Clinical Nurse Specialist (RMN) - Lancashire Permanent- 37.5 hours per week (Mon - Fri plus on call)
Band 7
Hybrid Working - Based at Head Office in Stockport, inclusive of Home working and with travel to Lancashire services.
Main duties of the job Registered Nurse (RMN)
Band 6 or above experience
Legislative knowledge and experience
Experience of working with young people with complex mental health difficulties and neurodiversity
Evidence of continued professional development
Have access to a vehicle for work purposes with the ability to travel to the sites within the Care in Mind portfolio.
Case Management experience within a health & social care setting
Accredited with safeguard qualification
Experience of working in a community setting
Experience of working within a secure setting
About us Care in Mind are a CQC registered specialist service providing NHS funded intensive mental health packages and residential placements for complex young people aged 16-30 often transitioning from inpatient or secure settings. We are a clinically led service working with young people with a history of complex trauma and personality disorders. Our friendly team is made up of skilled nurses, psychologists, psychiatrists and specialist residential staff.
Company Benefits
Enhanced company pension
Enhanced maternity/paternity leave
35 days holiday inc.bank holidays, increasing with service
Enhanced Company sick pay
Life assurance Benefit
Employee of the year awards
Employee Assistance programme/counselling service
Healthcare Cashplan with costs provided towards dental and optical care and a range of other healthcare treatments and benefits including discounted gym memberships
Free on-site parking
Long service awards
We are a Mindful and Disability Confident Employer
Job responsibilities The post holder will be responsible for assessing, developing, outlining and implementing specialist interventions to young people, both within residential provision and independence packages of care within the community. The young people within the service will have often transitioned from long term hospital admissions or secure care provisions, as well as having been placed as an alternative to a hospital.
The Post Holder will also contribute to training and education of the residential team as well as facilitating reflective practice sessions to ensure all intervention is effective and evidence based. The Post Holder will work autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the teams policies and procedures.
The post holder will be expected to work as an integral part of a multidisciplinary core team in risk management and case formulation for cases of concern referred to the service.
The role requires the ability to work collaboratively, efficiently and effectively with mental health services, whilst maintaining the need to work safely and sensitively with service users present with a full range of clinical needs and risk behaviours, and the ability to engage with, and respond to, highly complex clinical, professional and ethical challenges and demands on clinicians and services
A. Provide a specialist assessment and treatment service based upon comprehensive assessment of the young peoples needs from a variety of sources, including psychological assessments, self-report measures, rating scales, direct and indirect structured observations, as well as interviews with young people, family members and others involved in the young persons care.
B. Supporting colleagues and residential staff to reflect on their practice and empathy levels, with reference to Young Person formulation and personal/professional boundaries.
Support and deliver therapeutic group work
Support the organisation on-call (nights and weekends as per rota)
Support duty cover for the organisation (during office hours)
Proactive stakeholder engagement with key stakeholders
Screening referrals
Assessing suitability of new clients
Delivering training
Supervision - line management of multi-agency professionals
Support systemic growth and development by engaging in working parties
Completing qualitative and quantitative audits and identifying any recurring themes with a solution focused outlook and a dedication to learning lessons and improving outcomes.
Provide advice and consultation in respect to individual cases within the wider MDT
Utilise outcome measures and feedback to improve clinical practice in line with clinical governance agendas
To engage in joint assessments and treatments with members of the multi-disciplinary team
Work across a number of settings, being involved in the dynamics of various different multidisciplinary teams and environments
Person Specification Qualifications Is a Registered Nurse (RMN)
Experience Legislative knowledge and experience
Evidence of continued professional development
Experience of working with young people with complex mental health difficulties and neurodiversity.
Band 6 or above experience
Case management experience within a health and social care setting
Experience of working in a community setting
Experience of working within a secure setting
Skills IT literate with experience of working with Microsoft office applications
A willingness and ability to work flexibly
Ability to work confidently remotely and utilise platforms such as Microsoft Teams and Zoom.
Have access to a vehicle for work purposes with the ability to travel to the sites within the Care in Mind portfolio
Other We will expect your values and behaviours to mirror those of Care in Mind, as illustrated on page 2 of this job description.
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.
£47,307 to £52,065 a yearPer annum - Dependant on experience
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