Job summary
- Main area
- Mental Health
- Grade
- Band 8a
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 263-ICG25-042-LB
- Employer
- Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Carleton Clinic
- Town
- Cumbria
- Salary
- £53,755 - £60,504 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 03/06/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Clinical Nurse Specialist
Band 8a
Hello!
We are so delighted you are considering coming to work with us at Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust (CNTW).
We know the power of looking into an organisation, one you might want to work in, or one where you are going to get help, and being able to say, ‘I’ve seen somewhere I can fit in and be myself.’ We’re on a journey to make the Trust an inclusive employer, representative of the community we serve and we want more of our community to consider applying for jobs with us.
Opportunities for you
Spanning east to west coasts from Northumberland to Cumbria and from the Scottish Borders down to Middlesbrough we’ve got exciting new opportunities available at every level and in every area.
We offer flexible working, helping work fit around family and caring responsibilities, or training and development needs and there’s lots on offer in the way of benefits, such as, lease cars, childcare schemes, staff discounts, season tickets for travel and a cycle to work scheme. All this in a vibrant workplace supported by the following staff networks.
- Cultural diversity staff network
- Disabled staff network
- LGBT+ staff network
We also have a number of staff support groups which are open to any staff to attend. These Include:
- Armed Forces and Veterans Staff Association
- Mind, Health and Wellbeing Community
- Menopause toolkit and cafes and staff carer support group
We offer fantastic personal development opportunities through our Collective Leadership Programme and other Organisational Development initiatives. Whatever you are looking for, you will be joining a supportive, friendly team, offering varied and interesting roles, with opportunities for career progression.
Always improving
CNTW is regulated by the national healthcare regulator, the Care Quality Commission (CQC). Our last two inspections have rated us as an outstanding organisation. We’re always seeking to improve as an organisation. Do you want to be part of that?
Please note that it is a requirement of this Trust that all external applicants pay for their own DBS certification if a DBS check is required for the post. The method of payment is a salary deduction from your first monthly pay
Job overview
We have an excellent opportunity within the North Cumbria Inpatient Clinical Business unit, for a Clinical Nurse Specialist 8a role across our Acute mental health inpatient wards within Carleton Clinic, North Cumbria.
The Clinical Nurse Specialist will contribute to the strategic direction for the development of nursing practice within the designated Clinical Business Unit. Will take the lead in extending boundaries and creating frameworks for the enhancement of nursing within their speciality. The post holder will continue to strive towards excellence in nursing care and communicate this excellence to colleagues both within the organisation and externally. The post holder will work with the Nurse Consultant on nursing developments within this specialist area of practice.
Main duties of the job
Key Functions:
Offering “specialist practice’ within the service for up to 80% of the post.
Professional leadership and advice, including clinical supervision.
Take part in service developments within the CBU pathways.
Education, training and development of staff, and a range of other agencies, statutory and non-statutory in conjunction with the Nurse Consultant. With formal academic links established.
Undertake audit and related activities in aspects of clinical practice, therapeutic intervention and service evaluation involving service users and their families.
Contribute to the strategic development of the nursing strategy for CNTW Trust.
The post holder will offer clinical and specialist professional input across the designated pathway within the CBU. It is envisaged that the post holder will have close links and develop consistencies in practice with equivalent Clinical Nurse Specialists across the locality group and the trust.
Working for our organisation
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.
The post is suitable for registered nurses and is an ideal opportunity for individuals who have significant clinical experience and a proven record of leadership, change management and innovation wishing to extend their role in delivering service developments, education and training, professional leadership and consultancy.
You will need to be clinically confident, solution focused and competent in working with individuals and teams in an inpatient setting and be able to work effectively in a multi-disciplinary context.
You should have a collaborative and enthusiastic style as well as a passion and commitment to networking with other services across community and access within the North Cumbria Locality.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please find attached job description for full details.
Advertising date : 20th May 2025
Closing date : 3rd June 2025
We welcome your application.
Person specification
Education and Qualification
Essential criteria
- First level registered nurse
- Recognized teaching qualification.
- Postgraduate qualification at Masters level or equivalent.
- Evidence of continuous professional development.
- Evidence of experience in therapeutic interventions relevant to working with enduring mental health problems i.e. PSI, CBT, Family Interventions, Group Work
- Advanced level therapeutic training in one of the above modalities
Knowledge and Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of working therapeutically with adults with severe and enduring mental health problems requiring rehabilitation and recovery.
- Have been involved in service development changes.
- Awareness of the evolving healthcare agenda and the implications for nursing
- Experience of audit and related activities.
- Evidence of facilitating quality improvement in practice.
- Knowledge of clinical governance issues.
- Experience of training and education.
Skills and Competencies
Essential criteria
- Leadership skills.
- Ability to work across professional and organizational boundaries internally and externally
- Interpersonal skills
- Ability to put strategy into action.
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
- Andrea Cox
- Job title
- Associate Director
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01228 602000
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