About this role
Job summary
We are in an exciting position to be able to advertise for a Registered Mental Health Nurse to join our award winning service at Cherry Tree Cottage. We are a innovative health and social care collaborative providing holistic care to adolescents with complex mental health needs in a theapeutic residential environment. We are keen to recruit a mental health nurse with experience of working with children and young people with mental health difficulties in either a community or inpatient setting.
Newly qualified mental health nurses are supported with a 6-12 month preceptorship programme.
Main duties of the job
We are looking for a dynamic qualified mental health nurse who is passionate about the care of children and young people and has worked with young people who have a history self-harm and suicidal ideation.
We are based in North Herts and work alongside social care in a newly developed integrated care model.
If you are interested in our service then please send us an email for more information or to arrange an informal visit [email protected]
About us
Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust are one of just five mental health trusts to achieve an overall rating of 'Outstanding' from theCare Quality Commission.
Our family of over 4,500 members of staff provide health and social care for people with mental ill health, physical ill health and learning disabilities across Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Essex and Norfolk, delivering these services within the community and several inpatient settings. Everything is underpinned by choice, independence and equality, with our Trust values embedded throughout:
Welcoming. Kind. Positive. Respectful. Professional.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Cherry Tree Cottage is an Ofsted registered childrens home operated through an integrated health and social care staffing model (HPFT and HCC Social Services) to care for children looked after. The home provides 4 beds for children with mental health presentations who may be repeat attenders at A&E /S136 suite or at risk of /or have had admission to Tier 4 provision (psychiatric inpatient unit).This is an exciting opportunity to join this innovative service as a newly qualified mental health nurse who is passionate to develop their career whilst working alongside social care colleagues at Cherry Tree Cottage.
As part of an MDT, the candidate will work collaboratively with the Registered Manager, Team Leader, HPFT Clinical Lead, CAMHS community team, and other clinicians in the team with the planning, development, provision and review of an excellent, service-user focused service providing crisis containment and therapeutic support to children and young people with social and co-morbid mental health difficulties. The home uses the ARC theoretical framework (Attachment, Regulation and Competency) and Non-violent resistance interventions and ethos in the provision to create a warm and nurturing environment to enhance wellbeing of the CYP. Training is provided and all workers are expected to work within this framework. The post-holder will work within professional guidelines and under the clinical and professional supervision of a Team Leader alongside the Registered Manager.
Person Specification
Essential and Desirable
Essential
- Degree, diploma or equivalent in Nursing (Mental Health Nursing).
- Registration with Nursing and Midwifery Council
- Understanding of common mental health conditions (eg psychosis, mood disorders, personality disorders, anxiety disorders)
- Awareness of risk assessment principles
- Basic knowledge of the Mental Health Act, Mental Capacity Act, and safeguarding.
Desirable
- Pre or Post registration training/ short courses in mental health
- Community and InPatient nursing experience.
- Experience of crisis services
- PhysiCal health skills
- Experience of working with children and young people
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.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
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
Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Cherry Tree Cottage
Weston Way
Baldock
SG7 6ER
United Kingdom
Employer's website
https://www.hpft.nhs.uk/careers/ (Opens in a new tab)