Clinical Team Leader

Integrated Care System; Norwich; On-site; GBP 47,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

Un établissement de santé mentale en Angleterre recherche un leader d'équipe en thérapie occupationnelle pour superviser des équipes multidisciplinaires et fournir des soins de haute qualité. Ce rôle offre une opportunité unique de diriger dans un environnement dynamique et de contribuer à l'amélioration des services de santé mentale. Avec des avantages tels qu'une formation continue et une progression de carrière, ce poste est idéal pour un professionnel engagé et motivé.

Benefits

Comprehensive in-house and external training programmes

Career progression

27 days annual leave increasing to 33 days

NHS discounts

Qualifications

• Expérience en Community Mental Health Services.
• Expérience à un niveau clinique senior, gestion/supervision du personnel.
• Leadership en environnement de soins de santé mentale.

Responsibilities

• Assurer un service de qualité conforme aux exigences réglementaires.
• Gérer la charge de travail et superviser les membres de l'équipe.
• Développer des aspects occupationnels dans la prestation de services.

Skills

Treatment skills

Care planning

Performance management

IT skills

Education

HCPC registered Occupational Therapist

Higher degree or post-graduate certificate

Job description

We are looking for an enthusiastic Occupational Therapy Clinical Team Leader to lead the Forensic Mental Health Community Team working across Norfolk and Suffolk.

Norfolk and Suffolk Foundation Trust Secure Services form part of a wide and growing body of clinical services operating in a variety of settings linked to criminal justice services. Secure Mental Health Services have been consistently rated "Good " by the CQC - join us in our journey to Outstanding! The Secure and Forensic Services sit within the Great Yarmouth and Waveney Locality.

The FCMHT outreach service aims to bridge the gap between inpatient and community services, providing a smooth transition across the care pathway.

You will be responsible for the clinical leadership of the well-established therapy team which includes registered Senior Occupational Therapists, Occupational Therapy Assistant Practitioners and Peer Support Workers. The Outreach team are embedded in the Norfolk and Suffolk FCMHT along with Psychiatrists, Mental Health Practitioners, Psychology staff, Social Workers, Assistant Practitioners/Senior Community Workers, and Physical Health Practitioners.

You will be line managed by the Allied Health Professions Lead for Great Yarmouth and Waveney and be part of ensuring excellent AHP provision in the Trust.

Main duties of the job

The FCMHT outreach team leads on the development and provision of occupation-focused aspects of team delivery, specialist occupational assessments, as well as support for, and supervision of, other members of the wider team.

The post holder be required to work alongside the multi-disciplinary team across both the community and inpatient setting where required. They will be required to locate themselves with the FCMHT staff across Ipswich and Norwich as required. The postholder requires specialist Occupational Therapy knowledge and to lead on risk assessment & risk management. They must work well with service users with complex mental health needs and a forensic/offending history, seeing the person first.

The team works within the framework of the Model of Human Occupation. utilising appropriate clinical tools that align with this approach, including occupational formulation. It is expected that the post holder will have considerable experience of working as an Occupational Therapist and bring their own skills to this role, to enable assessments and interventions to be tailored to the needs of the service users.

About us

Here at NSFT we pride ourselves on being a welcoming, talented, friendly and supportive team who like nothing better than sharing experiences and learning from each other. In addition to ongoing training and development opportunities, we are committed to providing an environment in which you can thrive.

Benefits included with this role are:-

• a comprehensive in house & external training programmes
• career progression
• starting annual leave of 27 days per annum increasing to 33 days pa based on length of service (plus paid bank holidays)
• NHS discounts and many more.

Job responsibilities

The post holder will be responsible for ensuring a safe, caring, responsive, high quality service is provided to service users, their families and carers, by ensuring compliance with Statutory and Regulatory requirements and Trust Policies, pathways, standard operating procedures and protocols.

The postholder will allocate work accordingly within the team, as well as holding their own caseload, to ensure the effective and efficient use of resources to meet the needs of service users and carers, and monitor the teams contribution and performance to the overall objectives of the Team, the Locality and the Trust.

Please find attached our Job Description and Person Specification for more detail on your Key Accountabilities, then if you feel you have what it takes to make a difference in your local communities, click APPLY!

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Occupational Therapist, HCPC registered
• Ongoing professional development, Higher degree or post graduate certificate in area of clinical / therapeutic practice - Post basic teaching qualification - ILM certificate in management or equivalent
• Experience in working within Community Mental Health Services
• Able to demonstrate experience at a senior clinical level including staff management / supervision experience
• Experience of working within a multi-disciplinary team
• Evidence of providing leadership in a Mental Health care environment including service development
• Previous experience of working with Complex case management
• Experience in providing leadership in a mental health care environment

Skills

• Competent and effective treatment skills
• Care planning skills
• Establish performance management team structures and systems
• Ability to prioritise own workload
• Competent IT skills and service development

Knowledge

• Knowledge of medication and the monitoring of its effects
• Build on/develop further knowledge of psychosocial interventions and their appropriateness
• Build on/develop further specialist knowledge of health and promotion
• An understanding of policies and guidelines both local and national

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.

£47,810 to £54,710 a yearGross per annum