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    Senior Specialist Nurse Safeguarding Children - London, United Kingdom - Tavistock & Portman NHS Foundation Trust

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    The Gender Identity Clinic (GIC) is the largest and oldest gender clinic in the UK, dating back to 1966. We accept referrals from all over the UK for adults with issues related to gender. We accept referrals for patients who are aged 17 years and older onto our waiting list. We are a multi-disciplinary team, including psychologists, psychiatrists, endocrinologists, speech and language therapists, and nurses. We work together to provide holistic gender care, focusing on the biological/medical, psychological and social aspects of gender.

    The CNS (Core pathway) plays a vital role in assessing, monitoring and managing the physical and psychological wellbeing needs of the caseload of patients under the care of the Gender Identity Clinic.

    They will facilitate clinical sessions, assess / triage people according to agreed assessment tools, offering short- term interventions based on psychological therapies modalities and offer professional advice to patients and their carers, other professional, statutory and voluntary agencies.


    Liaise between primary care and where indicated, secondary care mental health teams to ensure clear communication and seamless care pathways, thus enabling access to the appropriate level of care and intervention.

    Manage a caseload of patients whilst working as part of a multidisciplinary team (defined or virtual), delivering individualised and personalised direct patient care.


    • Provide specialist nursing service and advice in a variety of clinical settings and disciplines for staff, patients, their families and carers, effectively liaising with multidisciplinary colleagues.
    • Carry out those activities required to conduct and record a comprehensive assessment of a person's nursing requirements. Be mindful and record relevant details of cognitive understanding, spiritual and religious beliefs, and patient's wishes.
    • To effectively communicate complex information concerning the assessment, formulation, and treatment plans competently, and sensitively to patients under their care.
    • Take part in a duty of distress Rota as required.
    • To deliver nurse-led clinics under the supervision of an appropriate senior clinician in the clinic.
    ***The Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust is a specialist mental health trust with a focus on training and education alongside a full range of mental health services and psychological therapies for children and their families, young people and adults. We are committed to improving mental health and emotional wellbeing, believing that high quality mental health services should be available for all who need them.


    We bring a distinctive contribution based on the importance we attach to social experience at all stages of people's lives, and our focus on psychological and developmental approaches to the promotion of health and the prevention and treatment of mental ill health.


    We contribute to the pool of ideas through our own research and development, but are also committed to bringing together the best ideas of the time, old and new, from inside and out, together with the most gifted and able professionals in our fields of endeavour.

    Registered Nurse with the NMC
    Evidence of post graduate education and training/CPD relevant to role

    Independent prescriber with experience of prescribing or willingness to undertake training

    Experience of working with Gender Patients or mental health
    Experience of employing psychological treatment modalities and or sexual health
    Experience of supervising and/or managing junior staff
    Experience of supporting/teaching/supervising nursing students or equivalent

    Experience of working in a Band 7 role
    Experience of writing or contributing to research grants and/or publications

    Clinical nursing skills and knowledge to measure, record and interpret observations and other relevant clinical information in the assessment and care planning process - including in the context of consultation with service users with comorbidities and complex presentations.

    Evidence of skills and knowledge in advanced clinical assessment/physical examination or willingness to undertake this training.
    Clinical documentation, record keeping and report writing skills Word processing and database skills.
    Understanding of NMC Code of Conduct and Scope of Professional Practice
    To act as a clinical expert in this specialist area of practice through high quality consultation, advice, support and direct intervention
    Knowledge of adult and child safeguarding procedures and processes
    Recognise signs of mental health distress and escalate or signpost as appropriate to ensure risk is assessed and managed appropriately

    Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust
    Gender Identity Clinic


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