Clinical Nurse Specialist (RMN) - Lancashire

Job description

Job responsibilities

The post holder will be responsible for assessing, developing, outlining and implementing specialist interventions to young people, both within residential provision and independence packages of care within the community. The young people within the service will have often transitioned from long term hospital admissions or secure care provisions, as well as having been placed as an alternative to a hospital.

The Post Holder will also contribute to training and education of the residential team as well as facilitating reflective practice sessions to ensure all intervention is effective and evidence based. The Post Holder will work autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the teams policies and procedures.

The post holder will be expected to work as an integral part of a multidisciplinary core team in risk management and case formulation for cases of concern referred to the service.

The role requires the ability to work collaboratively, efficiently and effectively with mental health services, whilst maintaining the need to work safely and sensitively with service users present with a full range of clinical needs and risk behaviours, and the ability to engage with, and respond to, highly complex clinical, professional and ethical challenges and demands on clinicians and services

1. A. Provide a specialist assessment and treatment service based upon comprehensive assessment of the young peoples needs from a variety of sources, including psychological assessments, self-report measures, rating scales, direct and indirect structured observations, as well as interviews with young people, family members and others involved in the young persons care.

B. Supporting colleagues and residential staff to reflect on their practice and empathy levels, with reference to Young Person formulation and personal/professional boundaries.

Support and deliver therapeutic group work

Support the organisation on-call (nights and weekends as per rota)

Support duty cover for the organisation (during office hours)

Proactive stakeholder engagement with key stakeholders

Screening referrals

Assessing suitability of new clients

Delivering training

Supervision - line management of multi-agency professionals

Support systemic growth and development by engaging in working parties

Completing qualitative and quantitative audits and identifying any recurring themes with a solution focused outlook and a dedication to learning lessons and improving outcomes.

Provide advice and consultation in respect to individual cases within the wider MDT

Utilise outcome measures and feedback to improve clinical practice in line with clinical governance agendas

To engage in joint assessments and treatments with members of the multi-disciplinary team

Work across a number of settings, being involved in the dynamics of various different multidisciplinary teams and environments

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Is a Registered Nurse (RMN)

Desirable

• Accredited safeguarding qualification

Experience

Essential

• Legislative knowledge and experience
• Evidence of continued professional development
• Experience of working with young people with complex mental health difficulties and neurodiversity.
• Band 6 or above experience

Desirable

• Case management experience within a health and social care setting
• Experience of working in a community setting
• Experience of working within a secure setting

Skills

Essential

• IT literate with experience of working with Microsoft office applications
• A willingness and ability to work flexibly
• Ability to work confidently remotely and utilise platforms such as Microsoft Teams and Zoom.
• Have access to a vehicle for work purposes with the ability to travel to the sites within the Care in Mind portfolio

Other

Essential

• We will expect your values and behaviours to mirror those of Care in Mind, as illustrated on page 2 of this job description.

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).

Employer details

Employer name

Care In Mind

Address

Hope House

Hercules Office Park, Bird Hall Lane

Stockport

SK3 0UX

Employer's website

https://www.careinmind.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)