An exciting opportunity for the post of Clinical Nurse Specialist has become vacant within Adult Community Mental Health Services in Rosanne House, Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire. Taking responsibility for making a significant contribution to the nursing input, participating fully in the referral and allocation process, assessments, treatment, risk management, safeguarding vulnerable children and adults, care coordination of service users as well as contributing to case discussions and service related meetings. offering consultations and supervision to colleagues and students as well as staff in other services. Fulfil the role of a Nurse Independent Prescriber for a specific group of service users as per Trust policy and NMC requirements To develop and provide highly specialist evidence based interventions for service users, drawing on a wide range of theoretical frameworks and treatment modalities. To deliver timely, accessible services through both clinic based and outreach models. To provide highly specialist advice and consultation regarding formulations and treatment to colleagues, external agencies working autonomously within professional guidelines. Care co-ordinate a small caseload of service users delivering highly specialist assessments and integrated care. With others, be responsible for developing nursing practice in the service including the supervision of both nursing colleagues and colleagues from other disciplines in the service. To actively participate in supervision, appraisal and professional development to enhance clinical skills e.g. nurse prescribing To work collaboratively and provide nursing consultation to other relevant professions within HPFT and external agencies to build capacity in terms of the early identification and physical and psychological management of disorders and/or disability. To work collaboratively with colleagues in Primary, Secondary and Tertiary Care to improve existing service provision within the Trust, enabling the effective management of care in the community, avoiding in-patient admissions whenever possible. To take a leading role for service innovation and development, including projects with other junior staff to ensure delivery of safe effective nursing. Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (HPFT) is an outstanding organisation with ambitions to match. We are one of just five mental health trusts to achieve an overall rating of ‘Outstanding’ from the Care Quality Commission, and our aim is to be the leading provider of mental health and specialist learning disability services in the country. Our family of over 4000 members of staff provide health and social care for over 400,000 people with mental ill health, physical ill health and learning disabilities across Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, and Norfolk, delivering these services within the community and several inpatient settings. We also deliver a range of nationally commissioned specialist services including Tier 4 services for children and young people, perinatal services, plus medium and low secure learning disabilities services. Our Trust Values Are The care we provide makes a fantastic difference to the lives of our service users, their families and carers - everything is underpinned by choice, independence and equality, with our Trust values embedded throughout: Welcoming. Kind. Positive. Respectful. Professional. These values are at the core of who we are, everything we do, and how we do it! Would you like to be part of the HPFT family? Would you like work with us to ensure our service users live the fullest lives possible they can? Would you like to be supported in your career to be the best that you can be? For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Emelda Mosima Job title: Service Manager Email address: e.mosima@nhs.net Telephone number: 07920288088