Specialist Nurse

Job Description

We currently have a permanent post for a Band 6 RMN 22.5 hours per week, in the Holderness Older People’s Community Mental Health Team, based at Rosedale Community Unit in Hedon. We are seeking a highly motivated and enthusiastic individual to work within an established and busy Community Mental Health Team. The applicant will be expected to have specialist nursing knowledge of working with older people with organic and functional mental health issues. As a senior clinical member of the team your duties will include acting as a care co-ordinator within the multi- disciplinary team and to provide education and advice to other professionals, clients and carers and manage a complex case load. You will assume delegated duties for the Band 7 Team Lead in their absence and deal with team issues, provide supervision of nursing staff and also cover for peers when absent. You will lead and participate in the development of staff through appraisal and clinical supervision. Participate and work alongside the Band 7 Team Leader to ensure team activity is monitored in accordance with the activity monitoring system. You will provide nursing interventions across teams in order to support the wider community services as required by patient need and demand. The applicant will be expected to have knowledge in Dementia and experience in this area would be an advantage, additional training and support will be given. You will have a good knowledge of current policy drivers and be able to implement research into practice with an understanding of the principles of Valuing People and Transforming Care. You will be key to implementing national and local policies within the service. You will have an in-depth knowledge of person centred thinking and be able to demonstrate this throughout your practice. The posts offer an excellent and exciting opportunity to develop clinical leadership expertise and will allow scope for personal and professional development within a friendly and supported environment. The team has adopted “agile working” to enable greater efficiency and therefore the successful candidate will need to be self-disciplined and flexible in their approach to work, whilst maintaining a sound team working ethic.For those wishing to apply for the post on secondment they must obtain their managers permission to do so before applying.The ability to commute within the Trusts geographical area with access to the appropriate means of transport is essential.Why work for usHumber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust provides a broad range of community and inpatient mental health services, community services (including therapies), learning disability services, healthy lifestyle support and addiction services to approximately 600,000 people. The Trust has been rated Good by the Care Quality Commission. The Trust is also proud to be HSJ Provider of the Year 2019 award winners.We employ approximately 2,800 staff across more than 79 sites at locations throughout Hull, the East Riding of Yorkshire, Whitby and Scarborough. We deliver Mental Health Services, Specialist Services for Children, Forensic Services, Community and Learning Disability Services, as well as having eight GP Practices across the locality.Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust - a multi-specialty health and social care teaching provider. We aim to be a leading provider of integrated health services, recognised for the care compassion and commitment of our staff and known as a great employer and a valued partner.The Trust works closely with our academic partners, including Hull York Medical School (HYMS) and Hull University, nurturing and developing a workforce of doctors, nurses and other health and social care professionals of the future.At Humber we believe our people are our greatest asset and therefore we are committed to developing, growing and rewarding our workforce. As an employee at Humber you will benefit from pay in line with Agenda for Change, NHS pension, training and development, annual appraisal, generous annual leave entitlement and flexible working options to enable you to achieve a healthy work/life balance.LocationHumber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust serves the rural populations of Hull, the East Riding of Yorkshire and North Yorkshire. Hull has benefitted from being included The Guardian’s ‘Hot List’ of places to visit and rated by Rough Guides as one of the top ten cities in the world to see. The nearby town of Beverley was named by The Sunday Times as one of the ten best places to live in the north. The area boasts a wide array of diverse property from coastal cottages to riverside apartments. Hull and the East Riding of Yorkshire offer some of the most competitive house prices in the country, with access to excellent schools and further and higher education providers.The region has great transport connections with an hour commute York or Leeds. Want to go further afield There are daily ferry crossings from Hull to Belgium and the Netherlands and from Humberside Airport you can reach destinations across Europe and – via Schiphol – worldwide.For further details / informal visits contact: Catherine Pardoe Email: Telephone number: