Clinical Specialist Nurse

North London NHS Foundation Trust; Enfield; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent health trust in North London is seeking a qualified professional to join their multidisciplinary Mental Health crisis team. The successful candidate will conduct assessments and provide expert care to service users experiencing crises. They will also lead in developing protocols and mentor team members. The Trust promotes a supportive work environment with opportunities for professional growth.

Benefits

NHS Discounts

Generous annual leave

NHS pension scheme

Health and wellbeing initiatives

Qualifications

• Experience in mental health crisis management.
• Ability to work in a multidisciplinary environment.
• Strong communication and negotiation skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide individual assessments of service users.
• Develop new operating protocols for the team.
• Mentor and supervise team members.

Skills

Mental health assessment

Clinical interventions

Team management

Mentoring and supervising

Education

Registered nurse with NMC

Job description

Overview

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, identified clinical interventions and 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 on mentoring and supervising others within their service area. A key role will be helping to develop the Home Treatment Team response to working with people with dementia. This will involve liaison with other providers, developing new operating protocols for the teams and providing training to other team members.

To be responsible for providing expert care in an area of designated expertise, in accordance with the NMC code of professional conduct. Initial assessment and formulation using a range of mental health or other specialist tools. When required to do so making appropriate judgements about the needs of service users in crisis. To assess, plan, implement and evaluate 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.

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 outcome for all
• We will offer great places to work, providing staff with supportive environment to deliver outstanding care.

Why NLFT?

• We develop and retain our staff through leadership behaviours and managers programme 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 to your normal place of work. This may mean that you are required to work at any location that fall under Barnet, Camden, Enfield, Haringey or Islington. The Trust reserves the right to require staff to work at such other places or locations as it considers reasonable and necessary on a temporary or permanent basis.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Sarah French
Job title: Community Service Manager
Email address: [e-mail]
Telephone number: 0208 702 3576