Consultant Nurse for Trauma-Informed Approaches Inpatient

Job description

Job responsibilities

Key Responsibilities:

The Consultant Nurse post has three key areas of responsibility / components as identified by the Department of Health which include Clinical Practice, Professional Leadership and Consultancy, Education and Development and Service Development Research and Evaluation.

Clinical Practice

To deliver expert clinical practice through direct care, consultancy and clinical supervision of practitioners.

Leads in delivering clinics/groups within which referred service users are seen, assessed and courses of treatment agreed with user, carers and multi-disciplinary professionals as appropriate across a range of needs including challenging behaviour and mental health.

Utilises and advises on the use of a range of specialist assessments for effective care planning.

Provides expert knowledge of health care needs of people with severe mental health problems and utilises this in the development of strategies/protocols.

Provides advice on therapeutic interventions for individuals with complex presentations.

To provide consultancy to nurses and other health professionals as appropriate, in order to cascade clinical expertise, enable the development of a skill base in order to ensure best practice and clinical quality.

Provides expert clinical and professional supervision and mentorship to nurses working with complex service user presentations.

To develop, implement and monitor standards of care / clinical quality in mental health nursing in line with Trust and national requirements. To apply principles of trauma-informed care in this work.

To provide specialist assessment, risk assessment, treatment and evaluation of care to service users with complex needs as required, demonstrating problem solving skills, managing high risk service users and consulting with junior staff on issues with regard to the above.

Utilises and promotes highly specialised nursing interventions from a Trauma Informed Care approach and care plans that are evidence based.

Makes critical complex, sensitive judgements of the highest order to satisfy the expectation and demands of the post.

Provides highly specialised professional and clinical advice and support to colleagues where standard protocols do not apply.

Exercises high degree of professional autonomy.

Maintains professional registration and works within NMC standards and guidance at all times.

Professional Leadership and Consultancy

To work closely with the Heads of Nursing and Quality and senior lead nurses for Adults of working age on the professional and clinical development of nurses within the Trust and other health professionals.

To lead on the development of skills in the delivery of trauma-informed care specific to MH nurses and other MBT staff in line with national development such as the Knowledge and Skills framework and impart and model these skills to nurses within the service and also in training situations by providing teaching sessions.

To provide robust and highly visible leadership within the inpatient settings / ward MDT.

To provide visible leadership within acute mental health services across the 4 boroughs.

Articulate and promote the distinctive contribution of Mental Health Nurses in promoting and delivering trauma-informed care in inpatient settings alongside MDT colleagues.

Form networks with other Trusts and agencies at a regional and national level in order to identify developments in practice and variations and gaps in service provision.

Plan, initiate and evaluate innovations in nursing practice which are evidenced / research based.

To actively participate in the development and delivery of the Trust nursing strategy.

To represent the Trust at national and regional meetings, for example, the National Network for Consultant Nurses and participate in review of national health and government initiatives in order to influence change at national level.

To deliver expert clinical opinions in area of specialism to Director and Trust and other agencies.

Demonstrates a high level of leadership and change management skills.

Improves standards and quality to deliver professional practice which is underpinned by up-to-date research and contemporary evidence.

Publishes work relating to expert practice and innovations in practice of MH nursing within the Trust.

Education and Development

To represent the Trust at meetings with the local HEIs with regard to the development of appropriate nurse training opportunities and to develop teaching plans and deliver training / lecturing on these courses as appropriate in relation to Trauma informed care.

Take responsibility for identifying the practice education and development needs of nurses and other health professionals within the mental health field of practice.

Teach in the practice setting, observations, peer review, case conferences and multi-agency meetings as appropriate to the context.

Contributes to workforce development plans.

Liaise with appropriate personnel to develop a training needs analysis, ensuring an appropriate response to these needs.

Sustains productive partnerships with local and national learning institutes.

Maintains and effective and valid NMC registration through fulfilling CPD/Revalidation requirements.

Applies expert knowledge and works with professional guidelines.

Contribute to national conferences and workshops.

Involve service users in education and training programmes.

Service Development, Research and Evaluation

Contribute to the growing research community within the Trust.

Initiate and undertake research independently and in collaboration with others in order to contribute to the growing evidence base for interventions, clinical effectiveness and to raise the profile of the Trusts research portfolio.

To initiate and develop own research to Masters and Doctorate level in line with service and national requirements.

Actively seek research funding opportunities and establish research proposals and manage research grants as appropriate.

Develop user involvement in research.

Lead with others the research agenda through clinical governance and relevant specialist Interest Research Group.

Identify and influence health care research priorities for the service user group at local level and facilitate and support projects undertaken by others.

Develop valid and reliable outcome measures to monitor and continually improve the quality of clinical effectiveness.

Raise the profile of nursing research within the Trust and externally.

Ensure effective dissemination of any work undertaken at a local and national level.

Promotes and demonstrates through own practice, research based and clinically effective interventions.

Actively contributes to clinical audit and promotes this in MH nursing.

Leadership & Management Responsibilities:

To provide leadership and support for the ward MDT. To offer consultation and professional advice to MDT staff on the development and implementation of trauma-informed ways of working.

To lead on the development of Trust initiatives for the directorate and the development of management / strategic plans for the directorate.

To manage and supervise, alongside the other senior team members junior staff within the trauma-informed care team such as Assistant Psychologists or Peer Support Workers.

To interpret national and local guidelines to develop strategies, policies and procedures for key areas in trauma-informed care in order to manage risk appropriately and to liaise with appropriate internal and external colleagues with regard to their development.

To conduct Professional Development Reviews in accordance with Trust guidelines.

To lead on the development of MDT skills specific in line with national development such as the Knowledge and Skills frameworks and to deliver training and supervision.

Raise the profile and promote trauma-informed ways of working at local and national level.

To ensure that the views of service users are incorporated into service planning in various ways, such as via audit, attendance at staff interviews and consideration of feedback when planning services.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered Nurse: Mental Health
• Extensive post-registration professional development
• Degree or equivalent experience

Desirable

• Qualifications in psychological therapy
• Higher degree

Experience

Essential

• Three years experience at a senior management level, including managing change and introducing new ways of working for mental health nurses
• Experience of multi-professional collaboration at a senior level
• Experience of work with traumatised service users and responded to their needs

Desirable

• Experience of research, publication and presentation
• Training in psychological therapies
• Lived experience of mental health difficulty or as a carer

Knowledge/Skills

Essential

• Knowledge and understanding of trauma-informed care and its delivery and application
• Able to identify and establish credibility and good working relationships with representatives of external agencies and partners, and manage those relationships with sensitivity and diplomacy
• Able to negotiate and influence in order to achieve objectives without direct line management

Desirable

• Able to work on several projects simultaneously using project management skills
• Evidence of consultancy 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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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).

Employer details

Employer name

South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Maudsley Hospital

Denmark Hill

London

SE5 8AZ

Employer's website

https://www.slam.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)