Clinical Lead

Job summary

Cornwall Foundation NHS Trust looking to increase the number of Clinical Leads already working in the Initial Response, Home Treatment Team and Crisis Hub based in Redruth.

The Clinical Leads will provide expert advice, line management, clinical leadership, caseload management, supervision and training to the team and will be responsible for ensuring the consistent provision of high quality mental health care to people in mental health crisis in the community.The Clinical Leads will provide expert clinical knowledge and prompt bio psychosocial assessment and treatment for the Crisis Hubs, HTT and Initial Response service patients with mental health or self- harm problems.

The Clinical Leads will provide direct patient care to people in their home/ Crisis Hub who are acutely mentally ill and who do not require immediate physical health care. The post holder will be responsible for the rapid response to referrals, face to face assessment and gate keeping of admissions to hospital and facilitating discharge from in-patient services once the risk to the individual or others has decreased. The post holder will also be expected to undertake urgent front line assessments from GP's and other referrers such as police, ambulance and local authority and make clinical decisions around appropriate care pathways.

This is a full time post, working 13 long days/nights over a 4 week period.

Main duties of the job

The Clinical Leads will provide expert advice, line management, clinical leadership, caseload management, supervision and training to the team and will be responsible for ensuring the consistent provision of high quality mental health care to people in mental health crisis in the community. Work closely with the Team Manager to ensure the effective management and development of the service.Provide expert clinical knowledge and prompt bio psychosocial assessment and treatment for the Crisis Hubs, HTT and SPOA patients with mental health or self- harm problems.Provide direct patient care to people in their home/ Crisis Hub who are acutely mentally ill and who do not require immediate physical health care. Responsible for the rapid response to referrals, face to face assessment and gate keeping of admissions to hospital and facilitating discharge from in-patient services once the risk to the individual or others has decreased.Undertake urgent front line assessments from GP's and otherreferrers such as police, ambulance and local authority and make clinical decisions around appropriate care pathways.Demonstrate excellent risk assessment skills whilst also applying a holisticapproach to assessing the health and social needs of people experiencing severe and enduring mental illness.

About us

We're an NHS community and mental health provider Trust based in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. We deliver community and hospital-based care to improve people's physical and mental health. We also provide specialist support to people with dementia or a learning disability.

We are a people organisation and people matter to us. As part of the team, you'll help support the health and wellbeing of the people who live and visit this beautiful part of the UK.

Over 4,000 people make up the Trust. This includes doctors, nurses, therapists, plus admin and support staff.

We work in people's homes, in community clinics and bases. Some staff work from one of our 13 community hospitals. Our aspiration is to have great people, provide great care, be a great place to work and a great partner.

Just over 532,000 people live here. A third of people who live in Cornwall are supported by acute hospital services in Devon. As a result, we also work closely with our partners in Devon. In the summer, and during other holidays lots of people choose to visit the area. This increases the numbers of people who use our services.