Clinical Nurse Specialist

Job Summary

The Suffolk Crisis Response and Home Treatment Team (CRHTT) based in East Suffolk, predominantly at Ipswich Hospital, Woodlands Unit is seeking to recruit a Clinical Nurse Specialist to join the team.

The Crisis Response and Home Treatment Team are proactive and highly skilled at managing risk and supporting service users in East Suffolk who are presenting in crisis. The CRHTT service is an age inclusive provision covering a diverse and multicultural patient base. We are passionate about providing alternative options to hospital admissions, so you can expect to be undertaking rewarding and highly intensive work.

We are looking to recruit a compassionate, dedicated, and conscientious Clinical Nurse Specialist, who wants to make a positive difference to adults experiencing mental distress and mental health crisis and be the lead on clinical innovation within the team.

We're really excited to offer an opportunity for a Clinical Nurse Specialist to work in our diverse multi-disciplinary team (MDT). If successful you will be a leader within the team; providing support and inspiring your staff. You will also provide skilled clinical interventions to service users experiencing mental health crisis within East Suffolk.

If this role speaks to you, please consider applying.

Main duties of the job

The role of the Clinical Nurse Specialist is to provide specialist clinical interventions to our service users, their families and loved ones. It also involves delivery of leadership activities within the team.

If Appointed, You Will:

1. Deliver clinical interventions.
2. Work as a non-medical prescriber.
3. Offer support, supervision and informal training to your colleagues.
4. Contribute to multi-disciplinary team (MDT) meetings.
5. Undertake other clinical tasks within the team.
6. Deputise for the Community Team Manager on occasion.

You will have a nursing qualification, be trained as a non-medical prescriber, and will have developed your skills through extensive experience in mental health.

About Us

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.

Date posted
27 March 2025

Pay scheme
Agenda for change

Band
Band 7

Salary
£46,148 to £52,809 a year gross per annum

Contract
Permanent

Working pattern
Full-time, Compressed hours

Reference number
246-ESU7073226

Job locations
Woodlands
Ipswich Hospital, Heath Road
Ipswich
IP4 5PD

Job Description

Job responsibilities

Please find attached our Job Description and Person Specification for more detail on your Key Accountabilities, then if you feel you have what it takes to make a difference in your local communities, click APPLY!

Some Of The Benefits You Can Expect:

• 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.

Interview dates are yet to be set; you will be contacted via email and invited to book a time. These emails may go to your SPAM, so please keep checking all your emails if applying.

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Person Specification

Qualifications Essential

• RMN or equivalent professional qualification
• Non-Medical Independent Prescriber
• Degree Level Qualification or equivalent

Desirable

• Study experience at masters level, study at that level or clinical experience.

Experience Essential

• Extensive experience which has required supervision and mentorship of others.
• Extensive experience of practice within clinical area with proven track record in delivering high quality care.

Desirable

• Teaching or training experience or qualification.
• Experience of facilitation in groups.
• Experience of implementing evidence based practice and or service improvement initiative.

Skills Essential

• Ability to communicate widely in a clear manner.
• Ability to problem solve.
• Ability to self-manage time and meet agreed deadlines.

Knowledge Essential

• Able to demonstrate sound clinical expertise and knowledge of mental health disorders and their treatments.

Other Essential

• Ability to travel to all trust locations as required
• PMA fit

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.

Employer details

Employer name

Norfolk & Suffolk Foundation NHS Trust

Address

Woodlands
Ipswich Hospital, Heath Road
Ipswich
IP4 5PD

Employer's website

https://www.nsft.nhs.uk/Pages/Home.aspx