Senior Mental Health Nurse in Bury St Edmunds

Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust provides child and adult mental health services, learning disability, wellbeing, older people's and eating disorder services across Norfolk and Suffolk.At any one time, around 23,000 people in Norfolk and Suffolk are receiving care and attention from the Trust. We believe in whole life care - seeing people in the context of their whole lives, understanding the importance of good physical health, friends, family, spirituality, culture, home, work, education and a sense of purpose and achievement to experience good mental health.Nearly 3,800 full and part-time practitioners care for our service users in hospitals, in the community and in their own homes, whilst an additional 1,400+ staff provide non-clinical support, including cleaning, catering, delivering supplies, ward administration, information technology, human resources and financial services.We are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion and want to reflect the diversity of our local communities within our teams. We welcome applications from all talented individuals with the relevant qualifications, skills, knowledge and experience.We are committed to delivering quality driven mental health services. Every individual makes a valuable contribution. We are proud of our staff who have been commended for the care they provide. Do you value working positively, respectfully and together? If so, we’d love you to join us!We will consider flexible working arrangements for our roles, please indicate in your application if this is something you requireJOB DESCRIPTION/PERSON SPECIFICATIONPlease read the job description/person specification carefully and ensure your application reflects the knowledge, skills and experience needed.YOUR APPLICATIONIt is important that you complete a formal application form as CV’s alone will not be accepted.We can provide all our job application materials in alternative formats so that these are accessible to everyone. Should you require any documents within this job pack in an alternative format, please do not hesitate to contact usPLEASE NOTE: If you use a hotmail, msn or yahoo e-mail account, you will need to check your "junk" mail regularly as these email providers will divert any communication from this Trust/NHS JOBS straight into your " junk" inbox.Job overviewOur Children, Family & Young People Services across Suffolk are seeking dedicated Senior Registered Mental Health Nurses to join their existing team.We have opportunities throughout our services, and want to hear from passionate individuals who share our values.We are confident that being part of CFYP Suffolk would enable you to be the Registered Mental Health Nurse you trained, and would like, to be. Joining our team will offer you the time and facilities to make a difference.Ideally you’ll have experience and skills in working with children, young people and their families and carers. Our dedicated team is compassionate and responsive. There are processes to review our work, to develop areas of good practice, therapeutic skills and support learning and development of staff.Nursing has never been more in the public eye and now more than ever our profession needs to adapt and change to meet the changing needs of our patients and the evolving health and social care integrated systems.As a nursing workforce, we need to build upon and diversify our compassionate and inclusive leadership when delivering high quality care and diversify into new roles.If you’d like the opportunity to work in a fast-paced, intriguing role then we’d love to hear from you!Please see the attached ‘Applicant Letter’ for a full list of services within our Care Group - we have numerous bases in Ipswich, Bury St Edmunds and Newmarket.Main duties of the jobWithin Suffolk CFYP and Dragonfly, we recognise that nursing staff make up one of the largest proportion of our workforce and we value the expertise and professionalism that you will bring.As a registered nurse within CFYP Suffolk you will:Managing and assessing risk is a large part of our role and as a team we robustly make decisions in complete collaboration with all systems.As part of this team, responsibilities would include undertaking assessments of young people, working collaboratively with families and other supporting agencies to manage needs, as well as holding a caseload and undertaking duty.You can expect regular clinical and management supervision with an emphasis on reflective practice. We hold a strong belief in team and individual development, you’ll be provided with a full induction program and access to extensive training and career development.We are committed to formulation and ensuring that the pathway of the young person is based on the biosocial model of care and that the voice of the young adult is heard and validated throughout their episode of care.We are seeking a warm, compassionate and needs-led approach with our service users, their families and their network.Working for our organisationHere at NSFT we pride ourselves on being a welcoming, talented, friendly and supportive team who like nothing better than sharing experiences and learning from each other. In addition to ongoing training and development opportunities, we are committed to providing an environment in which you can thrive.Why work for us? We have challenges as a Trust, but we have ambitious aspirations, are pushing ahead with exciting transformation work and we need dedicated individuals to support us on our journey. We have strong, established professional networks coupled with an exceptional leadership team who will ensure you are truly cared for and cared about.Why Norfolk and Suffolk? The people here are warm and welcoming, you’ll never be far from the beautiful coastline or Broads National Park. We’re an hour and a half away from London and have an international airport in Norwich too. Our villages, towns and cities are packed full of history, independent cafes, shops and theatres. We have excellent shopping, eating out, top ranking schooling and affordable house prices too.Detailed job description and main responsibilitiesPlease find attached our Job Description and Person Specification for more detail on your Key Accountabilities, then if you feel you have what it takes to make a difference in your local communities, click APPLY!Some of the benefits you can expect: * NHS pension * a comprehensive in house & external training programmes * career progression * starting annual leave of 27 days per annum increasing to 33 days pa based on length of service (plus paid bank holidays) * staff physio service * NHS discounts and many more.Interview dates are yet to be set; you will be contacted via email and invited to book a time. These emails may go to your SPAM, so please keep checking all your emails if applying.* Previous applicants need not apply *Person specificationQualificationsEssential criteria * Nursing degree or equivalent, Dip OT, Clinical Psychology or equivalent * Mentorship qualification or ENB 998. Willingness to train to become a sign off mentorExperienceEssential criteria * Able to demonstrate an appropriate level of knowledge of mental health practice from previous experience * Demonstrate effective risk assessment and risk management experience * Experience in delivery of clinical interventions * Experience in working in team delivering person centred treatment packagesDesirable criteria * Experience in delivering group based interventions * Experience in supporting service development