Clinical Nurse Specialist

Job overview

The post holder will be responsible for triangulating the quality of the service standards, patient experience and compassionate care, patient safety risk and reporting quality assurance through the Nursing portfolio.

Intensive Residential Outreach Care (IROC) is an enhanced systems support service that offers relational, and trauma-informed approaches to support children and young people who present with the most complex psychological, emotional and behavioural distress in residential placement subject to a Deprivation of Liberty Order (DOLs). IROC champions multi-agency integrated care planning by facilitating collaboration and whole system co-ordination to improve outcomes for this cohort of children and young people who often fall outside of the remit of CAMHS services. Through the use of a systemic and holistic approach, we aim to understand the needs of the young person in the context of their experiences, relationships and environment.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will provide professional, clinical  support to the Clinical Group in the delivery of the local and national guidance aligned to WMCPC strategies as follows.

• Support the clinical needs for the IROC team supporting young people in care with complex needs. This team sits alongside CAMHS, and is formed by a combination of specialist nursing, Occupational Therapies and Psychology.
• Work with Social care managers across the region to review and monitor the demand and capacity of the service.
• Act as a recovery model of care encourage colleagues to seek to maintain the highest standards of person-centred care, professionalism, and confidentiality.
• Use their initiative and take responsibility for themselves and the quality of their work within the service they are helping to provide to our young people.
• Provide clinical leadership within the IROC Team (case management, group work, psychoeducation, evaluation etc.).
• Behave consistently with the values and beliefs of the wider Trust and promote these on a day-to-day basis within the team.
• Provide a high quality and community-based service to the children and young adults within multi-disciplinary team.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification to view the full details for this opportunity at Birmingham Women’s and Children’s NHS Foundation Trust.

When completing your application, please ensure you have evidenced how you meet the job description and person specification to include transferable experience, qualifications, skills along with professional registration details (if applicable).

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