Clinical Lead

Job description

Job responsibilities

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced clinician to join our Wirral team as a Clinical Lead.

As a key member of the leadership team, you will work closely with your colleagues to ensure we deliver the best service possible to our clients. Drawing on your strong clinical skills, you will be responsible for providing clinical leadership to the team, working in partnership with the Service Director, Clinical Leads, Team Leads, practitioners and other colleagues to maintain a safe and effective service.You will also take the lead for ensuring the maintenance, dissemination and development of the highest professional standards of clinical practice, in accordance with national guidelines; including the implementation and management of a supervisory regime that meets statutory and regulatory compliance.

You will be fully supported in your role by our Principal Clinical Lead and benefit from close working relationships with our Clinical Leads embedded in other services, giving you the opportunity to continuingly develop your clinical skills and expertise.

About you

We would love to hear from you if you possess the following:

• Qualified High Intensity CBT Therapist, with BABCP accreditation or a BACP Accredited Counsellor
• An experienced clinician who is able to provide expertise and specialist advice, guidance and consultation to all clinical staff and other professionals
• Have a strong track record of working with clinical colleagues to ensure they have the skills, expertise and confidence to diagnose, formulate and implement plans for all psychological interventions, in accordance with evidence-based practice and the requirements of IAPT
• An effective time manager with the ability to, prioritise urgent and important tasks, and respond to urgent situations appropriately
• A qualified supervisor who can demonstrate their ability to offer sound clinical supervision to clinical staff within the service
• A confident innovator, ready for the challenge to work differently to ensure that clients, regardless of need, remain at the heart of the service
• Committed to improving access to psychological therapies.
• Adaptable to change, and able to drive and implement change to help drive the service forward
• Valid driving license and access to a vehicle for work purposes

What we offer in return

We are proud to have been recognised and certified as a Great Place to Work, which speaks volumes on how much we value our staff members. In return for the hard work and dedication from our teams, we offer the following benefits:

• 30 days annual leave plus bank holidays (rising to 32 days at 5 years service) and the option to purchase or sell day
• Enhanced pension
• Wagestream-ability torelease earnings, giving youinstant access to your pay
• Vitality Wellbeing Programme including Employee Assistant Programme, GP and priority physiotherapy access and shopping discounts with the opportunity to sign up for a Blue Light Card
• Enhanced life assurance scheme, payment being three times your annual salary
• Plus, many more great benefits on offer

Here at Everyturn Mental Health we champion equality, diversity and inclusion within the organisation by ensuring our opportunities are open to all and our approach is inclusive. We positively encourage applications from candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion/belief, marital status, or pregnancy/maternity.

We welcome you to be yourself at work and have a range of Colleague Networks for members and allies of the LGBTQ+; Black, Asian and minority ethnic; menopause and neurodivergent communities.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• About you
• We would love to hear from you if you possess the following:
• Qualified High Intensity CBT Therapist, with BABCP accreditation or a BACP Accredited Counsellor
• An experienced clinician who is able to provide expertise and specialist advice, guidance and consultation to all clinical staff and other professionals
• Have a strong track record of working with clinical colleagues to ensure they have the skills, expertise and confidence to diagnose, formulate and implement plans for all psychological interventions, in accordance with evidence-based practice and the requirements of IAPT
• An effective time manager with the ability to, prioritise urgent and important tasks, and respond to urgent situations appropriately
• A qualified supervisor who can demonstrate their ability to offer sound clinical supervision to clinical staff within the service
• A confident innovator, ready for the challenge to work differently to ensure that clients, regardless of need, remain at the heart of the service
• Committed to improving access to psychological therapies.
• Adaptable to change, and able to drive and implement change to help drive the service forward
• Valid driving license and access to a vehicle for work purposes

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Everyturn Mental Health

Address

Inclusion Matters

Woodside Business Park

Birkenhead

Merseyside

CH41 1EL

Employer's website

https://www.everyturn.org/careers-at-everyturn/ (Opens in a new tab)