Our Ref: SS/KW/FOI.62/12
Harplands Hospital

Hilton Road
04 October 2012
Harpfields

Stoke on Trent
Mr A Roberts
Staffordshire
Email address:
ST4 6TH
REQUEST-128412-
Tel: 01782 441600
xxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx
Direct Line: 01782 275105

Dear Mr Roberts,

Freedom of Information Act Request

I am writing in response to your written request of 6 September 2012 for information about
Consultant posts.  Your request has been processed using the Trust’s procedures for the disclosure
of information under the Freedom of Information Act (2000).

Please see list below of Consultant posts in the Adult division.  Due to data protection, we have not
provided the names of the Consultants.

Position Title
Number of Consultants

Clinical Director Adult Mental Health
1
Consultant

3

Consultant Harplands Mental Health
1

Consultant Psychiatrist
9

Consultant South Mental Health
1

Locum Consultant
1
Locum Consultant Psychiatrist

1

Consultant Psychiarist Lyme Brook
1
Total

18

Please see attached job description for the Nurse Consultant post for the Early Intervention team.  A
Consultant Liaison Psychiatry post does not exist in adult services.

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review of the management of your request. Internal review requests should be submitted within two
months of the date of receipt of the response to your original letter and should be addressed to: Ms
Fiona Myers, Chief Executive, North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare Trust, Harplands Hospital,
Hilton Road, Stoke on Trent, ST4 6TH. If you are not content with the outcome of the internal review,
you have the right to apply directly to the Information Commissioner for a decision. The Information
Commissioner can be contacted at: Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane,
Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF.

Yours sincerely,

Sandra Storey
Head of Corporate and Legal Affairs/ Trust Secretary

Job Description

  NURSE CONSULTANT

Location:

Initially based Harplands Hospital, Hilton Road, Harpfields,

Stoke-0n-Trent, Staffs, ST4 6TH

Responsible to:
Service Development Manager/Professional Nurse Advisor Mental Health

Accountable to:

Executive Director of Nursing

JOB SUMMARY

The  post  holder  wil   be  expected  to  offer  professional  clinical  leadership  and  direction  for  the  Early
Intervention Service.  In addition the post holder will offer specialist consultancy and advice to other
statutory  and  non-statutory  agencies/organisations.    The  post  holder  will  have  a  key  role  in  service
development  for  early  intervention  in  psychosis  and  will  be  expected  to  advise  both  the  Trust  and
service commissions accordingly.

The  post  holder  will  carry  continuing  responsibility  for  the  assessment  of  care  needs,  the
development,  implementation  and  evaluation  of  recovery  based  programmes,  the  setting  and
monitoring  of  standards  of  care  to  young  people  and  their  families  experiencing  the  early  stages  of
psychosis.

The post holder wil  have clinical responsibility for the caseload management of the clients cared for
by the Early Intervention in Psychosis service and is required to ensure working practices to enable
staff  on  the  team  to  receive  appropriate  supervision,  membership  and  direction  in  relation  to  the
management of individuals or groups of clients within the caseload.

The  post  holder  will  be  required  to  spend  50%  of  their  time  in  clinical  practice  with  direct  patient
contact.  This wil  include conducting assessments of clients referred for a range of settings, delivering
therapeutic interventions and evaluating the effectiveness of these.

The post holder wil  co-ordinate the day to day work of the team who will receive professional support
from a named individual within their own profession within the Trust/team.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

CLINICAL PRACTICE

The post holder will be expected to take a practice lead for the multi-disciplinary team in
developing and implementing the service model

They wil  provide expert clinical skil s in the assessment, treatment and management of
psychosis in the client group

Lead and manage complete programmes of care using evidence based approached

Utilise the skil s of the team (and others) to ensure appropriate care delivery

Integrate knowledge into practice and continual y review and develop knowledge and expertise
within the area of early intervention in psychosis

A Nurse Prescribing Element wil  be required within the remit of the post holder’s work

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Provide  support  for  patients  and  their  carers/families  ensuring  that  education,  advice  and
information is accessible to them to promote empowerment, informed choice and increased self-
management.

Provide  professional  leadership  in  relation  to  the  development  of  new  models  of  practice  and
their implementation, including appropriate referrals, assessment and evaluation tools.

LEADERSHIP & CONSULTANCY

  The post holder will be the key team leader in the area of early intervention in psychosis. They
will act as an internal consultant to the wider team and to other mental health teams

  They wil  act as a consultant to primary care providers and other statutory and non-statutory
organisations as required

  They wil  lead on the development and implementation of appropriate intervention strategies,
including innovations and evidence based practice

  They wil  play a key role in the future development of the early intervention in psychosis strategy
in Stoke on Trent

  They wil  play a key role in the development of the service model within the Trust that results from
the wider strategy

  Ensure effective multi-professional working across all boundaries

  Lead the development and implementation of multi-professional evidence based protocols and
standards for the service

  Utilise expertise to advise the Trust on issues associated with the service, in particular best
practice and related governance issues

  Provide advice and support to primary care, secondary mental health care teams, voluntary
sector and those organisational bodies working with the client group.

Hold a recognised qualification at post/graduate level in the field of Mental Health.

Have training and experience in the field of psychosocial intervention and be prepared to
develop an expert practitioner role in this field.

RESEARCH & EVALUATION

Ensure mechanisms are in place to measure the duration of untreated psychosis as a lay
indicator of service effectiveness.

Develop audit mechanisms for the service which aid evaluation of its overal  effectiveness,
including user satisfaction.

In collaboration with others explore and generate appropriate research projects in the area of
early intervention in psychosis.

Develop  professional  practice  through  the  promotion  of  evidence  based  practice  and  continual
appraisal

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Job Plan

  NURSE CONSULTANT

Nature of Work
Sessions

Clinical Consulting
2

Referral/Assessment
1

Direct Clinical Work
2

Service Development/Evaluation
1

Education/Training
1

Continuing Professional Development/Research
1

Supervision (personal and team)
1



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Person Specification

  NURSE CONSULTANT

ESSENTIAL
DESIRABLE
QUALIFICATIONS    Registered Mental Health Nurse
  Commitment  and  ability  to  continue
  Masters  degree  in  Mental  Health  or
academic study
related topics or working towards Masters
degree

  Recognised  training  in  psychosocial
Intervention
  Nurse  Prescribing  or  willingness  to
undertake
  Advance
Health
assessment
or
willingness to undertake
KNOWLEDGE
  Knowledge  of  various  approaches  to
Mental Health assessment
  Knowledge of psychosocial Interventions
  Understanding  of  principles  involved  in
Early Intervention in psychosis
  Knowledge  of  the  principles  of  assertive
outreach
  Knowledge of research methodology
  Up to date knowledge of current issues in
mental health
  Knowledge of CAMHS services

SKILLS
  Assessing/planning
and
evaluating    Computer Literate  – including  Microsoft
Mental
Health
care/treatment
Office  Systems  e.g.  Word,  Excel,
interventions
Access, Outlook, Internet
  Co-ordinating  complex  care  packages  in
a multi-disciplinary team
  Skills relating to early signs monitoring
  Teaching,
supervision
and
initial
appraisal
  Psychosocial intervention skil s
  Advance health assessment skil s
  Leadership skills
  Ability to evaluate clinical practice
  Interpersonal and communication skills

EXPERIENCE
  Experience  of  working  therapeutical y  in
mental health settings
  Minimum of 3 years at Grade G or above
  Minimum  of  2  years  experience  in
working with psychosis
  Experience  of  working  with  a  range  of
statutory and non-statutory agencies
  Experience of multi-disciplinary teams
  Experience of undertaking research
  Evidence  of  contributing  to  service
development

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