Job summary
- Main area
- CAMHS
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 7
- Contract
- 12 months (Secondment or fixed term post)
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 346-TSC-023-24-C
- Employer
- Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Acklam Road Hospital
- Town
- Middlesbrough
- Salary
- £43,742 - £50,056 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 15/07/2024 23:59
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Clinical Nurse Specialist
NHS AfC: Band 7
We are the Mental Health & Learning Disability NHS Trust for County Durham and Darlington, Teesside, North Yorkshire, York and Selby.
From education and prevention, to crisis and specialist care —our talented and compassionate teams work in partnership with our patients, communities and partners to help the people of our region feel safe, understood, believed in and cared for.
We nurture the recovery journey of anyone in need of our help. In Our Trust, everyone has a say in how they are supported and treated because we listen to every person in our care until they feel understood. Our patients, their families and carers work together with us towards better mental health.
We’re committed to new thinking that improves the wellbeing of our region. We connect with our communities and partners to get mental health care right, in areas that really need it.
We won’t rest until everyone in our region has the mental health care they need, to lead their best possible life.
Job overview
The Intensive Positive Behaviour Support (IPBS) Team works with children and young people between the ages of 4-18 with a learning disability and or autism where the behaviour that challenges occurs as a result of the young person having limited abilities to communicate distress, and get their needs met in more adaptive ways.
The increase in a child’s distress may place them at risk of hospital admission or a breakdown in their living arrangements either within the family home or a placement. In the event of this an IPBS approach would be considered at this stage.
IPBS creates a benefit to the locality CAMHS teams through enhanced advice and support to existing community teams, whilst also carrying out direct intensive work. The team hold a small caseload, so they are able to support the young person and the system around them e.g. family, education, social care, using an intensive model for assessment and understand the young person’s needs, and deliver focused interventions to improve their overall quality of life. Assessment of a young persons presentation follows a positive behaviour support, multi element approach. Often this consists of direct observations or engagement with the young person, functional assessments of distress behaviours with the young person if appropriate, family and other provisions they may access e.g. school, respite.
Main duties of the job
- PBS supervision to staff to embed the behaviour that challenges pathway.
- Clinical supervision and support to staff to allow them to understand complex presentation and work collaboratively to develop an understanding of a young persons need.
- Working across Learning disability IPBS and Autism IPBS
- Working collaboratively within IPBS, wider CAMHS services and partner agencies
- Direct assessment and understanding of a child/young persons needs.
- Develop working hypothesis’ and understanding of formulation of the distress behaviours.
Working for our organisation
We are the Mental Health & Learning Disability NHS Trust for County Durham and Darlington, Teesside, North Yorkshire, York and Selby.
From education and prevention, to crisis and specialist care —our talented and compassionate teams work in partnership with our patients, communities and partners to help the people of our region feel safe, understood, believed in and cared for.
We nurture the recovery journey of anyone in need of our help. In Our Trust, everyone has a say in how they are supported and treated because we listen to every person in our care until they feel understood. Our patients, their families and carers work together with us towards better mental health.
We’re committed to new thinking that improves the wellbeing of our region. We connect with our communities and partners to get mental health care right, in areas that really need it.
We won’t rest until everyone in our region has the mental health care they need, to lead their best possible life.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for further detailed information to ensure that you meet the role criteria before applying.
As the role covers Durham and Tees Valley there is an expectation that the successful candidate will work across the Durham Tees Valley footprint and therefore must hold a full UK driving licence.
For additional details please contact Kaylee Anderson - [email protected]
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Current Professional Registration with Nursing and Midwifery Council - RMN / RNLD/ RGN (RNSC - CAMHS Only)
- Recognised Practice Assessor/Practice Supervisor or currently in progress of achieving
- Trained in Clinical Supervision and providing Clinical Supervision or in the process of achieving
- Postgraduate diploma in a subject relevant to the area Or be willing to work towards and achieve within 2 years and
- Within the first year of being in post hold a recognised qualification in a governed therapy/advanced clinical qualification e.g Intermediate Systemic Family Therapy/Post Grad diploma in CBT/British Isles Dialectical Behaviour Therapy /NMP (Independent Prescriber)
- And have Equivalent clinical experience to that of a Post Grad Diploma/master’s level such as working as a band 6 (or above) in relevant clinical area with significant experience (see below under experience), together with evidence of relevant CPD
Desirable criteria
- Level 7 qualification in PBS
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Demonstrate clinical history taking and assessment skills in order to provide nurse led diagnosis and treatment planning
- Demonstrate leadership qualities and motivational skills
Desirable criteria
- Specialist knowledge of working within a multi-disciplinary/multi-agency community team setting.
Experience
Essential criteria
- Inter-agency and partnership working.
- Significant experience working with patients with complex needs in the specialist field
- Significant experience working with patients who display risk behaviours
- Clinical risk assessment and management and its application in practice
- Working collaboratively with service users their families and carers
- Working in a multi-disciplinary team
- Quality improvement activities
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working within a range of services, including inpatient and community settings.
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
- Sarah Watson
- Job title
- Team Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01642 529625
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