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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Engagement with social care networks to make clinical recommendations, formulations and judgements surrounding risk.  

To act as systems coach within networks where mental health professionals maybe absent or unclear 

Provide alternative advice to traditional medical and psychiatric interventions in order to stabilize risk symptoms.

To contribute to the KPI and Clinical outcomes relating to children and young people within the Intensive Residential Outreach care team.  

The Clinical nurse Specialist will provide advice and support to other professions and colleagues on the complex needs of children referred through the IROC service.  

The CNS will provide leadership and clinical expertise to the team, enabling the team to deliver a comprehensive mental health service and improve outcomes to young people through the IROC service.  

The CNS will support the development of pathways to reduce the risk of placement breakdown, tier 4 admissions and support safe discharge plans as a step down from tier 4. 

The CNS will also ensure training and evidence-based guidance’s provided to the wider mental health teams to deliver enhanced interventions and support. The overarching goal of the service is to reduce the frequency of placement breakdown and improving knowledge and understanding within the social care and CAMHS networks around these young people.  

To jointly undertake a range of structured Risk assessment, formulation, psycho education stabilization, trauma confrontation and post traumatic growth in line with young person’s wishes.   

To undertake a variety of interventions including solo and team-based practice, consultation formulation, face to face and remote working, psychoeducation, bespoke training general training, care planning safety planning and risk management of children in care.  

CLINICAL:

Clinically specific responsibilities: 

·       Sets and maintains high standards of quality clinical advice and support throughout the service and ensures that the values and principles of recovery remain an integral part of the care and support provided.  

·       It is key that this remains the subject of regular evaluation which, wherever practicable is formulated in conjunction with the young person and/or their family.  

·       Provides clinical / caseload management supervision to other team members.  

·       Provides specialist interventions for referred people within a therapeutic framework both as an individual and with their family. Also focuses on providing advice and support for other professionals as required. 

·       Acts as the identifiable key worker/ Systems coach for a complex caseload. 

·       Prepares assessments, reports, and summaries, in accordance with local policies and at the request of the system. 

·       Operates in any appropriate setting including hospital, primary care facilities, residential homes, schools, and units/colleges as well as within the home.  

·       Provides a range of services and approaches as part of the role i.e. consultation, specialist advice and clinical supervision.  

·       Promotes clear knowledge of mental health within young people and members of the public, both formally and informally. 

·       Participates in regular clinical and safeguarding supervision sessions with an appropriate supervisor and gives clinical supervision.  

·       Develops and/or takes a lead within their specialist area. 

PEOPLE MANAGEMENT

·       Line-manage the staff in the team.  

·       Undertake Staff Development Reviews as required and assists in identifying training and development needs with other staff.  

·       Proactively manages sickness and absence within the team.  

·   Proactively manages the capability of the team and any disciplinary issues within team.  

·       Contributes to the recruitment and selection of staff for the team and participates in inductions and orientation programmes.  

Participates in Staff Development Reviews and takes responsibility for identifying one’s own training and development needs.