Clinical Skills To act as an autonomous, registered practitioner who is legally and professionally accountable for own unsupervised actions guided by the professional code of conduct and Trust guidelines and protocols To be responsible, and accountable, for service delivery to clients/patients, via NICE compliant pathways. To be able to assess and develop plans of care to meet the complex needs of patients with a variety of conditions. This includes brief and longer term interventions, recognising own limitations and seeking advice when necessary. This will include continuously evaluating and acting on outcomes and activity. To be able to initiate referrals to other health professional specialist services and agencies. To provide patients and relatives with information and education thus ensuring they have meaningful choices that promote dignity, independence and quality of life. To ensure practice is supported by research, evidence based practice, literature and peer review. Leadership To be part of an effective team and the development of productive working relationships throughout the Trust To actively promote integrated health professional working internally and externally To facilitate the development of a positive and supportive team culture by taking responsibility for dealing effectively with potential conflict. To participate in the audit process, linking in with the clinical governance agenda Administration To promote agile working To ensure accurate recording of actions, and updating patients records, maintaining confidentiality at all times. To take part, and assist, in the planning and administration relating to day to day running of the caseload. To collect Routine Outcome data routinely Communication To develop a broad range of relationships with both internal and external colleagues and partner agencies To have a wide range of knowledge in approaches to communicating and managing patient care and be able to communicate complex patient related information. To be able to effectively communicate with colleagues, peers, senior managers and clinical leads within the Trust. Training To ensure own continued professional development and support a culture of lifelong learning in self and others. To undertake a regular appraisal, developing a personal development plan that includes clinical competencies reflecting the health needs of the local population and relates to Trust strategy. To support training as part of the role including changes to professional development and implementation of new policies and guidelines. Specific tasks directly related to the post Supporting Mental Health Practitioners, and Senior Practitioners in providing consultations to internal and external clinicians/ professionals. Please see full Job description for further information. If you are an overseas qualified nurse and wanting to start your journey to becoming a UK based registered nurse with the NMC, you can check whether you are eligible to be supported through our Capital Nurse consortium. Please visit; Whilst NELFT is happy to welcome overseas nurses we are unable to consider your application directly. You should submit your interest and apply through the Capital Nurse London group. Although we are a registered sponsor organisation, we are unable to offer sponsorship for some job roles, and this will be identified through filtering questions at the start of any job application on the Trac recruitment system.