Mental Health Clinical Nurse Specialist
At a glance
- Band
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time, Part-time, Flexible working
- Posted
- 04/09/2026
- Closes
- 20/09/2026
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Role summary
This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced Mental Health Nurse to lead the development of the mental health strategy at Cambridge University Hospitals. The role involves supporting clinical leadership and service transformation, integrating mental health expertise within acute care, and delivering holistic patient support. Key responsibilities include supporting staff with mental health challenges, delivering education and training, and enhancing staff confidence and knowledge. This dynamic role offers variety and growth within a supportive team, aiming to provide excellent patient care.
Essential criteria
- Current and relevant registration on NMC Register (RMN)
- Additional clinical qualification
- Evidence of continuous professional development
- Management training
Desirable criteria
- Relevant post graduate qualification
- Dual qualified
- Educated to degree level
- Relevant general nursing experience
- Substantial experience of managing a ward/ unit
- Success in working collaboratively across professions and services
- Demonstrable success in managing change
- Introduced evidence based practice
- Research experience
- Audit experience
- NHS experience
- Clinical practice and demonstrable knowledge of developments in mental health nursing policy and practice
- Mental Health Act, Mental Capacity Act and Essence of Care
- Clinical Governance
- The NHS Plan and delivery 'Making a Difference'
- The importance of successful partnership working
- An understanding of the importance of user involvement in health services
- Principles of lifelong learning
- Professional education and training
- Workforce planning, recruitment and retention
- Ability to lead and motivate and empower others
- Highly developed communication skills including: o Inter-personal skills o Liaison and negotiation skills o Writing and presentation skills
- Advising and influencing senior managers in relation to risk management and quality improvement
- Developing and implementing policies, guidelines and projects form initiation to completion
- Computer literacy
- Ability to prioritise work, meet tight deadlines and work independently
- Effective team worker
- Additional Requirements
- A commitment to excellence in relation to standards of clinical care
- Willingness to work anywhere in the Trust and to travel, on occasions within the region and nationally
- Ability to work flexible hours
- The ability to understand and behave at all times, towards patients, visitors and colleagues according to the Trust values of kind, safe and excellent.
- Current and relevant registration on NMC Register (RMN)
- Additional clinical qualification
- Evidence of continuous professional development
- Management training
- Relevant post graduate qualification
- Dual qualified
- Educated to degree level
- Relevant general nursing experience
- Substantial experience of managing a ward/ unit
- Success in working collaboratively across professions and services
- Demonstrable success in managing change
- Introduced evidence based practice
- Research experience
- Audit experience
- NHS experience
- Clinical practice and demonstrable knowledge of developments in mental health nursing policy and practice
- Mental Health Act, Mental Capacity Act and Essence of Care
- Clinical Governance
- The NHS Plan and delivery 'Making a Difference'
- The importance of successful partnership working
- An understanding of the importance of user involvement in health services
- Principles of lifelong learning
- Professional education and training
- Workforce planning, recruitment and retention
- Ability to lead and motivate and empower others
- Highly developed communication skills including: o Inter-personal skills o Liaison and negotiation skills o Writing and presentation skills
- Advising and influencing senior managers in relation to risk management and quality improvement
- Developing and implementing policies, guidelines and projects form initiation to completion
- Computer literacy
- Ability to prioritise work, meet tight deadlines and work independently
- Effective team worker
- Additional Requirements
- A commitment to excellence in relation to standards of clinical care
- Willingness to work anywhere in the Trust and to travel, on occasions within the region and nationally
- Ability to work flexible hours
- The ability to understand and behave at all times, towards patients, visitors and colleagues according to the Trust values of kind, safe and excellent.
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 7 at £46,148 – £52,809 a year, across England.
This advert: £49,387 – £56,515 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
Posted 3d ago · Closes in 14d
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Cambridge University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Mental Health Clinical Nurse Specialist
The closing date is 20 September 2026
Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Mental Health Nurse to help lead the development of our mental health strategy at Cambridge University Hospitals. This role supports clinical leadership and service transformation, enabling you to make a meaningful impact on patient care in an acute hospital setting.
You should have prior experience in service improvement and working collaboratively with diverse health partners. This position allows you to integrate mental health expertise within acute care, delivering holistic, safe and compassionate support to patients. A key aspect involves supporting staff in managing mental health challenges across varied clinical areas. Education and training are also central to the role; you'll deliver regular sessions and help shape CUH's mental health education programme. You'll enhance staff confidence and knowledge in supporting patients facing mental health difficulties. This is a dynamic and rewarding role offering variety and growth, alongside a supportive, experienced team. Initiative is welcomed, aligning with our goal to provide the best patient care.
While weekend shifts are not routinely rostered, occasional support may be requested during high demand periods, with unso
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