Clinical Specialist Nurse (Memory Services)

NHS; Scarborough; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

The NHS is seeking a Clinical Specialist Nurse to join its Memory Team, focusing on supporting older individuals with memory difficulties. This full-time role involves collaborative leadership, development of partnerships with healthcare providers, and commitment to providing high-quality, patient-centered care. Candidates should hold relevant nursing qualifications and be motivated to foster relationships to enhance care outcomes.

Qualifications

• Experience working with patients who have memory difficulties
• Ability to communicate clearly and effectively in high-pressure situations
• Evidence of continued professional development

Responsibilities

• Lead on professional development and ensure robust evidence-based practice
• Contribute to service development and improvement initiatives
• Undertake person-centred assessments and deliver interventions

Skills

Communication

Collaboration

Clinical Risk Management

Education

Current Professional Registration with Nursing and Midwifery Council - RMN / RNLD

Postgraduate diploma in a relevant subject

Qualification in a governed therapy/advanced clinical qualification

Job description

Go back Tees Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust

Clinical Specialist Nurse (Memory Services)

The closing date is 18 June 2025

Are you passionate about helping older people to live well within their communities? Do you have advanced clinical skills and enjoy working with older people, their families and carers? Whether you are looking to progress in your career or are looking for a new challenge and an opportunity to use your existing skills and experience in a new role - we have the job for you!

We are seeking 1 full time Clinical Specialist Nurse (CSN/ANP) to join our Memory Team across the communities of Scarborough, Whitby & Ryedale. Our Teams are committed to working as part of local communities, alongside partner services, so that we can actively support and develop our staff to deliver the right care, first time - every time.

Our Teams are dedicated to providing care that is of the best quality, safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable and efficient. We support our staff to do the best job they can, encouraging them to work alongside service users, their families, and carers, and our local system partners (GP's Social Care, Voluntary Care) to ensure the best person-centred outcomes for our patients.

This post sits across 3 locations: Cross Lane Hospital Scarborough, Princess Road Clinic Malton, and The Anchorage Whitby. Your allocated primary base will be the one which is closest geographically to your home. Business mileage is applicable for any additional travel outside of usual home to base daily miles.

Main duties of the job

As the CSN you will be the Professional Lead for Nurses in our Memory Specialty, leading on professional development and ensuring the delivery of robust evidence based practice. The nature of this work requires autonomy and a calm, consistent and innovative approach to some challenging clinical situations. It is essential that candidates are motivated and have an interest in fostering collaborative and supportive relationships with system partners (GP's, Social Services, Voluntary Care etc). There is a requirement to contribute to and lead ongoing service development to ensure that any change required is timely, effectively communicated, well-led, monitored and sustained in line with a continuous improvement approach.

Candidates will ideally have experience of working in the community, preferably with some experience and understanding of working with older people with memory difficulties, their families and carers.

The ability to communicate clearly and in a timely way, to make balanced decisions, and to use positive risk taking approaches, whilst managing potentially high pressure situations is essential. You will undertake person-centred, evidence-based assessments and deliver therapeutic interventions as appropriate with older people with memory difficulties.

You will be well supported and will work within a friendly team with opportunities for continuing professional development.

About us

We are the Mental Health & Learning Disability NHS Trust for County Durham and Darlington, Teesside, North Yorkshire, York and Selby.

From education and prevention, to crisis and specialist care --our talented and compassionate teams work in partnership with our patients, communities and partners to help the people of our region feel safe, understood, believed in and cared for.

We nurture the recovery journey of anyone in need of our help. In Our Trust, everyone has a say in how they are supported and treated because we listen to every person in our care until they feel understood. Our patients, their families and carers work together with us towards better mental health.

We're committed to new thinking that improves the wellbeing of our region. We connect with our communities and partners to get mental health care right, in areas that really need it.

We won't rest until everyone in our region has the mental health care they need, to lead their best possible life.

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for further detailed information to ensure that you meet the role criteria before applying.

You will work collaboratively, assuming an active and proactive leadership role in the establishment of partnerships and networks with key stakeholders across the wider mental health care system, creating a culture of partnership between people and services, promoting clear communication and improved access to specialist advice, knowledge and skills.

Due to service and model developments, there will be support to develop skills related to nurse-delivered diagnosis and treatment, it is essential that you are a Non-Medical Prescriber or can demonstrate that you will be able to become a Non-Medical Prescriber within an agreed timescale.

You will contribute to increasing community awareness of the presentation, prevalence and prevention of Dementia in local community populations, using this insight and intelligence to work with our system partners and contribute to the future redesign improvement activity.

For more information about this innovative and exciting new opportunity - please contact:

Stacey Pollington

[e-mail]

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Community Modern Matron

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Current Professional Registration with Nursing and Midwifery Council - RMN / RNLD
• Recognised Practice Assessor/Practice Supervisor or currently in progress of achieving.
• Trained in Clinical Supervision and providing Clinical Supervision or in the process of achieving
• Postgraduate diploma in a subject relevant to the area Or be willing to work towards and achieve within 2 years and
• Within the first year of being in post hold a recognised qualification in a governed therapy/advanced clinical qualification e.g Intermediate Systemic Family Therapy/Post Grad diploma in CBT/British Isles Dialectical Behaviour Therapy /NMP (Independent Prescriber)
• And have Equivalent clinical experience to that of a Post Grad Diploma/master's level such as working as a band 6 (or above) in relevant clinical area with significant experience (see below under experience), together with evidence of relevant CPD

Knowledge

• Extensive knowledge of current issues relating to health needs of patients in the field of practice, regionally and nationally
• Understanding and working knowledge of the legal framework and statutory obligations under the Mental Health Act, Mental Capacity Act
• Detailed understanding of Safeguarding and its application in practice.
• Clinical Risk Assessment and Management and its application in practice.
• Clinical Governance and its application in practice.
• Working knowledge of clinical medicines management
• Understanding of psychological models of care and treatment (depending on specialist area)

Experience

• Significant experience working with patients with complex needs in the specialist field.
• Significant experience working with patients who display risk behaviours
• Working collaboratively with service users their families and carers
• Working in a multi-disciplinary team
• Quality improvement activities
• Clinical risk assessment and management and its application in practice

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.

Tees Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust