Job summary
- Main area
- Senior Clinical Nurse Specialist - Older Adults
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 455-NLFT-0052
- Employer
- North London NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Victoria Unit, St. Ann's Hospital
- Town
- London
- Salary
- £51,883 - £58,544 Per annum including Outer HCAS
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 26/05/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Senior Clinical Nurse Specialist
NHS AfC: Band 7
Thank you for your interest for the North London NHS Foundation Trust (NLFT), it is an exciting time to join us and being part of our journey to improve mental health care across North London and deliver excellent services to our local people. We will achieve this through the North London Way, as we:
- Collaborate at every level by living our Values to create the right conditions for us all to work together.
- Develop our new Trust culture, to help make our new Trust a great place to work and to receive great care.
- Empower our teams to lead the planned improvements in our services, by skilling them and giving them the tools to make the changes.
- Focus on delivering excellence at every level to improve our performance and ensure consistently high-quality care across all our services.
- Ensure that research, Quality Improvement, and technology lead the way and are embedded in our services.
- Take a trauma informed approach to everything we do
We proactively welcome diversity in our workforce and pride ourselves on being an inclusive employer. We aim to recruit from our local communities and provide opportunities to all including apprenticeships, veterans, care leavers and more.
The North London Way to deliver, Better Mental Health, Better Lives, Better Communities.
Our trust website is: https://www.northlondonmentalhealth.nhs.uk/
Job overview
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Job Title |
Senior Clinical Nurse Specialist |
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Band |
7 |
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Department |
Older Adult Services |
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Location & Mobility |
Your normal place of work will be Victoria Unit, St Ann’s Hospital. However, you may be required to work at any other location of the Trusts interests, including travelling to appropriate meetings, outside of the borough, as required, during the core operating hours of 8am – 8pm. |
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Accountable To |
Service Manager |
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Responsible To |
Haringey Division Senior Service Lead |
WORKING RELATIONSHIPS:
Internal: Haringey Community Teams, Urgent Care Pathway.
External: Haringey Local Authority, GPs, Voluntary Sector Providers, Haringey ICB, Housing Providers
Main duties of the job
- To provide a professional leadership role in Haringey Older Persons Services (CMHT & HMS) to ensure that staff work in partnership to provide an integrated community mental health service to the older people of Haringey.
- To provide clinical and managerial supervision within the services and be responsible for ensuring that individuals also receive education and support in specialist matters relating to the individual’s professional background.
- To jointly ensure the care and interventions provided within the Haringey Older Persons Services are evidence based and in accordance with NICE guidance.
- To lead in implementing evidence-based specialist mental health assessments in accordance with Trust policies and procedures.
- To maintain a role of care manager / care coordinator for a small number of service users whose range of needs require ‘complex’ arrangements of care.
- To lead and as appropriate coordinate matters relating to the Safeguarding of Vulnerable Adults and children.
- To deputise for the Haringey Older Persons Services Manager or Haringey Memory Service Lead or CMHT lead as required.
- Be responsible for effective clinical and managerial communication within Older Persons Service, including communication with the wider MDT and medical team for the service.
- Provide expert clinical leadership, advice, support and liaison, education, and training to other staff.
Working for our organisation
North London NHS Foundation Trust (NLFT) is committed to improving mental health care across North London to deliver excellent services to our local people.
Our Five-Year Strategy:
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We will provide consistently high-quality care closer to home.
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With our partners in North London and each borough we will ensure equity of outcome for all
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We will offer great places to work, providing staff with supportive environment to deliver outstanding care.
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We will be more effective as an organisation by pioneering research, quality improvement and technology.
In order to meet the needs of the Trust you may be required from time to time to work at different locations to your normal place of work. This may mean that you are required to work at any location that fall under Barnet, Camden, Enfield, Haringey or Islington. The Trust reserves the right to require staff to work at such other places or locations as it considers reasonable and necessary on a temporary or permanent basis.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
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To oversee the referral and allocation process for new referrals received by the service.
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To supervise and support members of the team in completing assessments and the drawing up of individual care plans, which take account of risk assessments and individuals psychological needs.
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To ensure procedures are in place so that discharges or transfers of care are progressed in a safe and timely manner by the team.
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To maintain a role as care manager / care coordinator for a small number of service users whose range of needs require ‘complex’ arrangements of care.
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To coordinate routine physical health monitoring for service users in Older Adult Services.
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To maintain clear, comprehensive, and contemporaneous clinical records on all patients in accordance with professional standards and Trust policies and to write appropriate reports, maintain records and produce correspondence in accordance with the Trust policies on Case Recording and Confidentiality and Data Protection Act.
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To use and enhance Information Technology skills to directly enter client information on the Trusts electronic databases and where necessary produce reports and correspondence
This is not an exhaustive list, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification for more information on the role requirements and duties.
Person specification
EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS
Essential criteria
- RMN, RNLD, SW or OT equivalent first level registration. Relevant degree or post graduate diploma/equivalent level of experience.
EXPERIENCE AND KNOWLEDGE
Essential criteria
- Minimum 3 years clinical experience in the community and / or hospital-based services. Demonstrable experience at Band 6 or equivalent. Evidence of ability to effectively manage a community service. Experience of delivering training to different disciplines and professions. Experience of the Supervision process and ability to offer effective supervision to staff at different levels.
SKILLS AND ABILITIES
Essential criteria
- Ability to demonstrate in depth knowledge of the Mental Health Act 2005, Mental Capacity Act 2005, the Code of Practice, and Children's Act. National Service Framework. Training and advanced skills in a specialised approach such as psycho-social interventions, dual diagnosis, personality disorder or assertive outreach, CBT. Knowledge of the process necessary for effective risk assessment and management Ability to demonstrate a creative and flexible approach to staff managing and in delivering a high standard of care. Ability to assess, plan, implement and evaluate care plans to meet needs of clients. Ability to set, monitor and evaluate standards for quality within the service. Ability to undertake evidence-based interventions with people suffering from a range of mental health problems. Knowledge of and ability to work as part of a multiprofessional team as a lead clinician and role model. Ability to work effectively in crisis situations in order to maintain the safety of both staff and client. Ability to teach staff and provide advice and support to other agencies / professionals. Experience of effective communication with other key stakeholders at a variety of levels Experience of Quality Improvement.
PERSONAL QUALITIES
Essential criteria
- Display skills necessary for effective risk assessment and management.
OTHER REQUIREMENTS
Essential criteria
- Understanding of and ability to develop, promote and maintain equal opportunities in all areas of work. Ability to work flexibly. Ability to travel across a geographical area and various locations within the Trust.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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
- Nicole Deenmamode
- Job title
- Service Manager - Haringey Older People's Services
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0208 702 6300
- Additional information
Haringey Older People's Mental Health Services
Victoria Unit, St. Ann's Hospital, St. Ann's Road,
London, N15 3TH
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