About this role
Job summary Are you a Senior Nurse and Non-Medical Prescriber looking to work as part of a dynamic and supportive prescribing team? We would like you to join our Community CAMHS Team supporting the non-medical prescribing needs for children with mental health needs on the Isle of Wight.This role requires a qualified Nurse Prescriber (V300) who has experience working with children and families and holds a current professional registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Council.You will be working as part of the wider CAMHS team on the Isle of Wight. The successful candidate will work within a multidisciplinary team, completing specialist assessments and delivering interventions to children, young people, and their parents/carers, including pharmacological interventions as a Non-Medical Prescriber.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will provide specialist assessments, nursing interventions and prescribing of medications (where required) to children and young people within Isle of Wight CAMHS; 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, Delivering with Delivering Well and discharge planning.
About us
Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust provides joined-up mental and physical healthcare for around two million people across our communities. With over 13,000 staff working in the community and local hospitals, we deliver care at every stage of life, helping people live their best and healthiest lives.
Our mental health services include community-based support and early intervention in psychosis (EIP) for both adults and young people, alongside a network of specialist inpatient wards covering forensic, learning disability, eating disorder and older person's care.
We deliver extensive physical health services too, from urgent community response teams helping frail and older patients remain safely at home, to hospitals at home teams providing acute-level care in familiar surroundings. Our neurological services offer rehabilitation and treatment for conditions including Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson's Disease, Motor Neurone Disease, Head Injury, Cerebral Palsy and Stroke. Across Hampshire, our community hospitals provide inpatient rehabilitation as a step down from acute care, and our dedicated teams also staff Treetops Sexual Assault Referral Centre in Portsmouth, offering expert, compassionate support.
Everything we do is underpinned by our CARE values of compassion, accountability, respect and excellence
Job description Job responsibilities
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 Specification
Qualifications Essential
Communication/Relationship skills: *Demonstrate excellent verbal and written communication skills with staff, patients, families, carers, and professionals. *Able to establish links with other services and professionals. Analytical & Judgement skills: *Able to effectively manage risk. *To have a good knowledge of service objectives. *To understand performance reports and how they relate to team. Planning & Organisational skills: *Able to manage and delegate tasks. *Participate in service development. *Able to lead clinical discussions in team. *Able to undertake audit activity. *Able to plan staff rotas as needed. People Management / Leadership / Resources: *To lead the team in absence of Service Manager. *To provide supervision for staff including clinical, managerial, and professional. *To develop training sessions for staff, students, professionals, and agencies. *Participate in staff recruitment and selection, absence management and other staff related issues. *Ensure team has adequate resources to deliver service. *Awareness of service operational policy * Authorised signatory *Understand team dynamics. IT skills: *Able to use Trust IT systems to enter patient information, case notes, risk, eCPA. *Able to produce documents and reports using Word, Excel, PowerPoint. *Communicate to patients and professionals using letters and templates. * Physical skills: *Physically fit to undertake duties related to service area. *Awareness of PMVA interventions.
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 Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details Employer name Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Address Newport Clinic
7 Pyle Street
Newport
Isle of Wight
PO30 1JW
Employer's website https://hiowhealthcare.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)