Job overview

The Nurse Consultant for Safer Care will provide expert clinical advice and leadership, education and professional development and will support research and quality improvement.

 The role will be key in leading the development and implementation of safer care strategies and contribute to the development of a quality improvement approach to improve safety and experience for service users and staff Trust wide. 

 The role will support the Safer Care Teams and clinical Localities as a clinical expert providing guidance and advice to reduce patient safety incidents and harm to our staff. The post will be required to be clinically based 25-50% of the time.

The post holder will promote the teaching of evidence-based care of patients presenting with complex behaviour and ensure that consistent standards are maintained across the across the Trust.

The post holder will manage the Reducing Restrictive Practice Lead and the Preventing and Managing violence team. 

Main duties of the job

1.             Provide expert clinical advice for staff and patients who are at increased risk of experiencing harm due to patient safety concerns.

2.             To develop and maintain positive multi-agency and inter-professional relationships and networks both, trust and national networks which influence and develop current systems of care delivery.

3.             Provide expert nurse leadership, advice and clinical consultancy to nurses and multi-professional teams in relation to management of patients who present with patient safety concerns or complexities, to include attendance at meetings and support in development of co-produced care planning.

4.             Advise and liaise with the Deputy Director and Director of Safer Care, with regard to any specialist nursing issues and training requirements across the Trust to support safer care.

5.             Enhance the quality of the service user experience by ensuring a high level of training and advice to develop nursing staff and multi-professional staffs knowledge and skills.

6.             Provide expert nursing advice to the safer care meetings.

7.             Develop and implement strategies and other patient safety initiatives to include evidence-based frameworks and interventions to reduce patient harm.

8.             To provide  day to day management and expert guidance and support to the Reducing Restrictive Practice Lead and the PMA team.

Working for our organisation

Here at NSFT we pride ourselves on being a welcoming, talented, friendly and supportive team who like nothing better than sharing experiences and learning from each other. In addition to ongoing training and development opportunities, we are committed to providing an environment in which you can thrive.

Why work for us? We have challenges as a Trust, but we have ambitious aspirations, are pushing ahead with exciting transformation work and we need dedicated individuals to support us on our journey. We have strong, established professional networks coupled with an exceptional leadership team who will ensure you are truly cared for and cared about.

Why Norfolk and Suffolk? The people here are warm and welcoming, you’ll never be far from the beautiful coastline or Broads National Park. We’re an hour and a half away from London and have an international airport in Norwich too. Our villages, towns and cities are packed full of history, independent cafes, shops and theatres. We have excellent shopping, eating out, top ranking schooling and affordable house prices too.