Nurse Consultant- Approved Clinician

Job overview

We have an exciting opportunity for a Nurse Consultant and Approved Clinician in our Acute Inpatient Women’s Service. The service consists of 2 wards, each with 22 beds, (Ward 1 and Ward 5 Becklin Centre) that deliver high quality acute mental health care to women in Leeds. The postholder will act as Responsible Clinician on Ward 1 alongside a Consultant Psychiatrist taking on an equal caseload and will be a non-medical prescriber. This model is already successfully embedded in Ward 5 which enhances the multi-disciplinary clinical leadership of the ward and promotes a psychological and trauma-informed approach to care.

Main duties of the job

The post offers additional opportunities that reflect the core functions of a Nurse Consultant including professional leadership and consultancy, education training and development and a practice and service development, research and evaluation.

We strive to deliver the best care to people that we can and are currently reviewing our acute inpatient model so this is a great opportunity to participate in the development and implementation of new ways of working.

We are committed to supporting our staff in terms of professional development and wellbeing to retain the high level of skill required to work in acute care and ensure a rewarding place to work.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• Can provide clinical cover for the other Responsible Clinician on the ward in addition to other Responsible Clinician across the acute the service on occasions.

• To undertake the role of Approved Clinician for patients on a female acute admission ward
• Responsible for the care and treatment of mentally disordered people compulsorily detained under the Mental Health Act and those admitted to hospital on an informal basis.
• Responsible for the assessment of all levels of clinical risk within an evidence-based framework
• Responsible for undertaking mental health assessments incorporating biological, psychological, cultural and social perspectives
• Responsible for leading formulation, review and treatment within the context of the multi-disciplinary team
• Responsible for compiling and completing statutory documentation and providing written AC reports under the Mental Health Act
• Accountable for own professional practice in the delivery of highly specialist nursing care to clients with severe and enduring mental health conditions or learning disabilities
• To support the development and implementation of the Trust wide Nursing Strategy influencing the development of nursing education within the organisation and nationally via higher education institutions.
• Supporting the development, and delivery of training programmes within the Acute Inpatient Service that promotes the profession and evidence-based practice
• To provide clinical leadership in the continual development and provision of excellence within the Acute Inpatient Service.
• Leads on specific service development work and is engaged in the service clinical governance structure.