Job summary
The Gender Clinical Lead Nurse will hold clinical leadership and management responsibilities, supported by the Gender Specialist Lead Nurse and Clinical Director. Professional leadership is provided by the Chief Nursing Officer. The role will have line management responsibility for all core nursing roles within GIC, ensuring appropriate clinical supervision. The postholder will also be responsible for the nursing pathway development, working in tandem with the Clinical Director and the Gender Specialist Nurse Lead.This role gives a fantastic opportunity to develop a nursing workforce within the service to enhance patient care and quality.
Main duties of the job
Undertake generic multi-disciplinary assessments of the health and wellbeing.o Manage a caseload of patients whilst working as part of amultidisciplinary team (defined or virtual), delivering individualised andpersonalised direct patient care.
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About us
The Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust is committed to equality, diversity and inclusion. We are particularly keen to attract candidates from underrepresented backgrounds to better meet the needs of the service users and students that we serve. The Trust aims to ensure that all job applicants, employees or clients are treated fairly and valued equally regardless of sex, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, domestic circumstances, age, race, colour, disablement, ethnic or national origin, social background or employment status, sexual orientation, religion, beliefs, HIV status, gender identity, political affiliation or trade union membership. Selection for training and development and promotion will be on the basis of theindividual's ability to meet the requirements for the job. You are responsible for ensuring that the Trust's policies, procedures and obligation in respect of promoting equality and diversity are adhered to in relation to both staff and services
Job description
Job responsibilities
For more information about detailed Job description and main responsibilities please refer to attached documents
Job description
Job responsibilities
For more information about detailed Job description and main responsibilities please refer to attached documents
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registration as a Nurse with the NMC
- Degree-level education or equivalent
- Mentorship (or equivalent) qualification
- Evidence of master's degree or equivalent Post Graduate Clinical or Management experience in e.g. CYP, IAPT, and other psychological and psychotherapeutic modalities
Desirable
- Independent nurse prescriber qualification
Experience
Essential
- Substantial clinical experience in a relevant work setting, including experience with challenging patient populations requiring skilled and complex assessments and interventions.
- Experience working within a multidisciplinary team environment.
- Experience working within a multi-professional network and awareness of issues for such networks and teams.
- Capacity to work sensitively and appropriately within a client and professional group with diverse gender identity and sexuality and of ethnically diverse backgrounds.
- Some experience working with people who experience gender dysphoria and gender incongruence.
Desirable
- Experience of working with QI methodology
Skills
Essential
- A highly developed ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing to convey highly complex and clinically sensitive information to family members of all ages, students, and a wide range of professional people within and outside the NHS.
- The ability to effectively manage a large caseload
- An awareness of relevant legislation and its implications for clinical practice
- Confident use of Microsoft Word and Excel
- An awareness of current issues in service delivery within Gender services and other settings
- Strong leadership, interpersonal skills, and authority, able to foster and manage relationships across team and service boundaries.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
Desirable
- Advanced physical health assessment skills
Knowledge
Essential
- A comprehensive understanding of the changing NHS and Social Care environment and the challenges it faces.
- Knowledge and understanding of trans- specific issues.
- Ability to look beyond structures, ways of working, boundaries and organizations to produce more effective and innovative service delivery and partnership.
- Knowledge of Adult and child safeguarding procedures and processes
- Knowledge and understanding of the NMC Code of Conduct and Scope of Professional Practice
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registration as a Nurse with the NMC
- Degree-level education or equivalent
- Mentorship (or equivalent) qualification
- Evidence of master's degree or equivalent Post Graduate Clinical or Management experience in e.g. CYP, IAPT, and other psychological and psychotherapeutic modalities
Desirable
- Independent nurse prescriber qualification
Experience
Essential
- Substantial clinical experience in a relevant work setting, including experience with challenging patient populations requiring skilled and complex assessments and interventions.
- Experience working within a multidisciplinary team environment.
- Experience working within a multi-professional network and awareness of issues for such networks and teams.
- Capacity to work sensitively and appropriately within a client and professional group with diverse gender identity and sexuality and of ethnically diverse backgrounds.
- Some experience working with people who experience gender dysphoria and gender incongruence.
Desirable
- Experience of working with QI methodology
Skills
Essential
- A highly developed ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing to convey highly complex and clinically sensitive information to family members of all ages, students, and a wide range of professional people within and outside the NHS.
- The ability to effectively manage a large caseload
- An awareness of relevant legislation and its implications for clinical practice
- Confident use of Microsoft Word and Excel
- An awareness of current issues in service delivery within Gender services and other settings
- Strong leadership, interpersonal skills, and authority, able to foster and manage relationships across team and service boundaries.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
Desirable
- Advanced physical health assessment skills
Knowledge
Essential
- A comprehensive understanding of the changing NHS and Social Care environment and the challenges it faces.
- Knowledge and understanding of trans- specific issues.
- Ability to look beyond structures, ways of working, boundaries and organizations to produce more effective and innovative service delivery and partnership.
- Knowledge of Adult and child safeguarding procedures and processes
- Knowledge and understanding of the NMC Code of Conduct and Scope of Professional Practice
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
