Senior Clinical Lead

We are looking for a dynamic, motivated and passionate clinician and leader who would like to develop their skills further and make a real difference to the inpatient experience.

Our Adult Mental Health Inpatient services include a 14 bedded mixed assessment ward, two x 18 bedded assessment and treatment units, as well as a Mixed 15 bedded flexible assessment and treatment unit, 5 bedded rehab unit and 10 bedded PICU unit. It is a vital service for supporting those with acute mental health difficulties of varying complexities. Patients requiring admission may also have complex physical co-morbidities and applicants should have an interest in both mental and physical health care delivery. Patients admitted can both be informal or detained under the Mental Health Act and require a holistic care approach in their assessment and treatment journey.

The wards have a multi-disciplinary team approach including nurses, physiotherapists, occupational therapist, activity support workers, psychiatric consultants and junior doctors. You will also work alongside colleagues in the Crisis Team and Adult Social Care. We also support student nurses as part of our team.

If shortlisted for interview, a 15 minute presentation will be required. The question is What will your role as an Advanced Clinical Practitioner bring to acute mental health inpatient services.

Main duties of the job

Your role will flex across the services we provide and maintain a strong clinical focus to support the maintenance of clinical quality and leadership for the patient experience.

1. To work across the inpatient teams demonstrating and applying knowledge and skills as per the 4 pillars of Advanced Clinical Practice: Clinical practice, leadership and management, education, and research.
2. Provide Clinical leadership to the teams alongside the Matron and Service Manager on the Acute Inpatient Wards.
3. Work as part of the inpatient leadership team and be accountable for the delivery of high-quality clinical services to patients.
4. Utilise critical judgement and expertise in providing clinical assessment and interpretation of clinical findings to ensure that the most appropriate care is delivered to patients referred with mental health care needs.

About us

We are an award winning and CQC rated good health and social care Trust delivering integrated services across Hull, East and North Yorkshire. We are a forward thinking and dynamic Trust with a real commitment to staff development. We value our colleagues and invest in them to ensure they have the right skills to deliver outstanding care.

We are proud to score above or equal to the average for all NHS People Promise theme areas demonstrating our commitment to improve the experience of working in the NHS for everyone. Wherever you work we know you will receive a warm welcome and all the support you'll need to get you started.

We recognise the positive value of diversity and promote equality whilst challenging discrimination. We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds.

Work life balance is about having influence and flexibility over when, where and how you work. If the work pattern for this role does not meet your needs, we welcome an application and are happy to discuss working arrangements that differ from those advertised.

We offer a unique range of benefits that go above and beyond other NHS Trusts including an enhanced leave package and health and wellbeing support.

From city to countryside, market towns to moors you'll find a place to call home including some of the most affordable places to live in the UK.

Job description

Job responsibilities

For further details and information about this role please refer to the JD and PS attached to the vacancy.

Person Specification

Qualifications and Knowledge

Essential

• Registered under the NMC or HCPC
• Educated to Post Graduate Level or Degree plus significant advanced knowledge acquired through experience of community based mental health interventions and additional specialist training.
• Full understanding of relevant policy, legislation, drivers and their application to clinical and service area, e.g. mental health act, mental capacity Act
• Full understanding/application of relevant clinical practice/standards/audit within identified clinical area

Desirable

• Teaching qualification
• Advanced Clinical Practice MSC or evidence of working towards
• Member of organisational group/network, locally/regionally/nationally
• Post-graduate/Masters level certificate
• Be on the live register of mentors if required for the service area

Experience

Essential

• Evidence of leadership and organisational development issues that have had a positive impact on service delivery
• Experience of successful clinical policy implementation and change
• Evidence of sound post-registration professional practice in community mental health setting
• Evidence of professional development work that has impacted on practice and demonstrates a higher level of communication/planning/change, that impacts beyond own area of work
• Evidence of continuing professional development relevant to the service area
• Proven leadership experience at an advanced level which has had a positive impact/created change within service delivery/practice

Desirable

• A breadth of clinical practice including clinically specialising in the field where the post is held

Skills and Competencies

Essential

• Ability to work across organisational boundaries, developing and maintaining multi-professional and multi-agency partnerships
• Organisational networking locally, regionally, nationally
• Able to demonstrate effective communication skills at all levels i.e. strategically and locally
• Good time & project management skills
• Work within the culture of improving working lives and working time directive
• Be able to effectively Chair meetings
• Ability to lead and motivate staff to embrace change
• Sound experience/knowledge of Trust policies and procedures in order to effectively lead and manage others
• Ability to demonstrate ethical values and attitudes within a culture of equality and diversity
• Standard IT skills with working knowledge of IT systems relevant to own area of work
• Frequent concentration required where the work pattern is unpredictable.

Employer details

Employer name

Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Trust HQ
Willerby
HU10 6ED

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