Senior Clinical Nurse Practitioner

South West London and St Georges Mental Health NHS Trust

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Job summary

The Clinical Nurse role will be part of the Sutton CAMHS Single Point of Access provision in the London Borough of Sutton, to help and support the Child or Young Person at their most vulnerable time.

You will be based in the CAMHS Single Point of Assessment assisting with assessment and sign posting ensuring Children and Young People reach the most suitable pathway within the locally agreed time frames.

Another key function will be to support the integration of assessment where Children and Young People present with Mental Health / Emotional Well Being where there are also social contextual issues. The role will complement liaison between CAMHS and partner agencies.

An excellent opportunity for a Nurse to develop their CAMHS Nursing expertise by assisting the integrating of CAMHS with partners and stakeholders, helping to enhance the young person's journey.

Applications are invited from clinicians interested in joining this developing service

Main duties of the job

To be based in the CAMHS Single Point of Access (SPA) assisting with assessment and sign posting ensuring Children and Young People reach the most suitable pathway within the locally agreed time frames
Have an agreed job plan with specified activity and throughput levels with the Clinical Consult Psychologist for Sutton & Merton CAMHS
To directly provide therapeutic support, assessment, consultation and treatment, taking responsibility for managing own caseload, while sharing case responsibility and treatment care with professionals from within CAMHS and across partnership agencies such as Children's Services.
To contribute to specialist multi-disciplinary self-harm assessment and treatment / intervention.
To provide consultation and supervision to professionals working with children and adolescents for risk management advice

About us

Benefits:

We offer a number of excellent staff benefits and understand the importance of a healthy work life balance. Some of our benefits are highlighted here:

Generous pay, pensions and leave, we offer a comprehensive pay, pensions and leave package which is dependent on the role and length of service.
Work life balance, we support a range of flexible options, such as: part-time working, job sharing, term-time working, compressed hours and working from home.
Career development, There are plenty of opportunities to progress your career and we support your development through a number of programmes such as mentoring, coaching, positive people management, collective leadership and other talent programmes
Subsidised car parking - You can park at any of our sites at a reduced rate of £20/month.
NHS discounts, with discounts up to 10% from a variety of well-known retail brands though Health Service Discounts website.

Other benefits include:

Eye examinations
Looking after your health
Cycle to work scheme
Car lease scheme
Season ticket loan
Childcare vouchers
Staff restaurants
Free gym membership

Date posted

22 June 2022

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8a

Salary

£52,093 to £58,186 a year per annum inclusive of HCAs

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

294-CAMHS-4211440-JB-A

Job locations

Jubilee Health Centre

Shotfield

Wallington

SM6 0HY

Job description

Job responsibilities

A Registered Nurse with an established clinical nursing background who has successfully completed a period of academic education and clinical supervision to be competent against the RCNs competency requirements for a Senior Nurse Practitioner.

Evidence of significant post registration education and development at degree level or equivalent

In depth current post-registration nursing experience within a clinical speciality Extensive

knowledge and expertise across a number of areas e.g. clinical, infection control, nutrition, safeguarding

Significant professional leadership, professional development, clinical governance and supervision and appraisal

Current knowledge of relevant professional and NHS policy initiatives within the clinical speciality

Evidence of understanding and developing nursing policy and practice, education and research within the context of a multidisciplinary setting

Job description

Job responsibilities

Evidence of significant post registration education and development at degree level or equivalent

In depth current post-registration nursing experience within a clinical speciality Extensive

knowledge and expertise across a number of areas e.g. clinical, infection control, nutrition, safeguarding

Significant professional leadership, professional development, clinical governance and supervision and appraisal

Current knowledge of relevant professional and NHS policy initiatives within the clinical speciality

Evidence of understanding and developing nursing policy and practice, education and research within the context of a multidisciplinary setting

Person Specification

Training & Qualification

Essential

A Registered Nurse with an established clinical nursing background who has successfully completed a period of academic education and clinical supervision to be competent against the RCNs competency requirements for a Senior Nurse Practitioner
Evidence of significant post registration education and development at degree level or equivalent

Desirable

Significant management and or leadership training

Experience

Essential

In depth current post-registration nursing experience within a clinical speciality
Extensive knowledge and expertise across a number of areas e.g. clinical, infection control, nutrition, safeguarding
Experience of managing a wide variety of projects
Significant professional leadership, professional development, clinical governance and supervision and appraisal
Implementation of clinical and professional governance processes

Skills & Knowledge

Essential

Current knowledge of relevant professional and NHS policy initiatives within the clinical speciality
Evidence of understanding and developing nursing policy and practice, education and research within the context of a multidisciplinary setting
Evidence of contribution to practice and service development and the ability to translate strategic intent into operational reality
Excellent analytical, problem solving skills and information handling skills
Evidence of the ability to challenge and change practice.

Desirable

A demonstrable knowledge of evidence-based nursing practice in specialist area
Experience of effective redesign and improvement methodologies

Person Specification

Training & Qualification

Essential

A Registered Nurse with an established clinical nursing background who has successfully completed a period of academic education and clinical supervision to be competent against the RCNs competency requirements for a Senior Nurse Practitioner
Evidence of significant post registration education and development at degree level or equivalent

Desirable

Significant management and or leadership training

Experience

Essential

In depth current post-registration nursing experience within a clinical speciality
Extensive knowledge and expertise across a number of areas e.g. clinical, infection control, nutrition, safeguarding
Experience of managing a wide variety of projects
Significant professional leadership, professional development, clinical governance and supervision and appraisal
Implementation of clinical and professional governance processes

Skills & Knowledge

Essential

Current knowledge of relevant professional and NHS policy initiatives within the clinical speciality
Evidence of understanding and developing nursing policy and practice, education and research within the context of a multidisciplinary setting
Evidence of contribution to practice and service development and the ability to translate strategic intent into operational reality
Excellent analytical, problem solving skills and information handling skills
Evidence of the ability to challenge and change practice.

Desirable

A demonstrable knowledge of evidence-based nursing practice in specialist area
Experience of effective redesign and improvement methodologies

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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).