CRHTT Advanced Clinical Lead

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust; Peterborough; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 64,000; Full time

Job summary

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust (CPFT) seeks a qualified professional to deliver specialist adult mental health assessments within CRHTT. You will lead in supervision, develop formulations with the team, implement interventions, and provide expert advice for care planning.

You will assess risk and contribute to safeguarding, acting as lead clinician for complex cases. This post requires engagement across multidisciplinary teams, strong knowledge of mental health legislation,

Qualifications

• Degree or equivalent professional qualifications.
• Post registration training in risk management.
• Non-medical prescribing qualification.
• Experience in acute mental health care is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Deliver specialist assessments for adult service users referred to CRHTT.
• Provide clinical supervision to CRHT practitioners (group and individual).
• Develop formulations integrating assessments with team input.
• Implement a range of interventions for individuals, carers, families and groups.
• Offer specialist advice to other professionals on formulation, diagnosis and treatment planning.
• Undertake risk assessment and risk management per policies.
• Lead clinician role for assessments and safeguarding matters within the framework.

Skills

Therapeutic relationships

Care Programme Approach

Recovery Principles

Mental Health Act knowledge

Policy & legislation

Decision making

Interagency working

Initiative

Approachable

Education

Degree or equivalent professional qualifications

Post registration risk management training

Non-medical prescribing qualification

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details of responsibilities.

• To deliver on-going specialist assessments of adult service users referred to, and under the care of the CRHTT.
• To establish and deliver clinical supervision -group and individual - to the CRHT practitioners in line with current good practice and with the Trusts supervision policy.
• To develop formulations of presenting problems or situations that integrates information from assessments alongside other team members.
• To be responsible for implementing a range of interventions for individuals, carers, families and groups.
• To provide specialist professional advice, guidance and consultation to other professionals contributing directly to service users' formulation, diagnosis and treatment plan.
• To undertake risk assessment and risk management for service users within CRHTT working within Trust and inter-agency policies and procedures, including work with service users deemed as vulnerable adults.
• To act as lead clinician for undertaking assessments and advising service users other mental health professionals in matters arising from the Safeguarding of Vulnerable Adults framework

Person specification

Education/Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Degree or equivalent professional qualifications
• Evidence of relevant post qualification training
• Post registration training in risk management
• Non-medical prescribing qualification

Experience

Essential criteria

• Experience of working with clients in acute mental health need
• Experience of providing clinical leadership into a mental health multi disciplinary team
• Proven experience of good working relationships within a multi-disciplinary team
• Experience of managing workload, ability to prioritise
• Evidence of clinical supervision training and/or experience
• Working in a supervisory capacity
• Experience of interagency working and liaison

Desirable criteria

• Experience of working within a CRHTT
• Experience of working with wider stakeholder groups , Care Pathway Teams, independent sector agencies
• Qualification or significant experience using CBT, DBT, MBT or CAT with service users
• Experience of working within an acute inpatient service
• Experience or working within an adult community mental health service

Skills & Abilities

Essential criteria

• Ability to develop therapeutic relationships with difficult to engage clients
• Good understanding and use of Care Programme Approach, Care Planning and Care Management
• Good understanding of the practical application of Recovery Principles
• Knowledge of policy and legislation relating to metal health and social care services
• Excellent decision-making and problem solving skills
• Must be able to utilise basic IT, in particular email, word processing and spreadsheets
• Demonstration of therapeutic optimism for working in a CRHTT service
• Good interpersonal skills and the ability to foster good inter team/interagency working relationships
• Able to demonstrate initiative and be proactive
• Approachable and flexible
• Commited to personal and team development

Desirable criteria

• An understanding / experience of case management in teams

Knowledge & Understanding

Essential criteria

• Good understanding of the Mental Health Act, Mental Capacity Act , Safeguarding policies and procedures (Adult and Young People , Care Programme Approach
• Good knowledge of the referral systems and service provisions within the Trust
• Understanding of the local and national health economy
• Understanding of the implication of current national guidance i.e Mental Health Crisis Concordant on CRHTT services

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

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