Clinical Nurse Specialist - Learning Disability Band 7

Norfolk & Suffolk Foundation NHS Trust

The closing date is 20 April 2025

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has been created for an enthusiastic Clinical Nurse Specialist to join the LD Youth CAMHS team based at Oulton near Lowestoft, Suffolk.

We area specialist service forchildren, adolescents and young adults (0-25) with a learning disability where there are concerns about their behaviour, emotional well-being or mental health and whose needs cannot be met in mainstream services.

This will be a varied role, whilst the successful candidate will be a non-medical prescriber, the role will bring a host exciting responsibilities and challenges. They offer clinical leadership to our nursing team and provide support to our MDT and hold a small case load of complex cases.

To help further enhance service user experience they will support in undertaking clinical audits, to help drive positive change.

The successful candidate will be required to travel as part of the post therefore a full driving license and access to a car is essential.

Main duties of the job

Joining the clinical leadership team and working as part of the MDT, you will be responsible for assessing, diagnosing, planning and implementing appropriate treatment to young people who access our service. With your professional judgement and expertise, this may also require medication reviews.

There will be the expectation to liaise with other agencies, including paediatric services, education and social care, who may also be providing support to the young people who are in your care.

The successful applicant will also offer opportunities for clinical supervision and consultation to the team's nurses and wider MDT and have involvement in developing the service we provide.

About us

We take pride in being a supportive group of professionals, with a real ethos of care for the young people and families we see. We share core values of being person-centred, accessible and focussed on safeguarding children and young people. We offer an ecological systems approach to the assessment and management of emotional & psychological needs and maintenance of good mental health.

We are currently combining office and remote working. Our base is located in Lowestoft - close to the city of Norwich, varied East Anglian coastline and picturesque Broads National Park. So, as well as a rewarding role, there is plenty to offer in the local area as part of the work life balance we all strive for. Our team also hold wellbeing activities both in and outside of the workplace.

Here at NSFT we pride ourselves on being a welcoming, talented, friendly and supportive team who like nothing better than sharing experiences and learning from each other. In addition to ongoing training and development opportunities, we are committed to providing an environment in which you can thrive.

Date posted

03 April 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£46,148 to £52,809 a year Gross per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

246-GYW7010356-A

Job locations

1 Airey Close

Oulton

Lowestoft

NR32 3JQ

Job description

Job responsibilities

Leadership

Provide advice and leadership to clinical staff in areas related to clinical care including, treatment, therapy and clinical risk assessment and management

Provide consultation support and supervision to teams on issues relating to nursing practice.

Be a role model in initiating, facilitating and promoting excellence in Evidence Based Nursing Practice

Work alongside the both the clinical care team and relevant teams including governance and research department to utilise information and data to support the implementation and embedding of best practice.

Develop process and systems to share learning from local and national research and National guidance

Ensure any learning is embedded and sustained in clinical services

Clinical

Seek out and receive appropriate level training to keep abreast of changing trends and practices

Adhere to all Trust policies and procedures contributing to policy development via Governance processes, particularly in relation to clinical care

Demonstrate a sound knowledge of current legislation and policy that underpins mental healthcare delivery including all aspects relating to the clinical area of practice.

Understand and appreciate the influences that training has on service delivery and offer specialist guidance, advice and support on improving service and developing services.

Participate in clinical audit, practice research initiatives, quality assurance and clinical governance.

Lead the development of training within the local environment to deliver high quality clinical care

Give a specialist support service to clinical areas throughout the Trust.

Undertake role of non-medical prescriber

Communication

Communicate educational and practice information within the clinical environment, and undertake presentations to groups.

Employ motivational, persuasive, empathetic and communication skills within the clinical team

Be able to communicate with people in a form and manner which is consistent with their level of understanding, culture, background and preferred ways of communicating.

Be proactive in seeking out different styles and methods of communicating.

Be able to produce accurate and complete records consistent with current legislation, policies and procedures.

Demonstrate clinical expertise through personal practice and development.

Ensure that nursing practice adheres to the NMC Code of Practice and Trust policies and procedure.

Work effectively in a multi-disciplinary and multi-agency team, working across statutory and non-statutory settings.

Protect and maintain the confidential nature of the work at all times, both in written and verbal form.

Act as a role model to all staff and always act in a manner to uphold public confidence.

Be able to manage own time and workload effectively.

Seek out and receive appropriate level training to keep abreast of changing trends and practices.

Meet regularly with relevant service and clinical managers to identify specific needs or emerging trends.

Quality

Act consistently with legislation, policies, procedures and other quality approaches and promotes the values of quality approaches to others.

Maintain expert practice through further study, research, clinical practice and personal development.

Liaise and develop relationships with other Trusts and organisations.

Work unsupervised and organise own workload and work in a manner which maintains and promotes quality.

Communicate with other disciplines/professions as and when required.

Participate in supervision for both self and delivery to others.

Provide expert advice and recommendations to improve service and training quality.

Maintain quality in own work and encourage others to do so.

Develop a culture that improves quality and take the appropriate action when there are persistent quality issues.

To deliver approaches which are person centred.

Assess and benchmark acceptable standard for practice.

Equality and Diversity

The role requires post holder to:

Act in ways that support equity and value diversity.

Support equality and value diversity.

Promote equality and value diversity.

Develop a culture that promotes equality and values diversity.

Participate in Equality and Diversity Impact Assessment.

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