Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust provides child and adult mental health services, learning disability, wellbeing, older people's and eating disorder services across Norfolk and Suffolk.
At any one time, around 23,000 people in Norfolk and Suffolk are receiving care and attention from the Trust. We believe in whole life care - seeing people in the context of their whole lives, understanding the importance of good physical health, friends, family, spirituality, culture, home, work, education and a sense of purpose and achievement to experience good mental health.
Nearly 3,800 full and part-time practitioners care for our service users in hospitals, in the community and in their own homes, whilst an additional 1,400+ staff provide non-clinical support, including cleaning, catering, delivering supplies, ward administration, information technology, human resources and financial services.
We are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion and want to reflect the diversity of our local communities within our teams. We welcome applications from all talented individuals with the relevant qualifications, skills, knowledge and experience.
We are committed to delivering quality driven mental health services. Every individual makes a valuable contribution. We are proud of our staff who have been commended for the care they provide. Do you value working positively, respectfully and together? If so, we'd love you to join us!
We will consider flexible working arrangements for our roles, please indicate in your application if this is something you require.
Job overview
Part Time Band 8 Clinical Lead for the Integrated Young Persons Substance Misuse Service (part time 20.5 hrs weekly)
The Matthew Project's Substance Misuse Service for young people under the age of 19 UNITY has a new and exciting opportunity. We are looking for an enthusiastic and creative part time Band 8 Clinical Lead to work closely with the Service Manager to support staff over the next year to deliver excellent outcomes for young people impacted by substance use across Norfolk.
The base for this post is Norwich but you will support the team across Norfolk. The role will be carried out mainly at the Norwich base with some remote working; the ability to travel is desirable.
This post is currently 2.5 days a week, but days of work can be negotiated for the right candidate.
Applications welcomed from individuals who would see this as a development opportunity possibly combining this role with an existing one they have in NSFT.
Informal initial enquiry welcomed.
Main duties of the job
1. To be part of the leadership of a multi-disciplinary team, providing holistic and multi-dimensional care to young people with drug and alcohol related issues.
2. Oversee the provision of a clinical response to young people who require specialist interventions as part of a holistic treatment service. Cases are co-worked within the team and jointly managed with other agencies and services across the county where appropriate.
3. Support the provision of a dedicated and specialist response to the clinical needs of young people aged 11-18 with significant and complex drug and alcohol related problems.
4. To provide consultations, advance information and support to professional colleagues and individual young people as required.
5. To share expertise with other professionals, agencies and services in both the statutory and non-statutory sectors.
Working for our organisation
Here at NSFT we pride ourselves on being a welcoming, talented, friendly and supportive team who like nothing better than sharing experiences and learning from each other. In addition to ongoing training and development opportunities, we are committed to providing an environment in which you can thrive.
Why work for us? We have challenges as a Trust, but we have ambitious aspirations, are pushing ahead with exciting transformation work and we need dedicated individuals to support us on our journey. We have strong, established professional networks coupled with an exceptional leadership team who will ensure you are truly cared for and cared about.
Why Norfolk and Suffolk? The people here are warm and welcoming, you'll never be far from the beautiful coastline or Broads National Park. We're an hour and a half away from London and have an international airport in Norwich too. Our villages, towns and cities are packed full of history, independent cafes, shops and theatres. We have excellent shopping, eating out, top ranking schooling and affordable house prices too.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please find attached our Job Description and Person Specification for more detail on your Key Accountabilities, then if you feel you have what it takes to make a difference in your local communities, click APPLY!
Interview dates are yet to be set; you will be contacted via email and invited to book a time. These emails may go to your SPAM, so please keep checking all your emails if applying.
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Person specification
Experience
Essential criteria
* Extensive experience in substance misuse and/or Youth mental Health
* Experience at band 7 or above within a community/mental health environment
Qualifications
Essential criteria
* RN mentorship
* Management qualification or willingness to undertake Trust ILM Certificate
Desirable criteria
* Higher award in nursing i.e. diploma/degree
* Post graduate qualification
Skills
Essential criteria
* Excellent communication skills.
* Experience in provision of Clinical supervision, case management and appraisals.
Desirable criteria
* Management of budget.
Knowledge
Essential criteria
* Knowledge of substance misuse issues including national policy and practice.
Desirable criteria
* Experience and knowledge of research and audit.
EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES Apart from its legal duties in relation to equality and diversity, the Trust recognises and actively promotes the benefits of a diverse workforce and is committed to treating all employees with dignity and respect regardless of race, gender, disability, age, sexual orientation, religion or belief.
As a part of the Disability Confident Employer Guaranteed Interview Scheme we interview all disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the job vacancy (outlined in the Person Specification). We encourage you to indicate your eligibility through TRAC jobs when applying.
DISCLOSURE AND BARRING SERVICE CHECK (formerly CRB)
FOR POSTS WITH DIRECT SERVICE USER CONTACT - Please be advised that due to recent changes in the DBS Service, organisations no longer receive copies of DBS Disclosures - these are sent directly to candidates only. Therefore, it will be your responsibility, if successful, to ensure that this is taken to the appointing officer as soon as you receive it.
Alternatively, if you have subscribed to the update service, we will be able to check your status once we have your authority to do so.
The Trust has now introduced a DBS Update Service which is a contractual requirement. You need to subscribe when you have applied for your DBS clearance and there is a time limit to subscribe of 19 days after receipt of your DBS disclosure. Please ensure that this is completed within the set time scale.
This update service is an annual subscription at a cost of £13 to you. This will enable the Trust to have instant online access to your DBS record, with your consent, and so will remove the need for you to have to apply for this repeat check again.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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
* Band 8a Clinical Lead (UNITY) 2024 JD (PDF, 352.4KB)
* Values Based Recruitment - Candidates Guide (PDF, 360.6KB)
* Reasonable Adjustments - NSFT (PDF, 197.5KB)
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