Specialist Nurse

Job Overview

Are you a registered Mental Health Nurse?

The team at Psypher are excited to offer the opportunity to join our unique and evolving service.

Owing to career development we are seeking to recruit an enthusiastic and motivated individual who shares the philosophy of therapeutic optimism, promotes recovery and shares a passion for improving outcomes.

We support people aged between 14 & 64, with suspected symptoms of psychosis for the first time. You will receive:

• A service specific induction
• Support to continue professional development
• A bespoke training package
  
  

Main duties of the job

Psypher offers up to 3 years care for people of Hull & East Riding. After initially completing a comprehensive assessment of at risk mental s

Our clients are offered a comprehensive pathway of support and interventions including:

• Activities
• Health & Lifestyle support
• Education and employment support
• Family interventions
• Cognitive Behaviour Therapy
• Medication
• Support/Education for friends and/or family
  
  

Working for our organisation

We are an award winning and CQC rated good health and social care Trust delivering integrated services across Hull, East and North Yorkshire. Find out more on our website

We are a forward thinking and dynamic Trust with a real commitment to staff development. We value our colleagues and invest in them to ensure they have the right skills to deliver outstanding care.

We are proud to score above or equal to the average for all NHS People Promise theme areas demonstrating our commitment to improve the experience of working in the NHS for everyone. Wherever you work we know you will receive a warm welcome and all the support you’ll need to get you started.

We recognise the positive value of diversity and promotes equality whilst challenging discrimination. We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds.

Work life balance is about having influence and flexibility over when, where and how you work. If the work pattern for this role does not meet your needs, we welcome an application and are happy to discuss working arrangements that differ from those advertised.

We offer a unique range of benefits that go above and beyond other NHS Trusts including an enhanced leave package and health and wellbeing support.

From city to countryside, market towns to moors you’ll find a place to call home including some of the most affordable places to live in the UK.

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Person specification

Knowledge

Essential Criteria

• Full understanding of relevant policy, legislation, drivers and their application to clinical and service area, e.g. Mental Capacity Act, Social Inclusion
• Full understanding/application of relevant clinical practice/standards/audit within identified clinical area
• Advanced IT skills
  
  

Desirable criteria

• Evidence of project work that has impacted on practice and demonstrates a higher level of communication/planning/change that impacts within own area of work/responsibility
  
  

Experience

Essential criteria

• Evidence of continuing professional development (CPD) relevant to the clinical area at specialist level of care
• Evidence of development of specialist practice nursing skills and able to demonstrate the impact of this on practice change/development
• Evidence of promoting/supporting active user/carer involvement/participation
• Act as Care Programme Approach (CPA) Co-ordinator
• Demonstrable experience of working in the specific field where the post is held
• Demonstrable skills in assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating care and treatment
  
  

Desirable criteria

• Development of specialist/advanced level of practice skills and able to demonstrate the impact of this on practice change/development
• Leadership/management experience which has had a positive impact and created change within the service delivery/practice
• Professional networking locally
• Ability to effectively Chair meetings
  
  

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Part III or 13 of NMC live register
• Post registration/graduate diploma or equivalent experience in related work area, to demonstrate advanced level of practice
• Demonstrable experience of mentoring pre-registration students
  
  

Desirable criteria

• Evidence of CPD or experiential learning at an advanced level e.g. Post graduate/Masters level
• Leadership training/qualification/experience
  
  

Skills And Competencies

Essential criteria

• Ability to commute between the various sites
• Ability to manage own and other’s emotions at times of crisis
  
  

Applicant Requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.