CYPMHS Clinical Nurse Specialist

Job description

Job summary

Taking responsibility for making a significant contribution to the nursing input, participating fully in the referral and allocation process, assessments, treatment, risk management, safeguarding vulnerable children and adults, care coordination of service users as well as contributing to case discussions and service-related meetings.

Offering consultations and supervision to colleagues and students as well as staff in other services.

Main duties of the job

• Provide highly specialist nursing assessments, formulations, risk assessments, and evidence-based interventions .
• Deliver timely and accessible care through clinic-based and outreach models, including engagement with hard-to-reach service users.
• Provide specialist nursing consultation, advice, and support to colleagues and partner agencies regarding assessment, risk management, and treatment planning.
• Care coordinate a complex caseload, undertaking comprehensive biopsychosocial assessments and delivering integrated care plans.
• Lead on the assessment and management of clinical risk, safeguarding concerns, and complex presentations.
• Support the development of nursing practice through supervision, mentorship, teaching, and clinical leadership.
• Participate in supervision, appraisal, and continuing professional development.
• Chair and/or attend MDTs, providing specialist nursing leadership, consultation, and clinical oversight.
• Promote integrated physical and mental healthcare, including physical health monitoring and health promotion.
• Work collaboratively with HPFT teams and partner agencies to support early identification and effective management of mental health difficulties.
• Lead service development, quality improvement, and innovation initiatives to enhance safe and effective care.
• Provide clinical leadership within the Enhanced Safety Support Pathway and Early Psychosis Pathway, supporting staff with complex and high-risk cases.

About us

Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust are one of just five mental health trusts to achieve an overall rating of 'Outstanding' from theCare Quality Commission.

Our family of over 4,500 members of staff provide health and social care for people with mental ill health, physical ill health and learning disabilities across Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Essex and Norfolk, delivering these services within the community and several inpatient settings. Everything is underpinned by choice, independence and equality, with our Trust values embedded throughout:

Welcoming. Kind. Positive. Respectful. Professional.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Sound working relationships

The post holder will have four main groups within his/her professional domain:

Service Users and their Carers

The clinical staff within the team

The senior staff within the teams

Staff within services with which there is daily liaison

Communication Requirements

Leadership and Staff Management Responsibility

Service Development and Improvement

Analytical and Judgmental Skills

Planning and Organizational Skills

An Understanding of Physical Working Conditions and Environment

Management of Information Resources

* Please see attached detailed Job Description for this post

Job description
Job responsibilities

Sound working relationships

The post holder will have four main groups within his/her professional domain:

Service Users and their Carers

The clinical staff within the team

The senior staff within the teams

Staff within services with which there is daily liaison

Communication Requirements

Leadership and Staff Management Responsibility

Service Development and Improvement

Analytical and Judgmental Skills

Planning and Organizational Skills

An Understanding of Physical Working Conditions and Environment

Management of Information Resources

* Please see attached detailed Job Description for this post

Person Specification

QUALIFICATIONS/EDUCATION/TRAINING

Essential

• RMN, RGN or RSCN
• Further training/qualification in relevant area of practice
• Evidence of CPD
• Specialist training in an appropriate area and knowledge of CAPA and CYP-IAPT

Desirable

• Postgraduate diploma in CBT (General or IAPT) with eligibility for, or accreditation with, the BABCP

Experience

Essential

• Post qualification experience in a CYP team or related area, or several years experience prior to qualification, with experience of working with moderate to severe mental health problems and knowledge of a range of clinical interventions with children/adolescents and their carers/families.
• Experience of multi-disciplinary team working, and inter-agency collaboration
• Knowledge of child development, child and adolescent mental health and an understanding of a range of theoretical approaches
• Experience of teaching, training and/or supervision
• Abilities to provide consultation to other professional and non-professional groups
• Good general knowledge of the literature and research concerning mental health interventions with children, particularly the clinical effectiveness of such interventions
• Awareness of current NHS initiatives and developments
• Knowledge of relevant legislation and its implications for clinical practice in relation to children/adolescents

Desirable

• Experience of service quality monitoring e.g. clinical audit, evaluative research, etc.

Skills

Essential

• Car driver (unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010 which prevents you from driving)
• Ability to work therapeutically with young people and their families
• Ability to work as a fully participating member of a multi-disciplinary team and the ability to respect and value other members contributions

Desirable

• Ability to initiate service developments or be involved in service planning
• Experience of the application of psychological therapy in different cultural contexts

Person Specification
QUALIFICATIONS/EDUCATION/TRAINING

Essential

• RMN, RGN or RSCN
• Further training/qualification in relevant area of practice
• Evidence of CPD
• Specialist training in an appropriate area and knowledge of CAPA and CYP-IAPT

Desirable

• Postgraduate diploma in CBT (General or IAPT) with eligibility for, or accreditation with, the BABCP

Experience

Essential

• Post qualification experience in a CYP team or related area, or several years experience prior to qualification, with experience of working with moderate to severe mental health problems and knowledge of a range of clinical interventions with children/adolescents and their carers/families.
• Experience of multi-disciplinary team working, and inter-agency collaboration
• Knowledge of child development, child and adolescent mental health and an understanding of a range of theoretical approaches
• Experience of teaching, training and/or supervision
• Abilities to provide consultation to other professional and non-professional groups
• Good general knowledge of the literature and research concerning mental health interventions with children, particularly the clinical effectiveness of such interventions
• Awareness of current NHS initiatives and developments
• Knowledge of relevant legislation and its implications for clinical practice in relation to children/adolescents

Desirable

• Experience of service quality monitoring e.g. clinical audit, evaluative research, etc.

Skills

Essential

• Car driver (unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010 which prevents you from driving)
• Ability to work therapeutically with young people and their families
• Ability to work as a fully participating member of a multi-disciplinary team and the ability to respect and value other members contributions

Desirable

• Ability to initiate service developments or be involved in service planning
• Experience of the application of psychological therapy in different cultural contexts

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.
Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the .

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. .
UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see

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.
Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the .

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. .
UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see

Employer details

Employer name

Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust
Address

CYMPHS South

Hertsmere Civic Offices , Elstree Way

Borehamwood

WD6 1WA

United Kingdom

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