Job summary
An exciting opportunity for a motivated, values driven and passionate nurse has arisen with the role of Nurse Consultant in the Adult Assessment & Treatment Wards.
The Nurse Consultant will be an experienced practitioner who is able to demonstrate an expert level of personal and professional skill in the mental health assessment and care of patients within their area/specialty, in line with evidence/research/NICE Guidance. You will demonstrate excellent communication skills, working collaboratively with service users, families, operational teams and outside agencies to achieve best possible outcomes.
It is essential for the applicant to be an Approved Clinician or be willing to work towards this (commencing within 12months of appointment).
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be responsible for working as part of a multi-disciplinary team to deliver best quality, safe, effective and compassionate care within our Assessment & Treatment Wards.
The post holder will work as part of a multi-disciplinary ward team at West Park Hospital or Lanchester Road Hospital. This involves working in a leadership role with various disciplines, managers and external partners to deliver the best care and experience for our service users, families and carers.
About us
A great experience for our colleagues
We're committed to co-creating a great experience for our colleagues. This means listening to what staff are telling us and working together to be the best employer we can be.
Valuing our staff
Our staff are our most important asset and recognising their excellent work and the vital contributions they make to patient care is very important.
Investors in people
We have achieved the gold Investors in People (IIP) standard and have been commended on great people management practice and demonstrating a commitment to staff development.
Disability Confident Scheme
We are signed up to the Disability Confident Scheme. This means we have to demonstrate that we're taking positive action to attract, recruit and retain disabled people
Continuously improving services
We have an award-winning system for delivering efficiency through clinician-led quality improvements.
We invest in your training and development
All staff who join us are provided with a comprehensive induction programme, starting on their first day of employment.
Continuous professional development is important to us. Once you're comfortable in your new role, you and your manager will work collaboratively to form a Personal Development Plan (PDP), your personal career aspirations are taken into account and the trust will provide you with the resources you need to develop.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The Nurse Consultant post will be based in one of the following locations and speciality areas:
Durham Tees Valley, Adult Mental Health, Urgent Care
- West Park Hospital, Darlington
- Lanchester Road Hospital, Durham
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for further detailed information to ensure that you meet the role criteria before applying.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The Nurse Consultant post will be based in one of the following locations and speciality areas:
Durham Tees Valley, Adult Mental Health, Urgent Care
- West Park Hospital, Darlington
- Lanchester Road Hospital, Durham
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for further detailed information to ensure that you meet the role criteria before applying.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Current Professional Registration with Nursing and Midwifery Council - RMN / RNLD / RGN (RNSC - CAMHS Only)
- Recognised Practice Assessor/Practice Supervisor
- Trained in Clinical Supervision and providing Clinical Supervision
- Recognised teaching qualification
- To be able to demonstrate analytical and synthethetical level intellectual skills, ability to gather and manipulate information at advanced level and ability to manage advanced levels of knowledge through: Masters level academic qualification in a health or management related topic OR
- Masters level therapeutic qualification/registration in a therapeutic model relevant to mental health or learning disability
- AND Demonstration of advanced transformational leadership knowledge, skills and competencies together with understanding of models of leadership, acquired through either: Recognised/accredited leadership development programme above band 7 level
- Experiential learning supported by self directed study above band 7 level
- AND To be able to demonstrate expert practice through holding a recognised qualification in a governed therapy/advanced clinical qualification e.g Intermediate Systemic Family Therapy/Post Grad diploma in CBT/British Isles Dialectical Behaviour Therapy /NMP (Independent Prescriber)
- AND To work towards achieving AC/RC in their area of work (or willingness to work towards commencing within 12months of appointment - depending on service need).
Experience
Essential
- Significant experience working with patients with complex needs in the specialist field.
- Significant experience working with patients who display risk behaviours
- Clinical risk assessment and management and its application in practice
- Able to demonstrate having worked in an autonomous expert role utilising clinical assessment skills in highly complex situations
- Working collaboratively with patients their families and carers
- Working in a multi disciplinary team
- Quality improvement activities
- Have engaged in research and clinical audit activity
- Designed and delivered teaching or education packages to patients, carers and health care staff within the last 2 years
Knowledge
Essential
- Highly advanced knowledge in mental state and/or physical examination and assessment
- Extensive knowledge of current issues relating to health needs of patients in the field of practice, regionally and nationally
- Extensive knowledge of delivery methods and approaches
- Understanding and working knowledge of the legal framework and statutory obligations under the Mental Health Act, Mental Capacity Act
- Detailed understanding of Safeguarding and its application in practice.
- Clinical Risk Assessment and Management and its application in practice
- Clinical Governance and its application in practice.
- Working knowledge of clinical medicines management
- Understanding of psychological models of care and treatment (depending on specialist area)
Knowledge / Skills / Experience
Essential
- Community Transformation Framework or iThrive Framework and its application in practice
- Research methodology or within agreed timescale
- Developing practice standards
- Inter-agency and partnership working
- Demonstrate the application of advanced clinical practice skills and knowledge
- Demonstrate clinical history taking and assessment skills in order to provide nurse led diagnosis and treatment planning
- Demonstrate leadership qualities and motivational skills
- Ability to make critical judgements and decisions with policies or guidelines and without referring to a supervisor
- Demonstrate effective communication, organisational and administrative skills.
- Able to produce high quality reports.
- Use multimedia materials for presentations in professional settings
- Demonstrate and lead on trauma informed approaches and recoveryfocussed practice
Desirable
- Experience of working within a range of services, including inpatient and community settings
- Experience of undertaking or participating in research
- Specialist knowledge of working within a multidisciplinary/multiagency community team setting
- Principles of change management.
- Principles of project management
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Current Professional Registration with Nursing and Midwifery Council - RMN / RNLD / RGN (RNSC - CAMHS Only)
- Recognised Practice Assessor/Practice Supervisor
- Trained in Clinical Supervision and providing Clinical Supervision
- Recognised teaching qualification
- To be able to demonstrate analytical and synthethetical level intellectual skills, ability to gather and manipulate information at advanced level and ability to manage advanced levels of knowledge through: Masters level academic qualification in a health or management related topic OR
- Masters level therapeutic qualification/registration in a therapeutic model relevant to mental health or learning disability
- AND Demonstration of advanced transformational leadership knowledge, skills and competencies together with understanding of models of leadership, acquired through either: Recognised/accredited leadership development programme above band 7 level
- Experiential learning supported by self directed study above band 7 level
- AND To be able to demonstrate expert practice through holding a recognised qualification in a governed therapy/advanced clinical qualification e.g Intermediate Systemic Family Therapy/Post Grad diploma in CBT/British Isles Dialectical Behaviour Therapy /NMP (Independent Prescriber)
- AND To work towards achieving AC/RC in their area of work (or willingness to work towards commencing within 12months of appointment - depending on service need).
Experience
Essential
- Significant experience working with patients with complex needs in the specialist field.
- Significant experience working with patients who display risk behaviours
- Clinical risk assessment and management and its application in practice
- Able to demonstrate having worked in an autonomous expert role utilising clinical assessment skills in highly complex situations
- Working collaboratively with patients their families and carers
- Working in a multi disciplinary team
- Quality improvement activities
- Have engaged in research and clinical audit activity
- Designed and delivered teaching or education packages to patients, carers and health care staff within the last 2 years
Knowledge
Essential
- Highly advanced knowledge in mental state and/or physical examination and assessment
- Extensive knowledge of current issues relating to health needs of patients in the field of practice, regionally and nationally
- Extensive knowledge of delivery methods and approaches
- Understanding and working knowledge of the legal framework and statutory obligations under the Mental Health Act, Mental Capacity Act
- Detailed understanding of Safeguarding and its application in practice.
- Clinical Risk Assessment and Management and its application in practice
- Clinical Governance and its application in practice.
- Working knowledge of clinical medicines management
- Understanding of psychological models of care and treatment (depending on specialist area)
Knowledge / Skills / Experience
Essential
- Community Transformation Framework or iThrive Framework and its application in practice
- Research methodology or within agreed timescale
- Developing practice standards
- Inter-agency and partnership working
- Demonstrate the application of advanced clinical practice skills and knowledge
- Demonstrate clinical history taking and assessment skills in order to provide nurse led diagnosis and treatment planning
- Demonstrate leadership qualities and motivational skills
- Ability to make critical judgements and decisions with policies or guidelines and without referring to a supervisor
- Demonstrate effective communication, organisational and administrative skills.
- Able to produce high quality reports.
- Use multimedia materials for presentations in professional settings
- Demonstrate and lead on trauma informed approaches and recoveryfocussed practice
Desirable
- Experience of working within a range of services, including inpatient and community settings
- Experience of undertaking or participating in research
- Specialist knowledge of working within a multidisciplinary/multiagency community team setting
- Principles of change management.
- Principles of project management
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).
