Forensic Specialist - Clinical Lead Nurse - Milton Keynes
Are you looking for a new challenge? Feeling ready to take up a leadership role? Passionate about delivering psychosocial interventions and improving the quality of nursing care in forensic inpatient settings?
We have an exciting new role at Marlborough House, Milton Keynes, for a Specialist Clinical Lead Nurse within our forensic inpatient team.
We are seeking a committed individual to work as part of the Clinical Leadership team to promote nurse-led psychosocial interventions and implement the vision for inpatient care.
Main duties of the job
You will be responsible for developing and maintaining a programme of individual and group psychosocial interventions and regularly evaluating the impact of interventions incorporating patient and carer feedback.
This will require proactive engagement with patients/families and carers to build positive working alliances to support the provision of psychosocial interventions.
Job responsibilities
The role also involves supporting the wider nursing team to develop their skills at delivering psychosocial interventions through supervision and working within multidisciplinary teams to provide effective needs led care for our patient group.
The successful candidate will have completed Brief Interventions Module (or equivalent) or be willing to undertake at the earliest opportunity.
Person Specification
Knowledge/skills/qualifications
* Experience of applying psychosocial approaches to clinical practice
* Knowledge and understanding of psychosocial interventions
* Excellent organisational skills and able to manage own time effectively
* Has completed brief interventions module or equivalent OR will undertake at earliest opportunity
* Knowledge of monitoring systems, targets and processes used within mental health
* Understanding of/ experience in quality improvement methodology
* Experience of mental health nursing in secure settings
Personal management/qualities
* Employs own strategies to manage stress conditions and promote/support emotional wellbeing and resilience
* Excellent organisational skills and able to manage own time effectively
* Able to meet the needs of the service in respect of flexible working hours, deployment and work bases
Teaching / education / mentoring
* Skills in supporting the development of the nursing team through teaching (1:1 and group)
* Experience in supervision
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
£37,338 to £44,962 a year per annum/pro-rata (+RSU Allowance of £1446 per annum/pro-rata)
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