Job summary
"An exciting opportunity has arisen within the South Stoke CAMHS Team to join us for a 12 month secondment in the role of Clinical Lead.
This role will support the Team Manager in delivering a high quality mental health service for the young people of Stoke-on-Trent. Provide clinical leadership within the team and management support, deputising for the Team Manager in their absence and act as a source of expertise and point of contact within the team and demonstrate highly specialised communication skills and problem solving abilities when prioritising risk.
Individuals interested in this role are encouraged to review the job description and person specification that describes the role related requirements and to ensure that their application demonstrates how they meet these requirements. There is an expectation that this opportunity would have been discussed with your current line manager who is supportive of your time out from your current role.
Main duties of the job
- To ensure that accurate and up to date records are maintained on all patients ensuring that
- Documentation meets agreed standards.
- To undertake holistic complex assessments and plan care according to need.
- To demonstrate and deliver skilled clinical care to a diverse caseload of patients utilising Best
- Practice and evidence based practice to include independent, non-medical prescribing as appropriate.
- To evaluate the outcome of care and modify the care plan as required with the staff member.
- To advise staff and support patients and carers as required.
About us
Our Trust is on an incredible journey of innovation and we'd like you to be part of it.
Our vision is 'To be Outstanding in all we do and how we do it.' Our teams pride themselves on compassion, team work and resilience. The Trust supports you by offering a flexible shift system including twilight shifts and compressed hours to support working families and our staff parking is free on all our main sites.
As an employee and representative of the Trust, you are required to demonstrate and uphold the Trust's Values. These are:
Proud to CARE:
Compassionate
Caring with compassion, it's about how we listen, what we say, what we do.
Approachable
Friendly, welcoming, sharing ideas and being open
Responsible
Taking personal and collective responsibility, being accountable for our actions
Excellent
Striving for the best, for high-quality safe care and continually improving.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Act as a positive role model for the discipline through the demonstration of strong leadership skills
- Provide support and advice in the clinical area to optimise quality improvement opportunities. This may involve working alongside individual practitioners in the clinical area, in particular where practitioners are experiencing difficulties or are unable to achieve the required outcomes
- Analyse and respond to complex clinical situations utilising specialist knowledge to assess a range of options to formulate solutions and recommendations
- Act as a change agent, using skills that will motivate and reassure staff through negotiation and training to facilitate the change process
- In conjunction with other clinical leads, facilitate collaborative working between disciplines
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Act as a positive role model for the discipline through the demonstration of strong leadership skills
- Provide support and advice in the clinical area to optimise quality improvement opportunities. This may involve working alongside individual practitioners in the clinical area, in particular where practitioners are experiencing difficulties or are unable to achieve the required outcomes
- Analyse and respond to complex clinical situations utilising specialist knowledge to assess a range of options to formulate solutions and recommendations
- Act as a change agent, using skills that will motivate and reassure staff through negotiation and training to facilitate the change process
- In conjunction with other clinical leads, facilitate collaborative working between disciplines
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- A relevant Nursing or Allied Health Professional (e.g. Occupational Therapy/Social Work) degree level qualification or equivalent experience
Experience
Essential
- Successfully managed projects that demonstrate ability to communicate and implement change
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge, understanding and the ability to interpret and implement local and national policy direction relevant to practice
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- A relevant Nursing or Allied Health Professional (e.g. Occupational Therapy/Social Work) degree level qualification or equivalent experience
Experience
Essential
- Successfully managed projects that demonstrate ability to communicate and implement change
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge, understanding and the ability to interpret and implement local and national policy direction relevant to practice
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).
Additional information
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).
