Psicon's Risk & Safeguarding team needs a Registered Mental Health Nurse to lead adult risk and safeguarding across its autism and ADHD services. The work centres on specialist clinical advice, oversight of colleagues and responding to escalations, including decisions on triage and referral. It sits within a team that works across adult and child and young people pathways, with an out-of-hours evening and weekend rota. Current RMN registration and significant adult risk experience are essential; CYP safeguarding experience is welcome but not required.
What the job involves
- Give specialist clinical risk and safeguarding advice and leadership
- Assess and respond to complex, changing or escalating risk and safeguarding concerns
- Provide clinical oversight, support and direction to the wider risk and safeguarding team
- Support triage and screening, advising on the safest pathway for each client
- Respond to clinical escalations with proportionate, evidence-based recommendations
- Support decisions on onward referral or alternative services where needs or risk fall outside Psicon's scope
- Work with clinicians, operational staff, clients, families, referrers and external agencies
- Work with other Risk & Safeguarding Leads to keep decision-making consistent and provide cross-cover across pathways
- Contribute to training, clinical audit, quality improvement and the development of risk and safeguarding practice
- Take part in the out-of-hours clinical risk and safeguarding rota covering evenings and weekends
What’s required
Registration & licences
- Current registration as a Registered Mental Health Nurse (RMN)
Experience
- Significant post-registration clinical experience working with adults presenting with risk or safeguarding needs
- Adult clinical risk assessment and risk management, including complex or changing presentations
- Managing complex, sensitive clinical and safeguarding situations with a high degree of professional autonomy
- Providing specialist clinical advice, consultation or support to clinical and non-clinical colleagues
- Working collaboratively with other professionals and external agencies
- Experience in autism, ADHD, neurodevelopmental and/or mental health assessment services
Skills & knowledge
- Specialist knowledge and practical experience of adult safeguarding, including identifying, assessing, managing and escalating concerns
- Current knowledge of adult safeguarding legislation, statutory guidance, professional standards and multi-agency processes
- Strong clinical judgement, communication and decision-making
- Giving clear, proportionate advice in complex or time-sensitive situations
Other
- Ability to take part in the out-of-hours duty rota, including evenings and weekends
Nice to have
- Experience of child and young people (CYP) risk assessment and safeguarding
- Experience of working across adult and CYP or all-age services
- Interest in developing CYP risk and safeguarding knowledge, with support from the team
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Contact Details:
The Methodist Church in Britain Recruitment Team
