Attendance Policy.

Clinical Governance: the postholder must be able to evaluateand review research and other relevant literature and be aware of theimplications of the social and local policies, procedures and informationpackages related to service delivery.

Training: there is an expectation that the postholder will beinvolved in the provision of internal training sessions and presentations toother services and students and may be asked to provide specific training ormentorship to students.

Additional: the postholder will be expected to takeresponsibility for a number of other tasks including risk assessments ofpatients who are in crisis and may be displaying high risk behaviours,supporting the clinical lead both clinically and managerial, facilitatingsupervision and mentoring students, having an understanding of the relevantpolicies and their application to related face to face physical aggression andassociated actions. The postholder will be expected to professionallycontribute and/or lead and manage serious untoward incidents, challengingbehaviours, ensuring all parties are debriefed and supported. The postholderwill be expected to be involved in and implement new and revised policieswithin their own sphere of work.

Person Specification

Knowledge

• Knowledge of the principles of nurse prescribing and the use of patient group directives/protocols.
• Broad knowledge of risk assessments.

Additional Criteria

• Evidence of ability to work autonomously and as part of a team.
• Examples of positive attitude and person-centred, trauma-informed care.
• Able to work shifts, covering days and some nights, weekends and bank holidays.
• Currently eligible to work in the UK.
• Evidence of a commitment to user/carer involvement.
• Access to own transport

Experience

• Two years post-registration, 1 year of which at a senior level.
• Knowledge of relapse prevention
• Experience working with mental illness of a severe and enduring nature.
• Evidenced knowledge of issues involved in the treatment of mental illness and relapse prevention.
• Can evidence experience in audit and research

Qualifications

• Current UK professional registration - please provide UK registration number.
• Evidence of post-graduate study/qualification
• Post qualification award in health/social care at degree or equivalent level.
• 032/33 or ENB998 (equivalent).
• Clinical Supervision training
• Nurse Prescribing
• AMHPs trained/willingness to undertake training.
• IT or equivalent qualification to level 2

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.

Business, People and Performance Manager

£38,682 to £46,580 a yearPay dependant on experience