Clinical Specialist Nurse

North London NHS Foundation Trust; Enfield; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A mental health service provider in Enfield is seeking a dedicated professional to join its multidisciplinary crisis team. Responsibilities include providing assessments for service users in crisis and implementing clinical interventions. The ideal candidate will have experience in mental health care and be able to engage effectively with diverse communities. This role offers opportunities for professional development and includes a supportive work environment with various staff benefits.

Benefits

NHS Discounts

Generous annual leave

NHS pension scheme

Supportive work environment

Qualifications

• Experience with crisis intervention and mental health care.
• Ability to work collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams.
• Strong communication skills to engage with service users and colleagues.

Responsibilities

• Provide individual assessments of service users in crisis.
• Implement clinical interventions and deliver direct care.
• Liaise with other providers and develop operating protocols.

Skills

Mental health assessments

Clinical interventions

Team management

Mentoring and supervising

Job description

Working as a member of a multidisciplinary Mental Health crisis team, the post holder will be responsible for providing individual assessments of service users experiencing a mental health crisis, implementing clinical interventions, and delivering direct care to service users with mental health problems. They will also undertake management tasks, deputising for the Team Manager as required, and will take a lead role in mentoring and supervising others within their service area.

A key responsibility will be helping to develop the Home Treatment Team's response to working with people with dementia. This involves liaising with other providers, developing new operating protocols for the teams, and providing training to team members.

The post holder will be responsible for providing expert care in an area of designated expertise, in accordance with the NMC code of professional conduct.

Other duties include initial assessment and formulation using a range of mental health or other specialist tools, making appropriate judgments about the needs of service users in crisis, and assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating care in negotiation with service users, carers, and other services, considering the needs of a diverse community.

North London NHS Foundation Trust (NLFT) is committed to improving mental health care across North London to deliver excellent services to our local people.

Our Five-Year Strategy

• We will provide consistently high-quality care closer to home.
• With our partners in North London and each borough, we will ensure equity of outcomes for all.
• We will offer great places to work, providing staff with a supportive environment to deliver outstanding care.

Why NLFT?

• We develop and retain our staff through leadership behaviors, management programs, and many more opportunities.
• We promote flexible working and support staff with a range of health and wellbeing initiatives.
• NHS Discounts, generous annual leave, and NHS pension scheme.
• Excellent internal staff network.

In order to meet the needs of the Trust, you may be required from time to time to work at different locations from your normal place of work. This may include locations under Barnet, Camden, Enfield, Haringey, or Islington. The Trust reserves the right to require staff to work at other locations as deemed reasonable and necessary, whether temporarily or permanently.

For further details or informal visits, contact:

Name: Sarah French

Job Title: Community Service Manager

Email: [e-mail]

Telephone: [phone]