Staff nurse- Mental health

Main area Mental health Grade NHS AfC: Band 5 Contract Fixed term: 1 year (1 year from date of employment.) Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (13 shifts per month) Job ref 220-WHT-3011

Employer Whittington Health NHS Trust Employer type NHS Site Ifor ward Town London Salary £35,964 - £43,780 per annum inclusive of HCAS Salary period Yearly Closing 02/04/2025 23:59

NHS AfC: Band 5

This is an exciting new post within the Whittington Hospital Paediatric Department, which aims to provide high quality care to children and young people who present to our hospital with emotional/mental health needs and risks.

The post will ensure that excellent safe emotional/mental health care and support occurs during any young person’s stay in our acute paediatric environment. There are excellent opportunities to develop core skills in both physical and mental health care. The role will be supported both within the Paediatric and Paediatric Mental Health Team at the hospital.

Main duties of the job

1. To engage with our patients in mental health crisis in our Emergency Department and on our acute paediatric ward (Ifor) to co-create care plans, safety plans (with assistance of the Paediatric Mental Health Team-PMHT) and engage with them to stay safe and work towards their admission goals.
2. To promote the physical and psychological well-being of our patients during their admission.
3. To oversee the patient’s mental state and risk during their admission.
4. To support the acute paediatric ward in the daily management of environmental needs relevant to paediatric MH admissions.
5. To work closely with both the General Paediatric Team and the Paediatric Mental Health Team.
6. This post offers a range of clinical, therapeutic and managerial experience. There is scope for professional development and preparation for advancement. At times the environment can be challenging, due to acuity of mental health and social care needs.
7. De-escalation skills and the ability to maintain professionalism and compassion in acute settings is essential in this role.

Working for our organisation

Whittington Health serves a richly diverse population and works hard to ensure that all our services are fair and equally accessible to everyone. Nowhere is this more obvious than in the way we look after our staff. We aim to employ a workforce which is as representative as possible of this population, so we are open to the value of differences in age, disability, gender, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, race, sexual orientation, and religion or belief.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Managerial Responsibilities

• To manage the allocated young people admitted with mental health needs on a shift-by-shift basis with the support of the general paediatric nurse in charge and guidance from the Paediatric Mental Health Team and/or Out of Hours Psychiatry Team.
• To remain updated in the administrative requirements and needs of the patients detained under the Mental Health Act. Also, to observe and understand the essential elements in the working of the Children Act 1989.
• To be aware of the Whittington Health Trust Disciplinary and Appeals Procedures.
• To keep abreast of developments and research in mental health nursing and relate research findings to practice.

Additional Duties:

The role will also entail supporting wider Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) in the Whittington Health NHS Trust such as Simmons House Adolescent Unit, which is an Inpatient Psychiatric Unit for a maximum of 12 Adolescents aged 13-17. This would mean participating fully in the expected role as an RMN in an inpatient unit, under the supervision of the Clinical Charge Nurse or Senior Staff Nurse. The role and duties in this environment are closely related to the role on the Paediatric Ward, but in addition may involve:

• Participating in the therapeutic work provided for the patients such as group work.
• Medication Administration.
• Supporting the organisation of admission, transfer, and discharge of patients.

PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITIES

• To accept regular supervision from a named supervisor.
• To accept periodic clinical and professional refreshment.
• To offer supervision to named junior staff.
• To undertake roles and responsibilities as outlined in the Knowledge and Skills Framework.

Person specification

Qualifications

• Band 5.
• Six month post qualification mental health work.

Skills

• Experience with working with seriously mentally ill clients during acute phases of illness.
• Clear practical and theoretical knowledge of the Mental Health Act, the Mental Capacity Act and The Children Act.

Knowledge

• Experience of teaching and supervision of junior staff.
• Demonstrates a sound knowledge and some experience in assessing/planning care within a CAMHS setting.

SAFEGUARDING CHILDREN AND ADULTS

To comply with the Trust’s Safeguarding Children and Adults policies, procedures and protocols. All individual members of staff (paid or unpaid) have a duty to safeguard and promote the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. This will require you to:

• Ensure you are familiar with and comply with the London Child Protection Procedures and protocols for promoting and safeguarding the welfare of children and young people.
• Ensure you are familiar and comply with the London Multi Agency Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults Pan London Procedures.
• Ensure you are familiar and comply with local protocols and systems for information sharing.
• Know the appropriate contact numbers and required reporting lines.
• Participate in required training and supervision.
• Comply with required professional boundaries and codes of conduct.

Whittington Health is committed to safeguarding all children and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

Your application form

• Provide only business email address for your referees – we are unable to request references from Yahoo, Hotmail, Gmail accounts.
• Make sure you include all evidence of where you meet the essential requirement on the job description as this forms the base of our shortlisting criteria.

Our processes

• Closing dates are given as a guide; we are within our right to close adverts early so please ensure you submit your application as soon as possible to avoid delay.
• If you do not hear from us up to 3 weeks after the closing date of the job unfortunately this means you have not been successfully shortlisted for interview. If you require feedback on your application please contact the appointing manager detailed in the body of the advert.
• Please check your emails regularly as all correspondence from us will be via trac.systems – occasionally these emails will go into your Junk folder.
• Employment at Whittington Health is offered subject to successful completion of a 6 month probationary period for all staff with the exception of GMC Registered Doctors.

Other important information

• Applications from job seekers who require sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. Before submitting your application and to avoid disappointment please check that you are eligible under the UKVI points based system.
• Applications are welcome from people wishing to job share or work flexible patterns. We are committed to equal opportunities.
• In submitting an application form, you authorise Whittington Health NHS Trust to confirm any previous NHS service details via the Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) process should you be appointed to the post.

If you are offered a role with one of the NLPSS partner trusts, as part of pre-employment checks your identity and right to work documentation will be verified remotely (in most circumstances), using a certified identity verification service provider TrustID.

The Trust uses electronic new starter forms on Trac to collect personal details. Information collected is securely stored and used to set up the employee record on the ESR HR system.

We would welcome applications from individuals who are from underrepresented groups in the organisation.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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.

Name Chris Ellis Job title Paediatric Mental Health Team Deputy Manager Email address chris.ellis7@nhs.net Telephone number 07584506426 Additional information

Mary Sellings-Ifor Ward Matron

Email: mary.sellings@nhs.net

Tel: 0207 288 5405

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Telephone If you have any queries, please contact NLPSS Recruitment Helpdesk tel. 020 3758 2060