Employer: Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust
Location: Worcester, United Kingdom
Salary: Competitive
Closing date: 9 Apr 2025
Job summary
We are pleased to offer an exciting opportunity for a Clinical Lead to join our dynamic CAMHS Crisis & Home Treatment team. This is a full-time post, but we would consider applicants looking for part-time.
The successful candidate will manage and provide expert clinical leadership to a well-established team of mental health practitioners based across Worcestershire.
You will receive:
* Opportunity to complete training across clinical, operational and leadership areas.
* Robust support from a cohesive senior leadership team.
* Flexible working, Monday to Friday. No weekends and no bank holidays.
* Hybrid working option to combine working from site with working from home to support a healthy work/life balance.
* The opportunity to take a lead role in the development of this new and evolving CAMHS service.
The post holder will be a Registered Healthcare Professional, Social Worker or Allied Health Professional and will either have clinical leadership experience or be ready to take the next step in their career; we will support your journey, wherever you may be on it!
If this sounds like you and you would like to learn more about the role, contact Marie Tibbetts for an informal chat!
Main duties of the job
To be responsible for effective and compassionate clinical leadership of a team of staff across Worcestershire, supporting them to provide a high-quality service and working dynamically, safely and compassionately, responding as required to fluctuating needs and risk. Oversight and coordination of complex clinical cases, taking on as lead practitioner if necessary. Identifying development opportunities and delivering training to meet workforce needs. Developing clinical pathways in line with service needs and the wider CAMHS offer. Chairing and attending multi-agency meetings for professionals around the child. Facilitate clinical supervision to staff both 1:1 and in groups and identifying training needs or opportunities to support individuals' CPD. Working alongside senior clinical staff to ensure consistent clinical offer across the service. Lead on preceptorship and development of clinicians in line with Trust standards.
About us
At Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust, we are working together to deliver outstanding care. We run community hospitals and community health services across Worcestershire and provide mental health and learning disability services across both Herefordshire and Worcestershire.
Our people (all 4500+ of them) provide services for people of all ages, experiencing both physical and/or mental health conditions from over 100 sites.
We will support you to thrive; offer flexible working options for a great work-life balance, help you fulfil your ambitions, and empower you to make positive changes within your team or service. We value diversity and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, cultures, and ethnicities.
What we offer:
* 27 days leave plus bank holidays, increasing up to 33 days with long service
* Generous NHS pension and enhanced pay when you work unsocial hours
* Flexible and agile working opportunities
* Great maternity, paternity, and adoption support
* Wide range of supportive staff networks
* Health and wellbeing opportunities
If you would like to know more, please visit our website.
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Job description
Job responsibilities
For full details of the duties and criteria for the role please refer to the job description and person specification attached.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
* Experience in undertaking research projects / clinical audits
* Significant recent and relevant clinical experience post-registration
* Previous experience providing a service to children and young people within a multi-disciplinary team
* Able to demonstrate evidence-based practice
* Leadership experience / experience managing a clinical team
* Experience of working with patients with severe and enduring mental illness
* Experience of partnership working / liaison in inter-agency environment
* Able to demonstrate experience and skill in assessing mental health and risk
Qualifications
Essential
* A current professional qualification (RMN, RSCN, Social Worker, Occupational Therapist, Clinical Psychologist)
* Evidence of continuous and recent professional development and post qualification training / studies
* I understand that I will be asked to provide original certificates to verify my qualifications at point of offer.
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.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see.
Employer details
Employer name
Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust
Address
Aconbury North
Worcester Royal Hospital, Charles Hastings Way
Worcester
WR5 1JG
Employer's website
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