Mental Health Nurse *3k Welcome Bonus*

East of England, United Kingdom Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust provides child and adult mental health services, learning disability, wellbeing, older people's and eating disorder services across Norfolk and Suffolk.

We are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion and want to reflect the diversity of our local communities within our teams. We welcome applications from all talented individuals with the relevant qualifications, skills, knowledge and experience.

Please note due to the nature of our roles and patient demographic, you will be required to undertake physical intervention training and remain trained, as required by your role.

Job overview

We are seeking a skilled and compassionate Mental Health Nurse to join our Crisis Assessment and Intensive Support Team (CAIST) within the Suffolk Crisis Service. This is a dynamic and rewarding role supporting children and young people in acute mental health distress.

You will be responsible for assessing referrals, delivering direct care, and managing a caseload in collaboration with a multi-disciplinary team. The role involves work in a fast-paced environment where your clinical expertise and decision-making will have a direct impact on service users and their families.

Main duties of the job

• Undertake direct assessments and deliver care plans for children and young people in crisis.

• Ensure the appropriateness of referrals and continuity of care across services.

• Work collaboratively with multi-agency partners including CAMHS, social care, and education.

• Provide supervision and support to junior staff and students.

• Maintain accurate mental health clustering and documentation across all stages of care.

• Contribute to service development and quality improvement initiatives.

Working for our organisation

Here at NSFT we pride ourselves on being a welcoming, talented, friendly and supportive team who like nothing better than sharing experiences and learning from each other. In addition to ongoing training and development opportunities, we are committed to providing an environment in which you can thrive.

Why work for us? We have challenges as a Trust, but we have ambitious aspirations, are pushing ahead with exciting transformation work and we need dedicated individuals to support us on our journey. We have strong, established professional networks coupled with an exceptional leadership team who will ensure you are truly cared for and cared about.

Why Norfolk and Suffolk? The people here are warm and welcoming, you'll never be far from the beautiful coastline or Broads National Park. We're an hour and a half away from London and have an international airport in Norwich too. Our villages, towns and cities are packed full of history, independent cafes, shops and theatres. We have excellent shopping, eating out, top ranking schooling and affordable house prices too.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The post holder will be working within a community CAMHS Crisis team, ensuring the appropriateness of referrals, undertaking direct assessment and planning and delivering direct patient care with appropriate supervision, ensuring continuity of practice and working within a multi- disciplinary and multi-agency environment.

Managing a caseload and the provision of Mental Health Care services to people with mental health care needs.

Support and advising to other health care professionals. To support aspects of service development.

Provide an appropriate learning environment for relevant UEA students.

To be responsible for accurate mental health clustering of all patients on admission, discharge and at review.

To ensure all mental health clustering information is passed onto other Trust teams or services on transfer of patients.

To ensure the accuracy and quality of mental health clustering activity within the team.

**This post attracts a recruitment premium of £3,000 (pro-rata for part time roles). This is a one off payment with half paid on appointment and half paid after the completion of a satisfactory probation period (6 months). The premium is taxable. Please note that should you leave employment, or choose to move to an alternative post within the Trust that does not attract this recruitment premium, you will be required to reimburse all or some it, as follows: 100% of the value of the premium in the first 12 months; 50% of the value of the premium in the period 12 months to 2 years following appointment. Please note this recruitment premium is for external applicants only. Not applicable to newly qualified applicants **

**Previous Applicants Need Not Apply **

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Registered Mental Health Nurse with the relevant professional registration
• Practice Supervisor / Practice Assessor training (in line with NMC Standards for Student Supervision and Assessment 2018)

Experience

Essential criteria

• Experience of working within a multidisciplinary team
• Familiar with risk assessment and its management

Skills

Essential criteria

• Able to demonstrate the ability to process, plan and delegate work

Desirable criteria

• Able to time manage and reflect on clinical practice

Others

Essential criteria

• Be able and willing to undertake further training / development specific to the role.

Please be aware that, due to the high number of applications for certain roles, this vacancy may close earlier than the advertised closing date. We encourage you to submit your application as soon as possible.

YOUR APPLICATION

We can provide all our job application materials in alternative formats so that these are accessible to everyone. Should you require any documents within this job pack in an alternative format, please do not hesitate to contact us at [email removed].

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EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES Apart from its legal duties in relation to equality and diversity, the Trust recognises and actively promotes the benefits of a diverse workforce and is committed to treating all employees with dignity and respect regardless of race, gender, disability, age, sexual orientation, religion or belief.

As a part of the Disability Confident Employer Guaranteed Interview Scheme we interview all disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the job vacancy (outlined in the Person Specification).. We encourage you to indicate your eligibility through TRAC jobs when applying.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post may be 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.

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