Clinical Nurse Specialist

Date posted: 13 July 2026
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 6
Salary: £45,953 to £54,254 a year
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Full-time
Reference number: 455-NLFT-0998
Job locations: Chase Farm Hospital, London, EN3 8JL

Job summary
The post holder will work in collaboration with service users and carers; ensuring nursing and professional practice is guided by the principles of least restrictive care outcomes, recovery and good clinical practice. Act as an exemplar and professional role-model in embracing core values of dignity, respect, care and compassion.

Main duties of the job

• Be accountable and responsible for the full assessment of care needs and outcomes for patients presenting with a wide variety of clinical conditions. This will be as an individual and as part of the multi-professional team. This will include decisions to admit or discharge.
• Provide a comprehensive consultation-liaison service toward teams and individual clinicians, particularly in assisting them to develop plans of care and make difficult decisions in cases where patients are exhibiting complex psychosocial needs and/or challenging behaviours.
• Undertake risk assessments for service users and be responsible for communicating information about the risk to all relevant services and agencies. To work in partnership with the user, carer and these agencies and have an understanding and awareness of the differences in their values and cultures as well as priorities and objectives and how those differences can affect partnership strategies.
• Participate fully in quality assurance initiatives, with particular emphasis on a 'patient first' approach.

About us
North London NHS Foundation Trust (NLFT) is committed to improving mental health care across North London to deliver excellent services to our local people.

Our Five-Year Strategy:

• We will provide consistently high-quality care closer to home.
• With our partners in North London and each borough we will ensure equity of outcome for all
• We will offer great places to work, providing staff with supportive environment to deliver outstanding care.

Why NLFT?

• We develop and retain our staff through leadership behaviours and managers programme and many more opportunities.
• We promote flexible working and support staff with a range of health and wellbeing initiatives.
• NHS Discounts, generous annual leave and NHS pension scheme
• Excellent internal staff network

In order to meet the needs of the Trust you may be required from time to time to work at different locations to your normal place of work. This may mean that you are required to work at any location that fall under Barnet, Camden, Enfield, Haringey or Islington. The Trust reserves the right to require staff to work at such other places or locations as it considers reasonable and necessary on a temporary or permanent basis.

Person Specification
Application and Interview
Essential

• NMC

Desirable

• Training in psychosocial interventions, de-escalation techniques, or trauma-informed care.

PMVA qualified or willingness to train and deliver de-escalation techniques including restraint.
Essential

• PMVA qualified or willingness to train and deliver de-escalation techniques including restraint.

Desirable
Essential

• Ability to work as part of a 24 hour roster including weekend and nights

Desirable

• Availability

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.

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 (Opens in a new tab).
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 (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details
Employer name: North London NHS Foundation Trust
Address: Chase Farm Hospital, London, EN3 8JL, United Kingdom
Employer's website:

Employer contact details
For questions about the job, contact:
Team Manager: Faizah Bucksee
Email: View email address on meeveem.com