Mental Health Nurse - Health Based Place of Safety

Job overview

Are you ready to work in a new mental health trust with is leading the way in Young people’s mental health care in Birmingham? Are you a mental health Nurse with CAMHS experience and want to make a real difference to the outcomes for the young people of Birmingham ?

An opportunity has become available to work within the CAMHS urgent care pathway, for Forward thinking Birmingham.

The team working with Young adults under 18 who are within our urgent care pathway. The team consists of Consultants, Lead nurses, senior mental health practitioners and support workers.

The team works across the city to offer the young adults of Birmingham specialist assessment, diagnosis and intervention. We have an exciting opportunity to be opening the first ever psychiatry decisions unit (PDU) with a place of safety in a band new building.

This is an exciting post for a mental health nurse.

We are an innovative team and are always looking for new and dynamic ways of working.

Please contact us if you would like to hear more about this exciting opportunity!

Main duties of the job

Completing assessments of young peoples mental health and developing an individual plan of care

Developing and  implementing robust risk management plans

Ensuring the physical wellbeing of the young person when in the case of the HBPOS

Representing the service at professionals meetings and relevant stakeholder events

Liaison with families and carers

Completing and holding oversight of mental health act processes and documentation

Supporting crisis and home treatment teams as needed

Please see job description for full details.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please refer to the attached job description and personal specification to view the full details for this opportunity at the Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust.

When completing your application, please ensure you have evidenced how you meet the job description and personal specification to include transferable experience, qualifications, skills along with professional details.

Occasionally we receive a large number of applications for roles and when that happens we sometimes bring the closing date forward, so please apply promptly to avoid disappointment.