Clinical Lead

North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare Trust

The closing date is 18 March 2025

Job summary

Clinical Lead - Band , High Volume Users Team:

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Clinical Lead within the High Volume Users Team based at the Harplands Hospital. This vacancy would suit someone who is looking for an exciting opportunity and wants to work as part of a successful Team.

Our High Volume Users Team is part of the Crisis Care Centre, at Harplands Hospital, Stoke-on-Trent this has been designed to the highest level of specification. This modern purpose designed unit will be the central point for all those in need of a Crisis Assessment/Intervention, teams within the Crisis Care Centre will include Mental Health Access Team, Home Treatment Team, High Volume Users Team and two beds to provide a place of safety for those detained on a section 136.

Main duties of the job

The High Volume User Team is also an essential component of the crisis care pathway supporting our healthcare system. We support individual's attending physical health care settings, namely Accident and Emergency with a combination of physical, psychological and social factors. We offer a community based holistic, assertive outreach pathway to ensure individuals have access to the care and support that meets their needs with a view of reducing avoidable A&E attendances.

The post holder will be expected to provide strong clinical leadership as well as work as a member of the multi-disciplinary team within the High Volume User Team The post holder will be required to support the team clinically, whilst maintaining a small caseload of complex patients.

The post holder will coordinate, lead and support the staff to deliver a high-quality service to those accessing the services, ensuring that the service meets the requirements of commissioning and Trust policies and procedures.

The post holder will support the operational team manager in managing the service resources, budget, performance and the staff teams to ensure that it operates in a way which maximises the quality of care provided.

The post holder will work collaboratively with clinicians, other providers, commissioners and key stakeholders, to develop the services and maintain their high standards of care and provision.

About us

As a Trust we remain bold and ambitious with plans for both service and system collaborative transformation over the coming years to improve the health and wellbeing of our local people through high quality care.

We pride ourselves onensuring our team has their wellbeing put first and as such provide a range of wellness opportunities including flexible working.

We are committed to the Greener NHS national ambition to becoming the world's first 'carbon net zero' national health system by 2045 (Greener NHS (england.nhs.uk). As part of this, sustainability is embedded in our strategy as one of our four key enablers. In order to deliver on this commitment, we recognise that we need a workforce that is as passionate as we are about achieving these goals, for the benefit of our service users, workforce, local communities and the planet alike. For 2024/2025, we have launched our "Proud to be Green" engagement campaign which is aligned to the targets set out in our Green Plan. As a Trust, you can be assured that we will commit to supporting you in working towards our net zero ambitions, set out in our Green Plan, through our sustainability programme".

The Trust is committed to ensuring that a diverse workforce is representative and inclusive at all levels. We would very much welcome applications from all under-represented groups including women, people with disabilities, people from global majority backgrounds, and those from the lesbian, gay, bi and trans communities.

Date posted

04 March 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£46,148 to £52,809 a year per annum pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

232-AUC-7008032

Job locations

Harplands Hospital

Stoke-on-Trent

ST4 6TH

Job description

Job responsibilities

1. To ensure that the values and principles of the organisation are translated into the philosophy and operational policy/service specifications for the services and that these are evident in everyday practice and reviewed on a regular basis, ensuring that the services are delivered and developed in line with relevant Trust policies, procedures and values.

2. To provide strong clinical leadership as well as work as a member of a team.

3. To establish, develop and review policies, practices and procedures which meet legislative, Trust and directorate requirements.

4. Clinical responsibility for the quality and performance of services offered in the High Volume Users Team, in conjunction with the Operational Team Manager, ensuring processes are in place for the delivery of safe and compassionate care in accordance with Trust policies, procedures and values

5. To contribute to strategy and clinical governance plans for the service area and directorate. To take a lead in implementing specific projects in relation to this. Develop and maintain links and support networks with other teams within the service area, ensuring consistency.

6. Lead a multi-disciplinary team of staff in the delivery of high- quality evidence based practice, ensuring that regular supervision and appraisal takes place.

7. The post holder will be responsible for the assessment of care needs, the development, implementation and evaluation of recovery-based care programmes and the setting of standards of care to patients and their families.

8. To facilitate an environment where the physical, emotional, health, social, educational, cultural and spiritual needs of service users can be met. With a specific focus of safe, caring, responsive, effective and well led service delivery.

Job description

Job responsibilities

2. To provide strong clinical leadership as well as work as a member of a team.

3. To establish, develop and review policies, practices and procedures which meet legislative, Trust and directorate requirements.

6. Lead a multi-disciplinary team of staff in the delivery of high- quality evidence based practice, ensuring that regular supervision and appraisal takes place.

Person Specification

Qualfications

Essential

A registered mental health practitioner with a degree in nursing, social work or occupational therapy.

Experience

Essential

Experience of manging clinical practice at band 6.

Person Specification

Qualfications

Essential

A registered mental health practitioner with a degree in nursing, social work or occupational therapy.

Experience

Essential

Experience of manging clinical practice at band 6.

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.