Clinical Specialist Nurse

The North Camden R&R Team provides community based secondary health care and social care support to deliver effective recovery pathways with adults who are living with symptoms of, or are recovering from episodes of psychosis.

Dependant on the needs of the individual and carers, this can be short or long term support and includes co producing recovery plans, developing collaborative relapse prevention strategies, longer term specialist treatment and complex case management provision., We are looking for an experienced Mental Health Nurse to join our highly skilled and established multidisciplinary team in our trauma informed, recovery orientated and evidence based clinical approach to care. With robust clinical supervision and team support you will offer a caseload of people with complex needs creative support and signposting to empower them to live well. Aswell as delivering specialist health interventions and being involved in assessing and reviewing care and support needs, you will take part in adult safeguarding, provide statutory reports and assessments, be involved in supporting colleagues and supervising others, play a part in team development and be a advocate in supporting service users address the inequalities they may experience., As a Clinical Specialist Nurse you will be working alongside a multi-disciplined team of therapy staff, medics, psychologists, supports workers, social workers, welfare and employment workers and supported by a clinical manager. You will keywork a caseload of people with complex needs and ensure holistic assessment and care delivery through a variety of direct activities and through signposting and liaison with partner agencies and community offers as their needs change through the pathways. This will include clinical and social care delivery, working in collaboration with Local Authority colleagues.

You will be an expert in medications and be able to administer depot medications in clinics and in people's homes and support and monitor treatment plans. You will support people to access care for their physical and social health to address isolation and health inequalities.

You will produce social circumstances reports for Tribunal and managers hearings for patients on sections of mental health act and you will take active role in undertaking adult safeguarding enquiries and be part of multiagency networks to protect vulnerable adults and their children.

Outside of your caseload you will act as a duty worker and help run clinics on a rota basis. You will play an active part in team meetings, clinical decision making, supervising junior staff and students, and supporting your peers.

North London NHS Foundation Trust (NLFT) is committed to improving mental health care across North London to deliver excellent services to our local people.Our Five-Year Strategy:
1. We will provide consistently high-quality care closer to home.

1. With our partners in North London and each borough we will ensure equity of outcome for all

1. We will offer great places to work, providing staff with supportive environment to deliver outstanding care.

1. We will be more effective as an organisation by pioneering research, quality improvement and technology.