Clinical Team Leader

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust; Coppull; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in the UK is seeking a Clinical Team Manager for the Children and Young People’s Mental Health Community Intensive Support Team. The role involves leading clinical operations, providing direct support to young people with complex mental health needs, and promoting a responsive service. Flexible working hours and patterns are available. Candidates should have experience in mental health support, leadership skills, and a commitment to improving care outcomes.

Benefits

Flexible working options

Positive work/life balance

Qualifications

• Experience in mental health support for children and young people.
• Leadership skills in a clinical environment.
• Ability to promote positive attitudes towards mental health.

Responsibilities

• Promote positive attitudes towards young people with complex mental health needs.
• Conduct direct clinical work and improve service quality.
• Ensure care pathways are young person and family focused.
• Lead clinical operations with a focus on service development.

Job description

Overview

The Children and Young People’s Mental Health Community Intensive Support Team (RAIST) aims to transform the way in which crisis care is experienced by children, young people (CYP) and those who care for them by developing a service which is child-centred, needs-led, responsive, accessible and flexible. The post holder will be responsible for promoting positive attitudes towards young people with complex mental health needs and for maintaining a responsive and non-stigmatising service, which will enhance social inclusion, support recovery and deliver better outcomes. An exciting opportunity has arisen to secure a leadership role within Children and Young People’s Mental Health Community Intensive Support Team, which will provide intensive community-based and acute setting support and interventions for young people and their families.

Responsibilities

• Be responsible for promoting positive attitudes towards young people with complex mental health needs and maintaining a responsive and non-stigmatising service, which will enhance social inclusion, support recovery and deliver better outcomes.
• The role of Clinical Team Manager will include direct clinical work; working intensively with children, young people and those who care for them, as well as maintaining and improving the overall quality and effectiveness of the service.
• Ensure that the urgent care pathway for children and young people is young person and family focused, needs-led, responsive, accessible and flexible.
• Lead and oversee clinical operations within the team, with emphasis on service development and quality improvement.

Location, hours and eligibility

The hours of operation for the service will be variable and will require unsociable hours working that will be across 7 days per week. Positions available in The Bay and Central & West locality.

About the employer

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust provides a range of services, including secondary mental health care, across this area. Specialist provision comprises inpatient child and adolescent mental health services, perinatal mental health and forensic services, including low and medium secure care. The Trust also provides a range of physical health and well-being services in the community alongside a range of partners in the Lancashire, Cumbria and Sefton area. Lancashire & South Cumbria Foundation Trust encourages flexible working, we believe that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing. We would consider working patterns such as term time, part-time, compressed hours, flexi-time and career breaks. We encourage applicants to state clearly on their application forms this request and discuss these options at the interview.

How to apply / contact

For more information, please visit our website via Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS FT.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Rachelle Stassen
Job title: Senior Manager
Email address: [e-mail]