Clinical Specialist

North Thames Genomics Laboratory Hub; Morpeth; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Clinical Specialist Nurse to join the mental health team at HMP Northumberland. This role involves leading clinical governance and delivering mental health provision in a challenging prison environment, requiring strong leadership, patient assessment, and communication skills. Applicants should have a postgraduate diploma relevant to mental health and significant clinical experience.

Benefits

Flexible working

Compressed hours

Comprehensive induction programme

Personal Development Plan

Continuous professional development opportunities

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in a prison or forensic services setting.
• Positive and compassion-focused attitude towards service users.
• Trained in Clinical Supervision and providing Clinical Supervision or progressing towards it.

Responsibilities

• Assess, plan and provide patient care within a multi-disciplinary team.
• Lead clinical governance and quality care pathways.
• Ensure high professional standards of care.

Skills

Clinical Leadership

Patient Assessment

Teamwork

Communication

Risk Management

Education

Postgraduate diploma relevant to mental health

Registration with relevant professional body

Advanced clinical qualification or Masters level credits

Job description

Tees Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust

Clinical Specialist

The closing date is 24 June 2025

We have an exciting opportunity for an Clinical Specialist Nurse to join our mental health team at HMP Northumberland, Category B men's prison.

HMP Northumberland has an operational capacity of 1300 people who spend their sentences learning the skills they need to find work on release as part of the government's drive to cut reoffending. Tees Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust manage the mental health services on site.

Your clinical expertise and extensive knowledge will support the delivery of Mental Health provision and develop pathways, quality care and clinical governance structures.

You will have extensive experience of working within an prison or wider forensic services. You will have a positive and compassion focused attitude towards service users within the prison environment. You will have an awareness of the clinical difficulties that arise for individuals within secure environments and be able to lead by example. The post requires the highest standards of professional practice, and exceptional communication and relationship skills.

Main duties of the job

We are looking for an experienced practitioner who will thrive amongst the multi-disciplinary team of professionals to assess, plan and provide patient care. You will work within a team of Registered Mental Health and Learning Disability Nurses, Speech and Language Therapists, Psychologists, Psychiatrists, Primary Care Mental Health Practitioners as well as wider partner agencies including primary care services, social care and prison colleagues.

We offer robust supervision arrangements and a comprehensive induction and workforce development plan with a vast array of personal, professional and academic training opportunities enabling you to expand your skill set and evidence based practices.

You will be required to be; innovative, flexible and able to engage clients with complex needs. We require the post holders to be committed to equal opportunities and non-discriminatory practices and reflect the trust values of Responsibility, Respect and Compassion.

The post holder will be the professional lead for Clinical Leads within the team, leading on professional development and the delivery of robust evidence based practice. They will ensure high professional standards of care.

We would encourage candidates to contact us for an informal discussion

About us

We invest in your training and development.All staff who join TEWV will be provided with a comprehensive induction programme.

Continuous professional development is important to TEWV. Once you are comfortable in your new role, you and your manager will work collaboratively to form a Personal Development Plan (PDP), your personal career aspirations are taken into account and the trust will provide you with the resources you need to develop.

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the attached job description for further detailed information regarding the role and main responsibilities.

Person Specification

Qualifications/Experience

• Registration with relevant professional body. (e.g. NMC, GMC, HCPC, Social Work-England)
• For nursing professions - Recognised Practice Assessor/Practice Supervisor or currently in progress of achieving.
• Trained in Clinical Supervision and providing Clinical Supervision or in the process of achieving
• For other professions - evidence of training in clinical supervision of other staff and able to demonstrate competence in this area of practice in clinical supervision of other staff and/or students/ trainees.
• Postgraduate diploma in a subject relevant to the area Or be willing to work towards and achieve within 2 years and
• Within the first year of being in post hold a recognised advanced clinical qualification or Masters level credits e.g., Intermediate Systemic Family Therapy/Post Grad diploma in CBT/British Isles Dialectical Behaviour Therapy /NMP e.g. dysphagia, posture, autism assessment, rebound, social prescribing, sensory processing, Approved Mental Health Professional, Practice Educator (level 3 Independent Prescriber) * Note any other advanced qualification/masters credits not listed here as an example, must be clearly evidenced and listed as "advanced qualification or masters credits" - within the individuals application form

Experienceand Knowledge

• Equivalent clinical experience to that of a Post Grad Diploma/master's level such as working as a band 6 (or above) in relevant clinical area with significant experience (see below under experience), together with evidence of relevant CPD
• Substantial clinical experience of working in relevant specialist area in collaboration with service users, families and relevant others or transferable experience of similar settings and willing to gain knowledge within first 12 months
• Experience of assessing and managing risk (harm to self, others and safeguarding)
• Substantial experience of working in a multi-disciplinary team
• Involvement in quality improvement activities
• Extensive knowledge of current issues relating to health needs of patients in the field of practice, regionally and nationally
• Experience of application of relevant legislation (i.e., Mental Health Act and Mental Capacity Act) in practice.

Knowledge

• Extensive knowledge of current issues relating to health needs of patients in the field of practice, regionally and nationally
• Experience of application of relevant legislation (i.e., Mental Health Act and Mental Capacity Act) in practice.

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.

Tees Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust

Full-time,Flexible working,Compressed hours