Senior Mental Health Nurse in CAIST with £3000 welcome enhancement - King's Lynn
- Employer
- Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust
- Location
- King's Lynn
- Salary
- £31,365 - £37,890 per annum (Band 6)
- Closing date
- 19 Jan 2021
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- Sector
- Acute Care Nursing
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
- Setting
- NHS Trust/Hospital
Job Details
Job overview
Is your passion working creatively with children and families and to be the practitioner you have always wanted to be?
We are excited to offer an opportunity to join our Crisis Assessment and Intensive Support Team (CAIST) based in West Norfolk, Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust. The service works with children and young people under the age of 18. CAIST provides specialist mental health crisis interventions and treatment, including families/guardians and other relevant agencies.
As part of CAIST you will assess children and young people who attend the local acute hospital in mental health crisis. The CAIST team also provides intensive support to enable families/guardians to assist the child/young person in crisis, promoting recovery and avoiding unnecessary admission to hospital.
Main duties of the job
The team works across the hours of 8am to 8pm 7 days a week to provide quick access to support for young people attending local hospitals.
This is a great opportunity to join an innovative and expanding service that is well thought of by commissioners and partner agencies alike. We are confident that being part of our small team will enable you to develop your role as a senior mental health practitioner and to make a difference in the lives of the young people you will be working with. We will provide a full induction program, regular clinical and management supervision and the opportunity to explore goals and aspirations.
If you would like to know more about the role click the job description, then click APPLY to start your candidate experience today
Working for NSFT
We can offer you:
- A £3000 welcome bonus
- The full range of NHS benefits
- Up to 307 hours holiday entitlement (subject to length of service)
- The opportunity to apply professional knowledge, skill and experience to your practice to promote good outcomes for children and young people in Norfolk.
- Pro-active on the job support
- Post graduate training opportunities
- Positive work life balance
- Job role development i.e. AMPH training
- FREE physio service
- Cycle scheme tax-free bikes and accessories
- Childcare voucher scheme
- Support with revalidation
Here at NSFT we pride ourselves on being a welcoming, talented, friendly and supportive team who like nothing better than sharing their experiences and learning from each other.
Benefits included with this role are:-
- NHS pension
- a comprehensive in house & external training programmes
- career progression
- starting annual leave of 27 days per annum increasing to 33 days pa based on length of service (plus paid bank holidays)
For more information and to apply, please click the apply button.
Company
“I am proud to work with some absolutely fantastic patients, as well as many dedicated, caring and compassionate nursing colleagues.” – Diane Hull, Chief Nurse
Mental health nursing is an incredibly privileged and rewarding career which brings with it the chance to make a huge difference to people’s lives.
To provide the absolute best care you need to be supported in your career, you need to be given the opportunity to be listened to and have your opinion values.
Our Trust vales of Positively, Respectfully and Together sum up perfectly what our roles encompasses.
You will need to be enthusiastic and conscientious and do everything you can to provide the best care to our service users. We are looking for nurses who display compassion, empathy and sensitivity in their approach to people who may be distressed or have a challenging manner.
“We are expecting ambitious people to apply for our roles and will support any continued academic learning.” – Mike Seaman, Deputy Chief Nurse
We have Specialist Nurses, Nurse Consultant and Nurse Prescribers as well as Matrons and Practice Education Facilitators. We employ Mental Health Nurses and also Registered Nurses who have physical health skills but an interest and passion for Mental Health Nursing.
Our nursing teams are compliments by a wide variety of roles such as Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists, Social Workers as well as Psychologists. All play a vital role and are valued members of our teams.
Why Norfolk and Suffolk?
Norfolk and Suffolk are some of the safest places to live in the UK with low crime rates, making it a community to be proud of. Housing prices are frequently cited as a reason to move here, as you get an incredible amount for your money compared with other major UK cities.
Big blue skies - The beautiful countryside and coastline is quickly and easily accessible from anywhere in Norfolk and Suffolk. Norfolk county is home to the world-famous Norfolk Broads, a National Park with more than 125 miles of man-made, lock-free waterways set in beautiful countryside, and home to picturesque towns and villages. Suffolk is a county filled with natural beauty, bordered by 50 miles of glorious coastline and topped with breathtaking skies. It's full of charming villages and medieval towns and is the home of Constable Country.
For family members who love (or need) to travel, you’re ideally located. Trains run to and from London every 30 minutes from both Ipswich and Norwich, and there are direct rail services from Manchester, Nottingham and Cambridge. Both counties are well connected to major road networks and Norwich has an international airport.
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