Job summary
This exciting new post has arisen from additional investment and the development of an innovative nurse-led pathway for psychiatric medication for children/young people with a learning disability. The service will offer a joined-up approach for children/young people, reducing the need for psychiatric intervention with a commitment to STOMP/STAMP agenda and principles.
We are seeking an inspirational individual to provide expert nurse leadership, advice and clinical consultancy to nurses and multidisciplinary teams for medication and nursing pathways across the LD CAMHS Team (Starfish) and ADHD nursing services. This post would ideally suit someone with a passion for working with children and young people and their families and who has expertise in learning disabilities and mental health, experience of nurse prescribing, and is collegiate, innovative and flexible in their approach.
You will join our hardworking, compassionate, and flexible multi-disciplinary Starfish and ADHD teams based within an "Outstanding" CQC rated NHS Trust. The post holder will work across Norfolk, including Norwich, Kings Lynn, and Great Yarmouth. The base is negotiable and flexible working is supported, including agile/home working where relevant.
Main duties of the job
The Consultant Nurse Practitioner will be responsible for the leadership of the Clinical Nurse Specialists and Advanced Nurse Practitioners in Children and Young People's Learning Disabilities Child and Adolescent Mental Health service (LD CAMHS) and Neurodiversity Disorders (NDD) related services within the Trust. Developing staff potential and enabling transformational opportunities that support and develop high quality, person-centred, holistic services in line with local, regional and national guidelines is essential. They will provide expert and supportive consultation for non-medical psychotropic prescribing across the LD CAMHS and ADHD pathways and act as an assessor for those staff undertaking training for V300 qualifications.
Working strategically across a range of health/social care settings provided locally by statutory, private, and voluntary sector agencies to provide expert nursing practice and advice to support and push forward an evidence-based approach within ethical frameworks when contributing to commissioning and planning new services. Developing innovative new approaches to collaborative working alongside medical, clinical, and social care practitioners. They will enhance the quality of experience of children/young people and their families by providing high level training and supervision to develop nursing staff, multi professional staff knowledge and skills.
About us
This is an exciting opportunity to join Starfish, a multi-disciplinary team for children and young people (CYP) with learning disabilities and mental health/behaviour that challenges. We work across the county with children/young people with learning disabilities and their families as well as working very closely with others involved, such as schools, social workers, short breaks provisions etc. to understand their strengths and their difficulties and to help support them to thrive.
We are a nurturing, supportive team who value the importance of good supervision, staff wellbeing and reflective practice. We aim to attract and retain a diverse, talented and committed workforce, who are caring and compassionate, and therefore able to meet the demands of the modern NHS now and in the future. In return we can offer a dynamic working environment in which to build a career.
Norfolk is famous for the Broads, over 125 miles of navigable lock-free waterways set in beautiful countryside, with many charming and picturesque towns and villages. We would welcome applicants who are considering relocation and strongly encourage you to arrange a call to discuss the role and ask any questions. Please contact Mary Cubitt (mary.cubitt@nchc.nhs.uk) to book a slot.
Apply now to join an organisation that has been awarded an 'Outstanding' rating by the Care Quality Commission (CQC), the highest possible rating and the first stand-alone NHS community trust in the country to be awarded the title.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To independently prescribe care and make decisions about the direction and type of care the child/young person receives.
- To work autonomously, within professional and Trust guidelines and to exercise responsibility for the systematic governance of professional practice of nurses, non-registered nursing staff and, where appropriate, other staff and to ensure that appropriate training, consultation and supervision structures are in place and consistent with national and Trust guidelines.
- To take responsibility for a specialist budget in an agreed area of service delivery and to act as an authorised signatory as appropriate to the area.
- To work directly with multi-professional teams to assist in the management of risk, facilitation of complex case reviews and the immediate crisis management, which may on occasion involve de-escalation, intervention and restraint.
- Provide expert nursing care opinion and advice within other areas of the trust.
- To propose and lead on policy and service changes that impact both on the service area and throughout the Trust.
- To develop a range and diversity of highly specialist programmes of care and therapeutic services available within the services, ensuring appropriate changes take place and to lead the change process to enhance children/young peoples care and to ensure sound governance.
- Provide expert clinical supervision and mentoring for staff working within the services through formal clinical supervision, supervised clinical practice, case conferences and skills modelling.
- Establish and maintain standards, guidelines and protocols that advance nursing and multi-professional practice and promote and implement these within the services and influence the implementation in other services.
- To establish and develop proactive and positive relationships with professional leads across services and clinical teams.
- To provide expert nursing advice within the Trust and with other agencies as appropriate including Social services, Primary Care Trusts, User/ Carer representative groups and voluntary agencies.
- To influence nursing at a Trust wide level, leading on major developmental projects that impact Trust wide.
For more details please refer toJob Description and Person Specification attached to this vacancy.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To independently prescribe care and make decisions about the direction and type of care the child/young person receives.
- To work autonomously, within professional and Trust guidelines and to exercise responsibility for the systematic governance of professional practice of nurses, non-registered nursing staff and, where appropriate, other staff and to ensure that appropriate training, consultation and supervision structures are in place and consistent with national and Trust guidelines.
- To take responsibility for a specialist budget in an agreed area of service delivery and to act as an authorised signatory as appropriate to the area.
- To work directly with multi-professional teams to assist in the management of risk, facilitation of complex case reviews and the immediate crisis management, which may on occasion involve de-escalation, intervention and restraint.
- Provide expert nursing care opinion and advice within other areas of the trust.
- To propose and lead on policy and service changes that impact both on the service area and throughout the Trust.
- To develop a range and diversity of highly specialist programmes of care and therapeutic services available within the services, ensuring appropriate changes take place and to lead the change process to enhance children/young peoples care and to ensure sound governance.
- Provide expert clinical supervision and mentoring for staff working within the services through formal clinical supervision, supervised clinical practice, case conferences and skills modelling.
- Establish and maintain standards, guidelines and protocols that advance nursing and multi-professional practice and promote and implement these within the services and influence the implementation in other services.
- To establish and develop proactive and positive relationships with professional leads across services and clinical teams.
- To provide expert nursing advice within the Trust and with other agencies as appropriate including Social services, Primary Care Trusts, User/ Carer representative groups and voluntary agencies.
- To influence nursing at a Trust wide level, leading on major developmental projects that impact Trust wide.
For more details please refer toJob Description and Person Specification attached to this vacancy.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse
- Current NMC/RNLD/RMN/RNMH registration
- Degree in healthcare related subject
- Masters Degree in healthcare related subject
- Mentorship course/ENB or equivalent
- V300 Non-Medical Prescriber, or equivalent training
Desirable
- Studying to Doctorate level, or working towards
Experience
Essential
- Extensive clinical experience and practice with children/young people with a learning disability, mental health and/or ADHD in a range of settings
- Expert knowledge of nursing practice and multidisciplinary team working
- Evidence of inter-professional collaboration
- Advanced decision-making skills that reflect a child-centred focus
- Evidence of implementing innovative practice
- Evidence of conducting audit/research
- Able to demonstrate expert advice within the field
- Promotion of best practice through clinical governance mechanisms
- Demonstrate evidence of successful change management within complex teams
Desirable
- Evidence of publication experience
Skills, Abilities and Knowledge
Essential
- Evidence of highly developed teaching skills and experience
- Evidence of ability to drive change forwards through excellent leadership and the ability to create strategic vision
- Able to demonstrate lateral thinking and generate novel solutions to meet the needs of the client group
- Ability to analyse, synthesise and present knowledge and information, including complex issues and concepts to a range of audiences and stakeholders
- Deal with complex/highly complex facts or situations, requiring analysis, interpretation, comparison of a range of options
- Lead and provide expert guidance to colleagues, set standards for good nursing practice
- Demonstrated ability to problem solve practice issues in a supportive and constructive manner
- To be proficient in IT skills in order to access information via the internet and intranet
- To be able to write reports and policies and other documentation for the services as required
- To be able to enter and interpret data with regard to clinical input as required by the Trust
Communication
Essential
- Initiates and leads change within the services and pathways overseen, provides expert advice
- Communicates and works directly with children/young people and their families with a range of communication needs, styles and preferences
- Communicates with a variety of senior staff both internal and external to the Trust on a wide variety of complex issues relating to the care and well being of patients and their families in the services
- Provide and receive highly complex, sensitive or contentious information, where there may be barriers to understanding
- Advanced communication skills and evidence of change management skills
Desirable
- Implementation of approaches relating to the needs of children/young people within the services and pathways e.g., Talking Mats, Intensive Interaction, Widget symbol software
Personal and People Development
Essential
- Ensure management of staff is consistent with Trust HR Policies to the achievement of equality, equity and optimum performance
- Act as a lead change agent to manage the overall change process in potentially highly complex and contentious situations of service and workforce development and modernisation
- To lead in the demonstrable measurement of clinical efficacy as required by clinical governance
- Provide leadership by setting a clear direction in service planning for the services and leading discussions on the requirements to meet a safe, innovative, modern and high quality service
- Plan, initiates and develop a multi-professional approach to the delivery of services through practice development, supervision, reflective practice and training sessions
- Provide expert nurse leadership, advice and clinical consultancy to nurses and multidisciplinary teams across the services
Personal Attributes / Behaviours (linked to the Trust's Behaviour Framework)
Essential
- Awareness and understanding of the NHS issues relevant to nursing advanced practice
- Understanding of the Clinical Governance Framework
- Aware of the political and organisational drivers that impact on the services
- Demonstrate an understanding of the practices of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC)in the delivery of this role
- Team working
Other
Essential
- Ability to be creative, innovative and adaptable
- Organised and motivated
- Positive role model
- Must hold a full, valid driving licence and have access to a vehicle, or be able to make own transport arrangements to meet the needs of the service
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse
- Current NMC/RNLD/RMN/RNMH registration
- Degree in healthcare related subject
- Masters Degree in healthcare related subject
- Mentorship course/ENB or equivalent
- V300 Non-Medical Prescriber, or equivalent training
Desirable
- Studying to Doctorate level, or working towards
Experience
Essential
- Extensive clinical experience and practice with children/young people with a learning disability, mental health and/or ADHD in a range of settings
- Expert knowledge of nursing practice and multidisciplinary team working
- Evidence of inter-professional collaboration
- Advanced decision-making skills that reflect a child-centred focus
- Evidence of implementing innovative practice
- Evidence of conducting audit/research
- Able to demonstrate expert advice within the field
- Promotion of best practice through clinical governance mechanisms
- Demonstrate evidence of successful change management within complex teams
Desirable
- Evidence of publication experience
Skills, Abilities and Knowledge
Essential
- Evidence of highly developed teaching skills and experience
- Evidence of ability to drive change forwards through excellent leadership and the ability to create strategic vision
- Able to demonstrate lateral thinking and generate novel solutions to meet the needs of the client group
- Ability to analyse, synthesise and present knowledge and information, including complex issues and concepts to a range of audiences and stakeholders
- Deal with complex/highly complex facts or situations, requiring analysis, interpretation, comparison of a range of options
- Lead and provide expert guidance to colleagues, set standards for good nursing practice
- Demonstrated ability to problem solve practice issues in a supportive and constructive manner
- To be proficient in IT skills in order to access information via the internet and intranet
- To be able to write reports and policies and other documentation for the services as required
- To be able to enter and interpret data with regard to clinical input as required by the Trust
Communication
Essential
- Initiates and leads change within the services and pathways overseen, provides expert advice
- Communicates and works directly with children/young people and their families with a range of communication needs, styles and preferences
- Communicates with a variety of senior staff both internal and external to the Trust on a wide variety of complex issues relating to the care and well being of patients and their families in the services
- Provide and receive highly complex, sensitive or contentious information, where there may be barriers to understanding
- Advanced communication skills and evidence of change management skills
Desirable
- Implementation of approaches relating to the needs of children/young people within the services and pathways e.g., Talking Mats, Intensive Interaction, Widget symbol software
Personal and People Development
Essential
- Ensure management of staff is consistent with Trust HR Policies to the achievement of equality, equity and optimum performance
- Act as a lead change agent to manage the overall change process in potentially highly complex and contentious situations of service and workforce development and modernisation
- To lead in the demonstrable measurement of clinical efficacy as required by clinical governance
- Provide leadership by setting a clear direction in service planning for the services and leading discussions on the requirements to meet a safe, innovative, modern and high quality service
- Plan, initiates and develop a multi-professional approach to the delivery of services through practice development, supervision, reflective practice and training sessions
- Provide expert nurse leadership, advice and clinical consultancy to nurses and multidisciplinary teams across the services
Personal Attributes / Behaviours (linked to the Trust's Behaviour Framework)
Essential
- Awareness and understanding of the NHS issues relevant to nursing advanced practice
- Understanding of the Clinical Governance Framework
- Aware of the political and organisational drivers that impact on the services
- Demonstrate an understanding of the practices of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC)in the delivery of this role
- Team working
Other
Essential
- Ability to be creative, innovative and adaptable
- Organised and motivated
- Positive role model
- Must hold a full, valid driving licence and have access to a vehicle, or be able to make own transport arrangements to meet the needs of the service
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).
