Highly Specialist Nurse Practitioner

NHS; Salford; On-site; GBP 46,000 - 53,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a dedicated team enhancing community support for individuals with learning disabilities and autism. This role involves providing high-quality consultations and interventions, working alongside various stakeholders in the Greater Manchester area. You will engage in proactive risk management and develop strategies to support individuals at risk of contact with criminal justice agencies. The position offers a unique opportunity to make a significant impact in the lives of vulnerable individuals, ensuring they receive the best possible care and support in a collaborative environment. If you are passionate about making a difference, this is the role for you.

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse with experience in learning disabilities and mental health.
• Master's Degree or equivalent experience required.

Responsibilities

• Hold a clinical caseload and provide risk assessment strategies.
• Deliver evidence-based interventions and support hospital discharge plans.

Skills

Forensic Risk Assessment

Positive Behavioural Support

Clinical Supervision

Multi-agency Collaboration

Crisis Management

Communication Skills

IT Skills

Education

Registered Nurse (Learning Disability or Mental Health)

Master's Degree

Job description

Job summary

This is an exciting opportunity to be part of the established greater Manchester specialist support team working alongside key stakeholders and partner agencies to enhance community provision for people who are autistic or who have a learning disability.

You will provide high quality consultation, specialist assessment and intervention to deliver effective, person centred clinical services for people who have come into contact or are at risk of contact with the criminal justice agencies.

Main duties of the job

The Greater Manchester Specialist Support team is a multi-disciplinary team consisting of nursing, speech and language therapy, occupational therapy, social work, psychology and psychiatry. You will be expected to work in all areas of Greater Manchester and liaise with a number of partner agencies including health, social care and the Criminal Justice agencies to develop proactive and preventative risk mitigation support. You will be required to work primarily 9-5, Monday to Friday and will be required to support the 24 hour on-call Rota.

About us

Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 1.4 million people across our region and are also commissioned for services that cover the North West, North Wales and the Midlands.

We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health and specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction and brain injury services. Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK that offer high secure mental health facilities.

At the heart of all we do is our commitment to 'perfect care' - care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable and efficient. We support our staff to do the best job they can and work alongside service users, their families, and carers to design and develop future services together. We're currently delivering a programme of organisational and service transformation to significantly improve the quality of the services we provide and safely reduce cost as we do so.

Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles.

Details Date posted

08 May 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£46,148 to £52,809 a year per annum pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

350-SC7175853

Job locations

Greater Manchester Specialist Support Team

2 City Approach Eccles

Salford

M30 0BL

Job description Job responsibilities

To hold a clinical caseload

To provide comprehensive risk assessment and risk management strategies and recommendations.

To provide a range of specialist evidence-based interventions.

To provide recommendations for gate keeping assessments where appropriate and complete gatekeeping assessments.

To be able to respond to emergency meetings and represent the service.

To develop complex service specifications to support hospital discharge plans.

See Job description and Person Specification for further details.

Job description Job responsibilities

To hold a clinical caseload

To provide comprehensive risk assessment and risk management strategies and recommendations.

To provide a range of specialist evidence-based interventions.

To provide recommendations for gate keeping assessments where appropriate and complete gatekeeping assessments.

To be able to respond to emergency meetings and represent the service.

To develop complex service specifications to support hospital discharge plans.

See Job description and Person Specification for further details.

Person Specification Qualifications Essential

• Registered Nurse learning disability or Mental Health
• Registration with relevant professional body
• Master's Degree (or experience and knowledge that is equivalent).

Desirable

• Post registration training in a therapeutic / intervention approach (e.g., in a specific psychological therapy such as CBT, CAT, Applied Behavioural Analysis and Intervention
• Forensic Risk Assessment (RSVP, HCR-V3)

Knowledge Essential

• A minimum of 4 years post registration working with people with learning disabilities who offend
• Experience working with staff teams, providing consultancy and clinical supervision.
• Experience of working with service users who have learning disabilities an complex needs (risk of offending).
• Experience in the use of forensic risk assessment and management.
• Experience of Positive Behavioural Support and Person-Centred Planning.
• Experience of staff training and development.
• Experience of communicating with people on complex matters, issues and ideas and / or complex situations.
• A good understanding of the Mental Capacity Act, DOLs, Safeguarding and the legal frameworks applicable to working with offenders in a community setting
• Experience of supervising staff.
• Knowledge of commissioning and procurement arrangements within local areas.
• Knowledge of the structure, roles and responsibilities within health and social care provision and the criminal justice agencies.

Desirable

• Experience working within a community-based service.
• Experience of service development and evaluation, for example project work, audit and research
• In depth understanding of the Criminal Justice Process.
• Knowledge in theories of offending in learning disabilities.
• Experience in the delivery of adapted offender programmes .
• Experience of individual and / or group offence specific interventions.

Skills Essential

• Ability to provide specialist advice on forensic care to other staff groups.
• Ability to work in a multiagency context
• Competent IT Skills in order to prepare reports, diagrams, drawing in relation to clinical practice and teaching.
• Skills in the assessment of complex behaviours using a variety of methods including analysis and interpretation.
• Skills in designing of intervention and management plans, evaluation and monitoring.
• Ability to work to deadlines.
• Ability to work with difficult issues and sometimes in crisis (abuse, sexual offending) make decisions and recognise limits of own competency.
• Ability to communicate and motivate at all levels.
• Ability to lead by example.

Desirable

• Ability to respond to crisis situations and provide advice / guidance in ensuring service users, their carers and members of the public are kept safe.

Person Specification Qualifications Essential

• Registered Nurse learning disability or Mental Health
• Registration with relevant professional body
• Master's Degree (or experience and knowledge that is equivalent).

Desirable

• Post registration training in a therapeutic / intervention approach (e.g., in a specific psychological therapy such as CBT, CAT, Applied Behavioural Analysis and Intervention
• Forensic Risk Assessment (RSVP, HCR-V3)

Knowledge Essential

• A minimum of 4 years post registration working with people with learning disabilities who offend
• Experience working with staff teams, providing consultancy and clinical supervision.
• Experience of working with service users who have learning disabilities an complex needs (risk of offending).
• Experience in the use of forensic risk assessment and management.
• Experience of Positive Behavioural Support and Person-Centred Planning.
• Experience of staff training and development.
• Experience of communicating with people on complex matters, issues and ideas and / or complex situations.
• A good understanding of the Mental Capacity Act, DOLs, Safeguarding and the legal frameworks applicable to working with offenders in a community setting
• Experience of supervising staff.
• Knowledge of commissioning and procurement arrangements within local areas.
• Knowledge of the structure, roles and responsibilities within health and social care provision and the criminal justice agencies.

Desirable

• Experience working within a community-based service.
• Experience of service development and evaluation, for example project work, audit and research
• In depth understanding of the Criminal Justice Process.
• Knowledge in theories of offending in learning disabilities.
• Experience in the delivery of adapted offender programmes .
• Experience of individual and / or group offence specific interventions.

Skills Essential

• Ability to provide specialist advice on forensic care to other staff groups.
• Ability to work in a multiagency context
• Competent IT Skills in order to prepare reports, diagrams, drawing in relation to clinical practice and teaching.
• Skills in the assessment of complex behaviours using a variety of methods including analysis and interpretation.
• Skills in designing of intervention and management plans, evaluation and monitoring.
• Ability to work to deadlines.
• Ability to work with difficult issues and sometimes in crisis (abuse, sexual offending) make decisions and recognise limits of own competency.
• Ability to communicate and motivate at all levels.
• Ability to lead by example.

Desirable

• Ability to respond to crisis situations and provide advice / guidance in ensuring service users, their carers and members of the public are kept safe.

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details Employer name

Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Greater Manchester Specialist Support Team

2 City Approach Eccles

Salford

M30 0BL

Employer's website

https://www.merseycare.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details Employer name

Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Greater Manchester Specialist Support Team

2 City Approach Eccles

Salford

M30 0BL

Employer's website

https://www.merseycare.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)