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

Job overview

The Nurse Consultant for Safer Care will provide expert clinical advice and leadership, education and professional development and will support research and quality improvement.


The role will be key in leading the development and implementation of safer care strategies and contribute to the development of a quality improvement approach to improve safety and experience for service users and staff Trust wide.


The role will support the Safer Care Teams and clinical Localities as a clinical expert providing guidance and advice to reduce patient safety incidents and harm to our staff. The post will be required to be clinically based 25-50% of the time.



The post holder will promote the teaching of evidence-based care of patients presenting with complex behaviour and ensure that consistent standards are maintained across the across the Trust.


The post holder will manage the Reducing Restrictive Practice Lead and the Preventing and Managing violence team.

Main duties of the job

1. Provide expert clinical advice for staff and patients who are at increased risk of experiencing harm due to patient safety concerns.



2. To develop and maintain positive multi-agency and inter-professional relationships and networks both, trust and national networks which influence and develop current systems of care delivery.



3. Provide expert nurse leadership, advice and clinical consultancy to nurses and multi-professional teams in relation to management of patients who present with patient safety concerns or complexities, to include attendance at meetings and support in development of co-produced care planning.



4. Advise and liaise with the Deputy Director and Director of Safer Care, with regard to any specialist nursing issues and training requirements across the Trust to support safer care.



5. Enhance the quality of the service user experience by ensuring a high level of training and advice to develop nursing staff and multi-professional staffs knowledge and skills.


6. Provide expert nursing advice to the safer care meetings.


7. Develop and implement strategies and other patient safety initiatives to include evidence-based frameworks and interventions to reduce patient harm.



8. To provide day to day management and expert guidance and support to the Reducing Restrictive Practice Lead and the PMA team.


9. To ensure PMA training meets national and best practice guidance and standards.


10. Support the governance processes for Safer Care, providing clinical expertise to patient safety and safeguarding reviews.


11. Work with the police and other agencies to strengthen the Trust approach to reducing violence and aggression.


12. Review and develop a standardised Trust wide approach to responding to emergency responses to patient safety incidents.


13. Initiate and lead changes in practice to support the delivery of high standards of care.


14. To actively support teams and areas across the Trust where patient safety incidents have occurred and to help provide and organise debriefing.

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 experiences and learning from each other. In addition to ongoing training and development opportunities, we are committed to providing an environment in which you can thrive.

Why work for us?

We have challenges as a Trust, but we have ambitious aspirations, are pushing ahead with exciting transformation work and we need dedicated individuals to support us on our journey. We have strong, established professional networks coupled with an exceptional leadership team who will ensure you are truly cared for and cared about.

Why Norfolk and Suffolk?

The people here are warm and welcoming, you'll never be far from the beautiful coastline or Broads National Park. We're an hour and a half away from London and have an international airport in Norwich too. Our villages, towns and cities are packed full of history, independent cafes, shops and theatres. We have excellent shopping, eating out, top ranking schooling and affordable house prices too.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please read the job description / person specification carefully and ensure your application reflects the knowledge, skills and experience needed

Person specification

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Qualifications

Essential criteria

Registered Nurse - RMN/RNLD Evidence of continued Professional Development Clinical & Managerial leadership

Desirable criteria

Quality Improvement training or equivalent experience Membership of Special Interest Groups #

Experience

Essential criteria

Extensive professional post registration experience in mental health/learning disability inpatient settings Demonstrable experience in service change management Experience of teaching in a clinical and non-clinical setting

Desirable criteria

Experience of coproduction with service users to develop and deliver training #

Skills

Essential criteria

Able to deal with difficult situations Understands the broad National and Trust vision to support strategic developments

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.



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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.

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.

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.