Job summary
Our Suffolk Perinatal Community Mental Health service is excited to be looking to recruit an additional Clinical Nurse Specialist.

This is an opportunity to work within a specialist multi-disciplinary setting, which offers a wide range of MDT clinical specialisms. We are looking for someone who has excellent clinical skills, experience in clinical leadership and a passion for perinatal mental health. It is an exciting time to be working in the perinatal world as the services are rapidly expanding, there are opportunities for additional training and service development.

You will be part of a multidisciplinary team consisting of Consultant Psychiatrists, Consultant Clinical Psychologist, Therapies team, Case Managers, Social Workers, Peer Support Workers, Nursery Nurses, Occupational Therapists, Community Team Managers, and a Service Manager specialising in perinatal mental health.

As a Clinical Nurse Specialist you will provide clinical leadership to the team. You will also work closely with our Community Team Manager and provide operational support for the team as needed. You will hold a small case load of more complex cases as well as be leading on projects to further develop and enhance the service we provide.

Knowledge of Maternity and Health Visiting services is desirable but not essential.

Main duties of the job
The job role with consist of the following, but is not limited to;

• Accepting and triaging all new referrals received by the team.
• To communicate /liaise effectively with relevant referring partners and other agencies.
• Arranging and carrying out initial assessments.
• Offering time to support the wider team with visits where specialist knowledge could be required
• Being part of the wider Senior Leadership Team and encouraging evidence based changes and processes across the service.
• Supporting staff with advice for duty calls during working hours and putting in place appropriate actions to address identified risks.
• To ensure that any identified immediate risks are appropriately responded to and a proportionate risk management strategy is actioned, with input from the multidisciplinary team members.
• Keeping up to date with relevant perinatal research and news to share with the wider team
• Offering caseload supervision to case managers

If you're enthusiastic, person centred and have experience working in a community setting, we would love to hear from you.

About us
Here at NSFT we pride ourselves on being a welcoming, talented, friendly and supportive team who like nothing better than sharing experiences and learning from each other. In addition to ongoing training and development opportunities, we are committed to providing an environment in which you can thrive.

Why work for us? We have challenges as a Trust, but we have ambitious aspirations, are pushing ahead with exciting transformation work and we need dedicated individuals to support us on our journey. We have strong, established nursing networks coupled with an exceptional leadership team who will ensure you are truly cared for and cared about.

Why Norfolk and Suffolk? The people here are warm and welcoming, you'll never be far from the beautiful coastline or Broads National Park. We're an hour and a half away from London and have an international airport in Norwich too. Our villages, towns and cities are packed full of history, independent cafes, shops and theatres. We have excellent shopping, eating out, top ranking schooling and affordable house prices too.

Job responsibilities
Please find attached our Job Description and Person Specification for more detail on your Key Accountabilities, then if you feel you have what it takes to make a difference in your local communities, click APPLY!

Some of the benefits you can expect:

• NHS pension
• a comprehensive in house & external training programmes
• career progression
• starting annual leave of 27 days per annum increasing to 33 days pa based on length of service (plus paid bank holidays)
• staff physio service
• NHS discounts and many more.

Interview dates are yet to be set; you will be contacted via email and invited to book a time. These emails may go to your SPAM, so please keep checking all your emails if applying.

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Qualifications
Essential

• RMN or equivalent professional qualification
• Non-Medical Independent Prescriber
• Degree Level Qualification or equivalent or equivalent level

Desirable

• Study experience at Masters level, study at that level or clinical experience
• ENB 998

Experience
Essential

• Extensive experience at which has required supervision and mentorship of others
• Extensive experience of practice within clinical area with proven track record in delivering high quality care

Knowledge
Essential

• Able to demonstrate sound clinical expertise and knowledge of mental health disorders and their treatments.

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.

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).

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).