Job Description

Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust provides child and adult mental health services, learning disability, wellbeing, older people's and eating disorder services across Norfolk and Suffolk.



We are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion and want to reflect the diversity of our local communities within our teams. We welcome applications from all talented individuals with the relevant qualifications, skills, knowledge and experience


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Job overview

We are seeking an experienced and highly motivated

Clinical Specialist Practitioner

to join our West Norfolk Adult Community Mental Health Team. This is an exciting opportunity to work in a dynamic, multidisciplinary service delivering high-quality, recovery-focused care to adults with complex mental health needs in the community.



The post holder will provide

specialist clinical leadership

, manage a complex caseload, and contribute to service development, supervision, and quality improvement within the team.


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Main duties of the job

Deliver

advanced mental health assessments

, formulation, and evidence-based interventions for adults with complex and enduring mental health difficulties



Hold and manage a

complex caseload

, acting as Care Coordinator under the Care Programme Approach (CPA) where appropriate



Undertake comprehensive

risk assessments and risk management

, including safeguarding and crisis planning



Provide

specialist clinical advice, consultation, and leadership

within the multidisciplinary team



Support service delivery in line with NSFT policies, NICE guidance, and national standards



Contribute to

service development, quality improvement, and audit activity

Provide

clinical supervision, mentoring, and support

to junior staff and students



Work collaboratively with primary care, social care, voluntary sector, and other partner agencies


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Working for our organisation

Here at NSFT we pride ourselves on being a welcoming, talented, friendly and supportive team who like nothing better than sharing their experiences and learning from each other.

Benefits

Benefits included with this role are:-


NHS pension a comprehensive in house & external training programmes career progression starting annual leave of 27 days per annum increasing to 33 days pa based on length of service (plus paid bank holidays) staff physio service NHS discounts and many more Relocation packages.

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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

If you are interested in developing your leadership skills whilst in a clinical role and would you like to work in well supported, dynamic, enthusiastic recovery focused community team - we would love to hear from you!

Candidates will require extensive post qualification experience, particularly in community mental health and risk management. Individual competence and suitability will be explored within interview. It is vital that the successful candidate demonstrates values and behaviours reflective of those of our Trust and this is a focus of the interview process. Please see the Trust generic job description and the main duties summary.




Interview dates are yet to be set; you will be contacted via email and invited to book a time. These emails may go to your SPAM, so please keep checking all your emails if applying.

Please visit our Facebook and Twitter page @NSFTjobs

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Person specification

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Qualifications

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Essential criteria

Mental health nurse, occupational therapist, social worker or equivalent. Degree Level Qualification or studied at equivalent level #####

Desirable criteria

Further education in developing clinical skills Further education in specialty area ####

Experience

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Essential criteria

Extensive experience of practice within clinical area with proven track record in delivering high quality care Extensive experience in supervision and mentorship of others #####

Desirable criteria

Experience of implementing evidence based practice and/or service improvement initiative ####

Knowledge

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Essential criteria

Able to demonstrate sound clinical expertise and knowledge of mental health disorders and their treatments

Please be aware that, due to the high number of applications for certain roles, this vacancy may close earlier than the advertised closing date. We encourage you to submit your application as soon as possible.

YOUR APPLICATION



We can provide all our job application materials in alternative formats so that these are accessible to everyone. Should you require any documents within this job pack in an alternative format, please do not hesitate to contact us at recruitment@nsft.nhs.uk.



PLEASE NOTE: If you use a hotmail, msn or yahoo e-mail account, you will need to check your "junk" mail regularly as these email providers will divert any communication from this Trust/NHS JOBS straight into your " junk" inbox.


EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES Apart from its legal duties in relation to equality and diversity, the Trust recognises and actively promotes the benefits of a diverse workforce and is committed to treating all employees with dignity and respect regardless of race, gender, disability, age, sexual orientation, religion or belief.


As a part of the Disability Confident Employer Guaranteed Interview Scheme we interview all disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the job vacancy (outlined in the Person Specification).. We encourage you to indicate your eligibility through TRAC jobs when applying.


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Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post may be subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.




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Employer certification / accreditation badges

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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.