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Job overview
We are looking for two Clinical team leaders at HMP Altcourse.
As a Clinical Team Leader within the Integrated Mental Health Team your role will comprise of:
1. Mental health assessments / screening
2. Junior staff/ student supervision
3. Crisis intervention and risk management
4. Attending MDTs
5. Liaising with both internal and external agencies (such as prison/probation and CMHTs)
6. Training facilitation and group work
7. Upholding the values of Mersey care, demonstrating leadership and accountability whilst engaging effectively with the larger MDT and contribute toward patient's treatment plans.
You will be required to work across the prison assessing patients and formulating risk assessments.
You will be an advocate for patients and your practice will be person-centred and non-judgemental. You will aim to reduce the stigma of mental health issues and ensure that people who are experiencing mental health issues are overcoming barriers to healthcare and treatment.
For our registered Mental Health nurses across our offender health services, this post is offering a premia of £1200pa.
Main duties of the job
Clinical Team Leaders within the IMHT are responsible for delivering the Wing Based nursing model and applicants should be able to demonstrate the ability to provide education and awareness sessions with our prison colleagues. You must be able to facilitate reflective practice on your allocated wing with prison staff and take leadership over one of our specialist pathways - demonstrating initiative and a willingness to make positive change for mental health services within the prison.
The IMHT has both a Primary and Secondary service and you should have the skills to work with either team.
Our Secondary Service involves carrying a caseload of patients and supporting them as they complete their sentence and prepare for release.
Our Primary Service involves screenings and assessment, signposting and referring to relevant pathways, risk management reviews and crisis nurse responsibilities.
Both services require excellent communication skills, an ability to maintain professional boundaries and the knowledge and understanding of our partner agencies, community services and the Criminal Justice system.
The working day is 07:00 -20:00 which can include early, main and long day shifts - including weekends. Eligible applicants must have appropriate qualifications and be committed to the further development of their own knowledge and skills.
Working for our organisation
Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 1.4 million people across our region and are also commissioned for services that cover the North West, North Wales and the Midlands.
We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health and specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction and brain injury services. Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK that offer high secure mental health facilities.
At the heart of all we do is our commitment to 'perfect care' - care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable and efficient. We support our staff to do the best job they can and work alongside service users, their families, and carers to design and develop future services together. We're currently delivering a programme of organisational and service transformation to significantly improve the quality of the services we provide and safely reduce cost as we do so.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached job description and personal specification which will detail the main responsibilities.
Person specification
Education/Qualification
Essential criteria
* Registered Mental Health Nurse
* Demonstrates evidence of continued professional development
* Excellent interpersonal skills
Desirable criteria
* Teaching & assessing/ mentorship qualification
* Up to date portfolio
Skills/Abilities
Essential criteria
* Able to assess, plan, implement & evaluate programmes of care
* Can demonstrate application of theoretical models into practice
* Proven communication skills (verbal & written)
* Leadership skills: supervising, teaching & assessing; self-motivated with the ability to motivate others; effective resource management
* Uses initiative and can make decisions
* Manages difficult situations effectively
* Applies current research and theory into practice
* Works well in a multi-disciplinary team
* Able to organise and co-ordinate services during the absence of more senior staff
Desirable criteria
* Has participated in group teaching
* Presented at functions/conferences
Experience
Essential criteria
* Minimum of 18 months post qualification experience in mental health
* Experience of using the Effective Care Coordination
* Multi-disciplinary working
Desirable criteria
* Supervision of others
Knowledge and Understanding
Essential criteria
* Mental Health Act 1983 (updated 2007)
* NMC Code of Professional Conduct
* Effective Care Co-ordination
* Use of assessment tools/techniques
* Promote people's equality, diversity & rights
* To ensure actions contribute to quality
* Knowledge of Service Governance
* Committed to clinical supervision
Special Requirements
Essential criteria
* Commitment to working with people with severe mental health problems
* Ability to complete control and restraint training
* Enhanced DBS Disclosure
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Only those applicants who demonstrate clearly how they meet our person specification will be shortlisted for interview.
As a Disability Confident Employer, we offer a guaranteed interview scheme for applicants who consider themselves to be disabled who meet the minimum (essential) criteria for the role in the person specification. If you would like your application to be considered under the Trust's guaranteed interview scheme you can indicate this in the personal information section of your online application form.
Should you require a reasonable adjustment to our recruitment process please email recruitment@merseycare.nhs.uk to ensure that measures can be put in place to support you.
We reserve the right to close any vacancy earlier than advertised in exceptional circumstances once we have received a high volume of applications.
The Trust expects all post holders who require an enhanced DBS for their role subscribe to the DBS Update Service. You will be required to enrol for this service for a fee of £16 per year and maintain registration. Trans applicants who require a DBS check and do not want to reveal details of their previous identity can contact the DBS Sensitive Applications Team (01516761452 or email sensitive@dbs.gsi.gov.uk) with their application number once they have completed their DBS application form. The team can prevent any previous identity showing on the DBS Certificate, unless the applicant has a conviction under their previous details in which case this will need to be disclosed.
Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles.
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Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
* Job Description and Personal Specification (PDF, 379.1KB)
* Risk Identification (PDF, 201.1KB)
* A Great Place to Work (PDF, 2.1MB)
* Our People Promise and Charter (PDF, 5.8MB)
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