Clinical Practice Lead

NHS; Newton Abbot; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Part time

Job description

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a clinical practice lead, based at Estuary House, Newton Abbot working in the Older Adults community mental health team.

You will be part of the core leadership team.

You will be responsible for overseeing and supporting staff with providing high quality community care for older adults.

You will use your skills and experience to deliver person centred, personalised care which inspires hope and recovery.

You will play a key role in multidisciplinary team working and multiple agencies on a daily basis.

You will lead others in clinical practice through training, supervision, coaching and mentoring.

Main duties of the job

You will carry a small caseload of clients.

1. To lead on referral triage and allocation decisions.
2. To be available when required to offer support and advice to clinical staff and able to offer support to duty and in urgent/complex situations.
3. To support the team with completing complex assessments.
4. To offer support to clinical staff by offering joint visits to assist in risk formulations and care planning for complex cases.
5. You will support with identifying team training needs, performance and organise and implement delivery programmes including physical health monitoring.
6. You will be expected to carry complete audits and identify Quality Improvement factors.

About us

We provide mental health, learning disability and neurodiversity services, as well as a range of specialist & secure services for the wider south west region & nationally. We are passionate about promoting good mental health & wellbeing. We strive to use the expertise & resources within our organisation, and through our partnerships, to deliver high quality services that are safe & focused on people's recovery.

We are committed to developing a culture of coproduction, involving patients, families & carers in everything we do.

Our values

We not only recruit based on qualifications & experience - we recruit individuals who possess & demonstrate the behaviours which underpin our Trust's core values. These include such attributes as showing a commitment to quality of care, improving lives of others, giving respect, dignity & compassion. We can bring those values to life in our everyday tasks by giving a smile; making time for people; challenging ourselves & others, & being open to new ideas.

We are committed to being an inclusive employer & applications are encouraged & welcomed from all sections of the community, regardless of any protected characteristics as governed by the Equality Act 2010. Part time & flexible working applications will be considered & supported, where possible. We particularly encourage applicants with lived experience of mental health conditions, neurodiversity or learning disabilities. We are a Disability Confident Leader.

Job responsibilities

The Community Practice Leader is responsible for ensuring compliance with quality and safety standards within their assigned teams. They will ensure that all individuals receiving care and treatment from OPMH services do so in line with Trust strategic values.

The key responsibilities of this role are as follows:

1. Empower people who use the service to make choices and decisions around their care and treatment.
2. Champion dignity, equality, diversity, choice and respect.
3. Prioritize demand and allocate/delegate accordingly.
4. Quality improvement and ensuring high standards of clinical effectiveness.
5. Audits.
6. Compliance with CQC standards.
7. Managing complaints and compliments.
8. Learning from experience and support a safe service by ensuring incidents are reported.
9. Supporting learners to have a meaningful placement experience.
10. Advanced clinical delivery and leading others in their clinical practice through training, supervision, coaching and mentoring.
11. Having a sound knowledge and experience in the Dementia Strategy and embedding this within a community framework.
12. Making clinical triage decisions on receipt of internal and external referrals.
13. Being part of the core leadership team within your allocated team.
14. Chairing meetings, including clinical and safeguarding.
15. Clinical knowledge and experience of comorbidities and frailty which affect care and treatment associated when treating a mental health condition.

Person Specification

Experience

• 5 years post qualifying work, including community and inpatient mental health.
• Risk assessment and management.
• Clinical leadership.
• Other relevant post registration experience.
• Understanding of research principles.
• Teaching, training and or supervision of clinical staff.
• Experience of working in a senior or advanced clinical role.
• Ability to interpret research and apply to practice.
• Transformational work.

Qualifications

• A professional mental health qualification to degree level or equivalent.
• Evidence of commitment to life-long learning and continuing professional development.
• Training to level 3 in Safeguarding children and young people: roles and competencies for Health Care staff.

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.