Main area Band 7 Clinical Lead - West Assertive Outreach Team
Grade Band 7
Contract Permanent
Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref 436-7089095
Site Orsborn House
Town Birmingham
Salary £46,148 - £52,809 per annum, pro rata
Salary period Yearly
Closing 28/04/2025 23:59
Please note that this post may close earlier than the indicated closing date if a sufficient number of applications are received.
Job overview
An exciting opportunity is available for a motivated and innovative Clinical Lead working in a busy Assertive Outreach Team in a culturally diverse area. It is essential you have experience working as a Band 6 clinician in an Assertive Outreach Team or a clinician with substantial experience of managing people with severe and enduring mental illness. Applicants should have a particular interest in the long-term management of people with severe and enduring mental illness.
This position would be suitable for a Registered Mental Health Nurse with a qualification at degree level or equivalent and registration with a relevant professional body i.e NMC, with several years’ community experience and who is interested in team leadership. You must have clinical experience in working with service users with complex long-term needs and their carers, ensuring services are delivered to the highest possible standard, with a team focus.
Main duties of the job
The post involves working alongside the team manager to ensure quality and standards within the team are set, monitored, maintained, and evaluated. The post holder must develop a close working relationship with the multi-disciplinary team, supervise staff, and oversee the team’s day-to-day processes to ensure they deliver its performance, trust targets, as well as ensuring positive interfaces with partner services and stakeholders. You will require excellent communication skills and be expected to carry a small caseload.
The Assertive Outreach service operates over 7 days per week, 365 days per year. The successful applicant will be required to work a shift pattern consisting of day shifts (9:00 am - 5:00 pm), late shifts (12:00 pm - 8:00 pm), and weekends (9:00 am - 5:00 pm), as required.
The ability and willingness to travel across the Birmingham & Solihull area for work purposes is required for this role.
Working for our organisation
Welcome to Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust. Our 4000 clinical and support staff help us to improve mental health wellbeing and meet the needs of the 70,000 people we serve each year. We provide a range of mental healthcare services across Birmingham and Solihull, as well as specialised services nationally. We also offer medical, nursing and psychology training and are proud of our international reputation for both research and innovation.
Our population is culturally diverse, characterised in places by high levels of deprivation which create an increasing demand for our services and a necessity for us to make sure everyone can access the help they need. We are a team of compassionate, inclusive and committed people working together to provide excellent care to support our community. If you are looking for a place to belong, where you can make a real difference to people’s lives, join our team where our warm welcome is waiting for you.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For further information about the main responsibilities please view the attached job description and person specification.
Person specification
Qualifications
* Registered Mental Health Nurse (part 3 or 13)
* NMC registered
* Evidence of post-registration education and development
* Recognised Practice Supervisor and/or Practice Assessor, clinical educator or equivalent
* Management and/or Leadership Training
* Non-Medical Prescribing qualification (or willingness to work towards)
Experience
* Significant experience working with severe and enduring mental health adults
* Significant experience of leadership including managing and supervising employees and/or teams
* Significant experience of Clinical Risk Assessment and Management and its application in practice
* Experience of leading on audit and/or research activity related to improving clinical practice and reviewing incidents
* Experience of working in a culturally diverse area.
* Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary team.
Skills
* Approachable, helpful and encouraging with excellent interpersonal skills
* Ability to work without supervision to meet deadlines in a high-pressure environment
* History of holding responsibility and accountability for nursing decisions and empowering nurses to make difficult clinical decisions
Our Trust is committed to treating individuals fairly and ensuring they have the same opportunities to fulfil their potential, even if this means doing things differently for different people sometimes. We are working hard to ensure our workforce reflects the diversity within Birmingham and Solihull and that our services meet the needs of all diverse service users and carers.
The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. As part of our safe recruitment practice, pre-employment checks will be undertaken before any appointment is confirmed. As part of the selection process, you may be required to undergo a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check, however, all cases of criminal record history are dealt with on a case-by-case basis.
Please note, if applicable for your role you will be required to cover the cost of your DBS certificate. This will be deducted from your salary over 3 months. You will also be required to sign up to the DBS Update Service before commencement with the Trust. The Trust will reimburse this. You will be contractually obliged to maintain your subscription.
All successful applicants will be required to complete the Trust’s induction programme. The Fundamental (Statutory and Mandatory) training will be in an e-learning format. You will be required to complete training modules online (approx. 9-14 hours depending on post) by the end of your second week with us.
If you are successful at the shortlisting stage of the recruitment process we may contact you via email to advise you of the interview details. Please ensure you access your email account from which you applied regularly once the position has closed.
Applications from job seekers who require sponsorship to work in the United Kingdom (UK) are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. However, please ensure that you check if this role meets the eligibility criteria for sponsorship. Non-UK /Republic of Ireland candidates wishing to apply can self-assess the likelihood of obtaining a Certificate of Sponsorship here Browse: Work in the UK - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk). The minimum salary threshold for Health and Social Care is £25,000 and for the Skilled Worker route is £38,700. If the starting salary for this role is below this, we will not be able to provide sponsorship.
Relocation expenses may be reimbursed subject to eligibility. The policy provides for reimbursement up to £8,000.
Please note - if you are applying for a role within Police custody, due to Police Vetting requirements you must have been a UK resident for the last years.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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.
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