Job summary
- Main area
- Mental Health Nursing
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Flexible working
- Compressed hours
- Job ref
- 346-DDA-071-25-B
- Employer
- Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Enterprise House
- Town
- Spennymoor
- Salary
- £46,148 - £52,809 (pro rata) per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 23/07/2025 23:59
Employer heading

Clinical Specialist Nurse
Band 7
We are the Mental Health & Learning Disability NHS Trust for County Durham and Darlington, Teesside, North Yorkshire, York and Selby.
From education and prevention, to crisis and specialist care —our talented and compassionate teams work in partnership with our patients, communities and partners to help the people of our region feel safe, understood, believed in and cared for.
We nurture the recovery journey of anyone in need of our help. In Our Trust, everyone has a say in how they are supported and treated because we listen to every person in our care until they feel understood. Our patients, their families and carers work together with us towards better mental health.
We’re committed to new thinking that improves the wellbeing of our region. We connect with our communities and partners to get mental health care right, in areas that really need it.
We won’t rest until everyone in our region has the mental health care they need, to lead their best possible life.
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for highly motivated, skilled, and enthusiastic Clinical Nurse Specialist to join our busy Sedgefield North Community Mental Health Team, providing care/treatment within a recovery framework.
You will need to have significant experience of working with people with mental ill health in a care setting, delivering clinical interventions specific to care pathways. You will possess excellent communication and interpersonal skills. You are required to have the ability and experience to manage complex cases in partnership with other agencies and provide clinical leadership to nursing staff within the team. In addition, you will have further developed your clinical skills as a Non-medical prescriber and are practicing at level 2 with experiencing of prescribing in a secondary care setting. You will support service users in their recovery.
You will fully embrace the Community Transformation agenda and encourage ongoing engagement from all staff utilizing effective leadership skills. You are required to use your own initiative and make decisions independently for this post.
Main duties of the job
As a Clinical Nurse Specialist, you will be expected to supervise and mentor members of staff and provide clinical advice. You will be a member of the supercell and take on a leadership role in developing the service to meet the demands within the current health and social care system.
Working alongside the team manager the successful candidate will be expected to work autonomously in a fast paced environment and provide clinical leadership within the team utilising skills to support team members, the role also maintains the offer of intervention and therapies to a defined caseload.
The post holder will be part of a resilient and professional team working collaboratively with internal and external partners to support the needs of those who are experiencing a deterioration in their mental health and their family carer needs.
You will be able to develop and demonstrate clinical leadership, supervisory and coaching skills and a comprehensive knowledge of mental health care, the Mental Health Act and complex risk assessment.
Strong team working is essential, requiring networking with a variety of people, as well as working in partnership with a range of different agencies both internal and external to the team.
A commitment to providing high quality services and making a difference to peoples experience and outcomes is the corner stone of this post.
Working for our organisation
There is an expectation of commitment to the development of high-quality care, and to engage in quality improvement activities. You will be supported with regular management and clinical supervision. We use Cells, Daily Decision meetings and Complex case discussions to ensure our staff are fully supported by colleagues and Leadership Team. You will be offered training and development opportunities to fully support your role within the
team.
In order to continue to develop and maintain high quality services, ongoing opportunities will be made available to help further your own skills, knowledge and development to uphold your leadership role.
Due to the nature of the role it is essential that applicants are able to travel independently across the locality and have access to a suitable vehicle for business purposes. If necessary, adjustments can be considered in accordance with the Equality Act 2010. ( A lease car scheme is in operation).
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for further detailed information to ensure that you meet the role criteria before applying.
We would welcome interested candidates to come and meet the team.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Current Professional Registration with Nursing and Midwifery Council - RMN / RNLD/ RGN (RNSC - CAMHS Only)
- Recognised Practice Assessor/Practice Supervisor or currently in progress of achieving.
- Trained in Clinical Supervision and providing Clinical Supervision or in the process of achieving
- Postgraduate diploma in a subject relevant to the area Or be willing to work towards and achieve within 2 years and
- Within the first year of being in post hold 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 have Equivalent clinical experience to that of a Post Grad Diploma/master’s level such as working as a band 6 (or above) in relevant clinical area with significant experience (see below under experience), together with evidence of relevant CPD
Experience
Essential criteria
- 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
- Working collaboratively with service users their families and carers
- Working in a multi-disciplinary team
- Quality improvement activities
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Extensive knowledge of current issues relating to health needs of patients in the field of practice, regionally and nationally
- 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)
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Angela Cross
- Job title
- Team Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0191 4415950
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