Clinical Specialist in Dual Diagnosis

Norfolk & Suffolk Foundation NHS Trust; Bury St Edmunds; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in England is seeking an experienced Clinical Specialist to deliver clinical leadership within a multidisciplinary team. The role focuses on ensuring safe and effective care, supporting team development, and promoting evidence-based practices. Ideal candidates will have extensive clinical experience and qualifications in mental health or related fields. Opportunities for ongoing development are available.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience within a clinical area.
• Proven track record in delivering high-quality care.
• Experience of implementing evidence-based practice.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical leadership to the clinical team.
• Act as a role model for evidence-based practice.
• Lead the development and delivery of training programmes.
• Participate in clinical audit and quality improvement.

Skills

Clinical leadership

Evidence-based practice

Communication

Team motivation

Education

Mental health nurse, occupational therapist, social worker or equivalent

Further education in specialty area

Job description

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 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

• Mental health nurse, occupational therapist, social worker or equivalent.
• Further education in specialty area

Experience

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