Clinical Specialist NurseNHS
Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen to recruit a Band 7 Clinical Specialist Nurse within our Durham and Darlington Children's and Young People Eating Disorder Team. Within this role you will be required to offer clinical leadership support to team members and the team manager, participate in service development, and hold a caseload and offer assessment and treatment for eating disorders.
Working alongside the current leadership team in developing future clinical work and oversight of our Eating Disorder Service.
We work across two bases: The Acley Centre in Newton Aycliffe and North End House in Durham. We currently operate as a 7 day service so there may be some weekend working.
Main duties of the job
We are looking for someone with high motivation and a keen interest in continuing the improvement of our young people's care and treatment.
This role involves the clinical leadership of the team, offering supervision and guidance and supporting the development of our multi-disciplinary team alongside Leadership Colleagues.
The service is currently going through transformation and as such this is an exciting time to join the Trust and be a part of the modelling of this.
Within Durham and Darlington Children's and Young Peoples Services we are proactive in developing and piloting new ways of working taking in consideration the voices of our Service Users and their Families to develop better ways of working.
This role may be eligible for sponsorship under the UK Visas & Immigration (UKVI) Skilled Worker route. However, sponsorship can only be provided where applicants meet the specific requirements, therefore, we recommend that you assess your eligibility before applying for this position. Visit https://www.gov.uk/skilled-worker-visa
Job description
As part of the role the postholder will : -
- Monitoring and reviewing Children and Young People.
- Care Coordination of Children and Young Peoples needs
- Clinical Leadership support within the team
- Recognising safeguarding concerns and effectively communicating with alternative agencies to escalate this appropriately.
- Attendance at Safeguarding meetings, and core group meetings.
- Monitoring and reviewing risk management, participating in the formulation of safety planning.
- Offering clinical supervision, and caseload management.
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for further detailed information to ensure that you meet the role criteria before applying.
This job advert may close early if a high volume of applications have been received. If interested, please apply for this post as soon as possible.
About us
We are the Mental Health & Learning Disability NHS Trust for County Durham and Darlington, Teesside, North Yorkshire, York and Selby.
From education and prevention, to crisis and specialist care --our talented and compassionate teams work in partnership with our patients, communities and partners to help the people of our region feel safe, understood, believed in and cared for.
We nurture the recovery journey of anyone in need of our help. In Our Trust, everyone has a say in how they are supported and treated because we listen to every person in our care until they feel understood. Our patients, their families and carers work together with us towards better mental health.
We're committed to new thinking that improves the wellbeing of our region. We connect with our communities and partners to get mental health care right, in areas that really need it.
We won't rest until everyone in our region has the mental health care they need, to lead their best possible life.