Senior Specialist Nurse Advisor - Mental Health

Job overview

The post holder is a key team member in the delivery of occupational health services to Kings College Hospital NHS Trust and associated external contracts. The post holder will ensure that a proactive, comprehensive Occupational Health Service is provided and delivered to the highest standard of evidence-based best practice.

The post holder will work with the wider service multidisciplinary team:

OH medical consultants, OH psychiatrist, OH Staff Psychology, OH Allied Healthcare Practitioners, OH Advisers and the business support team.

The postholder will be required to travel across our sites as required and should, ideally, have access to a car and a full driving licence.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be a registered and practicing clinician with significant knowledge and specialist experience in Mental Health Nursing and ideally, in an occupational health nursing.

This post is needed to support the prevalence of staff cases impacted by mental health as a leading condition(s), alongside other comorbidities. As an organisation, we are genuinely committed to helping our staff be enabled in their employment journey.

The post holder will provide professional nursing leadership and take responsibility for the personal and professional development of nursing staff that they manage.

The post holder will help implement and monitor policies, standards and guidelines within the King's College Hospital NHS Trust Occupational Health, Wellbeing and Staff Psychology department, sharing and learning from best practice across the multi-disciplinary team

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• To deputise for the Deputy Head of Nursing as required.
• Provide professional mentorship to the Occupational Health nursing staff.
• Act as a team leader, maintaining clinical responsibility for overseeing the Band 6 special nurse advisors, Band 5 practice nurses, administrators and bank/agency staff work on a day-to-day basis, ensuring clinical activity is delivered.
• Carry out supervision, support, and appraisal and lead on any project work as directed by the HoN/GM and Deputy Head of Nursing.
• To monitor the work of all Occupational Health Nurses in training and practice nurses to ensure high clinical standards are maintained.
• To lead in the development of policies, procedures, SOPs and clinical operating guidelines which are in line with evidence-based best practice.
• To ensure agreed standards are met by participating in clinical audit.
• To monitor Occupational Health activity and produce activity reports as directed by the HoN/GM.
• To attend Infection Control, Risk Management and Health & Safety forums for the Trust, and undertake advisory work on behalf of these as directed by the HoN/GM and Deputy Head of Nursing.

To ensure active and effective delivery of Occupational Health services to the Trust and external clients.

• Work with the HoN/GM to be responsible for rolling out National initiatives and standards produced by the Department of health and other Government bodies.
• Promote equity and valuing diversity.
• To work closely with the Occupational Health Physicians and OH therapists to case manage referrals and implement care within prescribed parameters.
• Contract management and assistance with SLA development as directed by the Service Manager.
• To delegate work streams to junior staff as appropriate.

Education and Qualification

Essential

• Registered Mental Health Nurse/Registered Nurse with SCPHN(OH) and extensive complex mental health case experience
• Occupational Health Certificate/Diploma/BSc.

Desirable

• Management qualification
• Evidence of OH post qualification study at BSc/MSc level

Knowledge and Experience

• Drafting policies and procedures or service guidelines using evidence-based practice
• Supervising, teaching and mentorship skills
• Health and Safety legislation
• Safeguarding in complex mental health and general health cases

Skills and Competencies

• Leadership and influencing skills
• Experience in writing reports and collating statistics
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• The ability to act dynamically and respond to work challenges with high levels of personal resilience and the maintenance of professional standards.

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.