Clinical Lead Functional Mental Health

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust; Peterborough; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading health and social care organization in Peterborough seeks a Registered Mental Health Nurse to deliver high-quality care. The role involves conducting assessments, planning treatment, and supporting team management. Applicants should have strong communication skills and a commitment to patient care.

Qualifications

• Proven record in mental health assessment and care of adults/older people.
• Demonstrated effective leadership in multi-disciplinary teams.

Responsibilities

• Conduct holistic psychosocial assessments and plan care.
• Provide evidence-based clinical interventions and make autonomous decisions.
• Support team lead in daily management.

Skills

Communication

Interpersonal Skills

Leadership

Empathy

Education

Registered Mental Health Nurse

NMC or HCPC registration

Job description

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please note for this role you will be required to travel independently around the county meeting strict time deadlines. You will need to hold a full UK driving licence* and have use of a vehicle. You cannot use public transport for this role as this is not a reliable form of transport and will not allow you to meet service needs. Please confirm in your application that you meet the specified criteria.

Please see Job Description and Person Specification for further information and detail.

• Screen referral to the service and prioritise referrals effectively and safely
• Provide holistic psychosocial assessment, and subsequent planning and implementation of individual packages of care and treatment.
• Undertake clinical risk assessments, based on latest empirical evidence and compliant with local policies and procedures.
• Undertake risk management; practising safely and accordingly to individual service user needs.
• Provide evidence based clinical interventions, making autonomous clinical decisions about own professional practice.
• Responsibility for the development, planning and implementation of brief care and treatment interventions for individual patients.
• Ensure that individual episodes of care are delivered in a timely, effective, and integrated manner.
• Promote a recovery model that empowers patients, carers, and relatives to be at the forefront of decision making and ownership of their packages of care and treatment.
• Supervision and discussion on patient care planning
• Support the team lead in the day to day management of the team

*DVLA have a number of reciprocal arrangements with overseas countries, for further information please visit the DVLA website

Person specification

Education / Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Registered Mental Health Nurse or equivalent AHP or Social work qualification.
• NMC or HCPC registered
• Demonstrate continuous professional development within the relevant fields
• Non - Medical Prescriber qualification or working towards

Desirable criteria

• Management qualification
• Enhanced clinical skills qualification in relevant field.

Experience

Essential criteria

• Proven record of advanced experience and achievement in mental health assessment, care of adults and/ or older people
• Evidence of effective leadership management in multi-disciplinary teams
• Advanced understanding of the mental health needs of older adults

Desirable criteria

• Have lived experience of mental health challenges.
• Experience of people management

Skills & Abilities

Essential criteria

• Able to demonstrate commitment to high quality care and service provision.
• Experience of clinical supervision and leadership
• Excellent communication skills both verbal and in writing.
• Good interpersonal skills and the ability to foster good working relationships with a wide range of people.
• Demonstrates understanding of legislation relating to work with Older People.

Desirable criteria

• Previous Crisis home treatment team experience
• Experience of working within an emergency mental health setting

Knowledge & Understanding

Essential criteria

• Clear understanding of psychotropic medication and monitoring the effects and potential side effects
• Understands and adheres to the principles of confidentiality.
• Able to utilise electronic patient records systm one.

Desirable criteria

• HR systems and processes

Physical Requirements

Essential criteria

• Demonstrates empathy for and awareness of concerns of others.
• In highly stressful situations keeps own feelings in check and takes constructive action and calms others down.
• Can demonstrate flexibility of approach

Other

Essential criteria

• Positive approach to older people
• Recognise people's right to privacy and dignity, treating every person with respect.
• Ability to travel across the county - sometimes at short notice, and regularly within catchment area.
• Flexibility to work over five days per week, to support the delivery of a 12 hours service if the need arises.

Here at Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust (CPFT) we are dedicated to providing high quality care with compassion. We deliver many of the NHS services that are provided outside of hospital and in the community such as physical, mental health and specialist services.

We are a health and social care organisation, offering a wide range of services, including:

• Integrated physical and mental health services for adults and older people;
• Specialist mental health and learning disability services;
• Children and young people's mental health services;
• Children's community services in Peterborough;
• Social care;
• Ground-breaking research

We strongly encourage applications from all sections of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including disabled people and members of our ethnic minorities and LGBTQ+ communities. For further information about our positive equality, diversity and Inclusion work, please visit https://www.cpft.nhs.uk/equalityanddiversity.

CPFT is looking to build upon its pool of temporary workers with Temporary Staffing Services (TSS). You will be asked at interview if you would be willing to register with TSS. This is an excellent opportunity for those looking to take on additional hours that are flexible around your personal circumstances.

Please be advised that in line with the WHO Health Workforce Support and Safeguards List, 2020 Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust currently are unable to accept applications from overseas candidates whose country of residence is classed as a 'Red List' country.

Applicants who require entry into the UK will be required to provide a valid police certificate from the relevant authority from each country (except the UK) where the applicant has been present for 12 months or more, 10 years before the date of visa application, while aged 18 or over.

If you are successful at interview you will be subject to pre-employment checks, including a DBS (if appropriate), references and Occupational Health. To ensure a smooth process please bring all identity documents to your interview. A list of required identity documents will be attached to your interview invitation.

All communications will be sent to you via TRAC Systems. By applying for this post you are agreeing to CPFT transferring the information contained in this application to TRAC. If you are made an offer, information will also be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system.

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

• Clinical Lead Functional Mental Health JDPS (PDF, 384.6KB)
• CPFT Values (PDF, 114.7KB)
• CPFT Mindful Employers (PDF, 51.3KB)
• CPFT Accommodation (PDF, 296.6KB)