Clinical Nurse Specialist (Complex Mental Health)

In this position, you will be a vital bridge between our clinical, governance, safeguarding, and patient-care teams, and will act as one of our organisational Safeguarding Leads. You will be responsible for the caseload of complex mental health patients and involved in follow-up of these patients while also serving as the internal subject matter expert for complex mental health presentations.

Your expertise will guide the wider team and ensure our clinical governance frameworks meet the highest standards of safety.

What you will be doing

Complex Caseload & Longitudinal Management:

- Specialist Follow-up Care: Regular review of the management of a dedicated caseload of patients who are already under a mental health team or where this is required. Specifically patients with escalating or intricate needs, ensuring their long-term treatment plans remain safe and effective.

- External Clinical Liaison: Act as the key point of contact for external GPs or NHS Mental Health Services where required; facilitating a joined-up approach to patient care and ensuring robust information sharing to maintain patient safety.

- Complex Clinical Reviews: Conduct deep-dive reviews for cases referred to you whose presentation or medical history requires a higher level of clinical scrutiny than routine follow-up.

- Stabilisation & Escalation: Act as the primary point of intervention for clinical escalation, providing expert advice to patients and staff when a case moves beyond routine care or requires specialist adjustment for complex mental health patients.

Clinical Governance, Safeguarding & Leadership:

- Clinical Leader: Act as a primary source of expert advice for all clinicians across the organisation, offering guidance on complex mental health queries and best practices as well as training the wider clinical team in this field.

- Governance Integration: Work as a key link between the frontline clinical team and the Governance Team, reviewing clinical incidents and...