Job summary
- Main area
- CAMHS
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 367-CAMHS-6026-Q
- Employer
- Hertfordshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Forest House Adolescent Unit
- Town
- Radlett
- Salary
- £35,392 - £42,618 per annum, pro rata + 5% of basic salary min £,1192 - max £2,011
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- Today at 23:59
Employer heading
Charge Nurse
Band 6
Values Based Screener
At Hertfordshire Partnership Foundation Trust we are looking for people to join us who share our values and those of the NHS. Before your application can be considered please take part on our online values questionnaire, which you can find below. When you have finished you will be sent a 'completion code' by email, which will be valid for 6 months and required to submit your application form.
http://hpft.recruitforvalues.com/
Job overview
Are you looking for a fulfilling and challenging Nursing role? Do you have what it takes to lead a team? Look no further, we have just the role for you!
We are currently seeking an experienced and highly skilled Band 6 Charge Nurse to join our dynamic Multi-Disciplinary Team within Children and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) at Forest House. Forest House is a 16 bedded inpatient unit for 12-18 year olds suffering with emotional, behavioural and psychiatric problems. The unit offers young people a 24-hour, 7 day a week service, assessing, treating and evaluating care through a variety of therapeutic techniques, family work, individual work, group work and the day-to-day milieu
Main duties of the job
As the Charge Nurse you will be expected to:
- Play a key leadership role in delivering exceptional patient care to our young people, while also supporting and mentoring junior nursing staff.
- Highly motivated and proactive nursing professional with a strong background in an inpatient setting, as well as strong leadership and communication skills.
- To act as the lead nurse / care co-ordinators for a group of young people within an inpatient setting.
- Responsible for the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of nursing care within the multi-disciplinary team. This will include carrying responsibility for the assessment of needs of young people within the service ensuring the treatment and risk management plans are adhered to.
What we can offer:
- A coaching network where trained coaches throughout the Trust are matched with staff of all disciplines to provide a powerful development opportunity
- Leading company discounts and childcare vouchers
- Salary sacrifice schemes enabling staff to drive a new car or bike - saving on tax and insurance included
- Wellbeing activities - from mindfulness to yoga, pilates and our signature craft club join our monthly programme of regular and special events to support your wellbeing
- Gym discounts, including Nuffield Health and David Lloyd.
Working for our organisation
Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (HPFT) is an outstanding organisation with ambitions to match. We are one of just five mental health trusts to achieve an overall rating of ‘Outstanding’ in 2019 from the Care Quality Commission, and our aim is to be the leading provider of mental health and specialist learning disability services in the country.
Our family of over 3500 members of staff provide health and social care for over 400,000 people with mental ill health, physical ill health and learning disabilities across Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, and Norfolk, delivering these services within the community and several inpatient settings. We also deliver a range of nationally commissioned specialist services including Tier 4 services for children and young people, perinatal services, plus medium and low secure learning disabilities services.
The care we provide makes a fantastic difference to the lives of our service users, their families and carers - everything is underpinned by choice, independence and equality, with our Trust values embedded throughout:
Our Trust values are:
Welcoming. Kind. Positive. Respectful. Professional.
These values are at the core of who we are, everything we do, and how we do it!
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Clinical Responsibilities
- To support the Team Manager and Modern matron in ensuring that key clinical targets are achieved and improved upon, for example CPA and 7-day follow-up.
- To work with clinical teams on performance improvement projects as
required. - To demonstrate an understanding of the clinical issues related to Service Users.
- To use Care Notes and COGNOS as to ensure Forest House meets
relevant targets. - To lead and uphold health & safety and infection control standards within the unit.
- To provide clinical and managerial supervision to junior members of staff.
- To participate in clinical and management supervision.
- To lead and coordinate delivery of care to young people.
- To support and ensure treatment plans are followed and reviewed
accordingly - To follow the Trust policies on administering medication
- To act as CPA coordinator
- To liaise closely with the unit Housekeeper and other food suppliers in order to ensure the unit at all times has adequate food relevant to
individuals re-feeding programmes. - To coordinate and participate in clinical audits.
Person specification
AREAS OF KNOWLEDGE, TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE
Essential criteria
- At least 2 years experience at Band 5, with 1 year in CAMHS
- Registered Nurse Mental Heath or RSCN
- Ability to run groups
- Ability to plan, implement and carry out nursing care
- Knowledge of Mental Health Act
- Awareness of Child Protection
- Relevant Clinical knowledge
- A working knowledge of child development and adolescents
- Up to date working knowledge of child and family problems and disorders
- Emphatic interviewing and counselling skills
- Experience of working with children, adolescents, family and carers
- Ability to manage staff
- Previous experience of managing and supervising junior staff (including those from other professional backgrounds)
- An understanding of the complex nature of eating disorders and associated difficulties.
- Ability to monitor and manage adolescents with eating disorders
- Ability to support and nurse junior staff when dealing with complex eating disorders.
COMMUNICATION SKILLS
Essential criteria
- Excellent communication skills both verbal and written
- Ability to work and communicate effectively with others
- Ability to think clearly and express self
- Ability to assess reports and clinical information and provide clear and concise information tailored for different audiences
ANALYTICAL SKILLS
Essential criteria
- Detailed knowledge and understanding of psychiatric/mental health diagnosis and treatments
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Luke Makumbe
- Job title
- Service Line Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
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