Clinical lead CAMHS ND/LD

PENNINE CARE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST; Cocker Hill; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual leave (Agenda for Change)

Flexible working

CPD opportunities

Research opportunities

Staff wellbeing service

Staff discounts

Job summary

PENNINE CARE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST is recruiting to strengthen clinical leadership across two CAMHS teams in the Greater Manchester area. The post focuses on expert work with children and young people with moderate to severe mental health needs and complex neurodiversity or learning disability factors.

The role provides clinical supervision, guides staff in risk assessment and management, and leads on the development of effective clinical pathways with partner services, aiming to improve care

Qualifications

• Experience leading CAMHS teams and providing clinical oversight.
• Knowledge of legislation relevant to child and adolescent mental health.
• Ability to develop and maintain clinical pathways between CAMHS and other services.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical leadership and structured supervision to the CAMHS teams.
• Lead on risk assessment, risk management, and debriefs after incidents.
• Oversee in-depth assessments and ongoing intervention as lead case manager.
• Develop confidence and competencies within the team for managing complex cases.

Skills

Clinical leadership

Risk assessment

Staff supervision

Case management

Job description

This is an exciting new post created to offer clinical leadership and expertise to 2 community CAMHS teams in Tameside and Stockport. The post involves offering expertise in working with children and young people presenting to CAMHS with a moderate to severe mental health need and other complexity around neurodiversity and or a Learning disability ., To provide guidance and support to clinical staff in the management of complex cases.oTo provide guidance and support on relevant legislation.oTo be responsible for the development and maintenance of effective clinical pathways between CAMHS and other services.oTo provide additional leadership and guidance to other team members in risk assessment, risk management and positive problem solving and lead on debriefs following incidents.oDevelop confidence and competence within the team for managing complex clinical cases and issues.oTo take a lead role in the provision of clinical leadership and structured clinical supervision to the team.oTo lead on and ensure that the team undertakes appropriate and in-depth assessments and on-going intervention, and undertake the duties and responsibilities of an active lead case manager role

We are proud to provide high quality mental health and learning disability services, both inpatient and in the community across five boroughs of Greater Manchester - Bury, Oldham, Rochdale, Stockport and Tameside and Glossop. Our vision is for a happier and more hopeful life for everyone in our communities and our staff work hard to deliver the very best care for the people who use our services. We're really proud of our#PennineCarePeopleand do everything we can to make sure we're a great place to work.

If you come and work for us we will offer a range of benefits and opportunities, including:

• Generous annual leave entitlement for Agenda for Change and Medical and Dental staff.
• Flexible working opportunities to support your work/life balance
• Access to Continued Professional Development
• Involvement in improvement and research activities
• Health and Wellbeing activities and access to an excellent staff wellbeing service
• Access to staff discounts across retail, leisure and travel