Main area: Clinical Lead Grade Band 7
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Requirement for weekend working)
Job ref: 351-CEN2225-CPC
Site: West Lancs HTT - Ormskirk Hospital
Town: Ormskirk
Salary: £46,148 - £52,809 per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 11/03/2025 23:59
Our Vision is to provide the best mental health, learning disability, autism and community based services for the populations we serve.
As an integrated mental health, learning disability and community Trust, Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust provides a range of services including:
1. Primary and secondary mental health care for children and adults including specialist inpatient child and adolescent mental health provision, perinatal mental health, forensic services including low and medium secure care.
2. Specialist community support for children and adults with learning disabilities and autism, including intensive support.
3. Community physical health and well-being services for children and adults.
The Trust was first established in 2002 and employs approximately 7,000 staff who provide care from more than 400 sites. The organisation offers opportunities for medics, mental health and general nurses, allied health professionals, psychology, administration and clerical staff, apprentices and volunteers.
Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust supports flexible working, we believe that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing. We would consider working patterns such as; term time, part time, compressed hours, home/remote working, and flexi-time.
Job overview
This is an exciting opportunity for a band 7 Clinical Lead to join the West Lancashire (WL) Home Treatment Team. The WL Home Based Treatment Team offers 24-hour support to service users and their families/carers, who are suffering from mental health concerns that would otherwise require admission to an acute inpatient environment. There is a strong focus on a recovery model and effective risk management to provide quality care in a community setting.
The WL Home Based Treatment Team is always striving towards excellence in service delivery and ensuring that the Trust values are achieved. The successful applicant will be dynamic and forward-thinking with the ability to work as part of a team and in partnership with local services.
Main duties of the job
There will be an expectation that the successful applicant will have the ability to work flexible shift patterns across 7 days a week, to provide clinical support, upskill and guidance to junior members of the nursing team including the completion of formal clinical supervision reviews in accordance with the Trust policy.
Successful applicants will be provided with a full induction and appraisal to formulate a Personal Development Plan and to identify training and development needs.
Working for our organisation
Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust provides a range of services including secondary mental health care across this area. Specialist provision comprises inpatient child and adolescent mental health services, perinatal mental health and forensic services including low and medium secure care.
The Trust also provides a range of physical health and well-being services in the community alongside a range of partners in the Lancashire, Cumbria and Sefton area.
Lancashire & South Cumbria Foundation Trust encourages flexible working, we believe that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing. We would consider working patterns such as; term time, part time, compressed hours, flexi-time and career breaks. We encourage applicants to state clearly on their application forms this request and discuss these options at interview.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For further information about the role, please see the attached recruitment pack which includes a detailed job description and person specification, or visit our website via Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS FT.
Person specification
Qualifications
* Registered Nurse, Social Worker or Occupational Therapist with Post-registration experience and/or evidence of formal courses and training at post graduate diploma level
* Clinical Supervision Training
Knowledge
* Significant demonstrable post qualification experience at Band 6 level, or equivalent, working in a mental health / specialist setting or equivalent
* Experience of developing, delivering and evaluating specialist programmes of care and risk management plans
* Evidence of successful mentoring and/or supervision of junior members of staff including students
Experience
* Evidence of improving service delivery in line with evidence based practice
* Demonstrable experience of effective multi-disciplinary team working
Skills
* Highly developed communication and interpersonal skills and the ability to demonstrate diplomacy, tact and negotiation skills
* Ability to lead effective and sustainable change
* Ability to develop, implement and evaluate specialist programmes of care and risk management plans
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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