NHS Specialist Nurse

4 weeks ago

London, United Kingdom Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust Full time

Band 6 Clinical Nurse Specialist


Islington Assertive Outreach Team


In partnership with LB of Islington - The Islington Assertive Outreach Team provides care for service users living with severe mental illness with co-morbid drugs and alcohol complications and who are very difficult to engage thus leading to frequent readmissions to hospital.


Assertive Outreach model works flexibly and creatively using team approach to engage service users in ways and places that are acceptable to them. We are looking for motivated, energetic, ambitious registered nurses who are who are ready to take on this new challenge to work in a creative way to engage mental health service users in an assertive outreach team model. You will work with a small team of highly skilled multi-disciplinary team professionals in a specialised mental health team to support care delivery to a small team caseload of 80-90 and you will hold a maximum of 16 cases.


You will be someone with the right values and behaviours who can help us deliver our Trust priorities:


Early and effective intervention -
Helping people to live well -
As a Clinical Specialist Nurse you will provide clinical nursing leadership, in particular working alongside a multi-disciplined team of therapy staff, psychiatry and psychology and supported by a clinical manager. You will keywork a small caseload and ensure holistic assessment and care delivery through a variety of activities directly. This will include clinical and social care delivery, working in collaboration with Local Authority colleagues. You will produce social circumstances reports for Tribunal and managers hearings for patients on section of mental health act and you will take active role in safeguarding processes.
The partnership betweenBarnet, Enfield and Haringey Mental Health NHS Trust (BEH)andCamden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust (C& I)is going from strength to strength since it was originally established in 2021 forming theNorth London Mental Health Partnership. Deliver the best care using the most up-to-date practise in supporting those with mental health illnesses. Transforming and creating a positive environment for our service users, staff and visitors. We offer flexible working, a wide range of health and wellbeing initiatives, NHS Pension and so much more. As clinical nurse specialist in Assertive Outreach Team and South Islington Recovery and Rehabilitation Team, you will perform duties and hold the following responsibilities :


Work as part of Multidisciplinary Team in the delivery of holistic care for service users
Collaboratively complete Dialogue + assessment and care planning with service users
Complete thorough risk assessment and formulation for service users on your caseload
Raise safeguarding concerns and act as enquiry officer for your cases and any delegated cases
Maintain sufficient contacts with service users face to face, telephone and other media, completing diary appointments and outcoming them promptly
Undertake care act assessmentsfor all your caseload on Local Authority System (LAS) with support of Local Authority Social workers
Undertake safeguarding enquiries and act as a SAM when trained.
Manage medications for the whole team alongside other nurses and administer depot injections safely, at the centre and in service users homes while monitoring their compliance, efficacy and side effects. Work within MHA (1983) and MCA (2005) legal frameworks
Support student nurses and other students by as supervisor and assessor
Supervise junior staff
You will be an agile worker able to prioritise and reprioritise to manage demand and flow
To be pro active and take initiative to improve service delivery, using quality improvement methodology
Use evidence based practice to deliver care (e.g. NICE guidelines, Royal college of psychiatry)

Registered Health Professional - Nursing (all registrations)
Evidence of further post-registration relevant training /ongoing academic study relevant to area of practice

Evidence of Level 2 Safeguarding Adults and Children


Extensive experience of working in a community MH Service
Demonstrate a clear understanding of the Mental Capacity Act legislation, its application and use in practice with people with dementia
Demonstrate an understanding of risk together with an ability to evaluate and contain risk with reference to the individual, staff and carers
Evidence of participation in service development/Quality Improvement project

Experience working at Band 6 or above -Experience working in an in-patient or community mental health team
-Excellent communication skills ,Risk assessment Skills, Writing Social Circumstances Reports, Good understanding of MHAct, MCAct and Care Act ,Good understanding and ability to deliver care for physical health conditions in people with SMI -Compationate and person centred approach to care
-Evidence of recent CPD activities -Demonstrate reflectivity as practitioner -Up-to-date mandatory training record

Post- qualification studies -SAM -AMHP, -Experience using Rio and LAS systems -Experience applying for packages of care and attending funding panels, Assessing Nursing or other students ,Quality Improvement skills/knowledge


Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust

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