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Job Introduction
Children and young persons- Mental Health Patient Nurse
Salary- £50,966 - £57,555
Hours- 24 hours per week
Location- Anstey Frith House
Enhancements / Benefits:
You will attract an additional 30% when working Monday to Friday evenings and 45% working weekends.
Generous annual leave entitlement & NHS Pension – we also honour NHS continuous service – bring your entitlement with you!
DHU Healthcare is a ‘not-for-profit’ community interest company providing a diverse range of services to the NHS frontline, including urgent and emergency care, primary care, out of hours services and NHS111. We care for patients across the West and East Midlands – a population totalling around 14 million. As a socially conscious organisation, we provide compassionate, high-quality care to our patients and offer a supportive work environment to our 2,500 DHU employees. If you would like to find out more about us, you can visit our website at Our profile :: DHU Healthcare.
About the role:
DHU has been commissioned to provide a children’s and young person’s (CYP) mental health clinical triage and navigation service within Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland. This service will accept referrals from a large number of health and social care professionals, patient’s and relatives, screen the referral, and signpost or refer as appropriate.
The post holder will be based at our offices at Anstey Frith House in Leicester and will work as an expert mental health professional to provide oversee the service, and provide expert mental health advice to staff, patient’s and referrers when required.
A commitment to a quality service, excellence in clinical practice and continuous professional development are integral to the role and the development of the service.
The post holder will participate in promoting and advancing DHU Health Care CIC, whilst working towards DHU’s Values, behaviours and principles
We are always:
• Compassionate – we show kindness, consideration and understanding in everything we do – and demonstrate our caring nature to our patient, people and communities
• Accomplished – we are available day and night – a response, adaptable, professional NHS partner, providing the best advice, care and treatment for every individual
• Respectful – we recognise the value that individual and team difference bring – welcoming views, listening, being honest, and learning from others’ experiences
• Encouraging – we believe everyone matters, so we inspire confidence in other – promoting ‘speaking up’, fostering career-long learning and development, and supporting improvement ideas
Responsibilities:
• Be the first clinical point of contact for clinical referrals (self or professional) and enquiries on the telephone, and by online.
• Monitor, manage and coordinate with staff within the team and external agencies to ensure safe sign posting of referrals.
• Providing call back support/advice/information gathering with the support of navigator
• Risk assessment when necessary and offer advice to CYP and carer to manage clinical risk.
• Discussing appropriate care pathways with the (self) referrer to agree current needs, expecta-tions of a service and utilisation of the most appropriate pathway and optimal level of care
Full duties outlined on the job description attached, or available on request.
Essential Qualifications:
• Registered Mental Health Nurse registered with the Nursing & Midwifery Council (NMC)
Desirable Qualifications:
• Evidence of continuing post-registration/graduate development
Essential Experience:
• Substantial Autonomous practice experience working and multi-professional team
• Evidence of working with undiagnosed and undifferentiated patients.
• Experience of working with children and young people.
• Knowledge of mental health conditions, diagnoses and clinical risk
• Experience of working as a mental health triage/screening/assessing technician
• Experience in working in community setting
Essential Skills:
• Awareness of available services in the local health service, local authority, and voluntary sector, including support available in an online format.
• Ability to self-organise/manage and deliver a high standard of clinical coordination and tri-age service
• Established risk assessment skills and able to reduce the level of risk to clients, staff and others.
• Ability to work with technical teams (IT, telephones etc) to develop efficient technical so-lutions to the management of referrals in and out the service
• Comprehensive knowledge of relevant policy & legislation relating to mental health
• Excellent communication/ interpersonal skills in order to deal effectively with complex and sensitive service user information, distressed or aggressive service users or carers or those with an impaired level of understanding.
In return, we can offer:
Joining DHU means you will receive some great benefits. This will include access to the NHS pension scheme – alongside a generous annual leave allowance that grows with your length of service or recognises your existing NHS commitment. We provide an incremental sick pay scheme and family friendly policies like maternity and paternity pay that match the NHS offer, alongside working enhancements including an additional 30 - 45% of annual salary for unsociable hours benefit (earning potential will vary on shift days / times). We will also support your health and wellbeing - with complementary Westfield Health Insurance membership which covers basic costs like your dental care, glasses, physiotherapy, chiropody and many more.
At DHU Healthcare, we are committed to fostering an environment where Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and a strong sense of Belonging are not only celebrated but actively promoted. We believe that every individual, regardless of their background, deserves the right to access quality healthcare services and to be treated with respect and dignity. Our commitment to Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging is at the heart of everything we do, from patient care to our organisational culture.
Salary- £50,966 - £57,555
Hours- 24 hours per week
Location- Anstey Frith House
Enhancements / Benefits:
You will attract an additional 30% when working Monday to Friday evenings and 45% working weekends.
Generous annual leave entitlement & NHS Pension – we also honour NHS continuous service – bring your entitlement with you!
DHU Healthcare is a ‘not-for-profit’ community interest company providing a diverse range of services to the NHS frontline, including urgent and emergency care, primary care, out of hours services and NHS111. We care for patients across the West and East Midlands – a population totalling around 14 million. As a socially conscious organisation, we provide compassionate, high-quality care to our patients and offer a supportive work environment to our 2,500 DHU employees. If you would like to find out more about us, you can visit our website at Our profile :: DHU Healthcare.
About the role:
DHU has been commissioned to provide a children’s and young person’s (CYP) mental health clinical triage and navigation service within Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland. This service will accept referrals from a large number of health and social care professionals, patient’s and relatives, screen the referral, and signpost or refer as appropriate.
The post holder will be based at our offices at Anstey Frith House in Leicester and will work as an expert mental health professional to provide oversee the service, and provide expert mental health advice to staff, patient’s and referrers when required.
A commitment to a quality service, excellence in clinical practice and continuous professional development are integral to the role and the development of the service.
The post holder will participate in promoting and advancing DHU Health Care CIC, whilst working towards DHU’s Values, behaviours and principles
We are always:
• Compassionate – we show kindness, consideration and understanding in everything we do – and demonstrate our caring nature to our patient, people and communities
• Accomplished – we are available day and night – a response, adaptable, professional NHS partner, providing the best advice, care and treatment for every individual
• Respectful – we recognise the value that individual and team difference bring – welcoming views, listening, being honest, and learning from others’ experiences
• Encouraging – we believe everyone matters, so we inspire confidence in other – promoting ‘speaking up’, fostering career-long learning and development, and supporting improvement ideas
Responsibilities:
• Be the first clinical point of contact for clinical referrals (self or professional) and enquiries on the telephone, and by online.
• Monitor, manage and coordinate with staff within the team and external agencies to ensure safe sign posting of referrals.
• Providing call back support/advice/information gathering with the support of navigator
• Risk assessment when necessary and offer advice to CYP and carer to manage clinical risk.
• Discussing appropriate care pathways with the (self) referrer to agree current needs, expecta-tions of a service and utilisation of the most appropriate pathway and optimal level of care
Full duties outlined on the job description attached, or available on request.
Essential Qualifications:
• Registered Mental Health Nurse registered with the Nursing & Midwifery Council (NMC)
Desirable Qualifications:
• Evidence of continuing post-registration/graduate development
Essential Experience:
• Substantial Autonomous practice experience working and multi-professional team
• Evidence of working with undiagnosed and undifferentiated patients.
• Experience of working with children and young people.
• Knowledge of mental health conditions, diagnoses and clinical risk
• Experience of working as a mental health triage/screening/assessing technician
• Experience in working in community setting
Essential Skills:
• Awareness of available services in the local health service, local authority, and voluntary sector, including support available in an online format.
• Ability to self-organise/manage and deliver a high standard of clinical coordination and tri-age service
• Established risk assessment skills and able to reduce the level of risk to clients, staff and others.
• Ability to work with technical teams (IT, telephones etc) to develop efficient technical so-lutions to the management of referrals in and out the service
• Comprehensive knowledge of relevant policy & legislation relating to mental health
• Excellent communication/ interpersonal skills in order to deal effectively with complex and sensitive service user information, distressed or aggressive service users or carers or those with an impaired level of understanding.
In return, we can offer:
Joining DHU means you will receive some great benefits. This will include access to the NHS pension scheme – alongside a generous annual leave allowance that grows with your length of service or recognises your existing NHS commitment. We provide an incremental sick pay scheme and family friendly policies like maternity and paternity pay that match the NHS offer, alongside working enhancements including an additional 30 - 45% of annual salary for unsociable hours benefit (earning potential will vary on shift days / times). We will also support your health and wellbeing - with complementary Westfield Health Insurance membership which covers basic costs like your dental care, glasses, physiotherapy, chiropody and many more.
At DHU Healthcare, we are committed to fostering an environment where Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and a strong sense of Belonging are not only celebrated but actively promoted. We believe that every individual, regardless of their background, deserves the right to access quality healthcare services and to be treated with respect and dignity. Our commitment to Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging is at the heart of everything we do, from patient care to our organisational culture.
