Clinical Nurse Specialist - Mental Health Professional
| Posting date: | 22 September 2025 |
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| Salary: | £47,810.00 to £54,710.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £47810.00 - £54710.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 06 October 2025 |
| Location: | Peterborough, PE3 9GZ |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C9310-25-0845 |
Summary
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details of responsibilities To conduct psychosocial and risk assessments for individuals presenting in the Emergency Department and General Wards with mental health problems. Provide a high level of clinical expertise in the assessment and care of patients presenting with mental health problems and self-harm in collaboration with other members of the Liaison Psychiatry Service. Ensure that care is based on the assessment of care needs and thedevelopment, implementation, and evaluation of programmes of care that identify priorities and realistic goals and involves patients, their relatives and the multidisciplinary team. Ensure good communication with other members of the Liaison Psychiatry Service as well as general hospital staff about changes in care plans. Utilise recent research findings in the advancement of best practice and in the delivery of an evidenced bases service. Engage in Liaison Psychiatry Service educational and training events to fulfil requirements of clinical governance. Provide support and expert advice to colleagues involved in the care of patients with mental health problems and develop systems to ensure that this support is available in a range of ways. Ensure that the requirements of the Mental Health Act and other statutory regulations are observed and implemented within a medical setting. Work with Ward Managers to ensure that the clinical environment is therapeutic and conducive to the receipt of the best clinical care and experience. Infection Control To be responsible for the prevention and control of infection. Monitor and evaluate the standard of care and take actions to ensure that a high standard of care is maintained. Disseminate relevant research via training and publication and advise others on the implications for practice of research findings. Identify and be responsive to the diverse cultural, social and spiritual needs of all patients.