Clinical Lead

NHS; Hull and East Yorkshire; Hybrid; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Part time

Job summary

A regional mental health service seeks a Band 7 Clinical Lead in Hull and East Yorkshire. Ideal candidates will be BABCP accredited High Intensity Cognitive Behavioural Therapists with significant clinical experience. The role focuses on providing leadership within the team, ensuring high-quality psychological services, and developing clinical skills. Additionally, flexible working arrangements are considered, promoting a healthy work-life balance. Join to make a solid impact on mental health treatment in the community.

Benefits

Enhanced leave package

Health and wellbeing support

Qualifications

• Substantial clinical experience delivering evidence-based psychological therapies.
• Experience supervising and leading clinical teams in primary care settings.
• Knowledge of anxiety and depression as it manifests in primary care.

Responsibilities

• Assist Senior Clinical Lead in providing team clinical leadership.
• Ensure services align with Trust's values.
• Escalate clinical concerns to appropriate leads.

Skills

Resilience

Clinical leadership

Communication

Understanding of policy and legislation

Education

Post Graduate Diploma CBT qualification

BABCP accreditation

Job description

An exciting leadership opportunity has arisen within our team, we are looking for a Band 7 Clinical Lead who wants to join a dynamic team.

Are you a BABCP accredited High Intensity Cognitive Behavioural Therapist with substantial clinical and supervisory experience and want to develop your clinical leadership skills? If so, we are delighted to offer candidates an exciting clinical leadership opportunity working as part of NHS East Riding Talking Therapies team.

We are an Accredited Service with an excellent reputation and an impressive record of meeting the required Talking Therapy National and Local standards.

We are also a Lead Provider of Talking Therapies in the East Riding and work closely with our partner providers.

We are proud of the high quality of service we offer to our community, join to be part of our highly motivated and skilled team.

Part-time and flexible working will be considered

Main duties of the job

The post holder will assist the Senior Clinical Lead to provide clinical leadership to the team.

The post holder will ensure that ERTT's services are provided in a way that is consistent with the Trust's values.

To escalate any clinical concerns to the Senior Clinical Lead.

To inform the Team Manager of any workforce concerns.

To work closely with the Team Manager and assist with complaints from a clinical perspective.

To represent the Senior Clinical Lead in internal and external meetings as required.

To ensure treatment interventions are designed and delivered to maximise achievement of the agreed targets and clinical outcomes for the service.

The post holder will contribute to service development and the delivery of care, in partnership with key stakeholders.

To contribute to the development of the clinical team by identifying training needs.

To provide teaching and training packages to different professions and professional groups, within own area of expertise.

The post holder will maintain up-to-date knowledge of current practice, medication, and research evidence.

About us

We are an award winning and CQC rated good health and social care Trust delivering integrated services across Hull, East and North Yorkshire. Find out more on our website

We are a forward thinking and dynamic Trust with a real commitment to staff development. We value our colleagues and invest in them to ensure they have the right skills to deliver outstanding care.

We are proud to score above or equal to the average for all NHS People Promise theme areas demonstrating our commitment to improve the experience of working in the NHS for everyone. Wherever you work we know you will receive a warm welcome and all the support you'll need to get you started.

We recognise the positive value of diversity and promotes equality whilst challenging discrimination. We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds.

Work life balance is about having influence and flexibility over when, where and how you work. If the work pattern for this role does not meet your needs, we welcome an application and are happy to discuss working arrangements that differ from those advertised.

We offer a unique range of benefits that go above and beyond other NHS Trusts including an enhanced leave package and health and wellbeing support.

From city to countryside, market towns to moors you'll find a place to call home including some of the most affordable places to live in the UK.

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Job responsibilities

For further information for this vacancy please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.

Person Specification

Qualifications, education and training

• A Post Graduate Diploma CBT qualification with evidence of delivering CBT in a Talking Therapy service (Equivalent to Master's level study) or A Post Graduate Talking Therapy qualification in High Intensity CBT Psychological Therapies (Equivalent to Master's level study)
• Substantial post accreditation clinical experience in delivering evidence based psychological therapies in primary care
• Talking Therapies HIT supervision qualification
• BABCP accreditation
• Core professional background
• Additional qualification in a second treatment offered at step 3
• LTC training

Knowledge and experience

• Substantial experience of providing evidence based Psychological Therapies in a Primary Care mental health setting
• Substantial experience of treating a full range of psychological disorders using evidence based psychological interventions
• Substantial experience of providing Clinical Supervision at Step 3 in relation to evidence based Psychological Therapies where there is an expectation of achieving agreed targets and clinical outcomes
• Experience of conducting mental health and risk assessments in a Talking Therapies service
• Demonstrate specialist understanding of anxiety and depression and how it may present in Primary care
• Experience of clinical leadership
• Experience of service development participation
• Experience of conducting audit and/or research
• Clinical experience of working within a multidisciplinary team

Skills, Competencies and Personal Qualities

• Evidence of the ability to be resilient and maintain one's own wellbeing whilst working in stressful situations and managing competing demands of the service
• Ability to work sensitively and supportively with staff to change their way of working if required
• Demonstrates an understanding of relevant policy, legislation, drivers and their application to clinical and service area, e.g. Mental Capacity Act, Social Inclusion, Child Protection
• Evidence of leadership skills which demonstrate ethical values and attitudes within a culture of equality and diversity
• Evidence of clinical project work which has had a positive impact on a service provision/workforce

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.