16 Oct
NELFT NHS Foundation Trust
Canterbury
Job description
Joining #TeamNELFT means you’ll become part of a welcoming and supportive working environment. We’re CQC rated Good, and we want you to join us on the journey towards an Outstanding rating.
NELFT has sites across North East London, Essex, Kent and Medway. We provide community and mental healthcare services to adults and children within these areas.
The Trust has award winning equality and diversity initiatives and staff health and wellbeing activities. We invest heavily in your development, because when you are valued and supported, we provide the best care to our patients.
We are a Level 3 Disability Confident Leader, have been featured in the Working Families Top 10 Employers benchmark for three consecutive years,
and we have achieved a Carers UK Level 1 Accreditation.
Along with our staff networks and training opportunities, we work hard to embed a just and compassionate culture here at NELFT.
Find out more about NELFT careers and what makes our Trust a great place to work, in this video
Job overview
Community Psychiatric Nurse
Waltham Forest Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) are seeking a Registered Mental Health Nurse to join a friendly, motivated team working with young people within our neurodevelopmental pathway.
The successful applicant will need to demonstrate a genuine interest and experience of working with young people in a community setting.
They will also need to be able to demonstrate an ability to contribute to the evidence based assessment and treatment offered within the service.
If you are an overseas qualified nurse and wanting to start your journey to becoming a UK based registered nurse with the NMC,
you can check whether you are eligible to be supported through our Capital Nurse consortium.
Please visit; . Whilst NELFT is happy to welcome overseas nurses we are unable to consider your application directly. You should submit your interest and apply through the Capital Nurse London group.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be expected to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team to contribute to the assessment of young people within our neurodevelopmental assessment clinic.
This will include completing a detailed developmental history with parents and carers, completing face to face assessments of young people suspected to be presenting with signs of Autism and / or ADHD, and providing feedback and advice / signposting following the assessment.
They will be responsible for documenting their observations within an assessment report and providing supporting evidence to the professional network, for example to support application and review of Education and Health Care Plans.
Additional training would be provided to ensure that the post holder has the skills required to fulfil the requirements of the post.
The post holder will also work as part of a duty rota to respond to queries and concerns for young people who are open to the service, including completing an assessment of mental health need and risk, and discussing with the wider team to agree a plan of care.
The post holder will be expected to manage their own caseload, working in an evidenced based and time limited way, including use of outcome monitoring to measure progress and client satisfaction.
Interventions may involve working individually with service users and their carers, but also providing interventions to families and groups as required.
Working for our organisation
Probationary Period
This post will be subject to a probationary period. Internal applicants are exempt from the probationary period (unless you are an internal applicant currently part way through a probationary period or currently a bank member of staff).
Starting with NELFT
NELFT place a great deal of importance on new starters being properly welcomed and inducted into the Trust. All new starters will join the Trust on the first Monday of each month and will undertake a comprehensive induction of up to two weeks which will include mandatory training, systems training and the allocation of equipment.
As part of the process new starters will have the opportunity to also meet the executive team, senior managers and attend a number of drop in sessions focusing in engagement, health and wellbeing and key processes.
The induction will be held at our head office in Rainham, Essex.
High Cost Area Supplement London
This post also attracts payment for High Cost Area Supplement of 15% of the basic salary (minimum payment of £4,313 and a maximum payment of £5,436 per annum pro rata).
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
- To work within the neurodevelopmental pathway to complete holistic assessments, including assessment of risk.
- To feedback the outcome of assessment to family, offering advise and further referral / signposting as appropriate.
- To follow NELFT safeguarding processes at all times to ensure the safety of young people.
- To work as part of a multi-disciplinary team - to work alongside CAMHS colleagues and professionals from other services to contribute a nursing perspective and to represent CAMHS.
- To work as part of the duty rota - to provide a timely response to reassure families and young people and to review the plan of care.
Person specification
Qualification
Essential criteria
RMN Post Registration Qualification to Degree level or equivalent.
Desirable criteria
Mentorship Qualification (or relevant experience of working with student nurses and willingness to attend training )
Experience
Essential criteria
- Relevant experience of working therapeutically with young people with mental health difficulties
- Experience of participation in assessing and supporting young people with neurodevelopmental difficulties
Desirable criteria
Experience of working within a community setting
Skills / Experience
Essential criteria
Experience of risk assessment and management
Experience
Essential criteria
Experience of holding a caseload
Benefits
We believe in bringing your authentic and best self to work, in order to deliver the best care to our patients. We are committed to supporting our employees holistically.
Here is a snapshot of what is on offer at NELFT :
- A long-standing and award-winning approach to equality and diversity with supportive networks for ethnic minority staff, staff with disabilities or long term / chronic conditions and LGBT staff.
- A commitment to supporting colleagues to achieve a work life balance,
through flexible working opportunities and our effortsto support our working parents and carers.
This has resulted in us being recognised as a Top 10 Family Friendly Employer’ from the Working Families Charity.
- Proactive health and wellbeing support, including access to our employee assistance programme, staff psychological support, individual wellbeing conversations and a network of health and wellbeing ambassadors.
- Detailed information about our wellbeing and benefits offer can be found in this link.
As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you.
Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s a job share, part time hours or another flexible pattern.
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📍 Canterbury