Location: Paignton, TQ3 2DW
Salary: £46148.00 to £52809.00
Date posted: 26th November 2024
Closing date: 8th December 2024
This is a fantastic opportunity to join the Torbay OPMH team as Clinical Practice Lead. This post holder will be essential in quality improvement and upholding high level clinical care standards.
You will join a well established team covering the Torbay area of Devon working alongside a team manager and a practice lead, this team has 2 practice lead posts.
Main duties of the job
The Practice Leader will champion the implementation of the Community Mental Health Framework (CMHF). The role will focus on the engagement and transition of teams along with forging local relationships to support CMHF implementation. The role will work collaboratively with all members of the CMHF programme team and be responsible for ensuring compliance with quality and safety standards within their assigned teams. They will ensure that all individuals receiving care and treatment from DPT services do so in line with Trust strategic objectives (safe, timely, personalised, sustainable, and recovery-focused) and are safeguarded from any harm.
The Practice Lead will support the Team Manager in overseeing clinical supervision and practice throughout the team. They will be integral in ensuring quality and care standards are upheld to a high level.
The post holder may be required to undertake regular clinical work which will be locally agreed.
About us
We provide mental health, learning disability, and neurodiversity services, as well as a range of specialist & secure services for the wider south west region & nationally. We are passionate about promoting good mental health & wellbeing. We strive to use the expertise & resources within our organisation, and through our partnerships, to deliver high quality services that are safe & focused on people's recovery.
Our values
We recruit individuals who possess and demonstrate the behaviours which underpin the core values of our organisation. These values include commitment to quality of care, improving lives of others, and giving respect, dignity & compassion.
We are committed to being an inclusive employer & applications are encouraged & welcomed from all sections of the community, regardless of any protected characteristics as governed by the Equality Act 2010. Part time & flexible working applications will be considered & supported, where possible. We particularly encourage applicants with lived experience of mental health & learning disabilities. We are a Disability Confident Employer.
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the full job description and person specification attached to this advert which will provide further information on this role.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* A professional health qualification to degree level or equivalent
* Training to level 3 in Safeguarding children and young people: roles and competencies for Health Care staff
* Evidence of commitment to life-long learning and continuing professional development
* Post Graduate qualification relevant to specialism e.g., CBT, NMP, DBT, etc.
Experience
* Understanding of research principles
* Significant post qualifying work, including community and/or inpatient health settings
* Clinical leadership
* Teaching, training and/or supervision of clinical staff
* Experience of working in a senior or advanced clinical role
Skills and Abilities
* Excellent communication skills including the ability to engage with large groups who may be antagonistic and/or distressed.
* Ability to support junior staff: professionally and academically, promoting their personal growth and developing their competencies.
* Ability to be mobile across a geographical area.
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