Job summary
- Main area
- Professional Lead Nurse
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 8a
- Contract
- 6 months (Fixed Term until 31/10/2025)
- Hours
- Part time - 22.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 301-VA-25-7094567
- Employer
- Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- The Bridge. Stafford
- Town
- Stafford
- Salary
- £50,952 - £57,349 pa pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 21/05/2025 23:59
Employer heading
*INTERNAL APPLICANTS ONLY* Professional Lead Nurse - Mental Health
NHS AfC: Band 8a
Job overview
INTERNAL MPFT APPLICATIONS ONLY
Expression of Interest
Professional Lead for Nursing; Children’s and Families Mental Health
0.6wte (3 days a week)
Fixed Term/Secondment until 31/10/2025
An opportunity has become available for an experienced Nurse to join the Mental Health Senior Leadership Team, as Professional Lead for Nursing for a fixed term period to cover a secondment opportunity as per job description.
The professional lead is accountable to the Chief Nurse and an integral team member of the Trust wide Nurse professional leadership team. The professional leadership team is responsible for delivering Nursing strategy and priorities into the care group, to support high quality effective Nursing practice.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be responsible for establishing professional leadership for Nurses working in mental health function and perinatal services, in accordance with Trust values, ensuring the delivery of effective, efficient and high quality services for patients and their families/carers.
They will work in conjunction with the Function and Care Group SLT to develop and deliver safe and effective services, in accordance with key national targets, clinical standards and service priorities. The post holder will participate in the Trust wide Nursing leadership structure, contributing and implementing Nursing delivery plans and representing the Care Group on Nursing developments. The post holder will be expected to work with other Senior Nursing staff across the Care Group to deliver these objectives. The post holder will provide Trust wide specialist professional advice according to professional clinical qualification and deputise for Nursing senior leadership team colleagues as appropriate.
The post holder will be expected to provide direct clinical care alongside their Professional Leadership role.
The successful candidate will be NMC registered and have Mental Health experience. They will be committed to improving the lives of our young people and families. They will have excellent communication skills and will be a compassionate and value based leader.
Working for our organisation
By joining Team MPFT, you will be helping your communities and in return for this, we will support you by;
- Supporting your career development and progression
- Excellent NHS Pension scheme
- Generous maternity, paternity and adoption leave
- Options for flexible working
- Up to 27 days annual leave (increasing with service up to 33 days) and the opportunity to purchase additional leave
- Extensive Health and Wellbeing support and resources
- If you work in our community teams, we pay for your time travelling between patients
- Lease car if you complete more than 500 business miles per annum, fully insured and maintained (including tyres), mileage paid at lease car rate
- Salary sacrifice car - fully insured and maintained (including tyres), your gross pay is reduced by the cost of the vehicle before tax, NI and pension deductions are calculated, mileage paid at business rates
- Salary sacrifice bikes up to £2k
- Free car parking at all trust sites
- Free flu vaccinations every year
- Citizens Advice support linked with a Hardship Fund for one off additional support up to £250 (if the criteria is met)
And more. We are proud to be a diverse and inclusive organisation and there is a choice of staff networks that help you meet like-minded people.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For further details please see the attached job description for the Professional Lead Nurse - Mental Health.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Masters level qualification or equivalent experience.
- Current NMC registration as a Registered Mental Health Nurse
- Post graduate qualification in nursing related subject
Experience
Essential criteria
- Proven experience in a NHS, social care or equivalent environment within a relevant (children and families) mental health setting
- Experience of working effectively across different agencies and with other disciplines
- Experience of providing clinical advice and support to other professionals.
- Experience of developing services and staff, delivering tangible service improvements in an efficiency driven environment.
- Experience of providing clinical information and advice to others, including the development of services and staff.
Desirable criteria
- Recent clinical practice within a CAMHS setting.
- Qualification in project management or relevant experience.
- Providing an effective contribution to workforce planning.
- Developing successful business cases in support of organisational change and service redesign.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Sarb O'Brien
- Job title
- Head of Function - Mental Health, C&F Care Group
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01234 56789
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