Job summary
- Main area
- Nursing
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 284-24-6302788-MHSCC-6
- Employer
- Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Printing House
- Town
- Birmingham
- Salary
- £46,148 - £52,809 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 27/03/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Clinical Nurse Specialist
NHS AfC: Band 7
Flexible working arrangements may be considered and discussions with the recruiting manager regarding this are encouraged.
Job overview
Playing a key role within Forward Thinking Birmingham, we require Mental Health Nurses and Social Workers to work within our Referral Management Centre. You will ensure that high quality, clinically necessary care is being provided in the most appropriate and cost-effective therapeutic setting as part of Forward Thinking Birmingham’s mental healthcare model (FTB).
Main duties of the job
We are seeking a highly skilled Band 7 Clinical Nurse Specialist to take on a pivotal role within our triage team. This dynamic position involves providing expert clinical oversight to junior staff, conducting audits to validate and improve service standards, and optimizing patient flow through the service. As a leader, you will facilitate both managerial and clinical supervision sessions, contribute to the development of staff by designing and delivering training that meets service needs, and offer specialist guidance to the clinical team. Additionally, the role involves collaborating with services within FTB to address challenges, and ensuring the service aligns with the latest clinical guidelines. If you are a dedicated professional with substantial experience in mental health nursing, exceptional leadership skills, and a commitment to continuous improvement, we invite you to apply for this challenging and rewarding position, where you can make a significant impact on patient care and staff development.
Working for our organisation
Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust is the first of its type in the UK. Our Trust was formed in February 2017 to drive forward our commitment to provide the highest quality, world-class physical and mental health care for our women, children and families. Uniting our hospitals means more seamless care; more investment to make greater advances in our specialist treatment and world-leading neo-natal and fetal work. Importantly, it also gives us a greater voice in shaping the future of family-centred care.
Birmingham Children's Hospital is a UK leading specialist paediatric centre with an international reputation in several areas.
Birmingham Women's Hospital is one of two dedicated women's hospitals in the UK, with the busiest single site maternity unit, delivering more than 8,200 babies a year offering a full range of gynaecological, maternity and neonatal care.
Forward Thinking Birmingham (FTB) Mental Health Services are a unique, innovative community and inpatient mental health partnership. Alongside partners FTB offers care pathways of mental health assessment and treatment for young people aged 0-25 years old.
Our Trust is committed to creating the best place to work. We believe in promoting and enhancing inclusion, diversity and equality and encourage applications from all areas of the community, who meet the criteria for the role, regardless of age, gender identity, disability, race, religion or sexual orientation.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification to view the full details for this opportunity at Birmingham Women’s and Children’s NHS Foundation Trust.
When completing your application, please ensure you have evidenced how you meet the job description and person specification to include transferable experience, qualifications, skills along with professional registration details (if applicable).
Occasionally we receive a large number of applications for our roles and when that happens we sometimes bring the closing date forward, so please apply promptly to avoid disappointment.
Person specification
Education & Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Current professional qualification (RMN, RNLD, Social Worker).
- Willingness to undertake further training as required.
Desirable criteria
- Post registration training in a treatment modality to diploma/degree standard as a minimum such as CBT.
- Management/Leadership Training
- Degree in relevant subject
- Training in Research
Previous Experience
Essential criteria
- Extensive experience in Community Mental Health work with adolescents or young adults.
- Experience of working with families with mental health difficulties.
- Experience of inpatient Mental Health work with adults or adolescents.
- Experience of leading or managing other staff within this area of work.
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary team. Experience of research.
- Experience of working in a home treatment team, day hospital or outreach service.
- Experience of leading and managing a team.
Skills & Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Knowledge of relevant legislation.
- Advanced knowledge of treatment techniques and interventions in FTB
- Flexible, enthusiastic, innovative and self-confident.
- Able to work as part of a team and to lead others.
- Skilled in working with other agencies including the voluntary sector.
- Knowledge of Child Protection Procedures, adult safeguarding, and vulnerable young adults.
- Previous experience of supervising junior staff.
Desirable criteria
- Able to work with minimal supervision.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Avella Reid
- Job title
- Lead Nurse
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0300 300 00 99
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