Clinical Specialist Nurse
| Posting date: | 25 July 2025 |
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| Salary: | £46,419.00 to £55,046.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £46419.00 - £55046.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 10 August 2025 |
| Location: | London, NW5 3EG |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C9455-25-0405 |
Summary
To be responsible for providing expert care in an area of designatedexpertise, in accordance professional conduct To embody a population health approach to the role, contributing expertise tothe teams community programme To supervise, appraise, support and guide Nursing Associate(s) and/or MentalHealth Practitioner(s). To provide expert, autonomous and specialist clinical practice within amultidisciplinary team and to include initial assessment and formulation usinga range of mental health or other specialist tools. To do make appropriate judgements when required to do so about owncaseload. To assess, plan, implement, and evaluate care in negotiation with serviceusers, carers, and other services, considering the needs of a diversecommunity. To undertake key working responsibilities. To apply a range of therapeutic modalities, using evidence-basedinterventions in accordance with the requirements of service line carepathways. To contribute to multidisciplinary team decisions at the point of dischargeand or transfer of the service user.Better Mental Health. Better Lives. Better Communities. To participate in and provide a specialist nursing perspective tomultidisciplinary team meetings/case discussions. To maintain contemporaneous records to the standard required by the trustand the relevant professional body. To assess and manage risk on a continuous basis, in line with Trust policy. To coproduce support with service users and with their consent, whereappropriate, seek the cooperation of friends, relatives, carers. To provide and support other members of staff in their assessment andmanagement of service user care needs through reviewing initial datacollection; monitoring of their progress; feedback; discussion and reports atsupport planning To identify carers and to offer carers assessments and review carers careplans. To support the assessment of physical health care needs of service usersby team members and ensure that on-going physical health monitoring /review of service users takes place. To provide relevant information for service users relating to healthpromotion and wellbeing. To be able to demonstrate and explain clinical reasoning in relation toprofessional input to a service users care plan when required to membersof the team, trainees, or others external to the organisation. To recognise and respond appropriately to challenging behaviour in linewith Trust policies. To at all times to act in accordance with trust policies in relation to riskassessment and safety planning, contributing to comprehensiveassessments of risk and monitoring as appropriate. To have up to date and detailed knowledge, understanding andexperience of mental health legislation as required by the service line. To be aware of personal accountability and responsibility in respect ofensuring that cleanliness standards and practices are maintained in theclinical environment and that these are compliant with PEAT, The HygieneCode, CQC requirements and Trust Infection Control protocols andprocedure. To follow Trust policy in promptly reporting all accidents and incidents. To undertake investigations when called upon to do so ornominating/supervising relevant others in this role. To be responsible for the administration, carriage, and storage of drugs inaccordance with relevant policies and professional guidelines. To review and recommend medication changes as appropriate inconsultation with medical staff re efficacy and possible side effects and todevelop user centred medication concordance. To undertake and lead where appropriate, in the evaluation and audit ofprofessional interventions, clients and the service.5.Operational Responsibilities To maintain confidentiality of information, in accordance with Trust policy.