The post holder will achieve this by:
• Leading alongside senior MDT colleagues the development of the Intensive support team for people with a Learning disability or Autism who present to crisis services.
• Providing high quality clinical supervision to band 7 and 8a psychological professionals, Clinical Associate Psychologists and other professionals as required, under the guidance of the Psychological Professional Lead.
• To be responsible for organising and prioritising own and others workload in the day-to-day allocation of work.
• To deputise when required in the team manager’s absence and delegate appropriately to other medical staff.
• To have organisational knowledge relating to Trust protocols and procedures and adhere to them.
• To be responsible for providing accurate records of information required by the Trust for audit purposes.
• To ensure effective risk management at team level by accident/incident reporting, assessing, and controlling risk and ensuring residual risks are added to the Trust’s risk register.
• Support the team manager and other consultants in managing members of the multi-disciplinary team to ensure a high level of patient care and ensure patient safety.
• Act as line manager to all medical members within the team offering clinical supervision as appropriate.
• Address all areas of clinical governance within the multidisciplinary team. The components of clinical governance include Education and Training, Clinical Audit, Clinical effectiveness, Research and Development, Openness and Risk Management
• To participate in the development of an effective team and the development of productive working relationships throughout the Trust.
• To actively promote professional integrated health working, internally and externally.
Probationary Period
This post will be subject to a probationary period. Internal applicants are exempt from the probationary period (unless you are an internal applicant currently part way through a probationary period or currently a bank member of staff).
Starting with NELFT
NELFT place a great deal of importance on new starters being properly welcomed and inducted into the Trust. All new starters will join the Trust on the first Monday of each month and will undertake a comprehensive induction of up to two weeks which will include mandatory training, systems training and the allocation of equipment. As part of the process new starters will have the opportunity to also meet the executive team, senior managers and attend a number of drop in sessions focussing in engagement, health and wellbeing and key processes. The induction will be held at our head office in Rainham, Essex.
High Cost Area Supplement - Outer London
This post also attracts payment for High Cost Area Supplement of 15% of the basic salary (with a minimum of £4,551 to a maximum of £5,735 p.a. pro rata for part time).
• To lead in the development of an effective team and the development of productive working relationships throughout the Trust.
• To facilitate the development of a positive and supportive team culture by taking responsibility for dealing effectively with potential conflict.
• To lead in the audit process, linking in with the clinical governance agenda.
• To manage waiting lists and work loads for self and others.
• To advise, encourage and share knowledge utilising the latest research and practice development, through literature and peer reviews. To ensure this latest evidence informs practice for self and others.
• To lead on research projects as relevant for the post and in agreement with senior professional leads.
This advert closes on Monday 30 Dec 2024