Job summary
Children and Family Health Devon (CFHD) is the place to be!
We have developed an innovative, integrated model of childrens community
services and now looking to appoint enthusiastic individuals to join our
friendly and dedicated locality and county-wide professional teams.
As a large community service, you will be joining a strong,
enthusiastic and supportive group of professionals who will be your peers, your
phone a friend network and your inspiring colleagues. This provides a real
sense of professional collaboration at work, that will be an asset to your
daily work, your career development and your support network.
We are excited to be advertising for a full time Clinical Team
Manager to support our countywide Child in Care pathway.
With the launch of the new Addressing Adverse Childhood Experiences pathway approaching, we hope to welcome a new Clinical Team Manager to help
implement the model and support the delivery of the service across the county.
Main duties of the job
The main duties of the role involve overseeing the clinical
team and ensuring the delivery of high-quality care to patients. This includes
managing and supervising a team of healthcare professionals such as nurses,
therapists, and support staff.
The clinical team manager is responsible for developing and
implementing treatment plans for patients, ensuring that they are delivered in
a timely and effective manner. They must also ensure that the service operates
in compliance with relevant regulations and standards, and that patient
confidentiality is maintained at all times.
With the recent development of this pathway, the clinical
team manager may also be involved in recruitment and training of new staff, as
well as ensuring that the service is adequately resourced to meet the needs of
the patients.
We also recognise the importance of maintaining clinical practice and are happy to support and encourage the successful application maintaining a clinical caseload within the pathway alongside CPD opportunities to support your development as these arise.
About us
Successful applicants will be employed by
Devon Partnership Trust (https://jobs.dpt.nhs.uk/locations/working-here )
Children and Family Health Devon
(CFHD) comprises an Alliance of NHS organisations working together to improve
health outcomes for children and young people in Devon.
CFHD provides integrated care and
treatment for children and young people across physical and mental health. We
are working closely with other organisations and providers to ensure we deliver
locality and county-wide based integrated access to all of our services, based
on the i-Thrive Framework, in response to consultation with our service users
and communities.
CFHD works closely with our local
universities of Plymouth, Exeter & the Peninsula Medical School where we
support students in clinical training placements and in addition support our
own staff to undertake post graduate training.
Our integrated care and treatment
has been developed and refined in partnership with children, young people and
their families/carers.
Our children
and young people say
We
would like the people who work for Children and Family Health Devon to be
understanding, patient and respectful. They should be trustworthy and make us
feel safe and comfortable. It is important that they use their skills and
experience to listen carefully in a non-patronising and non-judgemental way.
When staff are positive and friendly, they help to create an environment that
is informal and without pressure.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Full
Vacancy details can be found on the attached Job Description/Person
Specification. Please refer to your suitability to the post in your supporting
information from the role requirements or person specification.
Provide
effective collaborative leadership and day to day operational management of the
clinical team
Ensure the
effective and efficient delivery of evidence based clinical care including
triage, assessment, clinical formulation and care planning, treatment, and
discharge of children and young people
Ensure the
service is delivered in partnership with other clinical pathways within the
locality, health specialties and partner organisations across health,
education, social care and the voluntary sector.
Ensure the
service is delivered in partnership with children, young people and their
parents/ carers, ensuring their active participation is facilitated and
feedback elicited, considered and acted-upon.
In
partnership with the Operations Manager, ensure that clinical and non-clinical
risks within the pathway are identified and managed effectively.
To
maintain systems designed to monitor demand and maintain optimal clinical
capacity within the team
To ensure
data is captured and used to drive effective service delivery and improvement
Work
collaboratively with other leaders (professional, clinical and operational), to
maintain a culture within the service of excellence in clinical standards and
safety.
Work with
other Team Managers across the multi-agency system of childrens services in the
locality to ensure the clinical pathway is delivered as part of an integrated
system of care, to improve health outcomes for children and young people.
Ensure
clinical provision in the pathway is delivered to meet key performance targets
Ensure
robust financial management of the teams activities
Provide
supervision, operational management and support to clinicians with the ability
to demonstrate compassionate leadership, to understand and follow HR policies
and procedures, ensure staff wellbeing and development and adopt a
collaborative approach to engage staff with a range of skills and communication
needs.
Attend,
participate and chair relevant meetings with the ability to present information
in a range of formats, adapting communication to meet the needs of others.
- To
deputise for the Operations Manager as required
Job description
Job responsibilities
Full
Vacancy details can be found on the attached Job Description/Person
Specification. Please refer to your suitability to the post in your supporting
information from the role requirements or person specification.
Provide
effective collaborative leadership and day to day operational management of the
clinical team
Ensure the
effective and efficient delivery of evidence based clinical care including
triage, assessment, clinical formulation and care planning, treatment, and
discharge of children and young people
Ensure the
service is delivered in partnership with other clinical pathways within the
locality, health specialties and partner organisations across health,
education, social care and the voluntary sector.
Ensure the
service is delivered in partnership with children, young people and their
parents/ carers, ensuring their active participation is facilitated and
feedback elicited, considered and acted-upon.
In
partnership with the Operations Manager, ensure that clinical and non-clinical
risks within the pathway are identified and managed effectively.
To
maintain systems designed to monitor demand and maintain optimal clinical
capacity within the team
To ensure
data is captured and used to drive effective service delivery and improvement
Work
collaboratively with other leaders (professional, clinical and operational), to
maintain a culture within the service of excellence in clinical standards and
safety.
Work with
other Team Managers across the multi-agency system of childrens services in the
locality to ensure the clinical pathway is delivered as part of an integrated
system of care, to improve health outcomes for children and young people.
Ensure
clinical provision in the pathway is delivered to meet key performance targets
Ensure
robust financial management of the teams activities
Provide
supervision, operational management and support to clinicians with the ability
to demonstrate compassionate leadership, to understand and follow HR policies
and procedures, ensure staff wellbeing and development and adopt a
collaborative approach to engage staff with a range of skills and communication
needs.
Attend,
participate and chair relevant meetings with the ability to present information
in a range of formats, adapting communication to meet the needs of others.
- To
deputise for the Operations Manager as required
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- A professional qualification at degree level or equivalent e.g. Psychological profession, Nursing, Social Work, Occupational Therapy, or equivalent.
- Additional specialist training and qualification to post graduate diploma level or equivalent in supervision and/or leadership skills.
- Professional registration/accreditation with a recognised body, e.g. NMC, HCPC, Social Work England, UKCP, BABCP
- Evidence of relevant CPD.
Desirable
- Additional specialist training and qualification to post graduate diploma level or equivalent in an evidence-based therapeutic approach.
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working collaboratively in a multi-disciplinary team and across agencies.
- Experience of delivering a clinical practice within the area of specialty for children with complex health conditions - undertaking specialist assessment and treatment interventions for children and young people with complex health problems
- Experience of supervising others and developing positive supervisory relationships with healthcare professionals.
- Experience in managing HR and recruitment processes including staff appraisals, performance and sickness management.
- Experience of delivering healthcare within an equalities and human rights framework
- Experience of initiating, organising and planning inter-agency meetings aimed at setting in place a treatment package tailored to the individual needs of a child/young person.
- Experience in involving service users as active partners in the delivery and or design of services
- Experience of engagement in service development and quality improvement
- Experience of using data to improve services
Knowledge, skills and abilities
Essential
- Specialist skill in the ability to communicate effectively, verbally and in writing, highly complex, technical and/or clinically sensitive information to children/young people and families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the service, adapting your approach according to the individual needs of the audience.
- Ability to integrate complex clinical information into a coherent formulation.
- The ability to work as an autonomous professional, to take on responsibility, make decisions under pressure and seek support as appropriate.
- Ability to review, analyse and report on information and key data relating to the teams performance, capacity or activity.
- The ability to plan and complete operational leadership tasks as directed and within reasonable timescales.
- Ability to develop and implement systems to manage capacity and demand - patient flow, staff workloads.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- A professional qualification at degree level or equivalent e.g. Psychological profession, Nursing, Social Work, Occupational Therapy, or equivalent.
- Additional specialist training and qualification to post graduate diploma level or equivalent in supervision and/or leadership skills.
- Professional registration/accreditation with a recognised body, e.g. NMC, HCPC, Social Work England, UKCP, BABCP
- Evidence of relevant CPD.
Desirable
- Additional specialist training and qualification to post graduate diploma level or equivalent in an evidence-based therapeutic approach.
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working collaboratively in a multi-disciplinary team and across agencies.
- Experience of delivering a clinical practice within the area of specialty for children with complex health conditions - undertaking specialist assessment and treatment interventions for children and young people with complex health problems
- Experience of supervising others and developing positive supervisory relationships with healthcare professionals.
- Experience in managing HR and recruitment processes including staff appraisals, performance and sickness management.
- Experience of delivering healthcare within an equalities and human rights framework
- Experience of initiating, organising and planning inter-agency meetings aimed at setting in place a treatment package tailored to the individual needs of a child/young person.
- Experience in involving service users as active partners in the delivery and or design of services
- Experience of engagement in service development and quality improvement
- Experience of using data to improve services
Knowledge, skills and abilities
Essential
- Specialist skill in the ability to communicate effectively, verbally and in writing, highly complex, technical and/or clinically sensitive information to children/young people and families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the service, adapting your approach according to the individual needs of the audience.
- Ability to integrate complex clinical information into a coherent formulation.
- The ability to work as an autonomous professional, to take on responsibility, make decisions under pressure and seek support as appropriate.
- Ability to review, analyse and report on information and key data relating to the teams performance, capacity or activity.
- The ability to plan and complete operational leadership tasks as directed and within reasonable timescales.
- Ability to develop and implement systems to manage capacity and demand - patient flow, staff workloads.
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.
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
