Clinical Nurse Specialist

Provide the nursing perspective to the clinical work of the team and to the delivery of all aspects of the service, advising on the appropriateness of referrals for a nursing oriented approach, and maintaining a small clinical caseload of highly complex and demanding cases. To provide a highly specialist, holistic assessment of referrals in order to formulate and implement plans for the treatment and management of care based on an appropriate conceptual framework employing research based evidence. To use highly specialist knowledge and experience to identify, analyse and interpret highly complex problem behaviour and inter-actionable patterns making appropriate 4 formulations to prioritise, engage and intervene effectively to assist service users, carers and families. To provide highly specialist nursing (and multi-modality) guidance, advice and consultation to the multidisciplinary team, contributing expertise to the treatment formulations. To support alternatives where possible, to prevent in-patient admission and possible disengagement with the service by specialist and flexible outreach in service users homes. To provide a care package which offers the most effective therapeutic response to service users and their families and, where appropriate, working jointly and collaboratively with other clinicians in the multi-disciplinary team. Please refer to the Job Description and Person Specification attached herewith for full particulars.