Clinical Nurse Specialist

at  Norfolk Suffolk Foundation Trust

Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust provides child and adult mental health services, learning disability, wellbeing, older people’s and eating disorder services across Norfolk and Suffolk.
At any one time, around 23,000 people in Norfolk and Suffolk are receiving care and attention from the Trust. We believe in whole life care - seeing people in the context of their whole lives, understanding the importance of good physical health, friends, family, spirituality, culture, home, work, education and a sense of purpose and achievement to experience good mental health.
Nearly 3,800 full and part-time practitioners care for our service users in hospitals, in the community and in their own homes, whilst an additional 1,400+ staff provide non-clinical support, including cleaning, catering, delivering supplies, ward administration, information technology, human resources and financial services.
We are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion and want to reflect the diversity of our local communities within our teams. We welcome applications from all talented individuals with the relevant qualifications, skills, knowledge and experience.
We are committed to delivering quality driven mental health services. Every individual makes a valuable contribution. We are proud of our staff who have been commended for the care they provide. Do you value working positively, respectfully and together? If so, we’d love you to join us!
We will consider flexible working arrangements for our roles, please indicate in your application if this is something you require

JOB DESCRIPTION/PERSON SPECIFICATION

Please read the job description/person specification carefully and ensure your application reflects the knowledge, skills and experience needed.

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

MAIN DUTIES OF THE JOB

• Provide advice and leadership to clinical staff in areas related to clinical care including, treatment, therapy and clinical risk assessment and management2. Provide consultation support and supervision to teams on issues relating to nursing practice.3. Be a role model in initiating, facilitating and promoting excellence in Evidence Based Nursing Practice4. Work alongside the both the clinical care team and relevant teams including governance and research department to utilise information and data to support the implementation and embedding of best practice.5. Develop process and systems to share learning from local and national research and national research and National guidance6.Ensure any learning is embedded and sustained in clinical services clinical7. Seek out and receive appropriate level training to keep abreast of changing trends and practices8. Adhere to all Trust policies and procedures contributing to policy development via Governance processes, particularly in relation to clinical care9. Demonstrate a sound knowledge of current legislation and policy that underpins mental healthcare delivery including all aspects relating to the clinical area of practice.10. Understand and appreciate the influences that training has on service delivery and offer specialist guidance, advice and support on improving service and developing services.

DETAILED JOB DESCRIPTION AND MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES

• Meet regularly with relevant service and clinical managers to identify specific needs or emerging trends.
• Here at NSFT we pride ourselves on being a welcoming, talented, friendly and supportive team who like nothing better than sharing experiences and learning from each other. In addition to ongoing training and development opportunities, we are committed to providing an environment in which you can thrive.
  Why work for us? We have challenges as a Trust, but we have ambitious aspirations, are pushing ahead with exciting transformation work and we need dedicated individuals to support us on our journey. We have strong, established professional networks coupled with an exceptional leadership team who will ensure you are truly cared for and cared about.
  Why Norfolk and Suffolk? The people here are warm and welcoming, you’ll never be far from the beautiful coastline or Broads National Park. We’re an hour and a half away from London and have an international airport in Norwich too. Our villages, towns and cities are packed full of history, independent cafes, shops and theatres. We have excellent shopping, eating out, top ranking schooling and affordable house prices too.

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 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.
• Taking active part in the Assessment’s Clinics and PAD’s meetings.
• To sustain the clinically based training programme aimed at the development of staff within theclinical environment.
• To provide information, education and support for service users and their parents/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 take part in and facilitate audits relevant to patient care.
• To work in partnership with wider network involved and supporting young people’s and their families/ carers.