Acute Clinical Nurse Specialist (Older Adult)

Job summary
The Care Home Liaison team (CHLT) offers assessments and interventions to support patients dealing with various mental health issues, including dementia, residing in care homes.

This service is accessible to patients over 65 living in residential care or nursing homes, and those under 65 diagnosed with dementia.

The Band 7 Clinical Nurse Specialist will provide advanced clinical expertise, leadership, and consultancy to care homes within the North Lincolnshire geographical area. The CNS will work in partnership with care home staff, GP's, primary care networks, community services, mental health teams, and acute trusts to support high-quality, person-centred care for older people.

The post holder will play a key role in reducing unnecessary hospital admissions, supporting timely discharges, and improving outcomes for care home residents through education, clinical support, and service development.

Main duties of the job

• Deliver specialist, evidence-based assessment and management of individuals under the services care with complex health needs, including frailty, dementia, and long-term conditions in accordance with NICE guidance.
• Provide advanced clinical advice and support to care home staff to enhance their knowledge and skills in managing patient's health and wellbeing.
• Lead on developing, implementing, and evaluating individualised care plans in collaboration with multidisciplinary teams.
• Act as a clinical leader and role model, promoting high standards of care and best practice across care homes.
• Provide specialist input to case discussions, safeguarding concerns, and multidisciplinary reviews.
• Support care home staff with complex decision-making and ethical issues, including capacity assessments and advance care planning.
• To determine management plans, and where appropriate, deliver short term psychological treatments, for people who are referred with complex mental health needs based upon a comprehensive psychosocial, risk and needs assessment of that individual.
• To represent the Trust from a Mental Health Perspective and attend relevant meetings for your role to promote collaborative working and build on working relationship with internal and external stakeholders.

About us
Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust (RDaSH) employ around 4000 talented colleagues who are very much appreciated, valued, and respected.

We have a wide portfolio which includes mental health, physical health, learning disability and drug and alcohol services.

We are passionate about enhancing the quality of our service and we work hard to attract and select the right colleagues for our organisation. Our goal is to employ those who share our passion for providing first class care while remaining committed to our vision and values. Please view our Strategy using the link below:

https://www.rdash.nhs.uk/documents/clinical-and-organisational-strategy-2023-to-2028/

To find out more about working for RDaSH and the fantastic benefits we offer visit our website:

https://workwithrdash.co.uk/

We are committed to inclusive cultures and really value people in our organisation, view our Allyship video on YouTube to find out more:

https://youtu.be/WMJSkLoTk4Q

The main terms and conditions of service can be found here:

https://www.nhsemployers.org/publications/tchandbook

Details
Date posted: 26 October 2026
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 7
Salary: £49,387 to £56,515 a year per annum
Contract: Fixed term
Duration: 3 months
Working pattern: Full-time, Flexible working
Reference number: 376-NLTT-0283
Job locations: Great Oaks Inpatient Unit, Ashby High Street, Scunthorpe, DN17 2JX, United Kingdom

Person Specification
Qualifications

• Essential: Registered Mental Health Nurse
• Essential: Evidence of other development and/or training which indicates commitment to continuous development and preparation for leadership
• Essential: ENB 998 or other NMC approved mentor qualification or mentor qualification appropriate to discipline
• Essential: Specialist training within Older Adult Mental Health
• Desirable: Nurse Prescribing or willingness to complete within an agreed timescale
• Desirable: Management or leadership qualification and/or training

Experience

• Essential: Demonstrable post registration experience at a Band 6 level within an assessment or liaison service
• Essential: In depth experience in the effective and positive management of complex and high risk cases
• Essential: Previous experience of working autonomously to make comprehensive decisions
• Essential: Experience of MDT working
• Essential: Skills in coordinating and planning inter-agency approaches in mental health care
• Essential: Experience of delivering evidence based treatments
• Essential: Experience of leadership and delivering supervision to junior members of staff
• Desirable: Involvement with service development and change management initiatives

Knowledge

• Essential: Ability to use initiative and work without immediate supervision
• Essential: Ability to clinically lead, supervise and direct a team and support staff as appropriate
• Essential: Ability to prioritise workload and manage team capacity according to demand
• Essential: Ability to demonstrate a flexible, adaptable attitude to meet complex client needs
• Essential: An understanding of current mental health issues relating to the provision of Mental Health Liaison Services
• Essential: Demonstrate a thorough knowledge, understanding and practical experience of risk assessment and risk management
• Essential: Knowledge and understanding of the legislative framework for mental health services, particularly the Mental Health Act and Mental Capacity Act
• Essential: Demonstrate excellent problem solving and conflict resolution skills
• Essential: Demonstrate an ability to make balanced clinical judgments and decisions
• Essential: Demonstrate an ability to cope with the expectations, pressures and demands of this post
• Essential: Demonstrate an ability to work collaboratively and respectfully with colleagues from a range of different professional backgrounds and across professional and organisational boundaries

Skills/ Abilities

• Essential: Demonstrate excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
• Essential: Skills in co-ordinating and planning interagency approaches in mental health care
• Essential: Demonstrate specialist knowledge and skills relating to the post
• Essential: Excellent report-writing skills

Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website. From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants.

UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.

Employer details
Employer name: Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHSFT
Address: Great Oaks Inpatient Unit, Ashby High Street, Scunthorpe, DN17 2JX, United Kingdom
Employer's website: https://www.rdash.nhs.uk/

Employer contact details
For questions about the job, contact: Acute Directorate Service Manager, Natasha Jarrett, N.Jarrett1@nhs.net, 07484998714

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