Employer: Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: St Georges Park Hospital
Town: Morpeth
Salary: £62,215 - £72,293 per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 04/10/2024 23:59
Nurse Consultant
Band 8b
Hello!
We are delighted you are considering coming to work with us at Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust (CNTW).
We know the power of looking into an organisation, one you might want to work in, or one where you are going to get help, and being able to say, ‘I’ve seen somewhere I can fit in and be myself.’ We’re on a journey to make the Trust an inclusive employer, representative of the community we serve and we want more of our community to consider applying for jobs with us.
Job overview
The Community Care Group North has an exciting opportunity for a motivated, values-driven and passionate nurse for the role of Nurse Consultant. The opportunity is in the Universal Crisis Team within the Access Clinical Business Unit.
The Nurse Consultant will have significant clinical experience and a proven record of leadership, change management and innovation. The role will encompass expert clinical nursing care along with key responsibilities for service developments, education and training, professional leadership and consultancy.
As a senior clinician, you will exercise autonomy and provide appropriate clinical assessment, formulation and interventions. You will demonstrate excellent communication skills, working collaboratively with service users, families, operational teams and outside agencies to achieve the best possible outcomes.
It is essential that the successful candidate will be a First level Registered Nurse and have a Postgraduate qualification at Masters level or equivalent experience. The candidate should also have evidence of experience in therapeutic interventions relevant to the specialty, i.e. Non-medical Prescribing, CBT, DBT, PSI, EFT, NLP and Family Interventions, Group work and will have Advanced level therapeutic training in one of the above modalities.
It is desirable for the applicant to be an Approved Clinician or be willing to work towards this.
Main duties of the job
As a Nurse Consultant, the post holder will contribute to the strategic direction for the development of nursing practice within Community Mental Health services. They will also take the lead in extending boundaries and creating frameworks for the enhancement of nursing within their specialty.
The post holder will provide:
* Expert clinical practice within the service for at least 50% of the post, ideally including undertaking training and taking on the Responsible Clinician role in practice.
* Professional leadership and consultancy, including clinical supervision.
* Education, training and development of staff, and a range of other agencies, statutory and non-statutory in management and treatment services for people presenting to the community services.
* Research into various aspects of service provision and service evaluation which involves this client group.
The post holder will be a key member of the senior clinical and management team.
To exercise full responsibility and autonomy for the therapy of clients ensuring appropriate assessment, formulation and interventions communicating with all involved with the care on a regular basis.
Person specification
Qualifications
* First level Registered Nurse
* Recognised teaching qualification
* Evidence of experience in therapeutic interventions relevant to specialty, i.e. nurse Prescribing, CBT, DBT, PSI, EFT, NLP and Family Interventions, Group work
Knowledge and Experience
* Extensive experience of working within areas relevant to designated team.
* Experience of working therapeutically with adults of all ages.
* Substantial experience in a nursing leadership role.
* Have led service development changes, awareness of the evolving healthcare agenda and the implications for nursing.
* Experience of research and development into practice.
* Evidence of facilitating quality improvement in practice.
* Knowledge of clinical governance issues.
* Experience of training and education / lecturing within higher education field.
Skills
* Demonstrates excellent leadership skills.
* Ability to work across professional and organisational boundaries internally and externally.
* Interpersonal skills.
* Ability to put strategy into action.
* Prioritisation of complex workload.
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.
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