Clinical Nurse Specialist

We are looking for experienced mental health nurse (or social worker) to join our friendly and supportive Crisis Resolution and Home Treatment Team (CRHTT) based in Ware, South East Hertfordshire.

The Team:

• Exceptional service in an organisation with big ambitions.


• We are a team looking for enthusiastic clinicians that are positive about leading future change and development, to ensure the highest standards of care are available to our service users.


• As a University Trust, we have close links to the University of Hertfordshire, and our team have optimised this opportunity in providing excellent learning and development opportunities to our staff., You will be:


• An experienced clinician working with service users at various phases of their mental health.


• Passionate about making a difference for individuals and their carer's during their personal journey.


• Ambitious to work within this challenging role, in a challenging environment, with real scope to develop and influence practice.


The role:

• Providing urgent assessments to those considered to have acute mental health concerns and to robust home treatment options as an alternative to hospital admission.


• A role that is varied and challenging, offering an opportunity to work in a variety of settings, with people with a variety of mental health needs.


• As gatekeepers for hospital admission, you will work as part of a multi-disciplinary team to provide safe and effective treatment in the community, and facilitate early discharges from the acute inpatient units.


• Working collaboratively with our service users, their carers and our colleagues to positively manage risk in the acute care pathway, whilst enabling an individuals' recovery journey., You will support the Team Leader in the development and implementation of a multi professional Crisis Resolution/Home Treatment Team providing a high quality service to meet the needs of people in acute phases of mental illness, and their carers.


• To ensure efficient and effective running of the team, providing Leadership and supervision within the multi-disciplinary staff group as appropriate.


• You will undertake urgent assessments of people with mental health problems in acute crisis and where appropriate provide intensive community based treatment/support services as an alternative to inpatient admission.


• The service will be available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.


• You will be responsible for helping to establish and maintain team systems and processes for effective team working and processes, including outcome measures and audit under the direction of the Team Manager


For a more in-depth Job and Person Specification please read attached documents


• Post-registration experience with at least some experience at band 6


• Experience in acute and community areas.


• Evidence of continuing professional development.


• Experience in care planning, change management and use of Microsoft Office


• Knowledge of physical health contributions to Mental Health issues, difficulties and assessment


Desirable criteria


• Experience in working with acute mental health problems in community setting, RMN or Dip / BSc (Hons) in Mental Health Nursing


Desirable criteria


• ENB 998 / Preceptorship and Mentorship.


• ENB 812 / BSc (Hons) Specialist Community Nursing Practice (Mental Health) or similar training., You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
  
  Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust are one of just five mental health trusts to achieve an overall rating of 'Outstanding' from the Care Quality Commission.


Our family of over 4,000 members of staff provide health and social care for people with mental ill health, physical ill health and learning disabilities across Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Essex and Norfolk, delivering these services within the community and several inpatient settings. Everything is underpinned by choice, independence and equality, with our Trust values embedded throughout, Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (HPFT) is rated by the Care Quality Commission as an Outstanding provider of mental health and learning disability services. In 2021, we won the prestigious Health Service Journal award for Mental Health Trust of the Year, with the judges saying they were "blown away" by our people's achievements and that everything they saw "sings and hums". This year, our staff rated us the 4^th best mental health and learning disability trust to work for out of all 52 trusts in the country. Our staff tell us that they are proud to be part of the HPFT team, proud of the standard of care we provide and proud that service users are our top priority. Our people tell us they feel supported though a great development, wellbeing and work-life balance offer and a highly compassionate, values-driven culture. We are equally proud of our staff, who live our values of being welcoming, kind, positive, respectful and professional


• 27 days holiday rising to 33 days (depending on NHS Trust service) plus bank holidays (pro rata where applicable)


• One of the UK's best pension schemes


• Comprehensive health and wellbeing services


• Special leave for family and personal reasons


• NHS Car Lease Scheme


• Employee Assistance Programme