Leadership Provide advice and leadership to clinical staff in areas related to clinical care including, treatment, therapy and clinical risk assessment and management Provide consultation support and supervision to teams on issues relating to nursing practice. Be a role model in initiating, facilitating and promoting excellence in Evidence Based Nursing Practice Work alongside the both the clinical care team and relevant teams including governance and research department to utilise information and data to support the implementation and embedding of best practice. Develop process and systems to share learning from local and national research and National guidance Ensure any learning is embedded and sustained in clinical services Clinical Seek out and receive appropriate level training to keep abreast of changing trends and practices Adhere to all Trust policies and procedures contributing to policy development via Governance processes, particularly in relation to clinical care Demonstrate a sound knowledge of current legislation and policy that underpins mental healthcare delivery including all aspects relating to the clinical area of practice. Understand and appreciate the influences that training has on service delivery and offer specialist guidance, advice and support on improving service and developing services. Participate in clinical audit, practice research initiatives, quality assurance and clinical governance. Lead the development of training within the local environment to deliver high quality clinical care Give a specialist support service to clinical areas throughout the Trust. Undertake role of non-medical prescriber Communication Communicate educational and practice information within the clinical environment, and undertake presentations to groups. Employ motivational, persuasive, empathetic and communication skills within the clinical team Be able to communicate with people in a form and manner which is consistent with their level of understanding, culture, background and preferred ways of communicating. Be proactive in seeking out different styles and methods of communicating. Be able to produce accurate and complete records consistent with current legislation, policies and procedures. Demonstrate clinical expertise through personal practice and development. Ensure that nursing practice adheres to the NMC Code of Practice and Trust policies and procedure. Work effectively in a multi-disciplinary and multi-agency team, working across statutory and non-statutory settings. Protect and maintain the confidential nature of the work at all times, both in written and verbal form. Act as a role model to all staff and always act in a manner to uphold public confidence. Be able to manage own time and workload effectively. Seek out and receive appropriate level training to keep abreast of changing trends and practices. Meet regularly with relevant service and clinical managers to identify specific needs or emerging trends. Quality Act consistently with legislation, policies, procedures and other quality approaches and promotes the values of quality approaches to others. Maintain expert practice through further study, research, clinical practice and personal development. Liaise and develop relationships with other Trusts and organisations. Work unsupervised and organise own workload and work in a manner which maintains and promotes quality. Communicate with other disciplines/professions as and when required. Participate in supervision for both self and delivery to others. Provide expert advice and recommendations to improve service and training quality. Maintain quality in own work and encourage others to do so. Develop a culture that improves quality and take the appropriate action when there are persistent quality issues. To deliver approaches which are person centred. Assess and benchmark acceptable standard for practice. Equality and Diversity The role requires post holder to: Act in ways that support equity and value diversity. Support equality and value diversity. Promote equality and value diversity. Develop a culture that promotes equality and values diversity. Participate in Equality and Diversity Impact Assessment. Please find attached our Job Description for additional details on your Key Accountabilities. If you feel you have what it takes to make a difference to your local communities, click APPLY!