Band 7 Clinical Lead - Addictions Service Team

Job summary

In conjunction with the Consultant Psychiatrist and the Hub Manager:

• To model the delivery of evidence-based treatment interventions to colleagues through work witha small caseload of complex clients [including prescribing interventions where relevant}
• If qualified, to undertake non-medical nurse prescribing, or work towards non medical prescribing qualification where agreed in post.
• To provide clinical case management supervision to colleagues and participate in educational events such as teaching and case discussions
• To provide case management supervision to senior members of staff, embedding a consistent supervision standard and experience is cascaded throughout the service.
• Participate in multidisciplinary discussions
• To ensure the service remains up to date in delivering best practice/evidence based quality in clinical knowledge, assessment, coordination and interventions.
• To provide professional advice, support and guidance to Solihull services around substance use and best practice.
• To develop and lead a system of continuous clinical quality improvement through audit, service evaluation, service user satisfaction surveys and targeted key performance indicators.
• Contribute towards service understanding of quality through implementation and review of clinical audit and service user experience.
• Contribute towards clinical governance processes and service reviews
• To deputise for Team Manager in their absence.

Main duties of the job

The post holder:

Will manage a substance use caseload and will be responsible for the

assessment, co-produced recovery planning, implementation and

evaluation of delivered systemic care.

Have a working knowledge of local, national policies and legislation

which govern current substance use service delivery and quality.

Will provide case management supervision to staff within SIAS.

Will support clinical effectiveness of SIAS through completion of

qualitative and quantitative audit and support implementation of

required action for continuous improvement.

Provide expert support to colleagues around change behaviour

interventions

Will be responsible for ensuring effective communication pathways

exist.

Will be responsible for ensuring the promotion of equality, diversity

and inclusivity in accordance with best practice and legislation.

Will contribute towards SIAS meeting training and skills required to

deliver quality evidence-based care.

Where qualified, support the non medical prescribing functions of the

service.

About us

Welcome to Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust. Our 4000 clinical and support staff help us to improve mental health wellbeing of the 70,000 people we serve each year. We provide a range of mental healthcare services across Birmingham and Solihull, as well as specialised services nationally. We also offer medical, nursing and psychology training and are proud of our international reputation for both research and innovation.

Our population is culturally diverse, characterised in places by high levels of deprivation which create an increasing demand for our services and a necessity for us to make sure everyone can access the help they need. We are a team of compassionate, inclusive and committed people working together to provide excellent care to support our community. If you are looking for a place to belong, where you can make a real difference to people's lives, join our team where our warm welcome is waiting for you.