Band 7 Community Psychiatric Nurse - Youth Justice Mental Illness Nurse
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Job Overview
The Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) Young Peoples Team (YPT) is a specialist mental health team working with young people who present with a moderate to severe mental illness. We are looking to recruit a Youth Justice Mental Illness Senior Nurse - Community Psychiatric Nurse Band 7 to join our team. This post is 0.5 WTE (18.75 hours per week). You will have an expert knowledge around youth justice and mental health, be able to deliver consultation and formulation at monthly clinics with youth justice partners and local authority professionals, act as a central point for all complex mental health referrals who have a youth justice referral/open case, be trauma informed in practice. You will be confident in presenting training packages to large groups and responsible for ensuring the training packages are up to date and inline with current research. You will have excellent communication skills and be able to work closely with mental health professionals, parents and the local authority/youth justice services. The successful applicant will have excellent record keeping abilities and demonstrate competency to work with high levels of risk and develop comprehensive care planning. You will demonstrate all of the trust values and have a good knowledge of the trust strategy. Please note - this post is for a 9 month secondment to the team; applicants may also apply for this post as a fixed term contract of 9 months.
Job Description Summary (Main Duties And Responsibilities)
* To be the central point for moderate to severe presentations of mental illness within young people known to youth justice
* To work closely with the local authority
* To provide consultation and training
* To provide comprehensive risk assessment and care planning with excellent record keeping skills
* To hold a clinical caseload and act as Lead Professional
* To be confident in leading multi-disciplinary meetings
* To be a strong presence in team meetings and leading on youth justice feedback and training within the team
* To offer supervision to junior colleagues
* To be flexible and able to provide care across Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland – a driving licence and access to a car with relevant insurance is required for this post
Contact Details
Kayleigh Lord kayleigh.lord@nhs.net
About Us
Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust (LPT) provides a range of community health, mental health and learning disability services for people of all ages. Delivered through over 100 settings from inpatient wards to out in the community, our 6,500 staff serve over 1 million people living in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland. We aim to develop a workforce that reflects our community. We actively implement equal opportunities in employment and service delivery and seek people who share our commitment. We strongly encourage applications from all sections of the community, particularly from under‑represented groups.
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