Clinical Nurse Specialist - Learning Disability Band 7
An exciting opportunity has been created for an enthusiastic Clinical Nurse Specialist to join the LD Youth CAMHS team based at Oulton near Lowestoft, Suffolk.
We are a specialist service for children, adolescents, and young adults (0-25) with a learning disability where there are concerns about their behaviour, emotional well-being, or mental health and whose needs cannot be met in mainstream services.
This will be a varied role; whilst the successful candidate will be a non-medical prescriber, the role will bring a host of exciting responsibilities and challenges. They offer clinical leadership to our nursing team, provide support to our MDT, and hold a small caseload of complex cases.
To help further enhance service user experience, they will support in undertaking clinical audits to help drive positive change.
The successful candidate will be required to travel as part of the post; therefore, a full driving license and access to a car is essential.
Main duties of the job
Joining the clinical leadership team and working as part of the MDT, you will be responsible for assessing, diagnosing, planning, and implementing appropriate treatment to young people who access our service. With your professional judgement and expertise, this may also require medication reviews.
There will be the expectation to liaise with other agencies, including paediatric services, education, and social care, who may also be providing support to the young people who are in your care.
The successful applicant will also offer opportunities for clinical supervision and consultation to the team's nurses and wider MDT and have involvement in developing the service we provide.
About us
We take pride in being a supportive group of professionals, with a real ethos of care for the young people and families we see. We share core values of being person-centred, accessible, and focused on safeguarding children and young people. We offer an ecological systems approach to the assessment and management of emotional & psychological needs and maintenance of good mental health.
We are currently combining office and remote working. Our base is located in Lowestoft - close to the city of Norwich, varied East Anglian coastline, and picturesque Broads National Park. So, as well as a rewarding role, there is plenty to offer in the local area as part of the work-life balance we all strive for. Our team also holds wellbeing activities both in and outside of the workplace.
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.
Job responsibilities
Leadership
1. Provide advice and leadership to clinical staff in areas related to clinical care including treatment, therapy, and clinical risk assessment and management.
2. Provide consultation support and supervision to teams on issues relating to nursing practice.
3. Be a role model in initiating, facilitating, and promoting excellence in Evidence Based Nursing Practice.
4. Work alongside both the clinical care team and relevant teams including governance and research departments to utilise information and data to support the implementation and embedding of best practice.
5. Develop processes and systems to share learning from local and national research and National guidance.
6. Ensure any learning is embedded and sustained in clinical services.
Clinical
1. Seek out and receive appropriate level training to keep abreast of changing trends and practices.
2. Adhere to all Trust policies and procedures contributing to policy development via Governance processes, particularly in relation to clinical care.
3. Demonstrate a sound knowledge of current legislation and policy that underpins mental healthcare delivery including all aspects relating to the clinical area of practice.
4. Understand and appreciate the influences that training has on service delivery and offer specialist guidance, advice, and support on improving service and developing services.
5. Participate in clinical audit, practice research initiatives, quality assurance, and clinical governance.
6. Lead the development of training within the local environment to deliver high-quality clinical care.
7. Give a specialist support service to clinical areas throughout the Trust.
8. Undertake the role of non-medical prescriber.
Communication
1. Communicate educational and practice information within the clinical environment, and undertake presentations to groups.
2. Employ motivational, persuasive, empathetic, and communication skills within the clinical team.
3. Be able to communicate with people in a form and manner consistent with their level of understanding, culture, background, and preferred ways of communicating.
4. Be proactive in seeking out different styles and methods of communicating.
5. Be able to produce accurate and complete records consistent with current legislation, policies, and procedures.
6. Demonstrate clinical expertise through personal practice and development.
7. Ensure that nursing practice adheres to the NMC Code of Practice and Trust policies and procedures.
8. Work effectively in a multi-disciplinary and multi-agency team, working across statutory and non-statutory settings.
9. Protect and maintain the confidential nature of the work at all times, both in written and verbal form.
10. Act as a role model to all staff and always act in a manner to uphold public confidence.
11. Be able to manage own time and workload effectively.
12. Seek out and receive appropriate level training to keep abreast of changing trends and practices.
13. Meet regularly with relevant service and clinical managers to identify specific needs or emerging trends.
Quality
1. Act consistently with legislation, policies, procedures, and other quality approaches and promote the values of quality approaches to others.
2. Maintain expert practice through further study, research, clinical practice, and personal development.
3. Liaise and develop relationships with other Trusts and organisations.
4. Work unsupervised and organise own workload and work in a manner that maintains and promotes quality.
5. Communicate with other disciplines/professions as and when required.
6. Participate in supervision for both self and delivery to others.
7. Provide expert advice and recommendations to improve service and training quality.
8. Maintain quality in own work and encourage others to do so.
9. Develop a culture that improves quality and take the appropriate action when there are persistent quality issues.
10. To deliver approaches that are person-centred.
11. Assess and benchmark acceptable standards for practice.
Equality and Diversity
1. The role requires the post holder to act in ways that support equity and value diversity.
2. Support equality and value diversity.
3. Promote equality and value diversity.
4. Develop a culture that promotes equality and values diversity.
5. Participate in Equality and Diversity Impact Assessment.
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Person Specification
Qualifications
* RMN or equivalent professional qualification. Non-Medical Independent Prescriber. Degree Level Qualification or equivalent.
* Study experience at Masters level, study at that level, or clinical experience. ENB 998.
Experience
* Extensive experience which has required supervision and mentorship of others. Extensive experience of practice within clinical area with a proven track record in delivering high-quality care.
* Teaching or training experience or qualification. Experience of facilitation in groups. Experience of implementing evidence-based practice and/or service improvement initiatives.
Skills
* Ability to communicate widely in a clear manner. Ability to problem-solve. Confident manner. Approachable, tactful, and diplomatic. Ability to self-manage time and meet agreed deadlines.
Knowledge
* Able to demonstrate sound clinical expertise and knowledge of mental health disorders and their treatments.
Other
* Ability to travel to all Trust locations if required. Flexible attitude.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
£46,148 to £52,809 a year gross per annum.
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