Job overview

We are seeking an experienced and highly skilled Clinical Nurse Practitioner (RMN or RNLD) to deliver advanced nursing assessment and intervention within the National High Secure Deaf Service with complex mental health needs.  This is a senior clinical role requiring excellent professional judgement, strong leadership capability, and a commitment to compassionate care across this specialist area.

The postholder will offer clinical supervision, mentoring, teaching, and professional development to nursing staff and wider MDT colleagues. 

The postholder will work collaboratively within established MDT teams contributing specialist nursing perspectives to care planning, risk management, and treatment pathways.

It would be desirable for candidates to have knowledge and/or experience of Deaf culture and the unique ways in Deaf people experience the range of Mental Disorders.

 As a senior clinical, the post holder will contribute to clinical audits, investigations, and quality assurance activity and will provide visible clinical leadership through deployment into ward settings where required to support staff, patients, and service delivery and to provide hands-on clinical support and leadership and reflective practice in response to service need.

Main duties of the job

To provide access to advanced healthcare assessment and intervention for a defined patient group and their families under the care programme approach, who present with significant healthcare problems/disorders.

To provide advance clinical advice on the provision of treatments across this specialist area of practice.

To provide a realistic or occasionally intensive support  to patients in a healthcare setting.  To demonstrate active leadership skills within the team, providing education and supervision to all staff within a MDT setting.

Working for our organisation

#TeamNottsHC comprises over 11,000 dedicated colleagues who #MakeADifference every day. We deliver intellectual disability, mental health, community health, forensic, and offender healthcare services across Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, and South Yorkshire. Our care is provided from over 200 sites, spanning community locations, acute settings, and secure environments, including prisons.

We are one of the largest mental health and community Trusts in the East Midlands and one of Nottinghamshire's biggest employers. We also host national and regional services, such as the NHSHSW and the Nottingham Centre for Transgender Health.

We offer a variety of employee-led staff networks, including Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) groups, the Green Champions network, the Freedom to Speak Up network, the Health and Wellbeing Champions network, and the Menopause Champions network. These networks play a vital role in supporting our diverse workforce and promoting a culture of inclusivity.

The health and wellbeing of colleagues is a top priority. We invest significantly in this through our in-house occupational health and staff counselling services, supported by a dedicated Health and Wellbeing team.

The Trust is committed to reducing its carbon emissions, with a specialised Energy and Environmental team working to ensure compliance with environmental legislation, enhance our environmental performance, and achieve our net-zero commitment.