Specialist Nurse - Adult CMHT

Job Overview

Adult Community Mental Health Services in Hull are changing. We have formed a locality based team incorporating Primary and Secondary Mental Health Care staff to give us a more seamless approach to care delivery.

These roles sit within the secondary care part of the locality team and the post-holders will provide specialist mental health interventions to people with complex mental health presentations.

We are moving towards a trauma informed model of care delivery so an understanding of this approach is essential for all applicants.

You will work alongside colleagues from Social Work, Occupational Therapy, and Clinical Psychology and so will benefit from an extensive breadth of professional expertise.

Main duties of the job

The applicant will be expected to have specialist nursing knowledge of working with adults with complex mental health issues.

Experience in assessing and managing clinical risk is a key feature of the role and so applicants will need to demonstrate understanding and experience in this area.

The post holder will manage a caseload of people with complex mental health presentations and will need to be able to prioritise their time effectively and maintain a degree of flexibility around their time management.

You will have the opportunity to develop leadership skills , providing supervision to healthcare staff . You will lead and participate in the development of staff through appraisal and clinical supervision.

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

Qualifiactions & Knowledge

Essential Criteria

• Registered Mental Health Nurse - 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
  
  

Desirable criteria

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

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
  
  

Desirable criteria

• Demonstrable experience of working in the specific field where the post is held
  
  

Skills And Competencies

Essential criteria

• Able to demonstrate effective communication skills
• Effective interpersonal skills and experience in supervising and mentoring
• Good time management skills
  
  

Desirable criteria

• Ability to lead and motivate staff to embrace change
• Working knowledge of the Trust policies and procedures in order to effectively lead and manage others
  
  

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.