Overview
Clinical Nurse Specialist (maternity cover) within the Early Intervention in Psychosis service (PATH), a countywide service in Hertfordshire.
Responsibilities
* Take responsibility for making a significant contribution to nursing input, participating in the referral and allocation process, assessments, treatment, risk management, safeguarding vulnerable children and adults, care coordination of service users, monitoring physical health, medication management, case discussions and service‑related meetings.
* Provide consultations and supervision to colleagues and students as well as staff in other services.
* Provide the nursing perspective to the clinical work of the team and to the delivery of all aspects of the service, advising on the appropriateness of referrals for a nursing oriented approach, and maintaining a small clinical caseload of highly complex and demanding cases.
* Provide highly specialist, holistic assessment of referrals to formulate and implement plans for treatment and management based on an appropriate conceptual framework employing research‑based evidence, NICE guidelines and EIP standards.
* Use highly specialist knowledge to identify, analyse and interpret highly complex problem behaviour and interactional patterns, making appropriate formulations to prioritise, engage and intervene effectively for service users, carers and families.
Contact
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Piers Mundy, Clinical Matron for PATH; Email: Piers.mundy@nhs.net; Telephone: 07971 850503; Lauren Dennis: Consultant Nurse for PATH; Email: Lauren.dennis1@nhs.net; Telephone: 07766 725 783
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