Job summary
Fylde Adult Community Mental Health Teams. Band 7 Clinical Lead. Job Description CMHT Clinical Lead Grade Agenda for Change Band 7 Based at Blackpool CMHT - The Gateway (Blackpool Stadium) Fylde & Wyre CMHT - Split base at Woodlands Resource Centre (St Annes) and Mountcroft Resource Centre (Fleetwood). This is an exciting opportunity for a Registered Mental Health Practitioner to join the Adult CMHT within the Fylde locality as a clinical lead. The Community Mental Health Team (CMHT) are always striving towards excellence in service delivery, ensuring quality is at the forefront of all we do and service users receive the right care at the right time.
Main duties of the job
The successful applicant will be dynamic and forward thinking with the ability to work as part of a Team and in partnership with local services, there will be an expectation that the successful applicant will uphold the Trust values at all times and act as a role model within the teams in providing quality care.
Successful applicants will undertake a full induction to the team and will have access to regular clinical supervision sessions and an opportunity to complete their appraisal focussing on their personal and career development. Furthermore a network of likeminded leaders who work closely to deliver excellent care across the service will support the successful candidate.
About us
Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust provides a range of services including secondary mental health care across this area. Specialist provision comprises inpatient child and adolescent mental health services, perinatal mental health and forensic services including low and medium secure Trust also provides a range of physical health and well-being services in the community alongside a range of partners in the Lancashire, Cumbria and Sefton area.Lancashire & South Cumbria Foundation Trust encourages flexible working, we believe that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing. We would consider working patterns such as; term time, part time, compressed hours, flexi-time and career breaks. We encourage applicants to state clearly on their application forms this request and discuss these options at more information please visit our website via Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS FT
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see attached the job description and person specification for more information about this role
Person Specification
Education
Essential
1. Registered Mental Health Nurse/ Registered Learning Disability Nurse (as appropriate) or equivalent relevant professional registration (Social Worker, Occupational Therapist)
2. Post graduate continued professional development
Desirable
3. Training and/or qualification relating to clinical supervision
Experience
Essential
4. Post qualification experience within relevant services
5. Experience of working with a wide range of mental illnesses
6. Experience of providing clinical supervision
Knowledge
Essential
7. Knowledge of mental illness and impact upon quality of life
8. Risk formulation
9. Demonstrable interest in continuing developing knowledge