Mental Health Nurse

Registered Mental Health Nurse Band: 7 Location: St Albans, Hertfordshire Supply Care Solutions are a market-leading Medical, Social Care and Education recruitment consultancy, we offer a range of accredited services across the public sector, providing highly skilled, compliant professionals in all grades and specialties, including short, long term and permanent positions. Type: Temporary, no end date so will be ongoing Team: CAMHS Hours: 37 hours a week Mon-Fri Salary: Up to £32 per hour umbrella Registered Mental Health Nurse Job profile: In conjunction with other members of the management team, to lead in the development and implementation of CAMHS WEST providing a high quality service to meet the needs of children and young people with mental illness, and their carers. To ensure the continued efficient and effective management of the team, providing leadership and supervision to a multi-disciplinary staff group. Job Responsibilities for a Registered Mental Health Nurse The post holder will act in support of the CAMHS Community Manager, deputising and carrying out delegated roles, duties and responsibilities as required, as part of the Management structure This post-holder will carry shared responsibility for leading CAMHS WEST. In addition to providing a wide range of specialist psychosocial skills within the CAMHS community care in support of staff, you will provide formal and informal education and training to other members of the team, other disciplines and teams. CAMHS WEST clinicians undertake choice assessments of children and young people and where appropriate provide therapeutic interventions, medical, nursing or social care support. Under your supervision and support staff will be delivering full assessments of care needs and risk assessment of patients across the 0-18 age range presenting with a wide variety of clinical conditions. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Knowledge and Skills Framework: The Registered Mental Health Nurse will be expected to meet the requirements of the NHS Knowledge and Skills Framework (KSF) appropriate outline for the post. Health and Safety The Registered Mental Health Nurse has a duty of care to themselves and to others with whom they come into contact in the course of their work as laid down in the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 and any subsequent amendment or legislation. Infection Control All Trust staff will: Act as a role model and champion for the highest standard of all aspects of infection prevention and control and implementation of all Infection Prevention and Control Trust policies and guidelines. Demonstrate respect for the roles and endeavours of others, in implementing good standards of hand hygiene. Value and recognise the ideas and contributions of colleagues in their endeavours to reduce the incidence of healthcare associated infection. Supply Care Solutions have a number of locum jobs across the UK. * All locums must be contract compliant before commencing work through our agency. We are recruiting professionals across all specialisms and grade. We offer an excellent referral bonus for any new worker you refer to us *Terms and conditions apply. Supply Care Solutions works in conjunction with Monitor/TDA rate caps