# CYPMHS Clinical Nurse Specialist > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/cypmhs-clinical-nurse-specialist/7d0f1087-7bed-4ec3-b8e8-5c22e9403b61 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/cypmhs-clinical-nurse-specialist/7d0f1087-7bed-4ec3-b8e8-5c22e9403b61.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** Kingsley Green - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Clinical nurse specialist - **Grade:** Band 7 - **Salary:** £51,657 - £58,785 per annum, pro rata (5% HCAS Included) - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time, Flexible working, Compressed hours, 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-09-17T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-09-03T09:12:24.457Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Hertfordshire/Borehamwood/Hertfordshire_Partnership_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Nursing/Nursing-v8270247 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8270247?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.hpft.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview - Taking responsibility for making a significant contribution to the nursing input, participating fully in the referral and allocation process, assessments, treatment, risk management, safeguarding vulnerable children and adults, care coordination of service users as well as contributing to case discussions and service-related meetings. - Offering consultations and supervision to colleagues and students as well as staff in other services. ### Main duties of the job - Provide highly specialist nursing assessments, formulations, risk assessments, and evidence-based interventions . - Deliver timely and accessible care through clinic-based and outreach models, including engagement with hard-to-reach service users. - Provide specialist nursing consultation, advice, and support to colleagues and partner agencies regarding assessment, risk management, and treatment planning. - Care coordinate a complex caseload, undertaking comprehensive biopsychosocial assessments and delivering integrated care plans. - Lead on the assessment and management of clinical risk, safeguarding concerns, and complex presentations. - Support the development of nursing practice through supervision, mentorship, teaching, and clinical leadership. - Participate in supervision, appraisal, and continuing professional development. - Chair and/or attend MDTs, providing specialist nursing leadership, consultation, and clinical oversight. - Promote integrated physical and mental healthcare, including physical health monitoring and health promotion. - Work collaboratively with HPFT teams and partner agencies to support early identification and effective management of mental health difficulties. - Lead service development, quality improvement, and innovation initiatives to enhance safe and effective care. - Provide clinical leadership within the Enhanced Safety Support Pathway and Early Psychosis Pathway, supporting staff with complex and high-risk cases. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Sound working relationships - The post holder will have four main groups within his/her professional domain: Service Users and their Carers The clinical staff within the team The senior staff within the teams Staff within services with which there is daily liaison Communication Requirements Leadership and Staff Management Responsibility Service Development and Improvement Analytical and Judgmental Skills Planning and Organizational Skills An Understanding of Physical Working Conditions and Environment Management of Information Resources * Please see attached detailed Job Description for this post ### Applicant requirements You must have appropriate UK professional registration. This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service. ## Person Specification ### Skills **Essential** - Car driver (unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010 which prevents you from driving) - Ability to work therapeutically with young people and their families - Ability to work as a fully participating member of a multi-disciplinary team and the ability to respect and value other members contributions **Desirable** - Ability to initiate service developments or be involved in service planning - Experience of the application of psychological therapy in different cultural contexts ### Experience **Essential** - Post qualification experience in a CYP team or related area, or several years experience prior to qualification, with experience of working with moderate to severe mental health problems and knowledge of a range of clinical interventions with children/adolescents and their carers/families. - Experience of multi-disciplinary team working, and inter-agency collaboration - Knowledge of child development, child and adolescent mental health and an understanding of a range of theoretical approaches - Experience of teaching, training and/or supervision - Abilities to provide consultation to other professional and non-professional groups - Good general knowledge of the literature and research concerning mental health interventions with children, particularly the clinical effectiveness of such interventions - Awareness of current NHS initiatives and developments - Knowledge of relevant legislation and its implications for clinical practice in relation to children/adolescents **Desirable** - Experience of service quality monitoring e.g. clinical audit, evaluative research, etc. ### QUALIFICATIONS/EDUCATION/TRAINING **Essential** - RMN, RGN or RSCN - Further training/qualification in relevant area of practice - Evidence of CPD - Specialist training in an appropriate area and knowledge of CAPA and CYP-IAPT **Desirable** - Postgraduate diploma in CBT (General or IAPT) with eligibility for, or accreditation with, the BABCP ## Documents - [refer a friend (pdf, 160.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=2083) - [staff benefits (pdf, 888.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=2165) - [job description & person specification (pdf, 488.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10585258) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.