Clinical Service Lead

Job description

Job responsibilities

Leadership

To support the development of a culture that promotes leadership through coaching in accordance with Trust standards and protocols.

To line manage and performance manage team members in accordance with Trust standards and protocols.

To line manage and performance manage team to assist in recruiting, motivating, training, developing and retaining appropriate staff enabling them to have the skills, expertise and discretion to function effectively in their roles.

Provide demonstrable assurance that staff have the appropriate skills and competence to deliver high quality care.

To ensure the effective operational management of the CAMHS Crisis Service in providing services which are in accordance with the objectives of CAMHS, and achievement of key performance targets.

To demonstrate clinical competence and role model effective clinical care delivery, with at least 50% direct clinical work.

To be a visible leader and be accessible to clinical staff, services users and carers onsite within the clinic, with some flexible working solutions.

Team Management

To ensure that services are developed and provided that are of the highest standard in terms of accessibility, consistent with SLAMs values.

To ensure (in conjunction with the Service Manager, Clinical Lead for Risk Support, Heads of Professions and Lead Clinicians) that practice within the team meets relevant standards, is appropriate, timely, safe and follows agreed professional practice.

To provide immediate advice and direction to all members of the Service, and others in relation to complex organisational practice situations as necessary.

To work in conjunction with the Service Manager and Clinical Lead for Risk Support to develop effective quality assurance and performance systems that support performance against CAMHS KPIs and provide staff with feedback on their performance.

To establish and maintain effective working relationships and new working arrangements with colleagues, children and young people, parents and other key stakeholders.To ensure that staff engage in regular meetings, training and team building with the goal of promoting a working environment that is open, honest, supportive and outward looking.

Staff Management

To ensure the effective use of human resources ensuring safe levels of staffing which reflect the necessary and appropriate skill mix.

To ensure that all staff are in receipt of regular appraisal and professional development support, liaising with Heads of profession and training departments as appropriate.

Provide demonstrable assurance that all staff are receiving appraisal and personal development plans that include mandatory training and clinical supervision to enable the workforce to be fit for practice.

To provide demonstrable assurance that service lines comply with all mandatory reporting and assurance frameworks to enable the Trust to achieve compliance.

To ensure the effective use of human resources ensuring safe levels of staffing which reflect the necessary and appropriate skill mix. To ensure that all staff are in receipt of regular appraisal and professional development support, liaising with Heads of profession and training departments, as appropriate.

To establish and maintain effective working relationships and new working arrangements with colleagues, children and young people, parents and other key stakeholders.

To ensure that staff engage in regular meetings, training and team building with the goal of promoting a working environment that is open, honest, supportive and outward looking.

To monitor sickness absence, annual leave, training and study leave, taking any appropriate management action as required.

To ensure all staff are trained and participate in regular audit.

To ensure all staff are pro-active in contributing to team and service training initiatives.

To ensure that all staff are trained to understand and make optimum use of electronic systems that facilitate service delivery.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• oRecognised Professional Qualification in Social Work (DipSW/CQSW), Mental Health Nursing (RMN), Psychology or any allied medical profession.
• oLive Clinical Registration.

Desirable

• oSupervision Training
• oManagement Training
• oEducated to Masters level or related experience.

Experience

Essential

• oExperience of consultation to, and clinical supervision of, other staff.
• oExperience of working with children and families from diverse cultural backgrounds.
• oExperience of clinical leadership and providing clinical support for practitioners across disciplines including recruitment, supervision, and appraisal
• oExperience of managing complex and high-risk cases.
• oExperience of CAMHS assessment.
• Experience of working in a CAMHS Crisis Team or a team working with higher risk adolescents within CAMHS

Desirable

• oAbility to teach and train others, using a variety of complex multi-media materials suitable for presentations within public, professional and academic settings.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

Essential

• oHighly specialist knowledge of childhood disorders including emotional and behavioural disorders, relationship difficulties and attachment disorders and theories of child development.
• oKnowledge of legislation and national policy in relation to Looked After Children and mental health issues, including the Children Act, safeguarding children, and the Mental Health Act.
• oHighly developed verbal and written communication skills including communicating complex, highly technical and sensitive information to children, young people, families, and colleagues.
• oAbility to work effectively within a multi-disciplinary team, contributing to effective team functioning and holding team roles.

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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).

Employer details

Employer name

South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Kaleidoscope

Rushy Green

Catford

SE6 4JD

Employer's website

https://www.slam.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)