Clinical Lead
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Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a committed, competent and passionate Band 7 Clinical Lead to join Newton Ward (PICU) at Clock View Hospital.
Newton Ward is a 12 bedded mixed-sex Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU). You will join a dedicated group of specialist doctors, nurses and healthcare assistants at the core of the PICU team, organising and supervising the treatment delivered in the unit and providing a lower stimulus environment and access to intensive one-to-one care or support as needed, to aid recovery.
The clinical lead role is a key element in providing safe, effective and cohesive service to those who require support with their mental health.
Main duties of the job
As a clinical lead you will support the team manager to implement and operationalise trust policies, procedures and service improvements.
Through the regular use of clinical supervision and reflective practice you will enhance and build the skills of the team around you, and provide expertise and advice to the multidisciplinary team around you.
You will take the lead in robust gatekeeping of all assessments that come into the PICU, from acute wards and also from any prisons.
Ensuring that the team are innkeeping with the NAPICU guidelines.
About us
Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 11 million people.
We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health and specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction and brain injury services. Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK that offer high secure mental health facilities.
At the heart of all we do is our commitment to 'perfect care' - care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable and efficient. We support our staff to do the best job they can and work alongside service users, their families, and carers to design and develop future services together. We're currently delivering a programme of organisational and service transformation to significantly improve the quality of the services we provide.
Details
Date posted
12 February 2024
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 7
Salary
£43,742 to £50,056 a year per annum
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
350-MHC6051406
Job locations
Newton Ward
Clock view hospital 2A Oakhouse Park
Liverpool
L9 1EP
Job description
Job responsibilities
MANAGERIAL
Provide effective leadership to the team.
Formulate and implement local clinical and operational practices and procedures as appropriate.
Ensure the effective deployment of staff and other resources to deliver the required service and the agreed standards. This would involve the review and management of rotas and deployment of staff.
Participate in the recruitment and selection process in accordance with Trust policy.
Ensure effective induction of staff in accordance with Trust policy.
Ensure exit interviews are offered to staff on leaving the organisation/ moving teams within the Trust.
Manage and co-ordinate all services delivered to the service user within the clinical area, optimising all available resources.
Ensure the implementation, monitoring and updating of an operational policy / pathways and philosophy for the clinical area.
Ensure the principles of Clinical Governance are incorporated in service delivery by maintaining a high quality service based on agreed clinical standards.
Ensure that service users are cared for within the confines of their respective Mental Health Act status and adhere to the requirements of the MHA 1983 and the corresponding Code of Practice.
Ensure that Trust policies and procedures are understood and adhered to by all staff within their scope of responsibility.
Develop local protocols involving team members and acute trust to ensure a high standard of service delivery is achieved and maintained.
Lead and ensure staff participation in the formulation of new ideas/ suggestions to improve service user care and service delivery.
Lead on and participate in the performance monitoring of services in accordance with national and local targets.
Provide statistical information on workforce and service user activity as required.
Assist in the maintenance and updating of the teams equipment inventories and services schedules. Ensure regular servicing, maintenance, repair or replacement as required adhering to Health & Safety, COSHH and Medical Devices Agency regulations.
Ensure effective processes of communication are established, maintained and regularly evaluated within designated team.
Maintain and monitor a framework for risk management and Health and Safety that ensures timely and effective planning and appropriate actions.
Investigate complaints and incidents in accordance with Trust policy.
Undertake Serious Untoward Incident investigations/reviews as required.
Ensure that all staff are regularly updated and have knowledge of all emergency procedures.
Active participation in multidisciplinary decision-making process regarding patient care in the capacity of an autonomous clinician.
CLINICAL
To lead the development of the Service and ensure a high level of clinical leadership within the given area of expertise to other staff within the Service.
To provide a specialist liaison mental health screening assessment, including risk assessment and differential diagnosis, using diagnostic criteria, assessment tools and rating scales.
Independently assess, plan and identify mental health needs, facilitate appropriate care and treatment.
Non-Medical Prescribing: Registered practitioners who are Non-Medical Prescribers are accountable for their prescribing activities by ensuring they are aware of their professional accountability and any restrictions or special considerations in their prescribing practice. Qualified Non-Medical Prescribers must register their qualification with their Professional Body and with the Trust Database in accordance with the Trust Non-Medical Prescribing procedure. Supplementary prescribers must work within Clinical Management Plans in close association with a medical practitioner.
To acting in a consultative capacity as a specialist mental health clinician within the general hospital setting and team, to include advice on medication and contributing to diagnosis.
Supporting the development of a skilled and flexible workforce, supporting junior staff to achieve their full potential in line with the Liaison Competency and Nursing career framework.
Take an active role in education in line with key performance indicators
To develop and maintain partnership working with a wide range of statutory and voluntary agencies.
Effective and autonomous management of clinical caseload.
Making unsupervised decisions in respect of patients clinical priority and the suitability for inclusion into and discharge from specialist mental health services.
To act in accordance with infection control policies of the Trust due to frequent exposure to and contact with infectious conditions and substances.
Advise on manual transferring, mobilising and transporting of patients.
Give/receive regular clinical supervision as per Trust policy.
COMMUNICATION AND ORGANISATIONAL
To engage in a high level of communication with Senior Management both in the Trust and services in the community.
The post holder will be pivotal in ensuring the co-ordination of multiple services to ensure discharges are appropriate and facilitated in a timely manner, and will be organise, manage and develop comprehensive discharge plans with community services.
To deal effectively with issues which are frequently confrontational and complex requiring the use of skills in sensitivity, diplomacy and negotiation.
Adapt communication to take account of others culture, background and preferred way of communicating.
Provide feedback to others on their communication where appropriate shares and engages thinking with others.
Maintain the highest standards of integrity when communicating with patients and the wider public
EDUCATION AND DEVELOPMENT
Organise and undertake ward based teaching where appropriate ensuring that the environment is suitable for student nurse placements.
Lead and support the implementation of evidence based practice in line with current research.
Work closely with Education Facilitator to assist skills acquisition and facilitate workforce planning and development.
Coordinate preceptorship and mentorship for all staff including those in training.
Demonstrate the acquisition and application of knowledge in line with current research and evidence-based practice.
Undertake appropriate continuing professional development.
Promote a positive learning environment by contributing to teaching, training and supervision of junior staff and learners within the organisation.
Provide evidence to support development around the Trust Appraisal system which may include the KSF or other competency profiles.
Design and deliver an ongoing programme of formal mental health education in conjunction with post graduate teaching department to all professional staff within the acute hospital setting.
Provide regular service awareness sessions for staff across hospital settings.
Provide evidence to support development around the Trust appraisal system which includes KSF.
Participate in regular supervision, engage in reflective practice and be committed to continued development.
Develop own skills and knowledge and contribute to the development of others.
SERVICE DEVELOPMENT
To develop, implement and review liaison service operational policies.
To ensure both Trusts receive outcome monitoring data.
To establish implement and review patient care pathways/protocols and practice guidelines.
To develop competencies in self and which safeguard practice and effectiveness of role.
Effectively manage allocated/available resources.
To complete six monthly statistical review of service activity and report to service manager.
Contribute to strategic forums as directed.
RESEARCH AUDIT
Ensure staff awareness of Clinical and Corporate Governance and the need for research-based practice.
Undertake and participate in appropriate audit, quality assurance programmes and research as directed.
Job description
Job responsibilities
MANAGERIAL
Provide effective leadership to the team.
Formulate and implement local clinical and operational practices and procedures as appropriate.
Ensure the effective deployment of staff and other resources to deliver the required service and the agreed standards. This would involve the review and management of rotas and deployment of staff.
Participate in the recruitment and selection process in accordance with Trust policy.
Ensure effective induction of staff in accordance with Trust policy.
Ensure exit interviews are offered to staff on leaving the organisation/ moving teams within the Trust.
Manage and co-ordinate all services delivered to the service user within the clinical area, optimising all available resources.
Ensure the implementation, monitoring and updating of an operational policy / pathways and philosophy for the clinical area.
Ensure the principles of Clinical Governance are incorporated in service delivery by maintaining a high quality service based on agreed clinical standards.
Ensure that service users are cared for within the confines of their respective Mental Health Act status and adhere to the requirements of the MHA 1983 and the corresponding Code of Practice.
Ensure that Trust policies and procedures are understood and adhered to by all staff within their scope of responsibility.
Develop local protocols involving team members and acute trust to ensure a high standard of service delivery is achieved and maintained.
Lead and ensure staff participation in the formulation of new ideas/ suggestions to improve service user care and service delivery.
Lead on and participate in the performance monitoring of services in accordance with national and local targets.
Provide statistical information on workforce and service user activity as required.
Assist in the maintenance and updating of the teams equipment inventories and services schedules. Ensure regular servicing, maintenance, repair or replacement as required adhering to Health & Safety, COSHH and Medical Devices Agency regulations.
Ensure effective processes of communication are established, maintained and regularly evaluated within designated team.
Maintain and monitor a framework for risk management and Health and Safety that ensures timely and effective planning and appropriate actions.
Investigate complaints and incidents in accordance with Trust policy.
Undertake Serious Untoward Incident investigations/reviews as required.
Ensure that all staff are regularly updated and have knowledge of all emergency procedures.
Active participation in multidisciplinary decision-making process regarding patient care in the capacity of an autonomous clinician.
CLINICAL
To lead the development of the Service and ensure a high level of clinical leadership within the given area of expertise to other staff within the Service.
To provide a specialist liaison mental health screening assessment, including risk assessment and differential diagnosis, using diagnostic criteria, assessment tools and rating scales.
Independently assess, plan and identify mental health needs, facilitate appropriate care and treatment.
Non-Medical Prescribing: Registered practitioners who are Non-Medical Prescribers are accountable for their prescribing activities by ensuring they are aware of their professional accountability and any restrictions or special considerations in their prescribing practice. Qualified Non-Medical Prescribers must register their qualification with their Professional Body and with the Trust Database in accordance with the Trust Non-Medical Prescribing procedure. Supplementary prescribers must work within Clinical Management Plans in close association with a medical practitioner.
To acting in a consultative capacity as a specialist mental health clinician within the general hospital setting and team, to include advice on medication and contributing to diagnosis.
Supporting the development of a skilled and flexible workforce, supporting junior staff to achieve their full potential in line with the Liaison Competency and Nursing career framework.
Take an active role in education in line with key performance indicators
To develop and maintain partnership working with a wide range of statutory and voluntary agencies.
Effective and autonomous management of clinical caseload.
Making unsupervised decisions in respect of patients clinical priority and the suitability for inclusion into and discharge from specialist mental health services.
To act in accordance with infection control policies of the Trust due to frequent exposure to and contact with infectious conditions and substances.
Advise on manual transferring, mobilising and transporting of patients.
Give/receive regular clinical supervision as per Trust policy.
COMMUNICATION AND ORGANISATIONAL
To engage in a high level of communication with Senior Management both in the Trust and services in the community.
The post holder will be pivotal in ensuring the co-ordination of multiple services to ensure discharges are appropriate and facilitated in a timely manner, and will be organise, manage and develop comprehensive discharge plans with community services.
To deal effectively with issues which are frequently confrontational and complex requiring the use of skills in sensitivity, diplomacy and negotiation.
Adapt communication to take account of others culture, background and preferred way of communicating.
Provide feedback to others on their communication where appropriate shares and engages thinking with others.
Maintain the highest standards of integrity when communicating with patients and the wider public
EDUCATION AND DEVELOPMENT
Organise and undertake ward based teaching where appropriate ensuring that the environment is suitable for student nurse placements.
Lead and support the implementation of evidence based practice in line with current research.
Work closely with Education Facilitator to assist skills acquisition and facilitate workforce planning and development.
Coordinate preceptorship and mentorship for all staff including those in training.
Demonstrate the acquisition and application of knowledge in line with current research and evidence-based practice.
Undertake appropriate continuing professional development.
Promote a positive learning environment by contributing to teaching, training and supervision of junior staff and learners within the organisation.
Provide evidence to support development around the Trust Appraisal system which may include the KSF or other competency profiles.
Design and deliver an ongoing programme of formal mental health education in conjunction with post graduate teaching department to all professional staff within the acute hospital setting.
Provide regular service awareness sessions for staff across hospital settings.
Provide evidence to support development around the Trust appraisal system which includes KSF.
Participate in regular supervision, engage in reflective practice and be committed to continued development.
Develop own skills and knowledge and contribute to the development of others.
SERVICE DEVELOPMENT
To develop, implement and review liaison service operational policies.
To ensure both Trusts receive outcome monitoring data.
To establish implement and review patient care pathways/protocols and practice guidelines.
To develop competencies in self and which safeguard practice and effectiveness of role.
Effectively manage allocated/available resources.
To complete six monthly statistical review of service activity and report to service manager.
Contribute to strategic forums as directed.
RESEARCH AUDIT
Ensure staff awareness of Clinical and Corporate Governance and the need for research-based practice.
Undertake and participate in appropriate audit, quality assurance programmes and research as directed.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Up to date Professional Registration (to be maintained)
- Mental Nurse RMN ENB 998 or equivalent
Knowledge/Experience
Essential
- Post registration experience at Band 6 or above.
- Recent experience of working within this user group
- Contribute to Strategic Service Development
- Management and supervision of staff
- Effective team working within a multi-agency framework
- Effective change management
- Positive leadership
- Demonstrate experience of problem solving approaches
- Audit and research practices relevant to clinical area
- Assisting with effective budgetary management
- Evidence based and experience of reflective practice
- Aware of national/local policy relevant to Older People's
- In-depth knowledge of a broad range of medical conditions affecting older people and how these may impact on mental health.
- A thorough knowledge of risk assessment and crisis intervention.
- Knowledge of medication
- Knowledge of Mental Health Act
- Knowledge of Effective Care Co-ordination
- Knowledge of the use of diagnostic and assessment tools
- Audit and research methods
Values
Essential
- Continuous Improvement
- Accountability
- Respectfulness
- Enthusiasm
- Support
- High professional standards
- Responsive to service users
- Engaging leadership style
- Strong customer service belief
- Transparency and honesty
- Discreet
- Change oriented
Skills
Essential
- Organisational skills
- Computer literate
- Active listening skills
- Negotiation skills
- Conflict resolution
- Report writing
- Ability to work on own initiative and prioritise work
- Effective communication
- Clinical and management supervision
- Ability to communicate in a variety of settings
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Up to date Professional Registration (to be maintained)
- Mental Nurse RMN ENB 998 or equivalent
Knowledge/Experience
Essential
- Post registration experience at Band 6 or above.
- Recent experience of working within this user group
- Contribute to Strategic Service Development
- Management and supervision of staff
- Effective team working within a multi-agency framework
- Effective change management
- Positive leadership
- Demonstrate experience of problem solving approaches
- Audit and research practices relevant to clinical area
- Assisting with effective budgetary management
- Evidence based and experience of reflective practice
- Aware of national/local policy relevant to Older People's
- In-depth knowledge of a broad range of medical conditions affecting older people and how these may impact on mental health.
- A thorough knowledge of risk assessment and crisis intervention.
- Knowledge of medication
- Knowledge of Mental Health Act
- Knowledge of Effective Care Co-ordination
- Knowledge of the use of diagnostic and assessment tools
- Audit and research methods
Values
Essential
- Continuous Improvement
- Accountability
- Respectfulness
- Enthusiasm
- Support
- High professional standards
- Responsive to service users
- Engaging leadership style
- Strong customer service belief
- Transparency and honesty
- Discreet
- Change oriented
Skills
Essential
- Organisational skills
- Computer literate
- Active listening skills
- Negotiation skills
- Conflict resolution
- Report writing
- Ability to work on own initiative and prioritise work
- Effective communication
- Clinical and management supervision
- Ability to communicate in a variety of settings
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).
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.
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
Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Newton Ward
Clock view hospital 2A Oakhouse Park
Liverpool
L9 1EP
Employer's website
https://www.merseycare.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
Employer details
Employer name
Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Newton Ward
Clock view hospital 2A Oakhouse Park
Liverpool
L9 1EP
Employer's website
https://www.merseycare.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
Employer contact details
For questions about the job, contact:
Details
Date posted
12 February 2024
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 7
Salary
£43,742 to £50,056 a year per annum
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
350-MHC6051406
Job locations
Newton Ward
Clock view hospital 2A Oakhouse Park
Liverpool
L9 1EP
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