Senior Clinical Nurse

Job overview

The Croft Child & Family Unit in Cambridge is a nationally commissioned Tier 4 hospital for children under the age of 13 who require inpatient treatment for mental health difficulties. Uniquely The Croft is proud to support families remaining together and can have parents stay alongside their children to work towards their goals.

We have an exciting opportunity for a confident, compassionate & motivated Senior Clinical Nurse to complement our multidisciplinary team.

The Senior Clinical Nurse is a leadership role, empowering a team of junior staff on shift and bringing clinical expertise to the day-to-day provision of care to the young people and their families aswell as supporting the Clinical Nurse Specialist with some of the senior clinical tasks.

We will provide quality supervision, space for reflection, and opportunities for professional development.

With Cambridge Children's hospital as part of our future, where a unique vision of integrated mental health and physical healthcare sit alongside research, you will be working as part of a wider system of professionals bringing this project to the children and families of East Anglia.

This is a 24/7 shift work role, and physical intervention training is a requirement. Do not hesitate to contact us if you would like to hear more about The Croft or the role.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be responsible for overseeing the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of nursing care within agreed parameters, and have a working knowledge of local, national policies and legislation which govern current service provision.

They will ensure that effective communication pathways exist, and that they act within their sphere of responsibility, providing clinical leadership alongside the Ward Manager, Deputy Ward Manager and Clinical Nurse Specialist.

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.

Please be advised we reserve the right to close adverts earlier than the closing date should we receive sufficient applications.

Regrettably, we cannot offer sponsorship for all our job roles. If you apply for a role that we cannot offer sponsorship for, unfortunately, your application form will be rejected from the process.

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

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

1. To be responsible for supervising the role of the named nurses in relation to care planning within the clinical area.
2. To work alongside the Clinical Nurse Specialist on complex cases
3. To work alongside the Clinical Nurse Specialist on service improvement
4. To be responsible for the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of the evidence based care required, including health promotion for a named service user/group ensuring it meets Trust timescales.
5. To participate in the setting of quality standards, including the monitoring and reviewing in line with current clinical guidance practice and policy. Utilising the data available such as learning from incidences and complaints.
6. To ensure the post holder understands and meets their professional role and responsibilities under the Care Programme Approach.
7. To ensure that the requirements of the Mental Health Act 2007 are observed, adhered to and implemented.
8. To be responsible for the promotion of carer and service user involvement within the service and for its provision. To encourage recovery, discovery and independence, taking into account risk assessment and management.
9. To be responsible for establishing therapeutic relationships with service users, and the implementation of evidence based therapeutic interventions with appropriate boundaries in accordance with Nursing and Midwifery Councils professional code of conduct.
10. To ensure the provision of social/therapeutic activities for service users.

Person specification

Education / Qualifications

• Registered Nurse Mental Health (RNMH) or other specialism relating to post such as Registered Nurse Learning Disability (RNLD) or Registered Nurse Children’s (RNC)
• NMC registration
• Mentor qualification / ENB 998 or equivalent

• Additional qualification for specialism

Experience

• Experience of supervising staff
• Experience of dealing with service users with complex mental health needs

• Experience relating to ward specialism
• Experience with Service improvement

Knowledge & Skills

• Ability to work as part of a team, as a role model, empowering and motivating other team members
• To support staff education and trained needs
• Ability to advocate for the service users and colleagues that your supporting
• Awareness of safeguarding issues and responsibilities under relevant legislation

Physical Requirements

• The ability to undertake physical intervention training

Other

• Interest in enhancing service user engagement
• Demonstrates an interest in working with this age group

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

We are a health and social care organisation, offering a wide range of services, including:

• Integrated physical and mental health services for adults and older people;
• Specialist mental health and learning disability services;
• Children and young people’s mental health services;
• Children’s community services in Peterborough;
• Social care;
• Ground-breaking research

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.