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Job summary

Main area
Community Mental Health
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 7
Contract
Permanent
Hours
  • Full time
  • Part time
37.5 hours per week
Job ref
325-6562018-COMM
Employer
Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Gatton Place
Town
Redhill
Salary
£48,270 - £54,931 Incl. 5% Fringe HCAS, pa, pro rata.
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
27/09/2024 23:59

Employer heading

Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust logo

Clinical Lead - CMHT OP East

NHS AfC: Band 7

Would you like to work in an organisation that sits in the top 10 best NHS Mental Health, Learning Disability and Community Services Trust  to work for.  This ranking is based on staff feedback in the 2023 NHS Staff Survey.

Job overview

·       To promote positivity, can-do attitude and to enhance the experience of the team members and the people we serve.

   Establish and embed a senior leadership team function for the service. 

     Responsible for developing and implementing strategies that promote an environment of involvement and recovery.     Ensure that the agenda of social inclusion is reflected in interventions offered and implemented.

   Responsible for the development of a high quality service

    Lead & motivate staff to provide a pro-active and responsive high quality service, contributing to ongoing audit and evaluation.

     Ensure that the necessary systems & protocols for the delivery of a safe & supportive service are in place, understood & adhered to throughout the Service.

      Ensure that effective communications systems are established, maintained and monitored regularly within the Service & between the Teams & other services/agencies/partners.

      Work with the Integrated Care Team Leader to agree clear & deliverable objectives & to ensure they are implemented & monitored.

  Provide line management,  for staff within the Service.

    Ensure arrangements are in place for all service members to receive regular supervision, appraisal and have their personal development plans and training needs identified and where possible met.

 

 

Main duties of the job

·       Facilitate pro-active links and relationships between the Team & the wider community giving advice & guidance to fellow professionals, carers, voluntary organisations & the public.

·       Foster collaborative working relationships with the whole system.

·       Ensure appropriate and timely transfer of care between services.

·       Ensure that all practitioners maintain accurate databases.

·       Facilitate regular review of caseloads, providing guidance and support to ensure all care is of a high quality and is evidence based.

Working for our organisation

Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is the leading provider of health and social care services for people of all ages with mental ill-health and learning disabilities in Surrey and North East Hampshire. We also provide social care services for people with a learning disability in Croydon and ASD and ADHD assessment services in Hampshire.

We actively seek to engage people who use our services and our communities in improving the mental wellbeing of the local population. We work closely with other NHS and voluntary sector organisations who provide services and support people who use services and carers.

Surrey is a beautiful county lying just 30 minutes away from Central London and from the South Coast.

Our historic market towns and bustling districts are enveloped in wonderful countryside, and our excellent road and rail networks bring the rest of the country within easy reach.

For international travel, both Gatwick and Heathrow airports are nearby.

Please note that we reserve the right to close posts as soon as sufficient applications are received.

We look forward to receiving your application!

 

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

  • Discharge professional responsibilities under the Mental Health Act 1983, other legislations and CPA Policy.
  • Comply with and adhere to the relevant Professional Code of Conduct and other appropriate professional practice guidelines.
  • Provide professional clinical advice to other Team members and to the Integrated Care Team Leader.
  • Act as a positive role model for colleagues/others in relation to personal / professional conduct and practice.
  • Ensure that all policies and procedures relevant to the service area are implemented and complied with.
  • Ensure that full regard is taken to promote dignity, individuality, self-esteem and well-being of patients and of their relatives or carers.
  • Be accountable for her/his practice and take every reasonable opportunity to sustain and improve their knowledge and professional competence and that of the Team.
  • Be responsible for promoting and safeguarding the well-being and interest of patients of the team, ensuring that by no act or omission on their part, the patient’s welfare or safety is placed at risk.
  • Act as an advocate and promote self-advocacy for patients and their carers.
  • Have due regard to the workload of and the pressure on colleagues, and take appropriate action if these are thought to be such as to endanger safe standards of practice.
  • Ensure that clinical practice is based on current knowledge and is evidence based.
  • Participate in professional clinical activities as requested and appropriate

Person specification

applicationa and interview

Essential criteria
  • 3-5 years experience
  • Professional Registration
Desirable criteria
  • Communication
  • personal and people development

As above

Essential criteria
  • health and safety

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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.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Nichola Jelly
Job title
Sector Manager CMHTOP
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
03002225761
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