The closing date is 20 October 2025
Salary
£50,008 to £56,908 a year per annum, pro rata (Inclusive of 5% HCAS)
Job summary
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
Main duties of the job
- 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.
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse ( Mental Health/Learning Disability)
- Teaching certificate including annual update (ENB 998), or equivalent.
- Evidence of CPD
- Nurse Independent Prescriber
Desirable
- MSc in specific therapeutic treatment modality e.g. systemic practice, cognitive behavioural therapy. Post graduate clinical and therapeutic qualification related to the community.
Experience
Essential
- Sound experience of working in a range of settings relevant to the post
- Experience of nurse independent prescribing for relevant service user group
- Experience of working with service users presenting with emotional/psychological difficulties and challenging behaviour with their families and wider networks in situations of crisis and emotionally demanding environments.
- Experience and knowledge of implementing safeguarding procedures for children and adults
- Experience of teaching and training in practice
- Experience of peer supervision, supervising colleagues in the multidisciplinary team and consultation in other agency settings
- Experience and knowledge of working in a multi-ethnic community
Desirable
- Experience of therapeutic practice in different cultural contexts.
- Record of publication in professional journals.
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.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).