Job overview

We have an exciting opportunity for a registered Mental Health Nurse, occupational therapist or social worker looking to progress their career as a clinical specialty practitioner.

We are looking for a dynamic registered practitioner with advanced clinical skills. We want applicants who are keen to be part of transformation and improvement in the area of West Adult CMHT ; people who can offer strong clinical leadership, education and mentoring to the team.

We value creativity, innovation and passion towards providing excellent patient care; a resilient practitioner, who is aware of and able to cope with the pressure and unpredictability of acute crisis care. 

West Norfolk Adult CMHT are a proactive team supporting in treatment led interventions.  You will be responsible for assessments, risk management, care planning, and co-ordination of care delivery within a well-resourced team, supported with regular supervision and providing opportunities to work in partnership with health and social care, linking into the wider multi-disciplinary service.

In addition to this , you will be asked to  support Junior Practitioner by provided  clinical leadership  across the services  to ensure high standards of care and clinical excellence across services.

Main duties of the job

Main Duties of the role include:

• To provide clinical leadership to the clinical team in the care, treatment and therapy of the client group, with a clear focus on clinical risk and its management.
• To influence, lead and motivate staff at all levels within the clinical environment to deliver high quality care.
• To provide expertise, support and advice to clinical practitioners regarding all aspects of clinical care including implementing best practise based on evidence-based practice and
  National Guidance.
• To sustain the clinically based training programme aimed at the development of staff within the clinical environment.
• To provide information, education and support for service users and their carers re coping with diagnosis and treatments.
• To interpret national guidelines and relevant research to inform local practice and procedures to achieve best practice.
• To maintain own expert status by developing training and improvement projects underpinned by research and legislation.
• To be member of the Trust Senior Nursing team and to contribute to relevant forums and meetings.
• To take part in and facilitate audits relevant to patient care.
• To take part in RCA reviews and implement any lessons learnt from incidents and complaints within the clinical area

Organisational Structure
Service Manager
Deputy Service Manger
Clinical Nurse Specialist

Working for our organisation

Here at NSFT we pride ourselves on being a welcoming, talented, friendly and supportive team who like nothing better than sharing their experiences and learning from each other.

Benefits

Benefits included with this role are:-

• NHS pension
• a comprehensive in house & external training programmes
• career progression
• starting annual leave of 27 days per annum increasing to 33 days pa based on length of service (plus paid bank holidays)
• staff physio service
• NHS discounts and many more
• Relocation packages.