Clinical Specialist (Nurse) | Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 20 May 2024 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £42,471 - £50,364 per annum inc of HCAS |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 19 June 2024 |
| Location: | London, NW1 0AS |
| Company: | Camden And Islington NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6326098/455-CANDI-298-F |
Summary
The C&I Early Intervention Service is in the process of anexciting expansion.
Our ambition is to be aGold Standard Service, faithful to the EIP model, capable of having a real impact on relapse rates, inpatient admissions and service user recovery in terms of social inclusion, maximising strengths and potential. We would like to invite the most energetic, motivated and competent practitioners to join us in moving further towards this goal.
The Islington Early Intervention Service has an opportunity for four Band 6 Clinical Nurse Specialists. We are an innovative and forward-thinking team working with service users experiencing a First Episode of Psychosis (FEP).
The team is a well-established, multi-disciplinary team serving the culturally diverse London Borough of Islington. The team promotes a full symptomatic and social recovery, with an emphasis on assisting service users into valued education and occupation. The team also has a strong research ethic, participating in several multi-Centre studies.
The service aims are:
• To offer early assessment, diagnosis and treatment of FEP.
• To offer person centred, individual, culturally sensitive care, with an emphasis on increasing stability, skill development and developing social roles.
• To maximize both symptomatic and social recovery after a first episode of psychosis through effective engagement with service users.
• To minimize the service user’s first experiences of service contact being disconcerting or stigmatizing.
• To support and educate carers, and involve them as fully as possible in service users’ care.
At Camden and Islington NHS foundation trust our staff and service users have worked closely to create a set of values that make sure people who use our services get the best possible chance of a rapid recovery.
We have 3 key priorities which are:
• Early and Effective Intervention,
• Helping People to Live Well
• Research and Innovation
The cultural pillars that help us achieve our key priorities are:
• We value each other
• We are empowered
• We keep things simple
• We are connected
By coming to work at Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust you will be joining a Trust with a national reputation for research, where services recognise that research underpins its commitment to providing high quality and innovative clinical care.
The successful post holder will act as care co-ordinator for a defined group of clients. The team is looking to recruit an individual who can work autonomously within a multi-disciplinary team structure.
Applicants should be able to demonstrate a sound knowledge base of health and psycho-social interventions for first episode psychosis clients. This post would suit applicants with prior experience in mental health wishing to develop their skills in a community setting. Team members benefit from a supportive team environment, with clinical supervision, peer support and training including the Early Intervention training programme. There is also the opportunity to contribute to the development and evaluation of a group programme for service users.
This advert closes on Monday 3 Jun 2024