Clinical Specialist in Dual Diagnosis

Norfolk & Suffolk Foundation NHS Trust; Bury; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider is seeking an experienced Clinical Specialist to lead clinical care within a multidisciplinary team in Bury, England. The role focuses on providing clinical leadership, ensuring quality care, and implementing evidence-based practices. Candidates should have relevant qualifications and experience in mental health care. This position offers ongoing training and a supportive environment for professional growth.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience of practice within clinical area with proven track record in delivering high quality care.
• Further education in specialty area (desirable).
• Experience of implementing evidence based practice and or service improvement initiative (desirable).

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical leadership, consultation, and supervision to nursing and multidisciplinary teams.
• Support the development and implementation of systems to share learning across teams.
• Participate in clinical audit, research, and quality improvement initiatives.

Skills

Clinical leadership

Evidence-based practice

Risk management

Communication skills

Multidisciplinary teamwork

Education

Mental health nurse, occupational therapist, social worker or equivalent

Job description

Job summary

We are seeking an experienced and motivated Clinical Specialist to provide strong clinical leadership within our dedicated multidisciplinary team. The successful candidate will play a pivotal role in ensuring the delivery of safe, effective, and compassionate care to our client group, with a clear focus on clinical risk management, evidence-based practice, and continuous improvement.

• Provide clinical leadership to the clinical team in the care, treatment, and therapy of service users.
• Lead, motivate, and inspire staff at all levels to deliver high-quality, person-centred care.
• Offer expert support and guidance to practitioners on all aspects of clinical care, ensuring adherence to evidence-based practice and national guidelines.
• Sustain and develop a robust clinically based training programme to support staff development and maintain high standards of practice.
• Maintain your own expert clinical status through ongoing professional development, research, and quality improvement projects.
• Actively contribute to the Trust Senior Nursing Team, participating in relevant forums, committees, and strategy discussions.
• Lead and participate in clinical audits, RCA reviews, and ensure that lessons learned from incidents and complaints are effectively implemented.

Main duties of the job

Provide clinical leadership, consultation, and supervision to nursing and multidisciplinary teams on all aspects of care, treatment, therapy, and clinical risk management.

Act as a role model for evidence-based practice, promoting and embedding best practice in collaboration with clinical, governance, and research teams.

Support the development and implementation of systems and processes to share learning from research, national guidance, and local audit findings.

Contribute to policy development, ensuring all clinical practice aligns with Trust policies, national standards, and current legislation.

Lead the development and delivery of training programmes, ensuring staff are equipped with the knowledge and skills to provide outstanding clinical care.

Maintain and demonstrate expert clinical knowledge, including completion of specialist training and ongoing professional development.

Provide specialist advice and support across clinical areas, including undertaking the role of non-medical prescriber where required.

Communicate effectively across multidisciplinary and multi-agency teams, using a range of communication styles to engage and motivate staff, service users, and carers.

Participate in clinical audit, research, and quality improvement initiatives, ensuring learning is embedded and sustained across services.

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.

Job description

Job responsibilities

• Assessment of mental state, risk and drug/alcohol use
• Collaborative planning of onward referrals, signposting, information provision
• Liaison with relevant partners/agencies to ensure excellent working relationships, joint working, effective handovers between services
• Reviewing training needs, knowledge gaps, in the team and planning to address this

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Mental health nurse, occupational therapist, social worker or equivalent.

Desirable

• Further education in specialty area

Experience

Essential

• Extensive experience of practice within clinical area with proven track record in delivering high quality care

Desirable

• Experience of implementing evidence based practice and or service improvement initiative.

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 .

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement.

UK Registration

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

Additional information

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 .

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement.

UK Registration

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

Employer details

Employer name

Norfolk & Suffolk Foundation NHS Trust

Address

West Suffolk Hospital
Hardwick Lane
Bury St Edmunds
IP33 2QZ

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