Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear (CNTW) NHS Foundation Trust
Northumberland and North Tyneside Crisis Team are delighted to be recruiting into one of our clinical lead posts which has become available within the young person's pathway.
We are looking for a passionate and enthusiastic clinician with suitable leadership and experience, who is motivated to join the collective leadership team.
The successful candidate will support to provide day-to-day clinical oversight of the team to ensure that we deliver safe, effective, and efficient care to service users. You will work alongside the operational and clinical leadership team across all three pathways of the universal crisis team.
The post holder will work predominantly in the young person's pathway; however, will provide support to the working-age adult and older persons pathway if and when required.
Main Duties of the Job
Overall, the role will involve working within the leadership team to ensure that as a service we provide 7-day clinical lead oversight.
The post holder will act as a role model to support and guide the team to deliver high-quality standards of care, be responsive to service demands, and dynamic in supporting the team with complex and challenging situations.
The post holder will demonstrate excellent communication skills, work well within the leadership team to prioritize daily clinical demands/needs of service, whilst supporting the clinical team.
The post holder will provide clinical advice and supervision (both individual and group supervision) and contribute to individuals' appraisals.
The post holder will provide in-house training to the team and wider teams/services when needed and support and embed clinical standards within the team.
The post holder will lead/support and contribute to monitoring the team's clinical performance via clinical audits and work in conjunction with the Team Manager to support actions to improve the quality and performance of the service and outcomes for service users.
The post holder will require excellent organizational, time management, and delegation skills to work in an area of changing priorities.
We are looking for an individual to work as a cohesive member of the Leadership Team, work flexibly, and support the Team Manager where needed, offering expertise and experience to develop new staff and support in retention and wellbeing of the team.
About Us
We aim to attract and retain a diverse, talented, and committed workforce, who are caring and compassionate, and therefore able to meet the demands of the modern NHS now and in the future. In return, we can offer a dynamic working environment in which to build a career.
Job Responsibilities
Please find attached job description for full details.
We welcome your application.
For further information, please get in touch via email.
Person Specification
Knowledge and Experience
* Experience of working within a multi-disciplinary team
* Experience of providing clinical supervision to clinical staff
* Experience of positive clinical risk-taking and risk safety planning.
* Proven track record of providing professional leadership within clinical services
* Experience of working with children and young people within a mental health setting.
* Clinical supervision and application. Adherence to Health and Safety policies.
* Experience of positive clinical risk-taking and WRAP
* Experience of working within a crisis team
Skills and Competencies
* Excellent communication skills and liaison skills
* Evidence of time management and organization
Education & Qualifications
* Registered Mental Health Nurse/Registered Learning Disability Nurse (as appropriate) or equivalent relevant professional qualification
* Relevant Clinical Training and postgraduate qualification
* Management/leadership qualification
Personal Characteristics
* Ability to motivate others and work under pressure
* Flexible attitude to work
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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