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Senior Nurse Practitioner
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 7
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref
354-AE-20994
Employer
Sussex Partnership NHS FoundationTrust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Department of Psychiatry
Town
Eastbourne
Salary
£43,742 - £50,056 pa
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
08/07/2024 08:00

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Senior Nurse Practitioner - Incentives Apply

NHS AfC: Band 7

Welcome from our Chief Executive

Our organisation is expanding and we're looking for people with the right values, skills and/or potential to join us. We need people with energy, expertise, enthusiasm to help us provide the very best possible specialist NHS mental health and learning disability care. This involves helping us achieve our strategy to improve the quality of life for the communities we serve through People, Prevention and Partnerships.

So what can we offer you in return?

We're an organisation which puts people first. We'll do everything possible to help you feel respected, valued and included. We'll help you learn, acquire new skills and gain further experience to support your career development. And we'll provide the opportunity for you to bring your fresh ideas to work about how we can do things differently and continue improving.

You will also be joining a health and care system committed to working together to do the best we can for the communities we serve. Above all, at Sussex Partnership you'll have the chance to make a difference to the lives of the patients, carers and families across our communities.

As a Trust we are committed in making a difference. Your development is important to us, so don't forget to ask us during interview what opportunities we can offer. We can offer fully funded lifelong learning opportunities such as an apprenticeship from GCSE to Masters level.

If you like the sound of that, then come and join our team.

Job overview

We are looking for a Senior Nurse Practitioner  to join the  Crisis Resolution & Home Treatment team (CRHT) in Eastburne.

The role will involve working with people who have been referred to CRHT via Urgent Care Services (Mental Health Liaison Service, The Haven, Street Triage), Assessment and Treatment Service in Eastbourne and the Havens,, GP, and some third sector partner Services. It also involves working with people who are experiencing a mental health crisis and require our support. The aim of our service is to ensure that patients are assessed and are able to access care as quickly as possible and to ensure that they are able to access the correct treatment pathway.

This is an exciting time for Urgent Care  services as we start our unique workforce planning to enhance our multidisciplinary team in order to meet the needs of our community.

This post offers the Trust's £4,000 Incentive for band 5-7 Nurses & Practitioners, as well as a relocation package up to a maximum of £8,000 (subject to terms and conditions).

Main duties of the job

We are a highly clinically skilled team who provide dynamic and comprehensive assessment, treatment and care to people in mental health crisis that come into contact with Mental Health teams and other emergency services.

You will need to have the skills and qualities to be able to work autonomously as a senior mental health practitioner with an ability to assess people's mental health/ complex presentations, presenting risks and be able to formulate effective plans and strategies to meet and manage the risk involving liaison with the service user, family and emergency colleagues. You will need to be able to give specialist mental health advice, be able to liaise with clinical services and relevant agencies. The environment is fast paced and very demanding. You will need to have a good understanding of mental health across all services (Primary, secondary, crisis care).

You will be working closely with existing current team members in identifying best use of resources in a needs led service utilising patient focused evidenced interventions.

Working for our organisation

The successful candidate will be given a two week induction programme and will be supported by the service in order to help your integration in to the team and work environment. You will also be expected to work shift patterns that cover 7 days.

You will be joining a committed and dynamic multidisciplinary team and will be fully supported and empowered to make a difference to creatively develop many new ways of working, towards building safe and responsive quality mental health services fit for the future.

In return, we can offer a supportive and flexible working environment and access to training opportunities to assist you to realise your potential and achieve a greater degree of job satisfaction.

As a Trust employee you will enjoy the following:

  • Excellent starting salary
  • NHS Pension contributions
  • 27 days holiday allowance plus bank holidays
  • Flexible Working patterns
  • Child care vouchers
  • Excellent training and development opportunities
  • NHS Discounts
  • Employee Assistance Programme

This post offers an incentive, or a Relocation package up to a maximum of £4000 (pro rata applies and subject to terms and conditions). 

We invite applications from those with a minimum of 3 years’ experience of assessment and working with people who present with acute mental health issues.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

This role offers the successful candidate the opportunity to influence and to develop key developments within the Crisis Home Treatment Team, such as staff development, treatment options and utilisation of resources to effectively ensure a seamless and efficient service for those individuals requiring urgent care.    

 

 

Person specification

Essential

Essential criteria
  • Registered Nurse with current registration (mental health / LD/ Adult) appropriate to the job role
  • Degree/diploma level supplemented by specialist qualification, training, experience, courses to masters level equivalent relevant to the care group
  • Evidence of post registration training in relevant service area
  • Completion of Mentorship Course/ENB equivalent
  • Supplementary/Independent Non-Medical Prescribing Module (level 3)
  • Extensive post qualifying experience in relevant service area
  • Experience of supervising staff and students
  • Able to manage a caseload of patients with complex mental health needs
  • Comprehensive knowledge of interventions specific to service area
  • Awareness of Trust policies and service specification
  • Demonstrate excellent verbal and written communication skills with staff, patients, families, carers and professionals
  • Able to establish links with other services and professionals
  • Able to effectively manage risk
  • To have a good knowledge of service objectives and to understand performance reports and how they relate to team
  • Able to manage and delegate tasks; participate in service development; able to lead clinical discussions in team; able to undertake audit activity; able to plan staff rotas as needed
  • To provide supervision for Nursing staff including clinical, and professional; to develop training sessions for staff, students, professionals and agencies; to participate in staff recruitment and selection, absence management and other staff related issues; to understand and manage team dynamics
  • Able to use IT systems competently
  • Physically fit to undertake duties related to service area
  • Able to prioritise workload, plan and organise diary, and manage report writing, attendance at clinical meetings, supervise colleagues, assess patients
  • Able to manage distressing and emotional situations involving staff and patients, manage and deal with complaints, incidents and SIs
  • Aware of policies governing area of work, able to travel to other locations county-wide, demonstrate support for values of the Trust, team player, punctual and flexible

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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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.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Lynn Hodges
Job title
Team Leader
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
0300 304 0645
Additional information

Informal visits are encouraged and welcomed.  

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