Senior Mental Health Nurse

Job overview

Band 6 Senior Mental Health Nurse - Young Adults Mental Health Service (YAMHS)

The West Suffolk Young Adults Mental Health Service (YAMHS) is looking to recruit an enthusiastic and motivated Band 6 Senior Mental Health Nurse to join our multidisciplinary team in Bury St Edmunds.

YAMHS provides specialist assessment, treatment, care planning and care coordination for young adults aged 18-25 experiencing moderate to severe mental health difficulties.

As a Senior Mental Health Nurse, you will undertake assessments, provide evidence-based interventions, act as a Lead Care Professional, participate in duty and triage functions, work collaboratively with partner agencies and contribute to quality improvement and service development initiatives to ensure safe, effective, and compassionate care.

This is an excellent opportunity for a skilled and compassionate practitioner who enjoys working with young adults, values multidisciplinary collaboration, and is committed to supporting recovery and positive outcomes. We offer a supportive environment where you can continue to develop your clinical expertise, leadership skills, and professional autonomy.

If you're passionate about making a difference to the lives of young adults, we'd love to hear from you.

Main duties of the job

• Manage a caseload of young adults, providing assessment, treatment, care coordination, and recovery-focused support.
• Undertake mental health, risk, and urgent assessments, developing and reviewing person-centred care plans.
• Participate in duty, triage, and multidisciplinary working to ensure timely and effective care.
• Monitor patient progress, manage risk, and support safe discharge planning.
• Work collaboratively with service users, carers, partner agencies, and the wider multidisciplinary team.
• Maintain accurate clinical records, care documentation, and performance reporting requirements.
• Support clinical governance, quality improvement, service development, and evidence-based practice.
• Provide supervision, mentorship, and support to students and junior colleagues.
• Promote safeguarding, patient safety, and the Trust's TALK values in all aspects of practice.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please find attached our Job Description and Person Specification for more detail on your Key Accountabilities, then if you feel you have what it takes to make a difference in your local communities, click APPLY!

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Please contact Chris Hicks (Chris.Hicks@nsft.nhs.uk) for any additional information you would like to know about this post.

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.