Clinical Specialist

Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust; York and North Yorkshire; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional healthcare provider seeks a Clinical Specialist to join their learning disability intensive support team. This role involves providing clinical leadership, designing assessments, and delivering interventions for individuals with learning disabilities. The ideal candidate will have professional registration in learning disability nursing or an allied health profession and relevant experience. The position requires flexibility in working patterns and engagement in collaborative approaches to mental health support.

Qualifications

• Relevant experience in learning disability nursing or allied health profession.
• Ability to support complex clinical decisions.
• Experience in providing supervision and clinical leadership.

Responsibilities

• Design and deliver assessments and interventions for individuals with learning disabilities.
• Provide clinical leadership to the intensive support team.
• Engage in therapeutic work with individuals and their support systems.
• Oversee operational issues for the team in the manager's absence.

Skills

Leadership

Clinical expertise in mental health

Experience in learning disabilities

Collaboration in multidisciplinary teams

Education

Professional registration in learning disability nursing or an allied health profession

Job description

Job Overview

We have an exciting opportunity for a Clinical Specialist in the learning disability intensive support team covering North Yorkshire, York and Selby. The role requires relevant experience and a professional registration in learning disability nursing or an allied health profession to undertake the clinical specialist role, providing leadership for the service in relation to an intensive support model of care for people with a learning disability.

Key Responsibilities

• Function as a senior member of the multidisciplinary team (MDT), designing, supporting and delivering specialist assessments, formulations, interventions and recommendations for people with learning disabilities and complex mental health or challenging behaviour needs.
• Provide clinical leadership and supervision to intensive support team members.
• Support colleagues to navigate the complex interface of values, rights, evidence, clinical guidelines and legal/policy frameworks for people with learning disabilities, in accordance with professional standards.
• Offer specialist, accredited clinical expertise in the mental health & behavioural support of adults with learning disabilities.
• Deliver assessment & support to prevent placement breakdown, inappropriate hospital admissions and to support timely & effective hospital discharges.
• Engage in direct & indirect clinical/therapeutic work with individuals and their support systems (family members, support staff, managers, practice leads, multi‑agency colleagues).
• Oversee operational issues for the team in the absence of the team manager, including reporting sickness, ensuring safe staffing levels, maintaining health roster and attending clinically relevant meetings.
• Adapt working patterns as required to meet changing service needs.

Working Conditions

Working pattern is Monday to Friday; some flexibility in hours may be required based on service needs, as discussed at interview.

About the Trust

We are the Mental Health & Learning Disability NHS Trust for County Durham and Darlington, Teesside, North Yorkshire, York and Selby. Our teams work in partnership with patients, communities and partners to help people in our region feel safe, understood, believed in and cared for. We nurture the recovery journey of anyone in need of our help and commit to innovations that improve wellbeing across the region.

Visa Sponsorship

We are able to offer sponsorship for a Health and Care Worker or Skilled Worker visa, subject to candidate and position eligibility. Please review the job eligibility guidance for skilled workers on GOV.UK.

Health & Safety

We practice a no‑smoking policy to ensure all buildings and grounds are smoke‑free.