Clinical specialist

We are looking for skilled and dynamic Clinical Specialists with a passion for delivering outstanding patient care, and a commitment to least restrictive practice and acting in the patient's best interest. You willbe required to complete trauma informed psychosocial assessments and develop safe and effective collaborative plans with service users. The service acknowledges that we often see people at their most vulnerable and as such it is essential that we provide, compassionate and trauma informed care.The service is dynamic and fast paced and the role, therefore, requires stamina, resilience, and the ability to work in a joined-up way with Trust services as well as with our acute hospital colleagues.As a central London service, you will see the complete spectrum of mental health presentations from people with very diverse backgrounds and as such you will need to be someone mindful of cultural differences.

Main duties of the job

Clinical/PracticeThe post-holder will:1. Have theoretical knowledge of mental health liaison emergency and ward-based work deploying a wide range of theoreticalapproaches and utilise awide variety of clinical skills appropriate to the needs of individual patientsand the clinical setting in which they are required to be seen.2. Be accountable and take direct responsible for carrying out specialist assessments including risk assessments unsupervised.Develop, implement, evaluate, and document specialist care.3. Undertake PMVA techniques to prevent and manage escalation in terms ofpatient harm to self and others.4. Work closely with the NCL wide crisis services and maintain good workingpractices with all other CRTs as a means of ensuring least restrictivepractice and outcomes.5. Make autonomous decisions with regard to the admission and discharge ofpatients based on an analysis of complex presenting problems, andjudgement about available options within agreed protocols. Direct and guidejunior doctors on rotation with the service (including locums).6. Provide a consultation-liaison and assessment service to clinicians andclinical teams within the general hospital. This will include giving specialistadvice on a range of care, treatment and patient management issues.

Please refer to the attached JD and person specification for more details about the role and main duties of the job.

About us

North London NHS Foundation Trust (NLFT) is committed to improving mental health care across North London to deliver excellent services to our local people.

• We will provide consistently high-quality care closer to home.
• With our partners in North London and each borough we will ensure equity of outcome for all
• We will offer great places to work, providing staff with supportive environment to deliver outstanding care

Why NLFT?

• We develop and retain our staff through leadership behaviours and managers programme and many more opportunities.
• We promote flexible working and support staff with a range of health and wellbeing initiatives.
• NHS Discounts, generous annual leave and NHS pension scheme

In order to meet the needs of the Trust you may be required from time to time to work at different locations to your normal place of work. This may mean that you are required to work at any location that fall under Barnet, Camden, Enfield, Haringey or Islington. The Trust reserves the right to require staff to work at such other places or locations as it considers reasonable and necessary on a temporary or permanent basis.

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification for more information on the role requirements and duties.

Person Specification Nurse or Social worker

• Band 6 or SW6

Experience

• Demonstrable experience in a senior specialist capacity assessing and caring for people with mental health or substance misuse issues in a community care or inpatient setting
• Working knowledge of MHA 1983.

Skills and abilities

• Able to demonstrate an understanding of the personal and clinical needs of individual service users, their relatives and carers.
• Ability to negotiate and influence.
• At least 18 months experience working in acute services i.e., crisis services

Educational Qualification

• Registered Mental health Nurse or alternative
• Current registration with relevant professional body
• Experience mentoring NQNs

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Highgate Mental Health Centre West, Whittington Hospital and University College Hospital

Dartmouth Park Hill, Magdalena Avenue, Euston Road

£47,951 to £56,863 a yearPer annum including HACS

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

455-NLFT-0874

Job locations

Highgate Mental Health Centre West, Whittington Hospital and University College Hospital

Dartmouth Park Hill, Magdalena Avenue, Euston Road