Senior Clinical Nurse Specialist
- Employer
- Devon Partnership NHS Trust
- Location
- Exeter
- Salary
- £41,659 to £47,672 a year
- Closing date
- 13 Feb 2023
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To provide leadership and mentorship to the West of England Specialist Gender Identity Clinic nurse specialist team.
To provide a defined level of specialist assessment and access to interventions for transgender patients.
To be a Transgender Healthcare Professional and work as part of the service to support patients in line with the NHS England national service specification.
Main duties of the job
The role requires the post holder to be a named professional for patients and undertake both assessment and follow-up responsibilities for an identified case load of transgender and non-binary patients.
The role involves monitoring cross sex hormone treatment for trans male, trans female and non-binary patients.
The post holder will be part of the team providing a service to patients and, on occasions their families, including direct and indirect clinical work that supports the Medical Lead and Service Manager in developing the service.
To demonstrate active clinical and managerial leadership skills within the team, providing education and supervision, where required, to junior team members and other professionals.
Experienced registered nurse (Mental Health/Learning Disabilities or General), with current registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC).
The role requires a clinician with specialist skills to assess patients needs analyse and formulate treatment plans within a multi-disciplinary framework.
The post holder works autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the services policies and procedures.
About us
About Devon Partnership Trust
We provide mental health, learning disability and neurodiversity services, as well as a range of specialist & secure services for the wider south west region & nationally. We are passionate about promoting good mental health & wellbeing. We strive to use the expertise & resources within our organisation, and through our partnerships, to deliver high quality services that are safe & focused on people's recovery.
Our values
We not only recruit employees based on their qualifications & experience - we recruit individuals who possess and demonstrate the behaviours which underpin the core values of our organisation. These values include such attributes as showing a commitment to quality of care, improving lives of others, giving respect, dignity & compassion. We can bring those values to life in our everyday tasks by giving a smile; making time for people; challenging ourselves & others, & being open to new ideas.
We are committed to being an inclusive employer & applications are encouraged & welcomed from all sections of the community, regardless of any protected characteristics as governed by the Equality Act 2010. Part time & flexible working applications will be considered & supported, where possible. We particularly encourage applicants with lived experience of mental health & learning disabilities. We are a Disability Confident Leader Employer.
Job description Job responsibilities
Communication and Working Relationship Skills
The post holder will communicate in a skilled and sensitive manner information concerning the assessment, formulation, and treatment plans of patients under their care.
They will communicate effectively, orally and in writing, this highly technical, highly complex, confidential, and clinically sensitive information to professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS.
They will communicate the same type of information to patients, and their carers both paid and unpaid, in often highly emotional and stressful interactions, which may include hostility, antagonism or other distress.
They will communicate effectively with MDT colleagues, and act as a positive contributor to the collaborative work of the team.
Analytical and Judgemental Skills
Ability to assess trans individuals with complex and specialist mental and physical health needs.
To independently prescribe following verification of eligibility by a Lead Clinician
Demonstrate an ability to carry out a comprehensive assessment of health, wellbeing, and social needs.
Collaboration and liaison skills.
Undertake accurate record keeping.
Planning and Organisational Skills
Ability to work on own initiative; carry our new/comprehensive assessments.
Plan specialised nursing provision for the service and organise and chair meetings with other professionals.
Organise own time and that of other staff; undertake discharge caseload planning and referrals to other services as required.
Plans specialised nursing service provision and/or specialised health and education programmes; coordinates multi-disciplinary groups in specialist areas.
Ability to manage own time by prioritising workload.
Responsibility for Patient/Client Care, Treatment and Therapy
The post holder will provide advice concerning the assessment, care, and treatment of patients with gender incongruence. Develop specialised programmes of care.
Undertaking the role of the Senior Clinical Nurse Specialist and hold a caseloadtodevelop individualisedcare pathways, with patient involvement,whilst providing advice and guidanceinrelationto transgender healthcare.
Liaisingwith and referringto other professionals,as appropriatewithin and outside of the clinicto ensure effective care and treatment for patients attending the clinic.
Provide highly specialist advice to patients/clients, carers, relatives and other professionals
To assess, design, implement and evaluate safe creative and effective treatments plans in collaboration with the patients diverse needs, family, and other professionals.
Responsibility for Policy and Service Development Implementation
Follows and implements policies in own work area and proposes changes to working practices that impact beyond own area
Participates in the developments of evidence based effective practices and policies in the service including NICE guidance.
The duties and responsibilities of the post will be undertaken in accordance with the policies, procedures, and practices of Devon Partnership NHS Trust. It is the post holders responsibility to keep up to date with these policies and other policy documents.
Responsibility for Finance, Equipment and Other Resources
The post holder will exercise their personal duty of care in relation to the equipment and resources of the service.
Responsibility for Human Resources, e.g. Supervision, Training, HR Advice and Management
Demonstrate duties to new starters as appropriate.
Provide mentorship, preceptorship, professional and clinical supervision, and support and training for two band 6 nurse specialists as well as students/newly registered staff.
Responsibility for Information Resources and Administrative Duties
The post holder will maintain and promote the highest standards of clinical and managerial record keeping, including electronic data entry and recording, report writing and the responsible exercise of professional self-governance in accordance with professional codes of practice of the Nursing and Midwifery Council policies and procedures.
Records personally generated information.
Responsibility for Research and Development
Regularly undertakes research and development activity and clinical trials.
Undertake surveys/audits as necessary to own work.
Freedom to Act
The post holder will exercise autonomous professional responsibility for the psychological assessment, treatment, and discharge of patients from the service. They will be accountable for their own actions and their interpretation of local and national policies.
Accountable for own professional actions, lead specialist for defined area
The post holder will work within the NMC code and professional guidelines in accordance with Trust policy and procedures, managing their own defined caseload and accountable for their own practice.
Any Other Specific Tasks Required
There is an opportunity to study towards the Post Graduate Diploma in Gender Healthcare.
Person Specification Additional Criteria Essential
Any attachments will be accessible after you click to apply.
369-C9369-23-7869
To provide a defined level of specialist assessment and access to interventions for transgender patients.
To be a Transgender Healthcare Professional and work as part of the service to support patients in line with the NHS England national service specification.
Main duties of the job
The role requires the post holder to be a named professional for patients and undertake both assessment and follow-up responsibilities for an identified case load of transgender and non-binary patients.
The role involves monitoring cross sex hormone treatment for trans male, trans female and non-binary patients.
The post holder will be part of the team providing a service to patients and, on occasions their families, including direct and indirect clinical work that supports the Medical Lead and Service Manager in developing the service.
To demonstrate active clinical and managerial leadership skills within the team, providing education and supervision, where required, to junior team members and other professionals.
Experienced registered nurse (Mental Health/Learning Disabilities or General), with current registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC).
The role requires a clinician with specialist skills to assess patients needs analyse and formulate treatment plans within a multi-disciplinary framework.
The post holder works autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the services policies and procedures.
About us
About Devon Partnership Trust
We provide mental health, learning disability and neurodiversity services, as well as a range of specialist & secure services for the wider south west region & nationally. We are passionate about promoting good mental health & wellbeing. We strive to use the expertise & resources within our organisation, and through our partnerships, to deliver high quality services that are safe & focused on people's recovery.
Our values
We not only recruit employees based on their qualifications & experience - we recruit individuals who possess and demonstrate the behaviours which underpin the core values of our organisation. These values include such attributes as showing a commitment to quality of care, improving lives of others, giving respect, dignity & compassion. We can bring those values to life in our everyday tasks by giving a smile; making time for people; challenging ourselves & others, & being open to new ideas.
We are committed to being an inclusive employer & applications are encouraged & welcomed from all sections of the community, regardless of any protected characteristics as governed by the Equality Act 2010. Part time & flexible working applications will be considered & supported, where possible. We particularly encourage applicants with lived experience of mental health & learning disabilities. We are a Disability Confident Leader Employer.
Job description Job responsibilities
Communication and Working Relationship Skills
The post holder will communicate in a skilled and sensitive manner information concerning the assessment, formulation, and treatment plans of patients under their care.
They will communicate effectively, orally and in writing, this highly technical, highly complex, confidential, and clinically sensitive information to professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS.
They will communicate the same type of information to patients, and their carers both paid and unpaid, in often highly emotional and stressful interactions, which may include hostility, antagonism or other distress.
They will communicate effectively with MDT colleagues, and act as a positive contributor to the collaborative work of the team.
Analytical and Judgemental Skills
Ability to assess trans individuals with complex and specialist mental and physical health needs.
To independently prescribe following verification of eligibility by a Lead Clinician
Demonstrate an ability to carry out a comprehensive assessment of health, wellbeing, and social needs.
Collaboration and liaison skills.
Undertake accurate record keeping.
Planning and Organisational Skills
Ability to work on own initiative; carry our new/comprehensive assessments.
Plan specialised nursing provision for the service and organise and chair meetings with other professionals.
Organise own time and that of other staff; undertake discharge caseload planning and referrals to other services as required.
Plans specialised nursing service provision and/or specialised health and education programmes; coordinates multi-disciplinary groups in specialist areas.
Ability to manage own time by prioritising workload.
Responsibility for Patient/Client Care, Treatment and Therapy
The post holder will provide advice concerning the assessment, care, and treatment of patients with gender incongruence. Develop specialised programmes of care.
Undertaking the role of the Senior Clinical Nurse Specialist and hold a caseloadtodevelop individualisedcare pathways, with patient involvement,whilst providing advice and guidanceinrelationto transgender healthcare.
Liaisingwith and referringto other professionals,as appropriatewithin and outside of the clinicto ensure effective care and treatment for patients attending the clinic.
Provide highly specialist advice to patients/clients, carers, relatives and other professionals
To assess, design, implement and evaluate safe creative and effective treatments plans in collaboration with the patients diverse needs, family, and other professionals.
Responsibility for Policy and Service Development Implementation
Follows and implements policies in own work area and proposes changes to working practices that impact beyond own area
Participates in the developments of evidence based effective practices and policies in the service including NICE guidance.
The duties and responsibilities of the post will be undertaken in accordance with the policies, procedures, and practices of Devon Partnership NHS Trust. It is the post holders responsibility to keep up to date with these policies and other policy documents.
Responsibility for Finance, Equipment and Other Resources
The post holder will exercise their personal duty of care in relation to the equipment and resources of the service.
Responsibility for Human Resources, e.g. Supervision, Training, HR Advice and Management
Demonstrate duties to new starters as appropriate.
Provide mentorship, preceptorship, professional and clinical supervision, and support and training for two band 6 nurse specialists as well as students/newly registered staff.
Responsibility for Information Resources and Administrative Duties
The post holder will maintain and promote the highest standards of clinical and managerial record keeping, including electronic data entry and recording, report writing and the responsible exercise of professional self-governance in accordance with professional codes of practice of the Nursing and Midwifery Council policies and procedures.
Records personally generated information.
Responsibility for Research and Development
Regularly undertakes research and development activity and clinical trials.
Undertake surveys/audits as necessary to own work.
Freedom to Act
The post holder will exercise autonomous professional responsibility for the psychological assessment, treatment, and discharge of patients from the service. They will be accountable for their own actions and their interpretation of local and national policies.
Accountable for own professional actions, lead specialist for defined area
The post holder will work within the NMC code and professional guidelines in accordance with Trust policy and procedures, managing their own defined caseload and accountable for their own practice.
Any Other Specific Tasks Required
There is an opportunity to study towards the Post Graduate Diploma in Gender Healthcare.
Person Specification Additional Criteria Essential
- Please see the attached job description for other essential criteria.
- Please see the attached job description for other desirable criteria.
- Experience of individual patient case management responsibility
- Substantial experience of MDT working
- Demonstrates satisfactory clinical expertise for the banding
- Experience of clinical working with transgender and non-binary patients
- Professional qualification (General/Mental Health/Learning Disability) to degree level or equivalent
- Relevant Masters degree or working towards
- Non-Medical Prescriber or working towards
- Maintains current registration with NMC
- Willingness to undertake new clinical practices, education and training that will enhance service delivery
- Demonstrate continued professional development to maintain professional registration
- Training in transgender healthcare
- Training in gender diversity
Any attachments will be accessible after you click to apply.
369-C9369-23-7869
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