Clinical Nurse Specialist

Main area: Clinical Nurse Specialist Grade Band 7

Contract: Permanent

Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week (9am-5pm)

Job ref: 310-MASMH-6818536

Site: S3 Outpatients, Addenbrookes Hospital

Town: Cambridge

Salary: £46,148 - £52,809 per annum pro rata

Salary period: Yearly

Closing: 05/01/2025 23:59

Job overview

We have an exciting opportunity for a confident & compassionate Clinical Nurse Specialist.

The Adult Eating Disorder Team are looking for a motivated Clinical Nurse Specialist with the right skills to complement our multidisciplinary team based in Cambridge.

You will work within our FREED team helping young people to receive quick and early interventions of care. As a new service, there will be lots of opportunities for contributing to the new model of care for eating disorders in the region, along with care co-ordination and delivery of treatment to our mainstream patients.

We will provide supervision, reflective practice, training, and opportunities for professional development. We are passionate about improving standards and service user/carer experiences.

We would love to meet you if you have experience working with young people with eating disorders. If you’re an experienced nurse who hasn’t worked in eating disorders before, you will have many transferable skills to bring to the role, and our experienced team members can support you to grow and develop.

Main duties of the job

The Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) is a clinical leader who ensures that the highest standards of evidenced-based nursing care are provided. The post holder will provide inspirational specialist nursing leadership within the team, including specialist assessments, psychological therapies, and nursing interventions to service users, families, and carers.

This post is central to the delivery of clinically based therapy, support, education, and training working as part of a multi-disciplinary team. There will be opportunities to work within our new Community Intensive Support Team, an exciting new pathway to reduce inpatient admissions and length of admissions by supporting service users, families, and carers in the community towards their stabilization/recovery while remaining in their home environment.

Our FREED pathway (First episode Rapid Early intervention for Eating Disorders) is also looking for FREED Champions to provide leadership, assessment, triage, and intervention skills towards this pathway.

CNS’s can also be trained in medical monitoring and phlebotomy skills to contribute to the physical and mental health of our patients to the highest level.

The post holder will develop and embed evidence-based clinical nursing practice within the team.

The CNS is a clinical specialist in adult mental health and is knowledgeable and skilled in working with groups and teams.

Working for our organisation

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust is a health and social care organisation dedicated to providing high-quality care with compassion to improve the health and wellbeing of the people we care for, as well as supporting and empowering them to lead a fulfilling life.

Our clinical teams deliver many NHS services, not only via inpatient and primary care settings, but also within the community. These services include children's, adult and older people's mental health, forensic and specialist mental health, learning disabilities, primary care and liaison psychiatry, substance misuse, social care, research and development.

To achieve our goal, we look to recruit high-calibre candidates who share our vision and values. As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applications from all sectors of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including people with long-term conditions and members of our ethnic minority and LGBTQ+ communities.

For further information on CPFT, please visit our website at www.cpft.nhs.uk

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details of responsibilities

1. To ensure that a therapeutic milieu is maintained by supporting the nursing team and the therapeutic structure.
2. To take a lead role in ensuring that a high standard of multi-disciplinary care planning is in place and to be accountable for the nursing contribution to the process. To ensure that the nursing team provide accurate and high-quality patient records.
3. To maintain personal and professional development by providing direct clinical work to individuals and their families with appropriate evidence-based intervention e.g. CBT, DBT, Motivational interviewing, solution-focused therapy, providing groups and activities in line with the recovery model.
4. To participate in research and audit in the clinical field.
5. To encourage and develop user and carer involvement.
6. To support the Directorate with the investigation process and learning lessons from serious incidents and complaints.
7. To take a lead on clinical matters and policy development relating to nursing practice.
8. To have good awareness of the Pathway and protocols and Trust policies and protocols within nursing and Nursing Strategy.
9. To develop and participate in the delivery of a clinical supervision structure for team members.
10. To take a lead on audits within the team and support the development of non-medical prescribing.
11. The post holder will work collaboratively with all disciplines as part of a multi-disciplinary team to assure a high standard of care for patients/clients and their relatives/carers.

Person specification

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse Mental Health or Registered Nurse
• Qualification in evidence-based psychological therapy relevant to eating disorders

Experience

• Experience of working with adults and/or children
• Post qualifying experience of working with eating disorders

Knowledge & Skills

• Advanced specialist knowledge of Nursing assessment, intervention and practice models relevant to the client group
• Excellent ability to develop good therapeutic relationships

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 the hospital and in the community such as physical, mental health, and specialist services.

We strongly encourage applications from all sections of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including disabled people and members of our ethnic minorities and LGBTQ+ communities. For further information about our positive equality, diversity, and Inclusion work, please visit https://www.cpft.nhs.uk/equalityanddiversity.

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 your personal circumstances.

Please be advised that in line with the WHO Health Workforce Support and Safeguards List, 2020, Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust currently are unable to accept applications from overseas candidates whose country of residence is classed as a ‘Red List’ country.

Applicants who require entry into the UK will be required to provide a valid police certificate from the relevant authority from each country (except the UK) where the applicant has been present for 12 months or more, 10 years before the date of visa application, while aged 18 or over.

If you are successful at interview, you will be subject to pre-employment checks, including a DBS (if appropriate), references, and Occupational Health. 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.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.