Clinical Specialist - Generic

Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust; Harrogate; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional NHS mental health and learning disability trust is seeking a Clinical Specialist for their learning disability intensive support team. The role includes providing leadership and clinical expertise for individuals facing complex mental health challenges. Applicants should have a strong background in learning disability services and hold a relevant professional registration. This full-time position involves collaborating with multidisciplinary teams and overseeing clinical assessments to ensure effective care for clients across North Yorkshire, York, and Selby.

Benefits

Opportunities for personal development

Supportive multidisciplinary team environment

Qualifications

• Enthusiastic and driven with knowledge of learning disability services.
• Experience in supporting mental health & behavioral support.
• Ability to navigate legal and clinical policies.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership for an intensive support model of care.
• Design and deliver specialist assessments and interventions.
• Support colleagues with clinical supervision and operational issues.

Skills

Leadership skills

Knowledge of learning disability services

Clinical supervision

Crisis management

Education

Professional registration in learning disability nursing or allied health profession

Job description

We have an exciting opportunity for a Clinical Specialist in the learning disability intensive support team coving North Yorkshire York and Selby. This is for candidates with the relevant experience and a professional registration in learning disability nursing or allied health profession to undertake the clinical specialist role providing leadership for the service in relation an intensive support model of care for people with a learning disability.

They will function as a senior member of the multidisciplinary team (MDT), designing, supporting and/or delivering specialist assessments, formulations, interventions and recommendations of relevance to people with LD with acute and/or complex mental health and/or challenging behaviour needs. Clinical responsibilities will include supporting colleagues to skilfully navigate the complex interface of values, rights, evidence, clinical guidelines, and legal/policy frameworks for people with LD, in accordance with the professional standards of their specialist/advanced practice.

Providing clinical leadership to the intensive support team members and clinical supervision.

Applicants should be enthusiastic and driven, with excellent knowledge of learning disability services across the community system, including primary care, specialist services, local authority & the voluntary and community sector (VCSE)., The Adult learning Disability Community Teams are based across 4 bases. in North Yorkshire. This role covers North Yorkshire, York and Selby.

The Clinical Specialist (CS) will be a specialist and/or advanced practitioner in their clinical field and will work in clinical practice. They will provide specialist, accredited, clinical expertise in the mental health & behavioural support of adults with learning disabilities (LD).

Their clinical focus will be within the Trust's Intensive Support Team (IST) delivering assessment & support to individuals to prevent placement breakdown, inappropriate hospital admissions and supporting timely & effective hospital discharges. Clinical practice hours will include direct & indirect clinical/therapeutic work with individuals & their support systems (e.g. family members, support staff, managers, practice leads, multi-agency colleagues).

The CS would have oversight of operational issues for the team in the absence of team manager. For example, reporting sickness, ensuring safe staffing levels health roster, attending any clinically relevant meetings.

Working pattern is Monday to Friday however if service needs change some flexibility in work pattern will be required. This will be discussed at interview.

You will be able to develop and demonstrate clinical leadership, supervisory and coaching skills and a comprehensive knowledge of learning disability care, the Mental Health Act and complex risk assessment.

We are the Mental Health & Learning Disability NHS Trust for County Durham and Darlington, Teesside, North Yorkshire, York and Selby.

From education and prevention to crisis and specialist care --our talented and compassionate teams work in partnership with our patients, communities and partners to help the people of our region feel safe, understood, believed in and cared for.

We nurture the recovery journey of anyone in need of our help. In Our Trust, everyone has a say in how they are supported and treated because we listen to every person in our care until they feel understood. Our patients, their families and carers work together with us towards better mental health.

We're committed to new thinking that improves the wellbeing of our region. We connect with our communities and partners to get mental health care right, in areas that really need it.

In order to continue to develop and maintain high quality services, ongoing opportunities will be made available to help further your own skills, knowledge and development to uphold your leadership role.