Nurse Practitioner Job at Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, County

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Job Description

CAMHS Nurse or Practitioner - Caradon Team

Band 6

Main area
CAMHS
Grade
Band 6
Contract
Permanent
Hours
  • Full time
  • Part time
37.5 hours per week
Job ref
201-23-242-C
Site
East of the County
Town
East of the County
Salary
£33,706 - £40,588 Per annum/Pro rata
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
Today at 23:59

Thank you for your interest in joining us at Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust.

We pride ourselves in striving to be an employer of choice.

Strategic Themes

Great Care

  • Care based on what matters to people.
  • Care provided at home or close to home.
  • Improvement through learning, research and innovation.
  • Prevention and alternatives to hospital.

Great Organisation

  • Buildings that support health and wellbeing.
  • Technology enabled care.
  • Care teams are supported by responsive corporate services.
  • Safe, efficient, effective and productive.

Great People

  • A place people love to work and feel valued.
  • Living our values with staff (all voices count).
  • Attract, grow and develop talent.
  • Leaders with compassion, who continuously learn and listen.

Great Partner

  • Encourage and enable effective partnerships.
  • Joined-up community services.
  • Work with others to maximise workforce opportunities.
  • Reduce our impact on the environment.

At the NHS, we are reminded every day of how important life is. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s job share, part time or another flexible pattern. In addition, although the role advertised may have a ‘home’ office base indicated, we remain committed to supporting flexibility around workplace locations. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

The successful applicant will be an NHS employee and may therefore have contact with vulnerable service users. During the COVID-19 pandemic, it has been necessary to take significant steps to protect the health and safety of our staff, service users and those attending our sites. Unless exempt, we encourage and support staff to be vaccinated as this remains the best line of defence against COVID-19.


Job overview

As a Named CAMHS Nurse or Practitioner in the community you will be responsible for providing full assessments, formulation and evidence based interventions to children, young people and their families, who are experiencing mental health difficulties. In order to achieve such ambitious goals we recognise the importance of supporting all our staff in building and feeling a part of a healthy, well-functioning team and service.

It is our intention to embed reflective practice, continual learning and clinical supervision into the essence of the service. We hope to offer a bespoke and rolling training package to all staff and would like to invest in our team member’s sense of mastery. We assure to be mindful of fostering career progression opportunities moving forward. We are especially interested in utilising new employee’s specialist expertise and interests.
Cornwall has led the way on a ground-breaking Clinical Associate Psychology (CAP) programme, the first of its kind anywhere in England and Wales. Cornwall has and continues to develop a range of services including a CAMHS inpatient unit Sowenna, an eating disorder service, intensive support services and early intervention school based teams. There has also been major investment in developing care pathways for CAMHS, extra investment in psychologist posts and the roll-out of the I-thrive model across multiple agencies.


Main duties of the job

As a CAMHS Nurse /Practitioner you will be responsible for providing full assessments, formulation and
evidence based interventions to children, young people and their families, who are experiencing mental
health difficulties.
You will be responsible for maintaining an individual caseload, from referral to discharge, conducting
routine and high priority assessments and interventions as appropriate and exercising autonomy.
You will be liaising and providing advice, information and consultation to colleagues and other agencies as
well as undertaking service governance activity, including research and audit as appropriate.

We appreciate we are striving for cutting edge assessment and treatment within a highly emotive and distressing environment. We are therefore looking for individuals that are good under pressure; place high worth in team based working and with an unrelenting passion and dedication for working with young people and their families. The role includes participating in the on call rota which includes some weekends and bank holidays

Successful candidates will provide regular and ongoing consultation, joint work, training and advice to other professionals in relation to child and adolescent mental health to ensure the best outcomes for children and young people.

Working for our organisation

We’re an NHS community and mental health provider Trust based in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. We deliver community and hospital-based care to improve people’s physical and mental health. We also provide specialist support to people with dementia or a learning disability.

We are a people organisation and people matter to us. As part of the team, you'll help support the health and wellbeing of the people who live and visit this beautiful part of the UK.

Over 4,000 people make up the Trust. This includes doctors, nurses, therapists, plus admin and support staff.

We work in people's homes, in community clinics and bases. Some staff work from one of our 13 community hospitals. Our aspiration is to have great people, provide great care, be a great place to work and a great partner.

Just over 532,000 people live here. A third of people who live in Cornwall are supported by acute hospital services in Devon. As a result, we also work closely with our partners in Devon. In the summer, and during other holidays lots of people choose to visit the area. This increases the numbers of people who use our services.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To view a detailed job description and person specification including the main responsibilities of this role please see ‘supporting documents’.

Person specification

Education and Training

Essential criteria
  • Current professional registration – NMC, HCPC, AHP, SW
  • Professional qualification – RN (Mental Health) / OT / Social Worker / Psychologist
  • Child & Adolescent Mental Health Qualification or evidence based intervention
Desirable criteria
  • Evidence of continuous professional updating

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Experience of working in an MDT or Multi Agency Setting
  • Appropriate experience of working within a Mental Health Setting
Desirable criteria
  • Experience in providing training in a range of settings

Knowledge and Abilities

Essential criteria
  • Appropriate Knowledge of Child and Adolescent Mental Health
  • A workinng knowledge of Safeguarding Children Procedures
  • Ability to work within a team, and autonomously

At Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust we are proud to prioritise the development of our people. To support this, the following opportunities are available:

  • Career conversations and individual development plans for succession planning and talent management
  • Protected CPD time for registered staff
  • Access to a dedicated central development fund supporting CPD for all staff
  • Leadership and Management development programmes
  • Coaching and mentoring opportunities
  • A full clinical induction programme for operational skills
  • Access to a care certificate programme for our band 1-4 clinical staff
  • A bespoke and robust preceptorship programme to support newly qualified staff
  • Individual professional development programmes

Being part of a successful NHS Foundation Trust brings a portfolio of rewards and benefits for our staff. These include:

  • Suite of health and wellbeing initiatives to support our colleagues physical and mental health
  • Free access to individual HARP portfolios to support revalidation for nursing staff
  • Free DBS checks where required
  • Discounts available from retailers, UK hotels and main attractions
  • NHS Pension Scheme
  • Salary sacrifice car scheme
  • Cycle to work scheme
  • The Trust reimburses all application costs for staff eligible to apply for EU settlement status.

The Trust reserves the right to close this advert once a sufficient number of applications have been submitted. It is encouraged that you complete the application at your earliest convenience to avoid disappointment.

If you are successful at the shortlisting stage of the recruitment process you will be contacted via TRAC.jobs email regarding interview details.

We are committed to diversity and equality of employment including the employment of current and former service users.

If you are successful, you agree to Occupational Health accessing your health records from your current or previous employer to check the status of your inoculations and screening tests. Appointments are subject to full three year satisfactory references therefore please ensure you include correct contact details for your nominated referees including email addresses.

Any general recruitment queries, please contact our recruitment team on 01208 834644

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.

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