Clinical Specialist Nurse

We are seeking an enthusiastic and experienced Clinical Specialist Nurse to join our Adult Mental Health Community team. This is an exciting opportunity for a motivated RMN with substantial experience in supporting adults with complex mental health, behavioural and social needs.

As a Clinical Specialist Nurse, you will be a visible source of clinical expertise and leadership within our community pathway. You will champion evidence-based practice, strengthen formulation-led care planning, and support the delivery of high-quality, person-centred interventions that promote safety, autonomy and recovery.

We are entering an exciting phase of service development as we begin to shape our neighbourhood model and enhance the way we deliver community mental health care. This early work is collaborative, paced and rooted in the strengths of our existing teams. As a Clinical Nurse Specialist, you will play a key role in this journey.

Working collaboratively with multidisciplinary colleagues, PCNs, VCSE partners, service users and families, you will help shape consistent, trauma-informed community care. The role includes contributing to neighbourhood MDTs, supporting clinical decision-making, and modelling compassionate, relational practice across the service., As the Clinical Specialist Nurse, you will provide visible clinical and professional leadership within Adult Mental Health Community services, supporting high standards of evidence-based nursing and safe, person-centred care. You will act as an expert resource for nursing and multidisciplinary colleagues, offering advanced clinical advice, supervision and support across neighbourhood teams.

You will deliver specialist assessment, formulation and intervention for adults with complex mental health and behavioural needs. This includes nurse-led assessment, diagnosis and treatment planning, leading on care planning and risk assessment, and supporting colleagues in managing complex presentations and crisis situations.

You will promote high standards in safeguarding, the Mental Capacity Act, the Mental Health Act and least-restrictive practice. The role includes providing consultation, education and guidance to staff, carers and partner organisations, and supporting effective communication and collaborative working across MDTs, primary care, social care and VCSE partners.

You will contribute to quality improvement, audit, research and service development, helping embed consistent, evidence-based practice and strengthen the neighbourhood model. You will support care transitions and discharge planning, provide clinical supervision and mentorship to nursing staff and students, and contribute to the development and implementation of clinical policies, pathways and standards of care.

We are the Mental Health & Learning Disability NHS Trust for County Durham and Darlington, Teesside, North Yorkshire, York and Selby.

From education and prevention, to crisis and specialist care --our talented and compassionate teams work in partnership with our patients, communities and partners to help the people of our region feel safe, understood, believed in and cared for.

We nurture the recovery journey of anyone in need of our help. In Our Trust, everyone has a say in how they are supported and treated because we listen to every person in our care until they feel understood. Our patients, their families and carers work together with us towards better mental health.

We're committed to new thinking that improves the wellbeing of our region. We connect with our communities and partners to get mental health care right, in areas that really need it.

We won't rest until everyone in our region has the mental health care they need, to lead their best possible life.