MENTAL HEALTH NURSE - BAND 6/7
£40,376 - £55,577 PER ANNUM
PART-TIME APPLICATIONS WILL BE CONSIDERED
MUCH HADHAM, HERTFORDSHIRE
About the role At a time of exciting growth across our School and Children’s Services at St Elizabeth’s, we have an opportunity for an exceptional Mental Health Nurse to join our multi-disciplinary team. We encourage and welcome applications from Mental Health Nurses who have a specialism working with children and learning disabilities. The post holder will have excellent clinical skills combined with a passion for supporting children and young people who have complex needs and epilepsy, who attend our School or College as either a day pupil or who live on site within our Children’s Homes or Supported Living Service.
You will work closely with other clinical professionals across our Health Agency, which consists of epilepsy specialist nurses, learning disability nurses, paediatric nurses and therapists, and will have responsibility for planning, implementation and evaluation of individualised nursing care, with a focus on behavioural and positive mental health support.
About You We are looking for a kind and compassionate individual with excellent communication skills, to ensure the children, young people and parents we support are comfortable and fully informed throughout any clinical decision. You will be a fully competent Nurse registered with the NMC, along with experience of working with children and young people with epilepsy, learning disabilities and/or complex needs in an education or residential setting.
We offer a desirable shift pattern of 9am - 5pm with flexibility on occasion to meet the needs of the service.
Why work for us Based across 60 acres of beautiful countryside, St Elizabeth's is a charity supporting children, young people and adult day clients with epilepsy and other complex medical conditions.
Over the past 120 years, St Elizabeth's has grown and developed to comprise a non-maintained special School for both boarders and day students, a specialist Further Education College, domiciliary care for College learners, Supported Living in the community, a comprehensive Day Opportunities programme for adult day clients and 24-hour health provision provided by specialist nurses and therapists.
In addition to excellent staff training, our employees are rewarded with various benefits offered as part of your employment: 27 days’ annual leave + 5 service days’ accrual Eligible for Blue Light card – discounts on big brands! Discounted gym membership Employee recognition scheme Life assurance Free on-site parking Recommend a friend payment up to £500! Confidential employee assistance programme Fully paid for DBS Contributory pension scheme - eligible employees are automatically enrolled after 3 months at 5% (3% employer contribution)
How to apply Please complete an application form and upload an up to date CV on our website. All offers are conditional and subject to receipt of satisfactory pre-employment checks and references including an enhanced DBS check. Please note we are not on a public transport route. The salary range advertised is based on a full-time salary and appointment on the scale is dependent on the role, qualifications and experience.
Applications will be reviewed and interviews scheduled on a rolling basis; therefore, we recommend that you apply sooner rather than later. We reserve the right to close an advert if we receive sufficient applications ahead of the deadline. If you require reasonable adjustments at application or interview stage, please do let us know as soon as possible.
Equality, Diversity & Inclusion At St Elizabeth’s we embrace diversity and aspire to create a diverse and inclusive working culture. We are proud to be recognised as an Investor in People and to hold Disability Confident status. We are an equal opportunities employer welcoming all applications from across the community.
Safeguarding St Elizabeth’s Centre is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, vulnerable adults and young people. The successful applicant will be required to undertake an enhanced disclosure through the Disclosure and Barring Service. Some of our positions involve regulated activity relevant to vulnerable children, adults and young people. It is a criminal offence for people who are barred from working in regulated activity to apply for roles that require them to work unsupervised with that particular group. Our vacancies are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.
Registered Charity 1176777
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About the role At a time of exciting growth across our School and Children’s Services at St Elizabeth’s, we have an opportunity for an exceptional Mental Health Nurse to join our multi-disciplinary team. We encourage and welcome applications from Mental Health Nurses who have a specialism working with children and learning disabilities. The post holder will have excellent clinical skills combined with a passion for supporting children and young people who have complex needs and epilepsy, who attend our School or College as either a day pupil or who live on site within our Children’s Homes or Supported Living Service.
You will work closely with other clinical professionals across our Health Agency, which consists of epilepsy specialist nurses, learning disability nurses, paediatric nurses and therapists, and will have responsibility for planning, implementation and evaluation of individualised nursing care, with a focus on behavioural and positive mental health support.
About You We are looking for a kind and compassionate individual with excellent communication skills, to ensure the children, young people and parents we support are comfortable and fully informed throughout any clinical decision. You will be a fully competent Nurse registered with the NMC, along with experience of working with children and young people with epilepsy, learning disabilities and/or complex needs in an education or residential setting.
We offer a desirable shift pattern of 9am - 5pm with flexibility on occasion to meet the needs of the service.
Why work for us Based across 60 acres of beautiful countryside, St Elizabeth's is a charity supporting children, young people and adult day clients with epilepsy and other complex medical conditions.
Over the past 120 years, St Elizabeth's has grown and developed to comprise a non-maintained special School for both boarders and day students, a specialist Further Education College, domiciliary care for College learners, Supported Living in the community, a comprehensive Day Opportunities programme for adult day clients and 24-hour health provision provided by specialist nurses and therapists.
In addition to excellent staff training, our employees are rewarded with various benefits offered as part of your employment: 27 days’ annual leave + 5 service days’ accrual Eligible for Blue Light card – discounts on big brands! Discounted gym membership Employee recognition scheme Life assurance Free on-site parking Recommend a friend payment up to £500! Confidential employee assistance programme Fully paid for DBS Contributory pension scheme - eligible employees are automatically enrolled after 3 months at 5% (3% employer contribution)
How to apply Please complete an application form and upload an up to date CV on our website. All offers are conditional and subject to receipt of satisfactory pre-employment checks and references including an enhanced DBS check. Please note we are not on a public transport route. The salary range advertised is based on a full-time salary and appointment on the scale is dependent on the role, qualifications and experience.
Applications will be reviewed and interviews scheduled on a rolling basis; therefore, we recommend that you apply sooner rather than later. We reserve the right to close an advert if we receive sufficient applications ahead of the deadline. If you require reasonable adjustments at application or interview stage, please do let us know as soon as possible.
Equality, Diversity & Inclusion At St Elizabeth’s we embrace diversity and aspire to create a diverse and inclusive working culture. We are proud to be recognised as an Investor in People and to hold Disability Confident status. We are an equal opportunities employer welcoming all applications from across the community.
Safeguarding St Elizabeth’s Centre is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, vulnerable adults and young people. The successful applicant will be required to undertake an enhanced disclosure through the Disclosure and Barring Service. Some of our positions involve regulated activity relevant to vulnerable children, adults and young people. It is a criminal offence for people who are barred from working in regulated activity to apply for roles that require them to work unsupervised with that particular group. Our vacancies are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.
Registered Charity 1176777
#IND001
REF-218 624 #J-18808-Ljbffr
