Job summary
Due to a promotion, an incredibly rare and exciting opportunity has arisen to take on the role of Clinical Team Manager for our amazing award-winning Assertive Outreach Team (AOT). AOT is an incredible team to work in with a stable workforce, hence why this opportunity is so rare. The team brings clinical excellence, compassion, and professionalism to everything they touch and provides their Service Users with the best care and treatment possible in often very difficult and challenging situations.
The Team provides a traditional old school approach to Assertive Outreach based on the model developed from the Mental Health Policy Implementation Guide published in 2001, providing Psychosocial Interventions to Service Users in their own homes.
Main duties of the job
You will provide clinical and managerial leadership to the Assertive Outreach Team, holding your own small but complex caseload and providing live supervision, guidance, and support for the team's clinical staff while providing psychosocial interventions to service users. You will be expected to lead and support the implementation of any needed recommendations from the CQC Special review of Notts mental health trust.
You will need to be kind, compassionate, and organized; a sense of humor and resilience is a must as you will form strong relationships with Service Users who can be challenging but are ultimately rewarding to work with. You will represent the Assertive Outreach Team at Local, Regional, and National meetings and be an advocate for the team and for the service model.
Job responsibilities
The post holder will be responsible for the development and implementation of the day-to-day Clinical leadership of the Assertive Outreach Team which provides care and treatment to Service Users across all five Primary Care Networks within North East Lincolnshire.
You will be expected to lead on the assertive engagement pathway for the team and for the wider community mental health services.
You will advocate for and support Service Users who struggle to engage with mainstream services and support other team leads to ensure other services understand the needs of this service user group.
You will offer clinical leadership, ensuring the maintenance and promotion of high standards of person-centered care for service users as well as assisting with the development of staff within the team.
You will maintain, monitor, and facilitate the delivery of a high-quality Mental Health Service in the most efficient and effective manner within existing constraints.
You will provide strong professional/managerial and clinical leadership to the Multi-disciplinary Team.
You will ensure national standards and local guidelines, policies, and care pathways relating to care and treatment are effectively delivered for the promotion and delivery of quality services.
You will promote and ensure service users and carers are fully involved in the services they receive.
You will support good quality care by ensuring the highest standard of environment is provided, in line with National Guidance and local service specification.
You will support and provide coordinated and integrated care by ensuring effective working relationships exist between the services.
You will take the lead role in the promotion and implementation of person-centered care.
You will ensure the care offered is at the level each one of us would want our own family to receive.
You will hold a small caseload of the most complex Service Users and support staff with joint working and live supervision.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
* Multi-disciplinary working with people with complex needs associated with Psychosis.
* Experience in Key working complex individuals who may be difficult to engage.
* Leading and supporting others with risk management.
Desirable
* Experience of change management.
Additional Requirements
Essential
* Car driver.
* Ability to work unsupervised and deal with crisis situations.
Knowledge
Essential
* Up to date knowledge of policy and procedure as it relates to service area with the ability to contribute to the development of local policies.
* Awareness of clinical governance and quality assurance issues as they relate to mental health.
* Broad knowledge base with commitment to evidence-based practice.
* Ability to demonstrate an understanding of the principles and values of clinical supervision.
Desirable
* Knowledge and experience of research or audit.
Qualifications
Essential
* Registered Nurse/Occupational Therapist/Social Worker/AHP
* Willingness to undertake additional CPD as required by the Senior Operation Manager
Desirable
* Management experience/qualification
* Teaching experience/qualification
* Mentorship/supervisor qualification
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. #J-18808-Ljbffr