Job summary
- Main area
- Mental Health
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday - Friday 9-5)
- Job ref
- 186-872-24-MH
- Employer
- Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Gedling LMHT
- Town
- Carlton
- Salary
- £43,742 - £50,056 per annum (pro rata for part time)
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 25/07/2024 23:59
- Interview date
- 08/08/2024
Employer heading
Clinical Lead
Band 7
Job overview
The Gedling Local Mental Health Team (LMHT) are looking to recruit a compassionate and highly skilled Clinical Lead to join the LMHT management team. Working in collaboration with the Team Leader and members of the wider LMHT workforce, the Clinical Lead will be responsible for leading, monitoring and evaluating the clinical practice of the team driving towards clinical excellence. The post holder will provide and oversee clinical supervision and support the multi-disciplinary team to ensure the delivery of high quality and safe patient centred care and provide senior clinical leadership within the service.
Main duties of the job
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced clinician Nursing/ Social Work/OT/Therapist/Other, with professional registration, to join our dynamic, well established Locality Mental Health Team
The post holder will be expected to lead on service transformation in line with the NHS Long Term Plan, co-produce and support the evolution of pathway interventions with the community mental services. You will lead the development of pathways of care across the community mental health teams to embed and implement new ways of working. You will also be expected to deliver approved training in line with the clinical pathways. You will evidence active clinical and managerial leadership skills within the team, providing education and supervision to junior staff members and other professionals.
Gedling LMHT prides ourselves on offering high quality evidenced based care to service users and their support network, but also being a warm and supportive team that places an emphasis on a positive working culture.
Working for our organisation
#TeamNottsHC comprises over 11,000 dedicated colleagues who #MakeADifference every day. We deliver intellectual disability, mental health, community health, forensic, and offender healthcare services across Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, and South Yorkshire. Our care is provided from over 200 sites, spanning community locations, acute settings, and secure environments, including prisons.
We are one of the largest mental health and community Trusts in the East Midlands and one of Nottinghamshire's biggest employers. We also host national and regional services, such as the National High Secure Deaf Service and the Nottingham Centre for Transgender Health.
We offer a variety of employee-led staff networks, including Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) groups, the Green Champions network, the Freedom to Speak Up network, the Health and Wellbeing Champions network, and the Menopause Champions network. These networks play a vital role in supporting our diverse workforce and promoting a culture of inclusivity.
The health and wellbeing of our colleagues is a top priority. We invest significantly in this through our in-house occupational health and staff counselling services, supported by a dedicated Health and Wellbeing team.
The Trust is committed to reducing its carbon emissions, with a specialised Energy and Environmental team working to ensure compliance with environmental legislation, enhance our environmental performance, and achieve our net-zero commitment
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The post holder will exercise senior clinical expertise, levels of judgement, discretion and decision making in clinical care whilst working within the team.
To participate in clinical leadership of the LMHT , working alongside the Team Leader and in coordinating the team in the delivery of high-quality multidisciplinary care.
You will ensure patients receive appropriate investigation, intervention and treatment with minimal avoidable delays, whilst improving the quality and experience of care.
In collaboration with the team leader monitor and lead improvements to standards of care through, supervision of practice, clinical audit, evidenced based practice, teaching and supporting professional colleagues and the provision of skilled professional leadership.
The post holder will hold qualification relevant to the LMHT Provision (Nursing/ Social Work/OT/Therapist/Other), will use these skills in collaboration with others to lead clinically in support of the delivery of high quality services to patients and families open to the service.
To be responsible for completing specialist mental health assessments and developing treatment plans as an autonomous practitioner and to monitor interventions, ensuring compliance in accordance with Trust policy.
To maintain professional standards, ensuring adherence to all relevant policies and procedures to ensure the delivery of high-quality care.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Professional Nursing/Clinical Qualification to degree level or equivalent
- Maintains professional registration with appropriate professional body
- Further specialist knowledge/post registration experience in specific service area or other formal training
Desirable criteria
- Demonstrate continued professional development to maintain professional registration
- Non-Medical prescribing qualification or willingness to work towards
Training
Essential criteria
- Willingness to undertake new clinical practices, education and training that will enhance service delivery
Desirable criteria
- The ability to deal with and resolve conflict
Experience
Essential criteria
- Demonstrates satisfactory clinical expertise for the banding
- Specialist and area specific experience
- Advanced knowledge of medication for the older adult with mental health issues
Desirable criteria
- Awareness of national and local issues impacting of nursing care
- Experience of clinical / managerial leadership within an MDT and own approach to management
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Knowledge and understanding of current legislation and understanding of clinical risk assessments
- Advanced knowledge of physical health problems in the older adult
Skills
Essential criteria
- Ability to work as part of a team
- Good written/oral communication skills
- Diplomatic, caring & sympathetic
- Ability to be flexible and handle conflict issues
- Good skills in assessment intervention and evaluation of patients nursing care
- Clinical supervision skills
- IT skills
- A high level of emotional intelligence
Values and Behaviours
Essential criteria
- All staff should be able to demonstrate an understanding of and commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion as identified within the Trust’s Equality and Diversity Policy and associated Equality, Diversity and Human Rights legislation
- All colleagues are expected to demonstrate that they act in line with Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Values: Trust Honesty Respect Compassion Teamwork
Contractual
Essential criteria
- A full UK driving licence and vehicle for business use is required for this post; however reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled individuals in line with the Equality Act 2010.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Robyn Lowe
- Job title
- Team Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01159524098
- Additional information
Tanya Hobbs - Service Manager - [email protected]
Sarah Taylor - Operational Manager - [email protected]
If you have problems applying, contact
- Address
-
Duncan Macmillan House
Porchester Road
Mapperley
Nottingham
Nottinghamshire
NG3 6AA
- Telephone
- 0115 667 0364 - Corporate/Mental Health Services
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