Clinical Specialist | Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Posting date:	16 June 2025
Salary:	Not specified
Additional salary information:	£37,338 - £44,962 per annum (pro rata for part time)
Hours:	Full time
Closing date:	16 July 2025
Location:	Nottingham, NG1 6BB
Company:	Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Job type:	Permanent
Job reference:	7225750/186-759-25-GH

Summary

We are looking for an enthusiastic and committed person to join the Nottingham Recovery Network’s Recovery Case Management Teams.
The post holder will be an integral member of the Nottingham Recovery Network, ensuring effective joint working across all areas enabling service users to move through the system and progress out of treatment and reintegrate as quickly as possible.

The post holder will provide high quality evidenced based substance use treatment to adults with dependent drug use in line with national guidance. This will be achieved through assessment, screening, care planning, recovery planning (SMART), case management, the delivery of comprehensive, structured and unstructured treatment and implementing and evaluating treatment plans in line with Clinical Guidelines.

The postholder, supported by the Team Managers, will provide clinical and operational leadership and will be expected to:-
• be responsible for a diverse caseload of clients with complex substance use problems.
• provide safe and high quality care to clients and carers. To support the Team Managers in standard setting and ensuring standard of care are achieved through audit.
• deputise for the Team Managers during absence.
• work effectively with partner agencies.

Key responsibilities
To work in partnership with the wider Nottingham Recovery Network team to case manage more complex cases and support individuals with substance use problems through the recovery system.
To carry a caseload of service users with substance use issues including dependence and complex multiple needs.
The post is required to be competent and autonomous in implementing and evaluating treatment plans for more complex cases and will have the experience and knowledge to competently advise more junior members of the team.
To provide clinical supervision to the team. To assist the Team Managers in the development of the NRN
To complete Appraisals in accordance with organisational policy.
To assist with investigation of complaints or similar.
To keep Managers informed of events and activities of an untoward nature as well as routine matters relating to managers accountability.

#TeamNottsHC comprises over 11,000 dedicated colleagues who #MakeADifference every day. We deliver intellectual disability, mental health, community health, forensic, and offender healthcare services across Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, and South Yorkshire. Our care is provided from over 200 sites, spanning community locations, acute settings, and secure environments, including prisons.

We are one of the largest mental health and community Trusts in the East Midlands and one of Nottinghamshire's biggest employers. We also host national and regional services, such as the National High Secure Deaf Service and the Nottingham Centre for Transgender Health.

We offer a variety of employee-led staff networks, including Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) groups, the Green Champions network, the Freedom to Speak Up network, the Health and Wellbeing Champions network, and the Menopause Champions network. These networks play a vital role in supporting our diverse workforce and promoting a culture of inclusivity.

The health and wellbeing of colleagues is a top priority. We invest significantly in this through our in-house occupational health and staff counselling services, supported by a dedicated Health and Wellbeing team.

The Trust is committed to reducing its carbon emissions, with a specialised Energy and Environmental team working to ensure compliance with environmental legislation, enhance our environmental performance, and achieve our net-zero commitment

The successful candidate for the role of Clinical Specialist will have:

Professional qualification/evidence of relevant study to diploma level.
Supervision Skills.
Experience of individual client case management responsibility with substance users
Experience of motivational enhancement skills
Experience of brief treatment
Experience of participating/leading on audit
Experience of working with people with challenging behaviour.
Excellent interpersonal skills.
Leadership and management skills.
Experience and ability to work on own initiative with well developed and effective time management skills.

Key Responsibilities.
• Ensure that organizational policies are strictly followed including in the delivery of patient care.
• In conjunction with other specialist and senior clinical staff, set, monitor and evaluate standards of care.
• Work as a team member, and flexible to the needs of the team.
• Take a lead role within the service developing initiatives related to this issue.
• Ensure accurate client records and information systems are maintained and evaluated.
• Manage a caseload of clients ensuring a high standard of clinical care for the patients/clients under your management.
• Ensure that clinical practice accurately reflects the Partnership philosophy.
• Ensure that regard is given to the custom, values and spiritual beliefs of patients and colleagues.
• Participate in multi-disciplinary research and audit projects.
• Deliver and audit the practice of continuous risk assessments including safeguarding and Domestic Abuse
• Select and use appropriate therapeutic interventions with patients/clients/carers, including group interventions.
• Evaluate and audit interventions and ensure effective outcomes.
• Use clinical reasoning to assess acceptable levels of risk taking for clients who are unable to do this for themselves.
• Initiate and deliver appropriate training for professional colleagues and staff.
• Ensures maintenance of high standards of clinical practice within the service.
• Support the implementation of team objectives within the integrated team.
• To actively support the Team Managers, and act as positive role model to all staff.
• To ensure safe, effective and efficient services are delivered within the resources available
• To deputise for the Service Manager /Team Leaders in their absence, providing consistency of leadership.
• To deploy staff within the team to ensure safe and appropriate care is given.
• Collate accurate statistical information recording workload activity performance and manage accordingly.
• To assist Team Managers develop care pathways and treatment protocols.
• Monitor and review own practice against current research, standards and benchmarks and where necessary modify and improve practice to ensure the highest standards are maintained.
• To contribute to the evidence base as appropriate through dissemination of research and audit findings.
• Supports the implementation of Clinical Governance activities to ensure the service is of a high quality.
• Demonstrates own continuing professional development through knowledge of and implementation of the Appraisal process and competency framework as appropriate.
• Excellent communication skills with clients, carers, peers and others
• Caring and emphatic approach with well developed motivational/persuasive skills
• Professional supervision to the team and on occasions across the partnership and students
• To ensure effective communication with patients/clients/carers/members of the multidisciplinary team/outside agencies in order to provide effective clinical care.
• To keep accurate records within the multidisciplinary notes and to maintain appropriate statistical returns, including computerised data.
• To monitor records of staff to ensure appropriate care is given and accurate records maintained.
• Participates and leads team meetings, clinical and professional meetings as required.
• Providing and receiving highly complex, sensitive or contentious information, utilising developed skills in persuasion, negotiation and reassurance..
• Demonstrates a broad understanding of other professionals working boundaries and of the opportunities of integrated working.
• To ensure the safety of clients and staff at all times
• To ensure medical devices and equipment are appropriately managed, including staff training, maintenance and repairs.
• Required to take urine samples and sometimes blood samples.
• Accountable for own actions, rarely directly supervised.
• Able to delegate responsibilities in accordance with staff capabilities.
• The ability to assess clients with a range of substance use needs including mental health, psycho-social and criminal justice issues.
• Experience offering expert advice to a range of health and social care professionals
• Required to obtain and analyse information to inform packages of care
• Maintain Continuous Professional Development through development of Knowledge, Skills and Interventions (evidence based)
• To assist in ensuring that the clinical, educational and managerial needs of all staff are recognised, and where appropriate met.
• Appraisals for clinical staff, including completion of reports for relevant staff.
• Counsel junior members of staff on performance issues in agreement with the Team Managers.
• Organise and provide clinical teaching, supervision and appraisal for students and/or colleagues undertaking clinical placements, and on occasions provide education to partner agencies to support the overall aims of the service.

Administration and systems.

• As a treatment system, patient notes are considered health care records and are therefore subject to enhanced scrutiny. Record keeping must not only adhere to Nottingham Recovery Network’s record keeping policy, but also national guidance on health care records (NMC)
• To ensure that all administration duties connected with Nottingham Recovery Network and framework programs are carried out
• To ensure that key performance indicators are met as stipulated by the service level agreement and to achieve specified targets as set by the team leader.
• To operate record keeping and monitoring procedures in accordance with contract requirements. This will involve the recording of individual activity in accordance with agreed data collection systems. Responsible for submitting accurate and timely NDTMS data.
• To work to company targets and performance measurement requirements.

Other Duties
• To carry out all work in accordance with the philosophy and ethos of NRN Partnership
• To carry out all work in accordance with the NRN/ NHCT policies and procedures and code of conduct
• To ensure all Health & Safety procedures are adhered to
• To ensure Equal Opportunities is maintained and promoted
• To present a professional image and act as an ambassador for NHCT and Nottingham Recovery Network at all times
• To keep abreast of developments in services, legislation and practice relevant to services for substance users.
• Such other duties as the management may from time to time reasonably require

Please note applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs are deducted from salary following appointment. The cost of the DBS application is £26.40 (standard) or £54.40 (enhanced), this cost will be deducted from your salary over the first 2 months of employment.
You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. An annual fee of £16 per year applies.



This advert closes on Sunday 29 Jun 2025

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