Job summary
To support and participate in the ongoing development of the Tees Valley Transformation Programme and to improve the care of people with a severe mental illness and/or complex emotional needs.
We are looking for someone (12 months fixed term/secondment) with drive and passion, an ability to develop strong working relationships with internal and external partners, and to explore and promote new integrated ways of delivering proactive, personalised, co-ordinated and more integrated care for people closer to their homes, within their local communities.
To continue to develop and maintain effective relationships with the PCNs and the Secondary Community Mental Health Services, ensuring consistency and good communication. Developing further integration across Primary and Secondary Care services.
The successful applicant will work with the staff in the service, to ensure the delivery of high quality and safe care in partnership with the PCNs and other stakeholders.
Main duties of the job
The Associate Nurse Consultant will be an experienced practitioner who is able to demonstrate a very high degree of personal and professional skill in the care of Adults with complex mental health conditions.
To promote at all times a positive image of people with mental healthconditions.
To promote at all times a positive image of the Adult Mental HealthCommunity Service and the wider Trust.
Working with the senior clinical leadership and management team, to ensure that the service operates in a recovery focused way, enabling individuals to achieve their recovery goals.
The post holder will be an independent prescriber and will initiate, alter and stop medication related to mental health as determined by assessment and diagnosis and interpret and adapt NICE guidelines and clinical pathways where these exist
The post holder will deliver mental health assessment, diagnostic andappropriate interventions in line with NICE guidance
The post holder will be required to work independently and autonomously and be accountable for his or her own area of practice.
About us
We are the Mental Health & Learning Disability NHS Trust for County Durham and Darlington, Teesside, North Yorkshire, York and Selby.
From education and prevention, to crisis and specialist care --our talented and compassionate teams work in partnership with our patients, communities and partners to help the people of our region feel safe, understood, believed in and cared for.
We nurture the recovery journey of anyone in need of our help. In Our Trust, everyone has a say in how they are supported and treated because we listen to every person in our care until they feel understood. Our patients, their families and carers work together with us towards better mental health.
We're committed to new thinking that improves the wellbeing of our region. We connect with our communities and partners to get mental health care right, in areas that really need it.
We won't rest until everyone in our region has the mental health care they need, to lead their best possible life.
Job description
Job responsibilities
In the role of expert practitioner, to provide the clinical leadership to enable the provision of a defined, recovery-focused service. It is expected that this post will work collaboratively with the Clinical Nurse Specialists as a senior leadership team
To ensure the quality of patient experience and the requisite level of training and supervision is achieved and maintained.
To provide advanced clinical knowledge and skills to colleagues and service users within the service.
To ensure appropriate changes take place and to lead the changeprocesses that will ultimately develop professional practice and enhancepatient care.
To work as an autonomous practitioner maintaining an identified, definedcaseload relevant to focussed areas of interest pertinent to service needs and priorities. To independently make decisions about the direction and type of care that users/carers in the caseload receive.
Provide expert supervision for staff working within the service area, e.g.formal supervision, case conferences, case management and skillsmodelling.
To provide expert practice, professional and clinical leadership throughassessment, planning and implementation of highly specialised andappropriate programmes of care.
To use highly developed specialist knowledge, underpinned by theory and experience, in day to day clinical practice. The post holder should haveprofessional knowledge acquired through degree/diploma supplemented by specialist training, experience, short courses, to masters level equivalent.
To work with highly complex facts or situations, requiring analysis,interpretation, and comparison of a range of options. Make operationaljudgements, manage conflicting views/ reconcile inter and intra professional differences of opinion.
To develop highly specialised programmes of care, care packages, andprovide highly specialised advice concerning care. Develop and implement specialist care packages and provide clinical advice in specialist area.
To work as an independent non-medical prescriber within the NMCframework and Trust protocol, and in accordance with qualification andcompetence to practice.
To lead on the development of nonmedical prescribing across AdultMental Health Services within the locality.
Job description
Job responsibilities
In the role of expert practitioner, to provide the clinical leadership to enable the provision of a defined, recovery-focused service. It is expected that this post will work collaboratively with the Clinical Nurse Specialists as a senior leadership team
To ensure the quality of patient experience and the requisite level of training and supervision is achieved and maintained.
To provide advanced clinical knowledge and skills to colleagues and service users within the service.
To ensure appropriate changes take place and to lead the changeprocesses that will ultimately develop professional practice and enhancepatient care.
To work as an autonomous practitioner maintaining an identified, definedcaseload relevant to focussed areas of interest pertinent to service needs and priorities. To independently make decisions about the direction and type of care that users/carers in the caseload receive.
Provide expert supervision for staff working within the service area, e.g.formal supervision, case conferences, case management and skillsmodelling.
To provide expert practice, professional and clinical leadership throughassessment, planning and implementation of highly specialised andappropriate programmes of care.
To use highly developed specialist knowledge, underpinned by theory and experience, in day to day clinical practice. The post holder should haveprofessional knowledge acquired through degree/diploma supplemented by specialist training, experience, short courses, to masters level equivalent.
To work with highly complex facts or situations, requiring analysis,interpretation, and comparison of a range of options. Make operationaljudgements, manage conflicting views/ reconcile inter and intra professional differences of opinion.
To develop highly specialised programmes of care, care packages, andprovide highly specialised advice concerning care. Develop and implement specialist care packages and provide clinical advice in specialist area.
To work as an independent non-medical prescriber within the NMCframework and Trust protocol, and in accordance with qualification andcompetence to practice.
To lead on the development of nonmedical prescribing across AdultMental Health Services within the locality.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Mental Nurse / RMN
- Relevant Post-basic clinical qualification(s) with a professional portfolio supporting this
- Independent and Supplementary Nurse Prescribing Course Certificate
- Masters level qualification
- AC/RC status or willingness toward within 12 months of appointment
Desirable
- Relevant teaching qualification
Experience
Essential
- Specific, recent experience in a senior capacity within AMH
- Change management experience
- Substantial post registration experience in a clinical nurse specialisation and/or senior nursing position, to include significant leadership functions.
- Substantial experience of working as an independent non-medical prescriber
- Currently engaged in significant clinical work with people with a complex mental illness at an advanced level of practice and can demonstrate a high degree of professional autonomy in this area.
Desirable
- Organisational development experience
Knowledge
Essential
- Specialist knowledge of specialist AMH Services
- Theory and concepts associated with Adult Mental Health
- Principles of managing change
Skills
Essential
- Leadership skills, e.g. can exercise leadership to support and inspire colleagues
- Autonomous clinical decision making
- Research, audit and quality improvement methodologies and their application
- Team work skills
- Goal setting and delivery of targets within deadlines. Working well under pressure, within tight deadlines, and producing good quality results.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Mental Nurse / RMN
- Relevant Post-basic clinical qualification(s) with a professional portfolio supporting this
- Independent and Supplementary Nurse Prescribing Course Certificate
- Masters level qualification
- AC/RC status or willingness toward within 12 months of appointment
Desirable
- Relevant teaching qualification
Experience
Essential
- Specific, recent experience in a senior capacity within AMH
- Change management experience
- Substantial post registration experience in a clinical nurse specialisation and/or senior nursing position, to include significant leadership functions.
- Substantial experience of working as an independent non-medical prescriber
- Currently engaged in significant clinical work with people with a complex mental illness at an advanced level of practice and can demonstrate a high degree of professional autonomy in this area.
Desirable
- Organisational development experience
Knowledge
Essential
- Specialist knowledge of specialist AMH Services
- Theory and concepts associated with Adult Mental Health
- Principles of managing change
Skills
Essential
- Leadership skills, e.g. can exercise leadership to support and inspire colleagues
- Autonomous clinical decision making
- Research, audit and quality improvement methodologies and their application
- Team work skills
- Goal setting and delivery of targets within deadlines. Working well under pressure, within tight deadlines, and producing good quality results.
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).
