Clinical Specialist (Nurse)

The Camden & Islington Early Intervention Service is undergoing an exciting expansion, with the ambition to become a Gold Standard Service. Focused on delivering the Early Intervention in Psychosis (EIP) model, the service aims to reduce relapse rates, minimize inpatient admissions, and promote service user recovery through social inclusion and maximizing strengths and potential. We are looking for energetic, motivated, and skilled practitioners to join us in achieving this goal.

Main duties of the job

We have an exciting opportunity for four Band 6 Clinical Nurse Specialists to join the Islington Early Intervention Service, an innovative and dynamic team supporting individuals experiencing a First Episode of Psychosis (FEP). As a member of a well established, multi disciplinary team, you will work with a culturally diverse population in the London Borough of Islington, helping service users achieve both symptomatic and social recovery.

Key responsibilities include:

Conducting early assessments, diagnoses, and providing treatment for FEP.

Delivering person centered, culturally sensitive care aimed at promoting stability, skill development, and social role enhancement.

Facilitating both symptomatic and social recovery by actively engaging with service users.

Reducing stigma and ensuring that initial service contact is supportive and non disconcerting.

Educating and involving carers in the service user's care journey.

The Islington Early Intervention Service is deeply involved in research and actively participates in multi center studies, allowing team members to engage with cutting edge mental health initiatives.

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.
• We will be more effective as an organisation by pioneering research, quality improvement and technology.

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
• Excellent internal staff network

The postholder will be aligned with our Values:

• We Are Kind
• We Are Respectful
• We Work Together
• We Keep Things Simple
• We Empower
• We Are Proudly Diverse

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

As a Clinical Nurse Specialist, you will act as a care coordinator for a defined group of clients, working autonomously within a multi disciplinary team. Ideal candidates will have a strong knowledge of health and psycho social interventions for FEP and a desire to further develop skills in a community based setting.

The role offers a supportive environment with clinical supervision, peer support, and access to the Early Intervention training program. Additionally, there are opportunities to contribute to the development and evaluation of group programs for service users.

Join us in making a real impact on mental health recovery in a forward thinking and research focused team.

Person Specification Qualification

• Qualified and Registered Nurse
• Other advanced relevant training i.e. CBT in psychosis/dynamics of mental health practice / Mentalisation Based Therapy / NMP etc.

EXPERIENCE

• Demonstrable experience in a senior specialist capacity caring for people with first episode psychosis in a community care or inpatient setting.
• Sound practical experience of patient / service user care and engagement within the wider context of the organisation

EXPERIENCE