Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear (CNTW) NHS Foundation Trust
The Community Care Group North has an exciting opportunity for a motivated, values-driven and passionate nurse for the role of Nurse Consultant 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 encompasses 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 is a First level Registered Nurse and has a Postgraduate qualification at Masters level or equivalent experience. The candidate should also have evidence of experience in therapeutic interventions relevant to the specialty, including Non-medical Prescribing, CBT, DBT, PSI, EFT, NLP, Family Interventions, and 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 take the lead in extending boundaries and creating frameworks for the enhancement of nursing within their specialty and strive towards excellence in nursing care.
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 in management and treatment services for people presenting to the community services.
* Research into various aspects of service provision and service evaluation involving this client group.
The post holder will be a key member of the senior clinical and management team, exercising full responsibility and autonomy for the therapy of clients, ensuring appropriate assessment, formulation, and interventions while communicating with all involved in the care on a regular basis.
About Us
We aim to attract and retain a diverse, talented, and committed workforce who are caring and compassionate, able to meet the demands of the modern NHS now and in the future. In return, we offer a dynamic working environment in which to build a career.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* First level Registered Nurse
* Recognised teaching qualification
* Evidence of experience in therapeutic interventions relevant to specialty, including nurse Prescribing, CBT, DBT, PSI, EFT, NLP, Family Interventions, and Group work.
Knowledge and Experience
* Extensive experience of working within areas relevant to the designated team.
* Experience of working therapeutically with adults of all ages.
* Substantial experience in a nursing leadership role.
* Experience in leading service development changes and awareness of the evolving healthcare agenda and 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 the higher education field.
Skills
* Demonstrates excellent leadership skills.
* Ability to work across professional and organisational boundaries internally and externally.
* Strong interpersonal skills.
* Ability to implement strategy effectively.
* Ability to prioritise a complex workload.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975, and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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