Parent and Baby Unit are looking to recruit to a Band 7 Clinical Lead. The post is full time and permanent and will support the team based in Stoke on Trent.
The successful candidate will be expected to support the Team Manager in delivering a high quality perinatal mental health service for service users experiencing a deterioration in mental health in the perinatal period. They will provide clinical leadership within the team and management support, deputising for the Team Manager in their absence. The post holder will be expected to work autonomously within a multi-disciplinary framework, providing training and staff development, specialist assessment, clinical support, and time-limited interventions to service users. The post holder will act as a source of expertise and point of contact within the team and demonstrate highly specialised communication skills and problem-solving abilities when prioritising risk.
Key Responsibilities:
* Facilitation of regular meetings with individuals/ disciplines to inform and update them on clinical and strategic quality issues.
* Disseminate ongoing progress and broadcast successes through all communication channels including practitioner forums, newsletters, bulletins, supervision, etc.
* Develop key working relationships across primary and secondary care and with other relevant agencies.
* Attend and contribute to the work of local strategic and working committees and groups.
As a Trust, we remain bold and ambitious with plans for both service and system collaborative transformation over the coming years to improve the health and wellbeing of our local people through high quality care. We pride ourselves on ensuring our team has their wellbeing put first and as such provide a range of wellness opportunities including flexible working.
We are committed to the Greener NHS national ambition to becoming the world’s first ‘carbon net zero’ national health system by 2045. As part of this, sustainability is embedded in our strategy as one of our four key enablers. In order to deliver on this commitment, we recognise that we need a workforce that is as passionate as we are about achieving these goals, for the benefit of our service users, workforce, local communities, and the planet alike. For 2024/2025, we have launched our “Proud to be Green” engagement campaign which is aligned to the targets set out in our Green Plan. As a Trust, you can be assured that we will commit to supporting you in working towards our net zero ambitions, set out in our Green Plan, through our sustainability programme.
The Trust is committed to ensuring that a diverse workforce is representative and inclusive at all levels. We would very much welcome applications from all under-represented groups including women, people with disabilities, people from global majority backgrounds, and those from the lesbian, gay, bi and trans communities.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Stephanie Brookes Job title: Clinical Lead Email address: StephanieT.Brookes@combined.nhs.uk
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