Clinical Nurse Specialist
2 days ago
We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Nurse to join our team as a Clinical Nurse Specialist in Memory Assessment Services. The successful candidate will be responsible for supporting the titration and monitoring of medication, as well as monitoring physical health observations within our Diagnostic Service.
Main Responsibilities- Lead a small caseload of patients as the primary professional.
- Oversee medication titrations and medication monitoring.
- Liaise with GPs regarding medication changes and ensure medications are supplied.
- Participate in the continuous improvement of the service and the implementation of operational and clinical policies.
- Promote opportunities for local service development.
- Adhere to professional conduct, professional standards, and national, trust, and local policies and procedures.
- Demonstrate the sharing of knowledge, skills, and attitudes with others.
- Participate in multi-disciplinary meetings to improve clinical practice.
- Travel across the Blackpool, Fylde, and Wyre areas to undertake home visits, requiring the use of a car, with travel expenses paid.
- Demonstrate an understanding of our trust values.
Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust provides a range of services, including secondary mental health care across this area. We offer specialist provision, including inpatient child and adolescent mental health services, perinatal mental health, and forensic services. We also provide a range of physical health and well-being services in the community, alongside partners in the Lancashire, Cumbria, and Sefton area.
We encourage flexible working, believing that a positive work-life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing. We consider working patterns such as term time, part-time, compressed hours, flexi-time, and career breaks. We encourage applicants to state their requests clearly on their application forms and discuss these options at interview.
Person SpecificationEducation/Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Mental Health Nurse; Degree Level or equivalent knowledge and experience
- On-going registration with the NMC
- Compliance with regulatory bodies and codes of professional conduct
Desirable
- Mentorship qualification
- Sign-Off Mentor qualification
- Knowledge of current key NHS developments and policies and implications for service delivery
Knowledge
Essential
- Experience in dementia and cognitive impairment
- Older adults experience
- Medications used for Dementia Cognitive problems and Dementia diagnoses
- Knowledge of current mental health legislation/policy
Desirable
- Experience in memory assessment service
- Medication titration/knowledge
- Facilitating groups
Experience
Essential
- Managing caseload /working under pressure
- Experience of effectively working with service users and carers
- Experience working as an independent and autonomous practitioner
- Experience of delivering evidence-based interventions in a time-limited framework
- Evidence of assessment across a broad range of mental health problems
- Evidence of continuing professional development
Desirable
- Experience in memory assessment service
- Community experience
Skills & Abilities
Essential
- Able to measure and interpret physical observations
- Awareness and ability to liaise with community partners
- Understanding of Health and Safety policies and procedures
- Knowledge and practice of Mental Health Act 1983
- Knowledge and practice of the Mental Capacity Act 2005
- Demonstrate understanding of how research has influenced practice
- Can provide evidence of recent professional/personal development
- Can demonstrate the ability to manage change
- Good interpersonal skills
- Developed clinical and managerial skills
- Can demonstrate communication skills through practice and experience
- Clear ability to understand new concepts and ideas and excellent clinical practice
- Ability to maintain own performance and participation in group skills
- An understanding and awareness of the NHS Plan, NSF, and other relevant documentation
- Ability to manage time and workload
- Demonstrates an ability to motivate self and others
- Knowledge of common mental health problems and medication used in relation to these
- Knowledge of common physical health conditions
- IT Skills
- Understanding and knowledge of physical and mental health promotion
Desirable
- An ability to undertake practice-based research
- An ability to evaluate practice and ensure findings are used to improve service delivery
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