Job Title: CAMHS Registered Mental Health Nurse (days and nights)
Location: Accrington, BB5
Salary: £33,000 to £40,000 per year
Job type: Full time, Permanent contract (38.5 hours/ week)
Shift pattern:
Week 1: Monday, Tuesday, Saturday, Sunday
Week 2: Wednesday, Thursday, Friday
Are you kind? Compassionate? A people person? Love making a difference in people's lives? Then we can offer you the perfect role where you will genuinely make a difference, everyday!
The role:
You'll be confident in assessing a variety of acute and complex Mental Health issues as well as collaboratively planning and implementing treatment. You'll be familiar with multi-agency working and have a clear understanding of the importance of family involvement. We are looking for a highly skilled communicator who can relate to young people and involves them in all aspects of their care. You'll have worked in a least-restrictive environment. You will have worked with patients who present with complex needs and challenging behaviours and are confident in using de-escalation skills. You'll be resilient and a team player and can work under pressure. The role is rewarding and a privilege to be able to play a part in the recovery of a young person and support discharge back into the community.
Key responsibilities:
- Engaging young people and developing therapeutic relationships
- Supporting young people through therapeutic interventions/programs
- Escorting and supporting young people in the community
- Attending meetings to share feedback about young person's presentation
- Completing records and notes in accordance with policy
- Safeguarding young people
- Care planning
- Medication management
- Risk assessment and risk management
- Encouraging the young person to engage with their weekly timetable
- Providing stimulating activity
- Life skills development
The Company:
- The company is a unique in-patient Mental Health service for young people that blends psychological, psychotherapeutic and psychosocial support with pharmacological treatment
- We are a fully integrated multi-disciplinary health and social care service that is entirely focused on supporting young people to achieve long-term, sustainable and imaginative treatment plans
- A very rewarding role in the sense that you are able to see the progression and support recovery
- Plenty of training and development opportunities
- We have seen a number of our staff progress in their careers whilst working for the company
- Training opportunities
- The company is a new and exciting service offering high-quality specialist Mental Health services for young people with complex needs. The company has two CQC regulated bespoke built 10 bedded units offering Assessment, Stabilisation, treatment, and intervention for young people aged 12 -18 years.
- Unit A (Assessment and Stabilisation Unit) and Unit B (Treatment and Intervention Unit) are both open and operational and we require passionate, committed, hard-working healthcare support workers to work as part of our team.
About You:
- Proactive person who can use your own decision-making skills.
- Resilience and ability to manage challenging behaviours
- Able to communicate complex and clinically sensitive information effectively to children and young people, their parents, families, carers and a wide range of lay, professional and academic persons within and outside of the service orally and in writing.
- Willingness to learn and develop your skills
- Can do attitude and strong work ethic
- Able to work independently as well as part of a team
- Empathetic to people and kind
- Good communication skills
- A desire to genuinely help other people and make a difference
- Honesty and integrity
- Kind, caring and compassionate
- Eligible to work in the UK
Benefits:
- £1000 sign on bonus
- 32 days holidays
- 2 week's sick pay
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Company pension
- Free parking
- Casual dress
- On-site parking
Please note the company is not able to offer sponsorship or relocation assistance for this role so candidates must already possess the right to live and work in the UK to be considered.
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Candidates with the relevant experience or job titles of: Nurse, Nurse Practitioner, Mental Health Nurse, Qualified Nurse, Registered Nurse, Advanced practice registered nurses, RMN, RN, LPN, APRN, Senior Nurse, Senior Staff Nurse, Pediatric Psychiatric Nurse, Child Psychiatric Nurse, Adolescent Psychiatric Nurse, Pediatric Mental Health Nurse, Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Nurse, Pediatric Mental Health Specialist, Child and Adolescent Behavioral Health Nurse, Pediatric Psychiatric Clinical Nurse Specialist, Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner, Pediatric Behavioral Health Nursewill be considered for this role.