Clinical Nurse Specialist

1. To provide clinical leadership to the clinical team in the care, treatment and therapy of the client group, with a clear focus on clinical risk and its management.
2. To provide expertise, support and advice to clinical practitioners regarding all aspects of
clinical care including implementing best practise based on evidence based practice and National Guidance.
3. Taking active part in the Assessment's Clinics and PAD's meetings.
4. To sustain the clinically based training programme aimed at the development of staff within the
clinical environment.
5. To provide information, education and support for service users and their parents/carers re coping with diagnosis and treatments.
6. To interpret national guidelines and relevant research to inform local practice and procedures to achieve best practice.
7. To maintain own expert status by developing training and improvement projects underpinned by research and legislation.
8. To take part in and facilitate audits relevant to patient care.
9. To work in partnership with wider network involved and supporting young people's and their families/ carers., 1. Provide advice and leadership to clinical staff in areas related to clinical care including, treatment, therapy and clinical risk assessment and management
2. Provide consultation support and supervision to teams on issues relating to nursing practice.
3. Be a role model in initiating, facilitating and promoting excellence in Evidence Based Nursing Practice
4. Work alongside the both the clinical care team and relevant teams including governance and research department to utilise information and data to support the implementation and embedding of best practice.
5. Develop process and systems to share learning from local and national research and national research and National guidance
6.Ensure any learning is embedded and sustained in clinical services clinical
7. Seek out and receive appropriate level training to keep abreast of changing trends and practices
8. Adhere to all Trust policies and procedures contributing to policy development via Governance processes, particularly in relation to clinical care
9. Demonstrate a sound knowledge of current legislation and policy that underpins mental healthcare delivery including all aspects relating to the clinical area of practice.
10. Understand and appreciate the influences that training has on service delivery and offer specialist guidance, advice and support on improving service and developing services.

Working for our organisation
+ Participate in clinical audit, practice research initiatives, quality assurance and clinical governance.
Lead the development of training within the local environment to deliver high quality clinical care.
+ Give a specialist support service to clinical areas throughout the Trust.
+ Communicate educational and practice information within the clinical environment, and undertake presentations to groups.
+ Employ motivational, persuasive, empathetic and communication skills within the clinical team.
+ Be able to communicate with people in a form and manner which is consistent with their level of understanding, culture, background and preferred ways of communication.
+ Be able to produce accurate and complete records consistent with current legislation, policies and procedures.
+ Demonstrate clinical expertise through personal practice and development.
+ Ensure that nursing practice adheres to the NMC Code of Practice and Trust policies and procedure.
+ Work effectively in a multi-disciplinary and multi-agency team, working across statutory and non-statutory settings.
+ Protect and maintain the confidential nature of the work at all times, both in written and verbal form.
+ Act as a role model to all staff and always act in a manner to uphold public confidence.
+ Be able to manage own time and workload effectively.
+ Seek out and receive appropriate level training to keep abreast of changing trends and practices., + Meet regularly with relevant service and clinical managers to identify specific needs or emerging trends.
+ Here at NSFT we pride ourselves on being a welcoming, talented, friendly and supportive team who like nothing better than sharing experiences and learning from each other. In addition to ongoing training and development opportunities, we are committed to providing an environment in which you can thrive.
Why work for us? We have challenges as a Trust, but we have ambitious aspirations, are pushing ahead with exciting transformation work and we need dedicated individuals to support us on our journey. We have strong, established professional networks coupled with an exceptional leadership team who will ensure you are truly cared for and cared about.
Why Norfolk and Suffolk? The people here are warm and welcoming, you'll never be far from the beautiful coastline or Broads National Park. We're an hour and a half away from London and have an international airport in Norwich too. Our villages, towns and cities are packed full of history, independent cafes, shops and theatres. We have excellent shopping, eating out, top ranking schooling and affordable house prices too.
Provide clinical leadership to the clinical team in the care, treatment and therapy of the client group, with a clear focus on clinical risk and its management.
1. To provide expertise, support and advice to clinical practitioners regarding all aspects of clinical care including implementing best practise based on evidence based practice and National Guidance.
2. Taking active part in the Assessment's Clinics and PAD's meetings.
3. To sustain the clinically based training programme aimed at the development of staff within the
clinical environment.
4. To provide information, education and support for service users and their parents/carers re coping with diagnosis and treatments.
5. To interpret national guidelines and relevant research to inform local practice and procedures to achieve best practice.
6. To maintain own expert status by developing training and improvement projects underpinned by research and legislation.
7. To take part in and facilitate audits relevant to patient care.
8. To work in partnership with wider network involved and supporting young people's and their families/ carers., EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES Apart from its legal duties in relation to equality and diversity, the Trust recognises and actively promotes the benefits of a diverse workforce and is committed to treating all employees with dignity and respect regardless of race, gender, disability, age, sexual orientation, religion or belief.
As a part of the Disability Confident Employer Guaranteed Interview Scheme we interview all disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the job vacancy (outlined in the Person Specification).. We encourage you to indicate your eligibility through TRAC jobs when applying.
DISCLOSURE AND BARRING SERVICE CHECK (formerly CRB)
FOR POSTS WITH DIRECT SERVICE USER CONTACT - Please be advised that due to recent changes in the DBS Service, organisations no longer receive copies of DBS Disclosures - these are sent directly to candidates only. Therefore, it will be your responsibility, if successful, to ensure that this is taken to the appointing officer as soon as you receive it.
Alternatively, if you have subscribed to the update service, we will be able to check your status once we have your authority to do so.
The Trust has now introduced a DBS Update Service which is a contractual requirement. You need to subscribe when you have applied for your DBS clearance and there is a time limit to subscribe of 19 days after receipt of your DBS disclosure. Please ensure that this is completed within the set time scale.
This update service is an annual subscription at a cost of £13 to you. This will enable the Trust to have instant online access to your DBS record, with your consent, and so will remove the need for you to have to apply for this repeat check again.

Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust provides child and adult mental health services, learning disability, wellbeing, older people's and eating disorder services across Norfolk and Suffolk.
At any one time, around 23,000 people in Norfolk and Suffolk are receiving care and attention from the Trust. We believe in whole life care - seeing people in the context of their whole lives, understanding the importance of good physical health, friends, family, spirituality, culture, home, work, education and a sense of purpose and achievement to experience good mental health.
Nearly 3,800 full and part-time practitioners care for our service users in hospitals, in the community and in their own homes, whilst an additional 1,400+ staff provide non-clinical support, including cleaning, catering, delivering supplies, ward administration, information technology, human resources and financial services.
We are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion and want to reflect the diversity of our local communities within our teams. We welcome applications from all talented individuals with the relevant qualifications, skills, knowledge and experience.
We are committed to delivering quality driven mental health services. Every individual makes a valuable contribution. We are proud of our staff who have been commended for the care they provide. Do you value working positively, respectfully and together? If so, we'd love you to join us!