Band 7 Community Psychiatric Nurse

Job Overview

The Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) Young Peoples Team (YPT) is a specialist mental health team working with young people who present with a moderate to severe mental illness. We are looking to recruit a Community Psychiatric Nurse Band 7 to join our team. This post is for 37.5 hours per week. Non medical prescribing qualification is preferred, but not essential.

The successful applicant will have an expert knowledge around mental health difficulties faced by young people who are looked after, adopted and homeless, be able to deliver consultation and formulation at monthly clinics with carers and local authority professionals, they will act as a central point for all complex mental health referrals who have a trauma history and be trauma informed in their practise.

The successful applicant will hold an expert knowledge around moderate to severe mental illness and be confident in assessment of needs and related risk. The applicant will be confident in delivering packages of care to support stabilisation and recovery of mental illness.

The successful applicant will have a strong knowledge and interest in supporting young people who are aged 17 years and over in transitioning away from a CAMHS service and in to an adult service where indicated.

The successful applicant will be confident in presenting training packages to large groups and be responsible for ensuring the training packages are up to date and inline with current research. You will have excellent communication skills and be able to work closely with mental health professionals, carers and the local authority. You will have excellent record keeping abilities and demonstrate competency to work with high levels of risk and develop comprehensive care planning. You will be able to demonstrate all of the trust values and have a good knowledge of the trust strategy.

Please note - this post is for a 12 month secondment to the team, please ensure that you have sought discussion with your line manager prior to application. Applicants may also apply for this post as a fixed term contract of 12 months. Please note that a full UK driving license and access to a car during working hours is required for this role.

Contact Details: Kayleigh Lord kayleigh.lord@nhs.net

Job Description Summary (Main duties and responsibilities)

• To be the central point for moderate to severe presentations of mental illness within adopted, looked after and homeless young people
• To work closely with the local authority
• To provide consultation and training
• To provide comprehensive risk assessment and care planning with excellent record keeping skills
• To hold a clinical caseload and act as Lead Professional
• To be confident in leading multi-disciplinary meetings
• To be a strong presence in team meetings and assessing referrals
• To offer supervision to junior colleagues
• To be flexible and able to provide care across Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland - a driving license and access to a car with relevant insurance is required for this post

For more details, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.

We may close the advert early, if we receive a sufficient number of applicants, so please apply as soon as possible.

About Us

Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust (LPT) provides a range of community health, mental health and learning disability services for people of all ages. Delivered through over 100 settings from inpatient wards to out in the community, our 6,500 staff serve over 1 million people living in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland.

We aim to develop a workforce that reflects our community. We actively implement equal opportunities in employment and service delivery and seek people who share our commitment. We strongly encourage applications from all sections of the community, particularly from underrepresented groups.

Details of our benefits, leadership behaviours and other important information including AI in our recruitment process can be found in the Information for Applicants document attached.

We will consider requests to work alternative hours or varied working patterns in line with our flexible working policy.

For all substantive roles, new staff (excluding medical staff) are appointed subject to a 6-month probationary period (see Probation Policy).

All jobs will require permission to work in the UK.

For all jobs the cost of any DBS disclosure required will be met by the individual. This will be deducted from salary once started.

Applicants at risk within the local NHS who meet essential criteria will have preference for interview.