Clinical Lead CYP Crisis Service- Trust Wide

Job summary
The Clinical Lead Practitioner will provide senior clinical leadership and professional expertise within the CAMHS multidisciplinary team. The postholder will lead and support high-quality assessment, care planning and intervention for children and young people with complex mental health needs, while carrying a small, complex caseload.

You will provide structured clinical supervision, support colleagues with complex cases, lead on risk assessment and safeguarding, and maintain a small clinical caseload. You will work collaboratively with the Operational Team Manager, multidisciplinary colleagues and partner agencies to improve clinical pathways, promote timely transitions and discharge, and develop evidence-based practice across the service.

Main duties of the job
Key elements of the role include:

• Providing clinical leadership, consultation and structured supervision.
• Supporting complex clinical decision-making, risk assessment and risk management.
• Leading safeguarding practice and supporting learning following incidents.
• Promoting evidence-based practice, high professional standards and effective record keeping.
• Supporting clinical governance, audit, service review and quality improvement.
• Developing staff confidence, competence and learning opportunities.
• Strengthening collaborative working and clinical pathways across CAMHS and partner services.
• Supporting safe, effective and timely transitions into and out of CAMHS.

The successful candidate will be a proactive and compassionate clinical leader who can inspire colleagues, promote continuous improvement and help ensure that children, young people and families receive safe, responsive and high-quality care.

About us
We are proud to provide high quality mental health and learning disability services, both inpatient and in the community across five boroughs of Greater Manchester - Bury, Oldham, Rochdale, Stockport and Tameside and Glossop.

Our vision is for a happier and more hopeful life for everyone in our communities and our staff work hard to deliver the very best care for the people who use our services. We're really proud of our#PennineCarePeopleand do everything we can to make sure we're a great place to work.

All individuals regardless of race, age, disability, ethnicity, nationality, gender, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership are encouraged to apply for this post. We would also encourage applications from individuals with a lived experience of mental illness, either individually or as a carer.

If you come and work for us we will offer a range of benefits and opportunities, including:

• Generous annual leave entitlement for Agenda for Change and Medical and Dental staff.
• Flexible working opportunities to support your work/life balance
• Access to Continued Professional Development
• Involvement in improvement and research activities
• Health and Wellbeing activities and access to an excellent staff wellbeing service
• Access to staff discounts across retail, leisure and travel

Job responsibilities
Main Duties and Responsibilities

Managerial
provide case management supervision to the staff team, promoting stepping down services to care support and the timely discharge
To be an effective decision-making and clinical resource to support the Team manager in the selections and recruitment of staff, and to develop and promote strategies aimed at staff retention
To support the Team manager to complete appraisals and MYC for relevant allocated staff within the team.
To support the team in developing and building effective communication with all other services.
To take appropriate action with regard to complaints and reportable incidents within the service as directed by the Team Manager.
To contribute to the implementation of local and national objectives.

Clinical Responsibilities
To provide guidance and support to clinical staff in the management of complex cases.
To provide guidance and support on relevant legislation.
To be responsible for the development and maintenance of effective clinical pathways between CAMHS and other services.
To provide additional leadership and guidance to other team members in risk assessment, risk management and positive problem solving and lead on debriefs following incidents.
Develop confidence and competence within the team for managing complex clinical cases and issues.
To take a lead role in the provision of clinical leadership and structured clinical supervision to the team.
To lead on and ensure that the team undertakes appropriate and in-depth assessments and on-going intervention, and undertake the duties and responsibilities of an active lead case manager role.
To ensure the provision of the highest possible standard of care within the CAMHS and ensure the team follow these principles. Ensure patients within the team have an up to date integrated care record, reflective of their risk and care needs in line with policy and procedures.
To participate and lead in mental health education and provide advice/support as necessary to patients and their carers on the maintenance of good health and prevention of relapse and ensure the team also follow these principles
To receive formal managerial supervision from the Team Manager and clinical supervision from a suitable expert.
To initiate, develop and implement evidence based clinical practice.
To lead on Safeguarding issues within the service
To participate on policy implementation around infection control.
To participate on carer and service user involvement, working closely with other trust leads in rolling out carer/service user support forums.

Person Specification

Education / Qualifications
Essential

• Registered professional Nursing/Social Work/Occupational Therapist.
• Evidence of post registration additional training and/or experience to Master's Level
• Degree or Diploma in a professional qualification

Desirable

• Masters Degree Level

Experience/ Knowledge
Essential

• Significant experience of leadership and proven track record of managing groups of staff and/or teams
• Successful management and control of substantial and complex resources
• Evidence of improving service quality
• Successful track record of prompting, leading and implementing change programmes that drive up standards and service performance
• History of holding responsibility and accountability for clinical decisions and empowering clinicians to make difficult clinical decisions
• Evidence of high levels of competence with written documentation
• Evidence of achieving high standards regarding CPA documentation
• Evidence of building and maintaining effective relationships

Desirable

• Personal Experience of mental health or experience through caring
• Proven track record of successful strategic thinking
• Experience of leading on audit and/or research activity related to clinical practice

Skills and Abilities
Essential

• Demonstrate risk management skills
• Resource management the ability to develop team and individual key strengths through clinical and professional supervision
• Ability to work in a pressured environment and manage competing priorities
• To be able to lead the team effectively in team settings
• Competent in IT systems and their use
• Demonstrates behaviours in line with the PCFT Management Behaviour profiles.
• Evidence of commitment to developing a culture of care and compassion
• Support others in understanding of young people and children'smental health needs and how these can be addressed in their work
• Demonstrate experience of managing people in diverse functions

Desirable

• To have a track record of effective working with clinical education providers
• Ability to work in a pressurised environment and manage competing priorities
• Comprehensive range of clinical skills

Work Related Circumstances
Essential

• Requirement to regularly travel round different Trust sites
• Make sure own actions reduce risk to Health and Safety
• Perform hand hygiene to prevent the spread of infection
• Minimise and deal with aggressive and abusive behaviour
• Contributes towards achieving national standards regarding CPA documentation

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).
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).