An exciting opportunity has arisen to employ a Clinical Nurse Specialist within the Neighbourhood Mental Health Team on a fixed term basis for 18 months. This role will focus on the delivery of population-based mental health care for the area of Wyre Forest & Malvern. You will work alongside multi-disciplinary teams of highly specialist practitioners and have direct relationships with the professionals within the local Primary Care Networks. As an experienced and enthusiastic clinician, you will offer specialist support and interventions to highly complex cases and will guide primary care colleagues with prescribing advice requests. If you are seeking a role that will encompass new ways of working that will be the future delivery of community mental health care in England, then this is an opportunity you should not miss. The post is for 30 hours a week (Monday to Friday). We also allow flexibility for staff to work from home where clinically possible.
If you wish to be considered for a secondment please gain permission from your Substantive Manager before applying.
Main duties of the job
The main duties for a Clinical Nurse Specialist within our team includes (but not limited to):
1. Offer specialist assessments and interventions to patients within the Malvern & Wyre Forest locality service who are highly complex and other practitioners are needing support with. Hold a capped caseload for these patients when required.
2. Provide expertise, support and advice to MHPs regarding all aspects of clinical care.
3. Work jointly and provide expertise to primary care colleagues and specialist partners (for example drug & alcohol services) to support in highly contentious complex cases and working within an advisory role, particularly with prescribing enquiries.
4. Integrate both drug and non-drug-based treatment methods into a care management plan with the support of the Multi-Disciplinary Team.
5. Provide information, education and support for service users and their carers regarding coping with diagnosis and treatments.
6. Be a member of the Trust NMP Forum and to contribute to relevant meetings.
7. Take part in and facilitate audits relevant to patient care.
About us
At Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust, we are working together to deliver outstanding care. We run community hospitals and community health services across Worcestershire and provide mental health and learning disability services across both Herefordshire and Worcestershire.
Our people (all 4500+ of them) provide services for people of all ages, experiencing both physical and/or mental health conditions from over 100 sites.
We will support you to thrive, offer flexible working options for a great work-life balance, help you fulfil your ambitions, and empower you to make positive changes within your team or service. We value diversity and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, cultures, and ethnicities.
What we offer
* 27 days leave plus bank holidays, increasing up to 33 days with long service
* Generous NHS pension and enhanced pay when you work unsocial hours
* Flexible and agile working opportunities
* Great maternity, paternity, and adoption support
* Wide range of supportive staff networks
* Health and wellbeing opportunities
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Job description
For full details of the duties and criteria for the role please refer to the job description and person specification attached.
Person Specification
Additional Criteria
Essential
* Will be required to complete breakaway / de-escalation training
* To participate in regular locality duty system if required
* Able to meet the travel requirements of the post
Knowledge
Essential
* Knowledge of principles of assessment of people with mental health problems
* Knowledge and use of holistic assessments models and techniques
* Knowledge of principles of risk assessment, management and communicate this in practice both written and verbally
* Knowledge of Mental Health Act 1983 and Mental Capacity Act 2006 and other relevant legislation
* Knowledge around BNF and mental health medication
* Knowledge around physical health implications on mental health
Skills & Abilities
Essential
* Ability to challenge poor behaviour
* Role modelling good behaviour
* A positive attitude and able to act on feedback
* Ability to praise and be supportive to others
* Ability to communicate clearly and effectively in English in both verbal and written formats
* Mental health assessment skills
* Care planning
* Delivery of evidence-based interventions in mental health
* Adaptable
* Ability to recognise own limits
* Ability to use own initiative
* Good team player
* Skilled in the provision of clinical supervision to both peers and junior members of staff
* Competence to monitor to and respond to the side effects of prescribing medication
Experience
Essential
* Experience of working in a Community Mental Health setting
* Assessment of people presenting with mental health problems
* Assessment and management of clinical risk
* Working within a multi-disciplinary team
* Managing own caseload
* Experience of key working (formerly care co-ordination)
* Experience of delivering evidence-based psychosocial interventions
* Experience of delivering clinical supervision
* Experience of using structured interventions in clinical practice which are founded on evidence-based practice and are able to communicate the principles of this to others
Desirable
* Working in a primary and secondary care setting
* Working in collaboration with other services
* Experience of working with patients with Complex needs/Severe and Enduring Mental Illness
* Training/developing staff and/or patients
* Experience of using ICT platforms such as PowerPoint, excel spreadsheets etc.
Qualifications
Essential
* NMC Registration
* RMN (Degree level)
* Recent evidence of continuing professional development
* Evidence of post graduate psychological therapy training or equivalent i.e. DBT, SFT, CBT
* NMP Qualification at Masters Level
* I understand that I will be asked to provide original certificates to verify my qualifications at point of offer.
Desirable
* Nationally recognised leadership qualifications
Employer details
Employer name
Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust
Address
The Robertson Centre
Bewdley Road
Kidderminster
DY11 6RJ
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