Job summary
My name's Keir Brisbane and I am the Service Manager for the Youth Service.
The Central Norfolk Youth Service is offering an exciting opportunity for someone with passion and experience to join our team. We are looking to recruit a Clinical Nurse Lead based at 80 St Stephens Road in the city centre.
In our service we support young people (aged 14-25 years) who are experiencing moderate to severe mental health difficulties. We have a diverse and skilled staff team who strive to provide effective, innovative care for our young people and support for families and carers.
It is important to us to maintain a working environment that is supportive and fulfilling for our staff and we are particularly committed to enabling our staff to do the very best they can through supervision, and training. We pride ourselves on workforce development and offer many opportunities for training and progression.
If you are interested in innovative patient led recovery and have the determination to drive the improvement of quality of care, safety, and patient experience, then this maybe a role for you!
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will be an experienced Mental Health Nurse to work alongside our Physical Health Nurse Lead across both locality teams.
You will be expected to work with the medical and therapy teams to assess, plan, implement and evaluate care for the young people using our service. You will be able to demonstrate critical thinking skills, sound clinical decision-making, and be confident in working with complexity and the wider health and social care system.
The postholder will be responsible for-
-Nursing leadership and management/clinical supervision of nursing colleagues and case managers.
-Workforce and job planning alongside the senior nurses and operational managers. Supporting delivery of the Nursing strategy which includes consideration of wellbeing and equality and diversity programs.
-Non-medical prescribing - to hold regular medication clinics to instigate, titrate and review medications, attend the medical review planning meetings, act as a lead for NMP issues for the service.
-Quality and assurance; including overseeing the audit process, and the implementation of clinical initiatives and quality improvement plans.
About us
Here at NSFT we pride ourselves on being a welcoming, talented, friendly and supportive team who like nothing better than sharing experiences and learning from each other. In addition to ongoing training and development opportunities, we are committed to providing an environment in which you can thrive.
Why work for us? We have challenges as a Trust, but we have ambitious aspirations, are pushing ahead with exciting transformation work and we need dedicated individuals to support us on our journey. We have strong, established professional networks coupled with an exceptional leadership team who will ensure you are truly cared for and cared about.
Why Norfolk and Suffolk? The people here are warm and welcoming, you'll never be far from the beautiful coastline or Broads National Park. We're an hour and a half away from London and have an international airport in Norwich too. Our villages, towns and cities are packed full of history, independent cafes, shops and theatres. We have excellent shopping, eating out, top ranking schooling and affordable house prices too.
Job description
Job responsibilities
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For further information, please contact Zoe Charles or refer to the attached job description on the vacancy.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
1. RN (Mental Health or General Nurse)
2. Educated to Master's degree level in relevant subject area, or equivalent experience.
3. Evidence of continuing professional development
4. Independent Prescribing qualification
Experience
Essential
5. Minimum 5 years post registration experience
6. Comprehensive experience at local leadership level within speciality
7. Experience and knowledge of quality standard setting and audit
Skills
Essential
8. Strong commitment to improving patient services with a clear focus on achieving performance goals
9. Teaching and mentorship within a clinical setting
10. Proven ability to effectively manage change