Job vacancy: Clinical Nurse Specialist, Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge

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Clinical Nurse Specialist

Band 7

Main area: Inpatient Adolescent Mental Health
Grade: Band 7
Contract: Secondment: 12 months
Hours: Full time: 37.5 hours per week (This post will require a level of day to day flexibility to meet the needs of the ward and may be required to undertake unsociable working hours)
Job ref: 310-CYPF-2874850

Site: Darwin Centre for Young People
Town: Cambridge
Salary: £38,890 - £44,503 per annum pro rata
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 18/01/2021 23:59

PLEASE BE ADVISED THAT THIS POST IS CURRENTLY ONLY OPEN TO EMPLOYEES OF CPFT

The permanent posts are eligible for a £1500 New Hire Bonus. An initial payment of £500 will be paid in the first 1 month and a final payment of £1000 will be paid 1 year after your start date. This will be pro-rata for part-time posts. Internal applicants are not eligible.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a compassionate and driven Clinical Nurse Specialist to join an established team at the Ida Darwin Hospital. The successful applicant should have has extensive experience working in mental health with young people and their families.

The Darwin Centre for Young People is a specialist adolescent inpatient unit for the assessment and treatment of young people from 12 to 17 with serious mental health problems. The service works in partnership with young people, their families and external agencies to help them manage their illness in a way that will allow them to return home and to school at the earliest opportunity.

An understanding of safeguarding issues and how to respond to them is essential along with an understanding of the Mental Health Act, Mental Capacity Act and Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards and how they apply to young people.

This post is central to the delivery of clinical support, education, training, and development of the nursing team. Working in partnership with the Ward Manager, Modern Matron and the Consultant Psychiatrist. The post holder will develop and embed evidence-based clinical nursing practice within the team through the implementation and facilitation of clinically based education, training and skills development for the clinical team.

We are looking for a Clinical Nurse Specialist who is able to demonstrate a commitment to creative engagement with a culturally diverse population of our service group, shows initiative, demonstrates excellent leadership skills, is a team player and is able to communicate ideas clearly to both professionals and those who use our service.

You would be working alongside Psychologist, Family Therapist and Psychiatrist colleagues with excellent opportunities for peer support and learning, as well as being expected to access clinical and professional supervision through the well-defined systems we have in place.

The post will offer varied opportunities for training and development, with CPD needs being identified and monitored through the Trust's appraisal process.

Extensive post qualifying experience working within multidisciplinary inpatient and community settings and evidence of accredited courses in Trauma-Informed Care, DBT, MBT and mental health practice are preferable criteria for this post.

Here at Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust (CPFT) we are dedicated to providing high quality care with compassion. We deliver many of the NHS services that are provided outside of hospital and in the community such as physical, mental health and specialist services.

We are a health and social care organisation, offering a wide range of services, including:

Integrated physical and mental health services for adults and older people;
Specialist mental health and learning disability services;
Children and young people’s mental health services;
Children’s community services in Peterborough;
Social care;
Ground-breaking research

We strongly encourage applications from all sections of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including disabled people and members of our BAME and LGBTQ+ communities. For further information about our positive equality, diversity and Inclusion work, please email edi@cpft.nhs.uk.

CPFT is looking to build upon its pool of temporary workers with Temporary Staffing Services (TSS). You will be asked at interview if you would be willing to register with TSS. This is an excellent opportunity for those looking to take on additional hours that are flexible around their personal circumstances.

If you are successful at interview you will be subject to pre-employment checks, including a DBS (if appropriate) and references to cover 3 years of continuous employment. To ensure a smooth process please bring all identity documents to your interview. A list of required identity documents will be attached to your interview invitation.

All communications will be sent to you via TRAC Systems. By applying for this post you are agreeing to CPFT transferring the information contained in this application to TRAC. If you are made an offer, information will also be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system.

Please be advised we reserve the right to close adverts earlier than the closing date should we receive sufficient applications.

Face-to-Face interviews are currently not permitted due to COVID-19, therefore they will be conducted via Microsoft Teams.

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.