Registered Mental Health Nurse CAMHS -£3000 Recruitment/Retention(RL)

Recruitment/Retention payment of £3,000 for new starters who are external to the Trust. This is payable in 2 instalments over a 24 month period. Terms and conditions apply to the scheme, in relation to repayment should you leave within a 24 month period.

Is working within the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) the first step in your career? Are you looking to work in a team that allows you to feel empowered and proud to be a Nurse? To work in an environment that will allow you to develop and flourish as a practitioner? Then the South London and Maudsley CAMHS Inpatient Units might just be what you’re looking for.

We are looking for highly skilled and enthusiastic Band 5 nurses to work within our multi professional team. This is an exciting role and one that gives you the opportunity to work children and young people to develop your therapeutic relationships with patients.

We especially encourage newly Qualified (or about to qualify) to apply. If successful at shortlisting stage you will be contacted regarding the next stage.

Benefits :

We are committed to ensuring our staff get the most out of their benefits package and understand the importance of a healthy work life balance. There is an extensive range of excellent benefits for you and your family. We want you to feel like you are part of a close knit team at SLaM. It’s important to us that you valued and appreciated and that are why we have a comprehensive benefits package on offer

Some of our benefits are highlighted here:

Generous pay, pensions and leave, we offer a comprehensive pay, pensions and leave package which is dependent on the role and length of service.

Work life balance, flexible working and support a range of flexible options, such as: part\-time working and job sharing.

Career development, There are plenty of opportunities to progress your career and we support your development through a number of programmes such as mentoring, coaching, positive people management, collective leadership and other talent programmes

Car lease, our staff benefits from competitive deals to lease cars

Accommodation, our staff benefits from keyworker housing available which is available on selected sites

NHS discounts, with discounts up to 10% from a variety of well\-known retail brands though Health Service Discounts website. Other benefits include:

Counselling services

Wellbeing events

Long service awards

Cycle to work scheme

Season ticket loan

Childcare vouchers

Staff restaurants

Providing top quality care depends on our ability to employ the best people. We’re always looking to recruit outstanding people who will go the extra mile to support our patients, colleagues, teams and the Trust.

We are looking for ambitious staff with the desire for both personal and professional development. We offer regular clinical and managerial supervision as well as promoting continuous professional development to provide you with opportunities to progress and ensure that best practice is embedded in clinical provision. We support our staff through a well\-structured Trust Induction, Mandatory Training, monthly professional and clinical supervisions, staff appraisals, robust Preceptorship Programme, support for continual professional development activities, Reflective Practice, staff meetings, psychosocial and team events such as team away days. We also offer a number of clinical and professional development opportunities.

You must be a qualified RMN, Learning Disability Nurse in the final year of your RMN/LD course. It’s important that you have an understanding of multidisciplinary services and the challenges that Children and young people face from their mental health problems.

Communication skills must be of the highest standard, you will be expected to engage with very vulnerable children and their families. You must show that you are caring and compassionate as well as a desire to uphold the dignity of the Patient you support.

A detailed Job Description is attached to this advert.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

Registered Mental Health Nurse and/or Registered Learning Disabilities Nurse

Desirable criteria

Mentorship qualification

Experience and Knowledge

Essential criteria

Experience of research\-based/reflective practice, e.g. understanding and ability to use supervision to reflect on skills, attitude and knowledge and develop these by using evidence based practice.

Knowledge of relevant Professional and Clinical legislation

Desirable criteria

Experience of shift co\-ordination.

Experience of supervising and mentoring junior staff and students.

Skills and Abilities

Essential criteria

Able to provide quality care that is responsive to service user’s needs, without close supervision.

Resilient: able to cope with difficult interpersonal situations.

Self\-aware, self\-confident and intrinsically motivated to do a good job and to motivate others.

Approachable and forms very effective working relationships with colleagues.

Advocates for all individuals, particularly those with protected characteristics; promotes equality and diversity

Desirable criteria

IT skills

Skilled in supervision of others, and in providing critical and constructive feedback.

Other Requirements

Essential criteria

Empathy for service users including individuals who have experienced mental health problems.

Loyal and able to advocate for and show pride in the work area and organization and demonstrates values of trust and NHS

Flexibility to work shift patterns across 24hrs, 7days a week and across all clinical areas within the Trust as required

Ability to fulfil all the requirements of the role (including physical)

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