Job summary
The Changing Futures multiple complex needs (MCN) service is at the forefront of innovative, person-centred, multi-disciplinary working, striving to provide a pioneering multi-disciplinary assessment and support service.
As the Clinical Nurse Specialist, you will be working in a newly developed multi-disciplinary team alongside colleagues in homelessness prevention, mental health and social work, as well as with third sector providers, building a broad range of experience. Then successful applicant will use their clinical expertise in assessing and managing clients with their colleagues in the team. They will also help identify gaps in services for a cohort of people who's mental health needs are not met.
The team works holistically with people in East Sussex who have multiple complex needs including mental ill health, domestic abuse, homelessness, contact with the criminal justice system and substance misuse.
Main duties of the job
Changing Futures Programme are keen to welcome a nurse looking for band 7 experience and wanting to improve access to a disadvantaged cohort. This role will also emphasis on learning and practice development, and the service supports ongoing work around system change; needs mapping for the multiple complex needs cohort, and informing future commissioning across health, housing and social care.
Clinically the role will include in-depth mental health assessments, risk assessments.
Carry a small caseload (with colleagues from other services).
Work closely with colleagues in ATS, and wider Trust colleagues
Working closely with carers, families and partner agencies
To offer expertise on mental health, providing specialist nursing assessments and screening as well as advice where required.
To assess and manage on going risks as identified during the assessment, ensuring that this is done in collaboration with the service user and carers. To regularly review risk factors and make changes to the management of them as necessary.
Working autonomously as a nurse
About us
The successful applicants would continue to benefit from the advantages of employment by SPFT .
- The opportunity to be part of a developing clinical model and be part of on-going service development.
- The opportunity to work within an excellent, committed team.
- Regular Management and clinical supervision
- Reward package: NHS pension, national discount scheme, local discounts with health & leisure providers, discounted health & dental care plans, mindfulness groups, 24/7 free helpline providing confidential support to you and your immediate family, child care vouchers, cycle to work scheme, car lease scheme, interest free season travel ticket advance.
Job description
Job responsibilities
As the Clinical Nurse, you will be working in a newly developed multi-disciplinary team alongside specialists in homelessness prevention, mental health and social work, as well as with third sector providers, offering a broad range of experience. The successful applicant will use their clinical expertise in assessing and managing clients and will also help identify gaps in service provision, highlighting best practice and opportunities to influence systems change for a cohort of people whose mental health needs are currently not being met.
Job description
Job responsibilities
As the Clinical Nurse, you will be working in a newly developed multi-disciplinary team alongside specialists in homelessness prevention, mental health and social work, as well as with third sector providers, offering a broad range of experience. The successful applicant will use their clinical expertise in assessing and managing clients and will also help identify gaps in service provision, highlighting best practice and opportunities to influence systems change for a cohort of people whose mental health needs are currently not being met.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse with current registration [mental health/LD/Adult], appropriate to the job role
- Completion of Mentorship Course/ENB equivalent
- Evidence of continuous professional development
Experience/Knowledge
Essential
- Significant post qualifying experience in the relevant care group
- Experience of working alongside people with complex health problems in the designated care group
- Experience of supervising staff
- Experience of managing a caseload
- Experience of working consultatively with professionals
- Experience of conducting clinical assessments including risk assessments
- Experience of partnership working within and across various statutory and non statutory teams and agencies
- Experience of working within the CPA process
- Understanding of clinical governance
- Previous experience of working in the community
- Contribute to the implementation of services.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse with current registration [mental health/LD/Adult], appropriate to the job role
- Completion of Mentorship Course/ENB equivalent
- Evidence of continuous professional development
Experience/Knowledge
Essential
- Significant post qualifying experience in the relevant care group
- Experience of working alongside people with complex health problems in the designated care group
- Experience of supervising staff
- Experience of managing a caseload
- Experience of working consultatively with professionals
- Experience of conducting clinical assessments including risk assessments
- Experience of partnership working within and across various statutory and non statutory teams and agencies
- Experience of working within the CPA process
- Understanding of clinical governance
- Previous experience of working in the community
- Contribute to the implementation of services.
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
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).
