Clinical Nurse Specialist

Job overview

Come and join the Central u14 Team as a Clinical Nurse Specialist!

In our service we support young people (aged 0-14 years) who are experiencing moderate to severe mental health difficulties. We have enthusiastic and skilled staff who provide the support that is needed - and they are motivated to make a real difference to young people, their families and carers.

Additionally, we are making a number of positive changes to the service; seeing waiting-lists drop and taking opportunities to think innovatively about our practice.

As an employer, Norfolk and Suffolk Foundation Trust are particularly committed to enabling our staff to do the very best they can through support and training, as well as opportunities for progression. We are confident, therefore, that the right candidate will have a real chance to make a positive impact to the lives of young people in Norfolk.

We’re really excited to offer an opportunity for a Clinical Nurse Specialist to work in our diverse multi-disciplinary team (MDT). If successful you will be a leader within the team; providing support and inspiring your staff. You will also provide skilled clinical interventions to 0-14 year-olds; making a real difference to the lives of young people in Norfolk.

If this role speaks to you, please consider applying.

Main duties of the job

The role of the Clinical Nurse Specialist is to provide specialist clinical interventions to our young people, their families and loved ones. It also involves delivery of leadership activities within the team.

If appointed, you will:

• Deliver clinical interventions.
• Work as a non-medical prescriber.
• Offer support, supervision and informal training to your colleagues.
• Contribute to multi-disciplinary team (MDT) meetings.
• Undertake other clinical tasks within the team.
• Deputise for the Community Team Manager on occasion.

You will have a nursing qualification, trained as a non-medical prescriber, and will have developed their skills through extensive experience in mental health.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please find attached our Job Description and Person Specification for more detail on your Key Accountabilities, then if you feel you have what it takes to make a difference in your local communities, click APPLY!

Some of the benefits you can expect: - NHS pension - a comprehensive in house & external training programmes - career progression - starting annual leave of 27 days per annum increasing to 33 days pa based on length of service (plus paid bank holidays) - staff physio service - NHS discounts and many more.

Interview dates are yet to be set; you will be contacted via email and invited to book a time. These emails may go to your SPAM, so please keep checking all your emails if applying.

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