Job summary
Are you a passionate, experienced senior nurse who is looking for experience as a senior leader across Adult Learning Disabilities. We are seeking support in achieving quality and safety across the community teams. You will work closely with the Associate Director of Nursing and other Matrons within the speciality.
Main duties of the job
To improve the lives of people with mental ill health and/or learning disabilities by minimising the impact of their condition, through effective clinical leadership and management of the development and delivery of excellent services to promote recovery and wellbeing for all service users, including the implementation of standard work for leaders.
Accountable for the delivery of high quality nursing care across the community teams within the designated service area.
Responsible for the senior clinical leadership of nursing teams within the designated area, ensuring development and implementation of evidence based clinical practice within a therapeutic clinical environment, to ensure a recovery focussed, safe and effective service user experience.
Communicates closely with and supports the Associate Director of Nursing to ensure professional nursing and educational issues are addressed.
Accountable for ensuring that the highest professional standards and attitudes towards the care of patients are maintained and delivered at all times in accordance with evidence based practice by all members of the nursing teams. Service Users have a range of mental health conditions and/or learning disabilities, may demonstrate behaviours that challenge and may have difficult family or social situations of relevance which require a skilled response, on which the matron will lead by example and set and maintain standards.
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
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for further detailed information to ensure that you meet the role criteria before applying.
You are encouraged to have an informal conversation with:
Eve Newbury Associate Director of Nursing evenewbury@nhs.net
Susan Eastick Service Manager susan.eastick@nhs.net
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for further detailed information to ensure that you meet the role criteria before applying.
You are encouraged to have an informal conversation with:
Eve Newbury Associate Director of Nursing evenewbury@nhs.net
Susan Eastick Service Manager susan.eastick@nhs.net
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- RNMH / RNLD, current professional registration with NMC
- Professional knowledge acquired through degree/diploma supplemented by specialist training or equivalent experience to master's level equivalent
- Recognised clinical teaching qualification or equivalent clinical mentoring and teaching experience
- Leadership qualification or willingness to work towards. Qualification must be achieved within agreed timescale.
- Quality Improvement Systems for Leaders or willing to undertake within agreed timescale.
- Evidence of continuous personal development
- Key skills in literacy, numeracy and ITQ level 2 (or equivalent)
Experience
Essential
- Extensive experience working with people with complex mental ill health or learning disabilities in an inpatient or community environment
- Extensive experience working collaboratively with service users and their families/carers
- Extensive experience in a clinical nurse leadership role
- Extensive experience providing clinical supervision, mentoring and teaching to healthcare professionals and students.
Knowledge
Essential
- Sound knowledge of principles of nursing and how to apply these in a practice setting
- Significant evidenced based knowledge of best practice in caring for patients in the designated field
- Good understanding of relevant legislation and guidance (e.g. Mental Health Act, Mental Capacity Act, CPA, Safe Staffing) and its application in practice.
- Good understanding of clinical governance and its application in practice.
- Good understanding of Recovery principles and application in practice
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- RNMH / RNLD, current professional registration with NMC
- Professional knowledge acquired through degree/diploma supplemented by specialist training or equivalent experience to master's level equivalent
- Recognised clinical teaching qualification or equivalent clinical mentoring and teaching experience
- Leadership qualification or willingness to work towards. Qualification must be achieved within agreed timescale.
- Quality Improvement Systems for Leaders or willing to undertake within agreed timescale.
- Evidence of continuous personal development
- Key skills in literacy, numeracy and ITQ level 2 (or equivalent)
Experience
Essential
- Extensive experience working with people with complex mental ill health or learning disabilities in an inpatient or community environment
- Extensive experience working collaboratively with service users and their families/carers
- Extensive experience in a clinical nurse leadership role
- Extensive experience providing clinical supervision, mentoring and teaching to healthcare professionals and students.
Knowledge
Essential
- Sound knowledge of principles of nursing and how to apply these in a practice setting
- Significant evidenced based knowledge of best practice in caring for patients in the designated field
- Good understanding of relevant legislation and guidance (e.g. Mental Health Act, Mental Capacity Act, CPA, Safe Staffing) and its application in practice.
- Good understanding of clinical governance and its application in practice.
- Good understanding of Recovery principles and application in 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).
