Job summary
The Complex Emotional Needs team is delighted to be advertising a Specialist Practitioner post in North Cumbria.
We are looking for a passionate and enthusiastic clinician with suitable leadership and experience, who is motivated to join the team. The team works with a caseload of hard to reach, multi agency service users who present with high risks mainly to self.
The successful candidate will provide clinical expertise to a range of complex presentations including those diagnosable with personality disorder and complex post traumatic stress disorder. The postholder will provide supervision and case management across a range of agencies and services.
The post holder will liaise and communicate effectively with partner agencies
Main duties of the job
The post holder will act as a role model to support/guide the team deliver high quality standards of care, be responsive to service demands and dynamic in supporting the team with complex and challenging situations.
The post holder will be required to demonstrate an excellent older adult mental health and safeguarding knowledge base.
Robust assessment and risk management skills are required to ensure safe and effective practice.
The post holder will demonstrate excellent communication skills, work well within the leadership team to prioritise daily clinical demands / needs of service, whilst supporting the clinical team.
The post holder will provide clinical advice and supervision (both individual and group supervision) and contribute to individuals appraisals.
The post holder will provide in house training to team and wider teams/services when needed and support and embed clinical standards within the team.
The post holder will lead/support and contributing to monitoring team's clinical performance via clinical audits and work in conjunction with Team Manager to support actions to improve the quality and performance of the service and outcomes for services users
The post holder will require excellent organisational, time management and delegation skills to work in an area of changing priorities.
About us
We aim to attract and retain a diverse, talented and committed workforce, who are caring and compassionate, and therefore able to meet the demands of the modern NHS now and in the future. In return we can offer a dynamic working environment in which to build a career.
NHS Employees identified as at risk of compulsory redundancy and those eligible for the NENC Re-Deployment careers hub will receive prior consideration.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please find attached job description for full details.
Advertising date : 6th January 2026
Closing date : 20th January 2026
We welcome your application.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please find attached job description for full details.
Advertising date : 6th January 2026
Closing date : 20th January 2026
We welcome your application.
Person Specification
Knowledge and Experience
Essential
- Knowledge & Experience of the Recovery Model.
- Proven track record of providing professional leadership within clinical services.
- MDT working.
- Clinical supervision and Application. Adherence to Health and Safety policies.
- Casework Management.
- Facilitation of Personal Development Planning in others.
- Experience of CBU based Model of Care Provision.
- Experience of working within a multi- disciplinary team using the CBU based approach.
Desirable
- Experience of positive Clinical risk taking and WRAP
- Knowledge of data systems.
- Experience of working in multiagency systems
Skills and Competencies
Essential
- Excellent communication skills and liaison skills
- Evidence of time management and organisation
- Leadership skills/delegation
Education & Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Mental Health Nurse/ Registered Learning Disability Nurse (as appropriate) or equivalent relevant professional qualification
- Mentorship Qualification
- Relevant Clinical Training and post graduate Qualification
Desirable
- Management/leadership Qualification
- Mentor/Teaching qualification
Skills and Competencies
Essential
- Excellent communication skills and liaison skills.
- Organisational and time management skills.
- Leadership skills/delegation, IT Skills.
Person Specification
Knowledge and Experience
Essential
- Knowledge & Experience of the Recovery Model.
- Proven track record of providing professional leadership within clinical services.
- MDT working.
- Clinical supervision and Application. Adherence to Health and Safety policies.
- Casework Management.
- Facilitation of Personal Development Planning in others.
- Experience of CBU based Model of Care Provision.
- Experience of working within a multi- disciplinary team using the CBU based approach.
Desirable
- Experience of positive Clinical risk taking and WRAP
- Knowledge of data systems.
- Experience of working in multiagency systems
Skills and Competencies
Essential
- Excellent communication skills and liaison skills
- Evidence of time management and organisation
- Leadership skills/delegation
Education & Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Mental Health Nurse/ Registered Learning Disability Nurse (as appropriate) or equivalent relevant professional qualification
- Mentorship Qualification
- Relevant Clinical Training and post graduate Qualification
Desirable
- Management/leadership Qualification
- Mentor/Teaching qualification
Skills and Competencies
Essential
- Excellent communication skills and liaison skills.
- Organisational and time management skills.
- Leadership skills/delegation, IT Skills.
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.
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
