FRS Associate Nurse Consultant

A very exciting and rare opportunity has arisen for an Associate Nurse Consultant to join our award winning First Response Service.

The post holder will provide advanced clinical assessment and support to the team providing high quality interventions to patients of Cambridge and Peterborough NHS Trust.

The Associate Nurse Consultant will work in partnership with the existing clinical leadership team of psychiatrists and a nurse consultant.

The successful candidate will be a highly motivated and experienced Registered Nurse with a non-medical prescribing qualification and extensive clinical skills and knowledge of delivering care in front line mental health services.

The ideal candidate needs to be able to deliver high quality, compassionate care to individuals in crisis as well as assisting and liaising with the wider team and partner agencies.

The post holder will also assist in the development, delivery and evaluation of a high quality, effective service to patients in crisis.

As an associate nurse consultant you will be expected to provide clinical leadership and direction in the provision of excellent mental health assessment and treatment., The First Response Service provides 24 hour access to mental health services for people who identify, or have been identified as being in a mental health crisis. It is an all age service.

Support is provided initially over the phone by Psychological Wellbeing Telecoaches, who are trained in the process of mental health triage and who will attempt to de-escalate the individual's crisis over the phone and formulate a safety plan for that individual.

Dependent on the risk and need identified, a face to face assessment can be arranged and carried out by a Mental Health First Responders. The team is overseen each shift by a Clinical Lead. The outcome of the telephone triage or face to face assessment is that the patient will be supported, given advice, referred to appropriate services.

The ideal candidate will have a strong team work ethic, sense of accountability, accompanied by an ability to work under considerable pressure at times.

This post is open to nurses with the right attributes to enhance a team. In return we will provide the necessary support to ensure your development within your role.

If you are looking for a new challenge, enjoy variety in your work and wish to be part of a clinical team striving to make a difference for our community by supporting people with mental health or learning disability needs then we want to hear from you.

Cambridgeshire & Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust is a health & social care organisation dedicated to providing high quality care with compassion to improve the health & wellbeing of the people we care for, as well as supporting & empowering them to lead a fulfilling life.

Our clinical teams deliver many NHS services not only via inpatient and primary care setting but also with the community. These services include Children, Adult & Older Peoples mental & physical health, Forensic & Specialist mental health, Learning Disabilities, Primary Care & Liaison psychiatry, Substance misuse, Social care, Research & Development.