Clinical Specialist Nurse Islington North Core Team

Job overview

Working as a member of a multidisciplinary community Mental Health Team the post holder will be responsible for providing individual assessment, identified clinical interventions and direct care to service users with a primary diagnosis of psychosis. The team is looking to recruit an individual who can work autonomously within a multi-disciplinary team structure.

The post holder may also, on occasions, be requested to undertake management tasks, deputising for the Team manager as required, and will take a lead on mentoring and supervising others within their service area.

The focus of the role will be that of individual assessment, intervention and evaluation of treatment, delivered within the framework of NICE guidelines, evidence based best practice and to maximise service users recovery and re-enablement.

The post holder will be responsible for a defined caseload and they will formulate appropriate specific, highly specialist care and treatment plans; providing highly skilled and specialist interventions and care to service users with complex mental health problems.

Applicants should be able to demonstrate a sound knowledge base of health and psycho-social interventions for service users with a diagnosis of psychosis and complex needs. Team members benefit from a supportive team environment with clinical supervision, peer support and training

Main duties of the job

The successful applicant will be a qualified nurse with experience of supporting individuals (and their families) with psychosis and Bipolar Affective Disorder in a community setting. You will be expected to provide strong nurse leadership, with an emphasis on care planning, partnership working and risk management.

The post will involve providing care coordination and nursing interventions to a defined caseload of service users as well as contributing to the team depot clinic and duty rotas.

The successful post holder must have a passion for delivering high quality care and for supporting, managing and improving nursing functions in the team, including improving the physical health outcomes for our service users.

Candidates will be well supported by the R&R Management Team, the Community Matron and the nursing Directorate.

For further details / informal visits contact: Helen Middup (Service Manager) on 020 3317 7513

Yasrat Bakare (Pathway Lead) on 020 3317 6370

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• To be responsible for providing expert care in an area of designated expertise, in accordance professional conduct • To embody a population health approach to the role, contributing expertise to  the team’s community programme • To supervise, appraise, support and guide Nursing Associate(s) and/or Mental  Health Practitioner(s). • To provide expert, autonomous and specialist clinical practice within a  multidisciplinary team and to include initial assessment and formulation using  a range of mental health or other specialist tools.  • To do make appropriate judgements when required to do so about own  caseload.  • To assess, plan, implement, and evaluate care in negotiation with service  users, carers, and other services, considering the needs of a diverse  community.  • To undertake key working responsibilities. • To apply a range of therapeutic modalities, using evidence-based  interventions in accordance with the requirements of service line care  pathways.  • To contribute to multidisciplinary team decisions at the point of discharge  and or transfer of the service user. Better Mental Health. Better Lives. Better Communities. • To participate in and provide a specialist nursing perspective to  multidisciplinary team meetings/case discussions. • To maintain contemporaneous records to the standard required by the trust  and the relevant professional body. • To assess and manage risk on a continuous basis, in line with Trust policy. • To coproduce support with service users and with their consent, where  appropriate, seek the cooperation of friends, relatives, carers.  • To provide and support other members of staff in their assessment and  management of service user care needs through reviewing initial data  collection; monitoring of their progress; feedback; discussion and reports at  support planning • To identify carers and to offer carers assessments and review carers care  plans. • To support the assessment of physical health care needs of service users  by team members and ensure that on-going physical health monitoring /  review of service users takes place.  • To provide relevant information for service users relating to health  promotion and wellbeing.  • To be able to demonstrate and explain clinical reasoning in relation to  professional input to a service users’ care plan when required to members  of the team, trainees, or others external to the organisation.  • To recognise and respond appropriately to challenging behaviour in line  with Trust policies. • To at all times to act in accordance with trust policies in relation to risk  assessment and safety planning, contributing to comprehensive  assessments of risk and monitoring as appropriate. • To have up to date and detailed knowledge, understanding and  experience of mental health legislation as required by the service line. • To be aware of personal accountability and responsibility in respect of  ensuring that cleanliness standards and practices are maintained in the  clinical environment and that these are compliant with PEAT, The Hygiene  Code, CQC requirements and Trust Infection Control protocols and  procedure. • To follow Trust policy in promptly reporting all accidents and incidents. • To undertake investigations when called upon to do so or  nominating/supervising relevant others in this role.  • To be responsible for the administration, carriage, and storage of drugs in  accordance with relevant policies and professional guidelines.  • To review and recommend medication changes as appropriate in  consultation with medical staff re efficacy and possible side effects and to  develop user centred medication concordance.  • To undertake and lead where appropriate, in the evaluation and audit of  professional interventions, clients and the service.  5.Operational Responsibilities  • To maintain confidentiality of information, in accordance with Trust policy.