IST Clinical Nurse Specialist

Job description

Job responsibilities

To be a Registered Nurse for people Learning Disability.(RNLD) or Register Nurse in Mental Health (RMN)

To observe and abide by the NMC The Code: Professional Standards of practice and behaviour and all other NMC professional guidance.

To meet the N.M.C. Revalidation requirements and CPD as a registered nurse.

To work towards the implementation of all national and local policies concerning the care and treatment of people with learning disabilities.

To assist in providing and maintaining the management structure of the team.

To work as a nurse with a special interest in the promotion of mental health wellbeing & the safe management of challenging behaviour for people with learning disabilities and become proficient in evidenced based positive behavioural support approaches.

To work as a member of a specialist multi-disciplinary team (M.D.T.) within the LD and Forensics Service.

To support the Clinical Nurse Lead and Community Manager in the development of the nurse team.

To have a role in ensuring the smooth running and co-ordination of the service, and monitoring of service activity.

To work in liaison with service users, carers, other professionals, in collaboration with other services ensuring a needs-led service.

To be involved with and share the responsibility for identifying and developing opportunities for Service Users with learning disabilities to be key to local and Trust wide service operation and development.

To work under the direction and supervision of the Clinical Nurse Lead in delivering effective evidence-based practice to adults with Learning Disabilities requiring mental health services.

To promote and maintain good working relationships and effective communications / liaison with carers, team colleagues in HPFT, Hertfordshire Health & Community Service and external agents.

To carry out health assessments and be competent in reporting back health assessments to the wider MDT. To be supported by the senior nurse team to make recommendations of how to meet those needs, to support the implementation of these recommendations and to monitor, evaluate and review the input and progress.

To act in a consultative role to external agencies in relations to clinical interventions, risk assessments & management plans.

To maintain appropriate records according to NMC record keeping & HPFT Data Quality policy and guidance.

To support the ongoing development of quality services by actively engaging in team audit and other service initiatives.

To actively participate and encourage others in quality improvement audits and benchmarking.

To work in close liaison with inpatient services

To ensure that the Nursing Team within the Community Assessment and Treatment Service works within the Mental Health Act (1983), amended (2007), Mental Capacity Act (2005) and Hertfordshire Safe guarding Adults frameworks.

Understanding and adhering to local, regional and national policies / procedures and guidelines, ensuring innovative, evidence based and safe practice within the service.

To participate where appropriate in the development and implementation of policies / procedures / standards and guidelines in response to new legislation.

To be responsible for the provision of supervision both formal and informal of band 4 Senior Support Workers, Band 5 Nursing staff and student nurses in the team.

All staff should comply with the Trusts Anti-Discriminatory Statement, Employee Charter, Trust Policies and Procedures, Code of Conduct and Equality and Diversity.

• Registered Learning Disability Nurse
• Mentoring / Practice Assessor / Practice Supervisor training

• Additional areas of training through short courses
• Post Graduation courses
• Membership of professional bodies

• Significant experience working in an inpatient or community setting with service users who have a Learning Disability
• Experience in working within Multi-disciplinary Teams and inter-agency working
• Day to day management of staff at supervisory level.
• Experience of working with service users with Challenging Behaviour, Epilepsy, and Mental Ill Health.
• Desirable
  • Experience / Knowledge of Positive Behavioural Support process

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered Learning Disability Nurse
• Mentoring / Practice Assessor / Practice Supervisor training

Desirable

• Additional areas of training through short courses
• Post Graduation courses
• Membership of professional bodies

Experience

Essential

• Relevant experience working in an inpatient or community setting with service users who have a Learning Disability
• Experience in working within Multi-disciplinary Teams and inter-agency working
• Day to day management of staff at supervisory level.
• Experience of working with service users with Challenging Behaviour, Epilepsy, and Mental Ill Health.

Desirable

• Experience / Knowledge of Positive Behavioural Support process

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).

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

Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Saffron ground

Saffron Ground, 2nd floor

Stevenage

SG1 3LJ

Employer's website

https://www.hpft.nhs.uk/careers/ (Opens in a new tab)