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CNWL are seeking an exceptional Clinician to join our established Individual Placement & Support (IPS) Employment team, providing strong clinical leadership.
The post holder will be instrumental in supporting the delivery of a high-quality IPS service that is embedded into community pathways, adheres to the IPS principles and aligns to the fidelity quality framework.
The successful candidate will be an experienced clinical leader with the ability to motivate and inspire others to ensure the strategic ambitions outlined in the NHS Long Term plan are achieved in Hillingdon. They will have a proven track record of providing expectational care to service users and carers while supporting staff to deliver an excellent service.
An important aspect of the role will be to champion the IPS approach within the Community pathways and provide supervision, training and on the job mentoring to incite creativity and motivation within the team whilst remaining committed to the fidelity of the model. Strong analytical and decision-making skills will be essential.
This is a new role within the IPS team and Borough Senior Management team, and we are dedicated to finding the right person to support the team.
If you are a driven, inspirational leader with a collaborative approach, we want to hear from you.
Main duties of the job
1. Provide clinical leadership & team management for Employment Specialists within Hillingdon’s Adult Community Mental Health Hubs.
2. Ensure a high-quality Individual Placement Support (IPS) service is delivered in line with IPS principles & ‘Fidelity’ quality framework.
3. Collaborate with stakeholders to offer employment support tailored to service users’ needs.
4. Lead & manage Employment Specialist staff to deliver an embedded IPS service within community pathways.
5. Monitor & guide team performance to achieve Borough-level contractual access & quality targets.
6. Assist the Team Manager in developing employment support models to uphold the highest service standards.
7. Champion the IPS approach, providing supervision, training, & mentoring to foster creativity & motivation.
8. Collaborate with the IPS Central Team to ensure fidelity to the IPS model.
9. Hold a small caseload to role model IPS interventions while demonstrating clinical expertise.
10. Spend time engaging with employers & service users in the community.
Employer Partnerships & Community Engagement
1. Build partnerships with employers aligned with service users' interests.
2. Develop referral opportunities & promote the service.
3. Motivate & guide the team to inspire service users to achieve their employment goals.
4. Support individuals in creating vocational profiles, action plans, & identifying job matches.
5. Work with other employment services across North West London to provide a coordinated approach to employment support.
Working for our organisation
We’re passionate about delivering first-class patient-centred, safe and effective care, whether it is in a hospital setting, in a community clinic or in the patient’s own home. Patients are at the heart of everything we do.
Providing top quality care depends on our ability to employ the best people.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
As the Hillingdon Employment Clinical Team Lead:
1. To be the Employment Clinical Team Lead for Employment Specialists that are aligned to community pathways, responsible for the clinical practice of the team and ensuring that priorities are met.
2. To assist and deputise for Team Manager in the Adult Community Hub pathways and support with staff absence, and be a member of the Hub leadership team.
3. To line manage and provide clinical supervision for the Employment Specialists, providing expert knowledge relating to people’s mental health supporting the Employment Team to develop their roles and service offer within the Adult Community Mental Health Hubs.
4. To ensure the IPS Team are all working to full caseloads and ensuring high quality IPS fidelity is being delivered.
5. To promote and share good news stories of people moving into paid employment at all levels within the Organisation in order to gain more referrals.
6. Support fidelity reviews.
7. To carry a small caseload to support people to find and keep paid employment.
8. To work with in the relevant legislative frameworks (e.g. Mental Health Act (1983) Mental Capacity Act (2005), Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards, Care Act 2014, Equalities Act 2010).
9. To promote a culture of service user choice and control within team members daily practice to be monitored and developed through supervision and appraisal.
10. To ensure that team works within the relevant frameworks and policies for safeguarding vulnerable adults.
11. To ensure that systems are in place for monitoring assessments, allocation, caseloads and clinical review processes.
12. To demonstrate a high level of clinical competence both in relation to supervision of staff and direct face to face contact with service users.
13. To be a member of the Hubs leadership team.
14. To ensure that the service works in co-ordination with other Community and Employment focused offers (e.g. Employment Advisors in Talking Therapies).
15. To ensure effective liaison with other relevant agencies.
16. To maintain and develop administrative procedures regarding the recording of case records.
17. To ensure that service users are involved in the development of the team and local services.
18. To facilitate the development of effective supporting structures for carers in line with CNWL guidelines.
19. There will be occasions when this role will be asked to support Hub Duty but they will not be expected to be a formal part of Duty rota.
Person specification
Education & Qualifications
* Post-qualification training
* Evidence of recent Personal Development
* Evidence of professional registration (e.g: NMC, HCPC)
* Understanding of the Individual Placement Support (IPS) model
Previous Experience
* Significant post qualification experience working in mental health services.
* Post-qualification experience working in the Community as a Mental Health Professional
* Management of Staff
* Experience of managing a Team
* Experience of Care Planning
* Active participation in Service Planning and Developments
* Experience of supervising and appraising staff / unqualified staff; recruitment and workforce planning
* Experience of effective partnership working, with external providers, in promoting socially inclusive opportunities for service users
* Experience in completing Risk Assessment Tools
* Experience in partnership working with external agencies.
* Experience of supporting people with complex mental health needs to find and keep paid employment
* Experience of engaging with employers
* Post graduate training specific to clinical specialty
* Delivery of formal presentations and teaching sessions.
* Chairing of senior meetings
Skills, Knowledge, Abilities
* Knowledge of key issues relating to developments in adult mental health services
* Knowledge of Mental Health Act and Code of Practice
* Ability to deal with sensitivities and complexities, using interpersonal skills
* Effective leadership skills through the management of designated projects, audits and research
* Ability to facilitate meetings including presentation and chairing skills as well as public speaking.
* Ability to interrupt data pull and interrogate data and produce meaningful service insight. Data driven
* Articulate verbal and clear written communication skills
* Effective interpersonal skills
* Ability to negotiate and work collaboratively
* Self-awareness and ability to reflect and learn from experience
* Ability to work as part of a team
* Ability to plan, manage and implement change
* Ability to work on own initiative
* Ability to prioritise and delegate
* Able to manage high risk situations
* Ability to support staff in managing a complex caseload
* Ability to support team wellbeing at work
* Good computer skills including proficiency with Microsoft office (e.g. powerpoint, word, excel etc)
* Able to work within culturally diverse communities
CNWL (Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust) has almost 8,000 staff providing integrated healthcare to a third of London's population, Milton Keynes and areas beyond. We involve service users, carers, the public, staff and partner organisations in the way that we are run.
We are recognised locally, nationally and internationally for providing high quality, innovative healthcare. We aim to employ only the best people, and our experts are frequently called upon to contribute to national health strategy and policy, and many models of our care have been adapted for use in other countries.
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