Specialist Nurse

Job summary

Are you looking for a new challenge? Looking to be a part of a genuine patient centred service where your input makes a difference?

Our service is evolving and we are excited to offer band 6 nursing posts to enthusiastic and highly motivated Registered Learning Disability or Mental Health Nurses. These posts are ideal for those looking to enhance their leadership skills and broaden their clinical skills.

We currently have a team of skilled nurses, healthcare assistants and a wider MDT who have patient care and Humber Trust values at the core of their practice.

The skills you will need in order to maximise your potential in this role include the ability to practice autonomously as well as confidently leading others and providing quality clinical supervision to junior staff.

You will be a valued part of our multi-disciplinary team, and have the skills to work with patients with complex and challenging needs to support them to achieve measurable and genuine outcomes that are life enhancing for them.

The posts offer an excellent and exciting opportunity for personal and professional development in addition to clinical leadership expertise within a friendly and supported environment . You will be supported by the unit leadership team as well as the wider MDT and service senior leadership team.

Main duties of the job

To support the Unit Manager and Clinical Lead in providing clinical and professional leadership nurses and health care assistants within own area of responsibility.

To support the Unit Manager/Clinical leads and other colleagues with the implementation of policy, protocol, service/practice development and change within own area of responsibility.

To continue to demonstrate specialist clinical skills in practice and provide support/advice re service development and the delivery of care, in partnership with service users, carers, staff, managers and other agencies.

About us

We are an award winning and CQC rated good health and social care Trust delivering integrated services across Hull, East and North Yorkshire. Find out more on our website

We are a forward thinking and dynamic Trust with a real commitment to staff development. We value our colleagues and invest in them to ensure they have the right skills to deliver outstanding care.

We are proud to score above or equal to the average for all NHS People Promise theme areas demonstrating our commitment to improve the experience of working in the NHS for everyone. Wherever you work we know you will receive a warm welcome and all the support you'll need to get you started.

We recognise the positive value of diversity and promotes equality whilst challenging discrimination. We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds.

Work life balance is about having influence and flexibility over when, where and how you work. If the work pattern for this role does not meet your needs, we welcome an application and are happy to discuss working arrangements that differ from those advertised.

We offer a unique range of benefits that go above and beyond other NHS Trusts including an enhanced leave package and health and wellbeing support.

From city to countryside, market towns to moors you'll find a place to call home including some of the most affordable places to live in the UK.

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