Job summary
Employer heading
Youth Justice Nurse
NHS AfC: Band 7
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
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Nurse within Redbridge Child and Adolescent Mental Health team based within Redbridge Service (YJS). Covering Maternity leave.
The Youth Justice Service is a multi-agency, multi-professional team with statutory responsibilities for young people who are at risk of, or have offended. The Service is part of a broader Integrated Adolescent Service delivering assessments and interventions to children, young people and their families across the borough. The service aims to prevent children from becoming involved in crime, and for those who have already offended, reducing offending behaviours by working in partnership with Police, Probation, Youth Courts, Education, Health and Childrens’ Service colleagues.
We are seeking an able, enthusiastic and experienced registered nurse to provide highly specialist health and mental health screening, assessment and intervention for young people with a range of vulnerabilities within the Youth Justice Service (YJS).
This role is suitable for nurses with experience of working with children and young people with physical and mental health needs.
Main duties of the job
The role requires you to function autonomously, whilst being a support and resource to less experienced members of staff from the partner agencies within the YJS. You must have the following:
· A comprehensive understanding of mental health conditions and emotional wellbeing and their management and treatment.
· Be able to manage a caseload of young people, ensuring safe and effective clinical practices.
· Be able to assess young people’s needs form a holistic prospective, taking in to consideration both physical and emotional health needs and any potential risks and formulating an appropriate care plan in collaboration with the young person.
· Be able to provide time orientated intervention to support young people to manage their health needs.
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).
High-Cost Area Supplement
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) pro rata for part time staff.
Certificates of Sponsorship
Although we are a registered sponsor organisation, we are unable to offer sponsorship for all job roles. Please check your eligibility under the UKVI points based system
Use of AI
Applications for this role should be written by the applicant. If artificial intelligence (AI) programmes are used then the application may be rejected due to this document being an important part of the assessment process. This does not prevent applicants seeking appropriate support with applications should they need to for the purposes of any declared disability.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
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 on engagement, health and wellbeing and key processes. The induction will be held at our head office in Rainham, Essex.
Please see the JD for further descriptions of the main responsibilities and expectations of the role.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- RMN/RLDN - with NMC
Experience
Essential criteria
- Substantive experience in nursing within MH
- delivery Public health initiatives
- experiencing in delievering Health promotion to CYP
- experience in working with families and children under statutory CSC plans
Desirable criteria
- Supervision
Knowledge and Skill
Essential criteria
- provide comprehensive understanding of mental health conditions and emotional wellbeing and their management and treatment.
- manage caseload of young people, ensuring safe and effective clinical
- • Be able to assess young people’s needs form a holistic prospective, taking in to consideration both physical and emotional health needs and any potential risks and formulating an appropriate care plan in collaboration with the young person
- • Be able to provide time orientated intervention to support young people to manage their health needs.
Desirable criteria
- Understanding the importance to YJS
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
- Paul Bentham
- Job title
- interim Transformation Lead,
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07394097450
List jobs with NELFT NHS Foundation Trust in Nursing and Midwifery