Job summary
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Band 7 IST Clinical Team Leader
This is an exciting opportunity for a knowledgeable and skilled individual who holds a keen interest in developing their leadership skills and champions high quality care for some of the most vulnerable members of our society. The successful candidate will provide effective and compassionate leadership to the Intensive Support Team, working closely with the TCP Service Manager and TCP Matron to achieve positive outcomes for our service-users.
The Intensive Support Team (IST), within the Learning Disability Division at BCHC, a Multi-disciplinary team comprising Psychiatry, Nursing, SLT, OT and Psychology, provides person-centred, intensive support for adults with learning disabilities who are experiencing crisis. The aim of IST is to reduce/manage behaviours that challenge, working with the person in their own residence, reducing/preventing the need for the use of restrictive practices, inpatient services and out-of-area/residential placements, enabling that person to remain in their community, supported by their family and friends, with ongoing care from the local community teams. Working with our Trust colleagues and the wider health and social care system, this is a great opportunity for candidates to develop professionally and create a fantastic career pathway through the specialty.
Main duties of the job
The most rewarding element of the IST is that due to its intensive and skilled interventions, they are able to de-escalate crisis, enhance a person's quality of life, and ensure that the service-user is receiving the care they need, in the most appropriate, least restrictive environment, with their rights and selves respected.
The role of the Clinical Team Leader is to provide senior clinical leadership and team line management. They will be responsible for ensuring the appropriate communication and clinical interactions takes place with other Healthcare providers of in-patient hospitals and placements.
About us
Be Part of Our Team...
BCHC has more than 5000 staff working across Birmingham and the West Midlands in a wide range of community nursing and specialist healthcare roles. BCHC delivers over 100 clinical services, in people's homes, health centres, clinics and inpatient facilities. We deliver a wide range of services for children, young people and families as well as adults and community services, two community hospitals, services for people with learning disabilities, the internationally recognised West Midlands Rehab Centre and one of Europe's leading Dental Hospitals and School of Dentistry. We deliver all of this with a commitment to integrated, personalised care that is rooted in our local communities. We have an ambition to deliver outstanding, integrated care as one of the key NHS providers in the West Midlands.
If you want to 'Be Part of Our Team' and work with a Foundation Trust which is continuously striving for best care and healthy communities, we want to hear from you.
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Job description
Job responsibilities
The IST is proud to identify themselves as a person-centred, highly-skilled service that works closely with the patient and family towards understanding and supporting the need of the individual in the least restrictive way, and always with compassion and respect. Recently, IST has been recognised within the Trust as demonstrating what it means to be a team, with particular attention given to their support for each other, the sharing of knowledge with, and mentoring of, junior colleagues, and their commitment to providing the best possible care for their service-users.
The key areas of responsibility will include:
Leadership and Management
Clinical Quality and Assurance
Day to day management of the Intensive Support Team.
Systems and processes and associated audits.
Performance of the Intensive Support Team.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The IST is proud to identify themselves as a person-centred, highly-skilled service that works closely with the patient and family towards understanding and supporting the need of the individual in the least restrictive way, and always with compassion and respect. Recently, IST has been recognised within the Trust as demonstrating what it means to be a team, with particular attention given to their support for each other, the sharing of knowledge with, and mentoring of, junior colleagues, and their commitment to providing the best possible care for their service-users.
The key areas of responsibility will include:
Leadership and Management
Clinical Quality and Assurance
Day to day management of the Intensive Support Team.
Systems and processes and associated audits.
Performance of the Intensive Support Team.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Relevant Clinical Degree and post registration qualification in relevant subject area
- Positive Behaviour Support Training
- Evidence of professional updating.
- Leadership Qualification
- Management Training
- Improve training
- Change management training
- Finance Training/qualification
Experience
Essential
- Demonstrate both managerial and clerical skills in previous post.
- To show an understanding and means of managing the effective use of resources.
- Significant Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, which reflect a full range of clients who have complex learning disability and/or mental ill health needs.
- Experience of working with people with a learning disability in crisis
- Experience of risk assessments/management
- Working within CPA framework
- Experience of working with service users within Mental Health Act & Ministry Of Justice frameworks.
- Significant experience of working in a clinical setting
- Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary team
- Evidence of personal contribution as a strong team player, facilitating effective team working to deliver outcomes.
- Experience of leading multidisciplinary teams
- Knowledge and understanding of NHS developments, policies and priorities in relation to healthcare.
Skills
Essential
- Implementing complex change in a clinical setting
- Excellent decision making and problem solving skills
- Show vision for developing long-term planning, setting long and short-term objectives for self and the service.
- To have good inter-personal skills /emotional intelligence
- The ability to communicate effectively, verbally and in writing, information to clients, their families, carers and other professionals both within and outside the NHS.
- Ability to work in partnership across agencies and services
- Ability to manage and deal effectively with crises/prioritise
- Ability to manage within a delegated budget
- Customer Care training
- Keyboard skills in use of Microsoft Excel, Word, Access and PowerPoint to design, create and input to complex spreadsheets, reports and databases
personal qualities
Essential
- Flexible and adaptable
- Creative
- Supportive
- Motivated
- Willingness to develop self and other team members
- Ability to act as a role model
- Excellent time management
- Ability to cope well under pressure
- Appraisal Skills
- Confident and approachable manner
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Relevant Clinical Degree and post registration qualification in relevant subject area
- Positive Behaviour Support Training
- Evidence of professional updating.
- Leadership Qualification
- Management Training
- Improve training
- Change management training
- Finance Training/qualification
Experience
Essential
- Demonstrate both managerial and clerical skills in previous post.
- To show an understanding and means of managing the effective use of resources.
- Significant Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, which reflect a full range of clients who have complex learning disability and/or mental ill health needs.
- Experience of working with people with a learning disability in crisis
- Experience of risk assessments/management
- Working within CPA framework
- Experience of working with service users within Mental Health Act & Ministry Of Justice frameworks.
- Significant experience of working in a clinical setting
- Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary team
- Evidence of personal contribution as a strong team player, facilitating effective team working to deliver outcomes.
- Experience of leading multidisciplinary teams
- Knowledge and understanding of NHS developments, policies and priorities in relation to healthcare.
Skills
Essential
- Implementing complex change in a clinical setting
- Excellent decision making and problem solving skills
- Show vision for developing long-term planning, setting long and short-term objectives for self and the service.
- To have good inter-personal skills /emotional intelligence
- The ability to communicate effectively, verbally and in writing, information to clients, their families, carers and other professionals both within and outside the NHS.
- Ability to work in partnership across agencies and services
- Ability to manage and deal effectively with crises/prioritise
- Ability to manage within a delegated budget
- Customer Care training
- Keyboard skills in use of Microsoft Excel, Word, Access and PowerPoint to design, create and input to complex spreadsheets, reports and databases
personal qualities
Essential
- Flexible and adaptable
- Creative
- Supportive
- Motivated
- Willingness to develop self and other team members
- Ability to act as a role model
- Excellent time management
- Ability to cope well under pressure
- Appraisal Skills
- Confident and approachable manner
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.
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.
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).
