Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust provides child and adult mental health services, learning disability, wellbeing, older people's and eating disorder services across Norfolk and Suffolk.
At any one time, around 23,000 people in Norfolk and Suffolk are receiving care and attention from the Trust. We believe in whole life care - seeing people in the context of their whole lives, understanding the importance of good physical health, friends, family, spirituality, culture, home, work, education and a sense of purpose and achievement to experience good mental health.
Nearly 3,800 full and part-time practitioners care for our service users in hospitals, in the community and in their own homes, whilst an additional 1,400+ staff provide non-clinical support, including cleaning, catering, delivering supplies, ward administration, information technology, human resources and financial services.
We are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion and want to reflect the diversity of our local communities within our teams. We welcome applications from all talented individuals with the relevant qualifications, skills, knowledge and experience.
We are committed to delivering quality driven mental health services. Every individual makes a valuable contribution. We are proud of our staff who have been commended for the care they provide. Do you value working positively, respectfully and together? If so, we’d love you to join us!
We will consider flexible working arrangements for our roles, please indicate in your application if this is something you require.
Job overview
Clinical Nurse Specialist - Abbeygate Ward
Is it your passion to work creatively to provide Mental Health support to older adults on an inpatient ward within Wedgwood House? Would you like to work in a dynamic, creative and committed multi-disciplinary team? Are you a highly motivated, compassionate and dedicated mental health professional?
We are excited to have an opportunity for a clinical nurse specialist to join our established team in Bury St Edmunds.
You must be able to demonstrate a warm, compassionate and needs-led approach to working with our service users.
As part of this team, responsibilities would include undertaking audits whilst promoting quality care, working collaboratively with individuals and other supporting agencies to manage needs on discharge from hospital as well as leading the team by example to demonstrate high quality care.
Main duties of the job
This role will give you the time and facilities to make a difference. You will have the ability to offer and support the team with person-centred care whilst building trusting relationships to increase engagement with individuals suffering from severe mental illness during the admission process. The main duties are:
* Monitoring patients' mental state and supporting the formulation of working diagnoses, with effective treatment plans, developed by the MDT.
* Working alongside the MDT to promote pharmacological and non-pharmacological treatment plans for a range of mental health conditions such as psychotic disorders, affective disorders, insomnia, personality disorders, anxiety disorders and organic diagnosis.
* Monitoring the effectiveness of assessment and treatment.
* Evaluating and promoting the writing of collaborative care plans, supporting discharge plans and providing assurance of the quality of care that is offered to the older adult.
* Working collaboratively within and across the MDT and other agencies.
* Managing and holding responsibility for complex cases.
* Providing clinical leadership for the staff within the ward team.
In turn we will provide you with regular clinical and management supervision with an emphasis on reflective practice. We hold a strong belief in team and individual development. We provide a full induction program and have extensive training and career development that can be accessed across our Trust.
Working for our organisation
Here at NSFT we pride ourselves on being a welcoming, talented, friendly and supportive team who like nothing better than sharing experiences and learning from each other. In addition to ongoing training and development opportunities, we are committed to providing an environment in which you can thrive.
Why work for us? We have challenges as a Trust, but we have ambitious aspirations, are pushing ahead with exciting transformation work and we need dedicated individuals to support us on our journey. We have strong, established nursing networks coupled with an exceptional leadership team who will ensure you are truly cared for and cared about.
Why Norfolk and Suffolk? The people here are warm and welcoming, you’ll never be far from the beautiful coastline or Broads National Park. We’re an hour and a half away from London and our villages, towns and cities are packed full of history, independent cafes, shops and theatres. We have excellent shopping, eating out, top ranking schooling and affordable house prices too.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Some of the benefits you can expect:
* NHS pension.
* A comprehensive in-house & external training programmes.
* Career progression.
* Starting annual leave of 27 days per annum increasing to 33 days pa based on length of service (plus paid bank holidays).
* Staff physio service.
* NHS discounts and many more.
Interview dates are yet to be set; you will be contacted via email and invited to book a time. These emails may go to your SPAM, so please keep checking all your emails if applying.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
* RMN or equivalent professional qualification.
* Non-Medical Independent Prescriber.
Desirable criteria
* Study experience at Masters level, study at that level or clinical experience.
Experience
Essential criteria
* Extensive experience requiring supervision and mentorship of others.
* Extensive experience of practice within clinical area with proven track record in delivering high quality care.
EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES: Apart from its legal duties in relation to equality and diversity, the Trust recognises and actively promotes the benefits of a diverse workforce and is committed to treating all employees with dignity and respect regardless of race, gender, disability, age, sexual orientation, religion or belief.
As a part of the Disability Confident Employer Guaranteed Interview Scheme we interview all disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the job vacancy (outlined in the Person Specification). We encourage you to indicate your eligibility through TRAC jobs when applying.
DISCLOSURE AND BARRING SERVICE CHECK (formerly CRB): FOR POSTS WITH DIRECT SERVICE USER CONTACT - Please be advised that due to recent changes in the DBS Service, organisations no longer receive copies of DBS Disclosures – these are sent directly to candidates only. Therefore, it will be your responsibility, if successful, to ensure that this is taken to the appointing officer as soon as you receive it.
Alternatively, if you have subscribed to the update service, we will be able to check your status once we have your authority to do so.
The Trust has now introduced a DBS Update Service which is a contractual requirement. You need to subscribe when you have applied for your DBS clearance and there is a time limit to subscribe of 19 days after receipt of your DBS disclosure. Please ensure that this is completed within the set time scale.
This update service is an annual subscription at a cost of £13 to you. This will enable the Trust to have instant online access to your DBS record, with your consent, and so will remove the need for you to have to apply for this repeat check again.
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