Lead Nurse- IROC

Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust

Are you looking for a new role that is different? For a challenge and opportunity to grow professionally and clinically? Are you interested in influencing the way systems work with young people? Are you passionate about making a difference to children and young people (CYP) with the most complex psychological, behavioural and emotional needs placed in residential care? This is a fantastic opportunity to join an expanding service covering the West Midlands region.

The Intensive Residential Outreach Care (IROC) service is an integrated multi-disciplinary approach providing the right support for CYP in placement with complex psychological and significant mental health needs.

This provision is hosted by TOUCAN (West Midlands CAMHS Provider Collaborative). The IROC service has recently been independently reviewed, and we have carefully considered key stakeholder feedback and recommendations. We are now in a better position to use the evidence to drive integrated health and social care-working. Would you like to be part of this innovative regional service that is working to bring stability to the lives of children and young people? Can you bring your passion, enthusiasm and experience to this dynamic team to support improving outcomes for this vulnerable cohort of CYP?

Main duties of the job

Intensive Residential Outreach Care (IROC) is an enhanced systems support service that offers relational and trauma-informed approaches to support children and young people who present with the most complex psychological, emotional and behavioural distress in residential placement. IROC champions multi-agency integrated care planning to improve outcomes for children and young people in CAMHS services.

The post-holder will champion the IROC agenda working closely alongside the Clinical Leads within IROC. Together we provide expert knowledge and advice. You will contribute alongside the team for the implementation of key procedural changes to improve the pathways and experience of CYP in crisis ensuring that training, supervision and specialist help is available to frontline clinical staff working with clinical complexity.

The post holder will be an experienced nurse leader in CAMHS, who can support the assessment and formulation of clinical care across complex settings including crisis care and community residential. The post-holder will be key in maintaining sustainable and meaningful relationships with key multi-agency partners at a system regional level.

The post holder will be responsible along with the clinical leads and wider MDT team for the implementation of key procedural changes to improve the pathways and experience of complex CYP, providing both clinical and operational leadership.

About us

Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust is the first of its type in the UK. Our Trust was formed in February 2017 to drive forward our commitment to provide the highest quality, world-class physical and mental health care for our women, children and families. Uniting our hospitals means more seamless care; more investment to make greater advances in our specialist treatment and world-leading neo-natal and fetal work. Importantly, it also gives us a greater voice in shaping the future of family-centred care.

Birmingham Children's Hospital is a UK leading specialist paediatric centre with an international reputation in several areas.

Birmingham Women's Hospital is one of two dedicated women's hospitals in the UK, with the busiest single site maternity unit, delivering more than 8,200 babies a year offering a full range of gynaecological, maternity and neonatal care.

Forward Thinking Birmingham (FTB) Mental Health Services are a unique, innovative community and inpatient mental health partnership. Alongside partners, FTB offers care pathways of mental health assessment and treatment for young people aged 0-25 years old.

Our Trust is committed to creating the best place to work. We believe in promoting and enhancing inclusion, diversity and equality and encourage applications from all areas of the community, who meet the criteria for the role, regardless of age, gender identity, disability, race, religion or sexual orientation.

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification to view the full details for this opportunity.

When completing your application, please ensure you have evidenced how you meet the job description and person specification to include transferable experience, qualifications, skills along with professional registration details (if applicable).

Occasionally we receive a large number of applications for our roles and when that happens we sometimes bring the closing date forward, so please apply promptly to avoid disappointment.

If you want to work with us, we offer continued professional support and development.

Person Specification

Professional/Managerial/Specialist Knowledge

• Proven ability to provide clear clinical leadership and management skills, including clear objectives and motivate staff to achieve them.
• Proactive, self-motivated, with the ability to motivate others.
• Ability to work independently and demonstrate autonomy/decision making.
• Proven ability to write clear and concise reports in a range of contexts, for a range of audiences, to a high standard within set timeframes and challenging deadlines.
• Able to use the Software and Competence with Microsoft Office software including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Sharepoint.
• Ability to supervise registered staff as required, including staff appraisal and development, performance management skills and PDR process.
• Capacity to develop and implement Policies/procedures/standards.
• Knowledge of working with a wide variety of patient groups within Mental Health services, particularly in relation to children in care.
• Working knowledge of the practices and approaches of other key disciplines, professions and agencies involved in the care system to include educational, MHA MCA, Children Act and Deprivation of Liberty Orders and criminal justice systems.

Qualifications

• Registered Mental Health/Learning Disability Nurse.
• Evidence of further academic achievement to at least first level degree, or equivalent experience.
• Current NMC Registration.
• Management Course.
• Non-Medical Prescriber.

Knowledge and Experience

• Extensive CAMHS experience at management level i.e band 7 or above.
• Experience of working with young people aged up to 18 with complex trauma within the children in care system and community settings applying trauma informed approaches and models.
• Knowledge of NHS Direction and policy initiatives.
• Experience of collaborative working in CAMHS across organisational boundaries.
• Experience of leading on planning and delivery of service development in CAMHS.
• Understanding of CAMHS Tier 4 mental health services, urgent care and community clinical pathways, and outcomes, including processes to support the management of patient flow.
• Knowledge & understanding of safeguarding.
• Proven ability to provide clear clinical leadership and management skills, including clear objectives and motivate staff to achieve them.
• Knowledge, understanding and experience in Risk Management and Governance issues.
• Knowledge & understanding of Patient/Public Involvement, management of complaints and investigations.
• Experience of representing mental health services in local and regional policy forums.
• Proven change management skills.
• Experience in budgetary and resource management.
• Management experience. Able to contribute supportively and confidently as part of a senior management team and across organisations.
• Evidence of leading initiatives within multi-professional teams.

Analytical and Judgement Skills

• Able to apply judgement to complex sets of facts or situations, which require analysis, interpretation and comparison of a range of options and making recommendations. This includes recognition of changing patient acuity or activity levels and the requirement to adjust staffing allocations, and to escalate for further support.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, engaging in complex communication situations where information is highly sensitive, including having difficult conversations with patients, families or staff.

Personal Skills/Abilities and Attributes

• Proven Leadership skills.
• Excellent interpersonal, communication, presentation, and negotiation skills.
• Driving license and car owner.
• Works well within a team.
• Ability to work independently and demonstrate a high degree of autonomy.
• Ability to manage own workload and that of others.
• Ability to travel and work between sites and across a wide geography.
• Well organised and able to manage time effectively.
• Ability to work in a challenging and busy environment whilst meeting set deadlines.
• Flexible to meet service needs.
• Committed to a values-based approach to service delivery, reflecting the core values of BWC, including promoting inclusiveness and valuing diversity.

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.