Job summary
37.5 hours per week.
We are looking to recruit an enthusiastic, well-motivated, forward-thinking clinician to lead the team at Plym Bridge House. It is a 12-bed, purpose-built psychiatric tier-4 unit for teenagers with severe mental health problems or mental illness.
Our experienced team provides high-quality, short-term care for young people whose needs cannot be met in the community. The 12 to 18-year-olds we admit are assessed and treated in the least restrictive way possible, and for the shortest amount of time appropriate.
Plym Bridge House (PBH) is staffed by a dedicated and experienced team made up of consultant psychiatrists, clinical psychologists, medical staff, registered mental health nurses, nurses with children's nursing qualifications, health care assistants, occupational therapists and family therapists. The site is also home to teachers and teaching assistants to ensure peoples education needs are met, alongside their physical, mental and emotional needs.
If you are passionate about making a difference and want to lead a team that is ambitious and values compassion, innovation, and evidence-based practice, we would love to hear from you.
This role may not be eligible for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker route.
Please note that Livewell may close the job advertisement earlier than the specified deadline.
All Livewell staff are expected to be able and willing to work across a 7 day service.
Main duties of the job
The PBH Senior Clinical Lead provides clinical and professional leadership to the CAMHS tier 4 inpatient unit and the Childrens Young Peoples Place of Safety (CYP PoS) that sit within the Children, Young People and Families Services. As post holder, you will
Assist the senior management team in Children, Young People and Families Services (CYPFS) in addressing the organisations strategic and operational agenda as related to Plym Bridge House (PBH).
Be responsible for the delivery of a high-quality unit through the management and deployment of resources within a defined budget.
Provide line management to the team manager and leads and oversee all operational aspects of the inpatient unit and patient flow, liaising with departments and teams as required.
Be accountable to the Directorate Manager / Deputy Operational and Strategic Lead for CYPFS. You will lead on designated projects, ensure recommendations from the Patient Safety Incident Response Framework (PSIRF), near misses, complaints and other incidents are implemented.
Promote partnership working within and across organisations with relevant stakeholders including AHPs, GPs, Consultants, nursing, social care professionals, service users and carers to ensure continuum of care and creating a culture of continuous service improvement. The post holder leads on the implementation and adherence to the Matrons Charter.
About us
Livewell Southwest is an independent, award-winning social
enterprise delivering integrated health and social care services across
Plymouth, South Hams, and West Devon, with specialist services in parts of
Devon and Cornwall. Our teams work in community hospitals, GP practices, sports
centres, and health hubs.
As an organisation with a strong social conscience we are guided by our values,kindness, respect, inclusivity, ambition, responsibility, and
collaboration. We focus on transforming services to ensure sustainability, while
empowering staff and those we serve.
We involve the people we care for, along with their families and carers, in
shaping the care they receive, striving to deliver the right care at the right
time and place. Centering our work on individual needs helps people lead
healthy, independent lives.
We prioritise employees' development, offering protected CPD time, training
pathways, leadership programs, and funding for qualifications like the Care
Certificate and Nurse Training Scholarships. Our induction and preceptorship
programs ensure a smooth transition into our organisation.
Livewell Southwest values diversity and encourages applications from all
sections of the community, including those with armed forces experience, lived experience of mental
health, neuro-diverse conditions and learning disabilities. If you need assistance or reasonable adjustments during the
application process, contact the Recruiting Manager listed in the job advert.
Job description
Job responsibilities
SCOPE AND RANGE
The role provides senior clinical and operational leadership to Plym Bridge House and the PoS which sit within the Children, Young People and Families Services (CYPFS) operational directorate. The unit is part of the SWPC offering Tier 4 inpatient facilities across the region and also has the Devon CYP PoS as part of its offer. This role is crucial to managing a range of service user pathways and oversees the quality of care and treatment. Post-holder will need to:
- Demonstrate a sound knowledge and provide a clear vision to the strategic direction of identified clinical services. Ensuring excellence in service delivery and clinical governance in conjunction with other nursing, allied health professionals and medical leadership posts.
- Work with SWPC Case Managers, Contract Leads and Quality Leads to ensure the care delivered is in line with the Tier 4 specification, and the access and referrals process.
- Lead the development of services by cultivating and communicating a philosophy of care to ensure delivery is based on evidence based best practice and higher standards. The post holder is also accountable for the provision of high-quality care, making the best use of the resources available.
- Be responsible for maintaining relationships across the system, working transparently and efficiently to oversee patient flow, working with partners to provide the least restrictive practice for the South West Provider Collaborative population.
- Provide a visible, accessible, and authoritative presence in wards/unit/teams settings to whom staff, patients and their families can turn for assistance, advice and support. Ensure patients and their carers are treated with dignity and respect.
- Lead on environmental unit issues, including external / internal PEAT initiatives, general environmental improvement, and audit activities/outcomes, ensuring national / local standards and policies are met and implemented, thus promoting a clean environment for care and best practice in infection control.
- Participate in the CYPFS operational managers Operational Managers on-call rota if requested to do so
MAIN DUTIES/RESPONSIBILITIES
- The Senior Clinical Lead provides professional and clinical leadership to the PBH Team.
- The post holder will also have influence and contact with all services aligned to the CAMHS pathway.
- The post-holder is responsible for direct line management for PBH Leads.
Responsibilities for Patient Care:
- Role model clinical leadership
- Communicate information in a way that makes it relevant and understandable for service users and carers, working to the principles of the functions policy implementation guidelines and practice in line with the standards and values set out in them.
- Work as part of the team in a clinical capacity where appropriate.
- Take a lead role in supporting the team in the identification of risk and the formulation of risk management plans. Ensure staff are competent at managing patient risk to self and others.
- Take a lead role in clinical decision-making, including maintaining the safety of patients, staff and the public in challenging, potentially violent situations.
- Ensure that communication of decisions is circulated to other agencies and action plans followed, always ensuring Senior Managers and Directors are briefed as and when required.
- Ensure that the team plan aftercare, making appropriate agreed referrals for longer term treatment.
- Collaborate with other teams and services in the provision of patient care.
- Assess and monitor the effect of medication and report observations to medical staff.
- Provide education to patients and carers to enhance their knowledge, therefore, improving longer term outcomes.
- Ensure there are robust multi-disciplinary team processes in place within the service that includes timely response to referrals, assessment and risk assessment.
- Ensure that patients receive relevant information, such as correspondence and phone calls, information about the service, public health announcements and health promotion information in an accessible and timely way.
- Manage the service user feedback and involvement process, ensuring local resolution of any issues if possible, and take action to improve services as a result of feedback
- Ensure child and adult safeguarding procedures and guidelines are implemented effectively.
- Be responsible for updating own practice, knowledge and skills, including Livewell Southwests mandatory training.
See supporting files for further details
Job description
Job responsibilities
SCOPE AND RANGE
The role provides senior clinical and operational leadership to Plym Bridge House and the PoS which sit within the Children, Young People and Families Services (CYPFS) operational directorate. The unit is part of the SWPC offering Tier 4 inpatient facilities across the region and also has the Devon CYP PoS as part of its offer. This role is crucial to managing a range of service user pathways and oversees the quality of care and treatment. Post-holder will need to:
- Demonstrate a sound knowledge and provide a clear vision to the strategic direction of identified clinical services. Ensuring excellence in service delivery and clinical governance in conjunction with other nursing, allied health professionals and medical leadership posts.
- Work with SWPC Case Managers, Contract Leads and Quality Leads to ensure the care delivered is in line with the Tier 4 specification, and the access and referrals process.
- Lead the development of services by cultivating and communicating a philosophy of care to ensure delivery is based on evidence based best practice and higher standards. The post holder is also accountable for the provision of high-quality care, making the best use of the resources available.
- Be responsible for maintaining relationships across the system, working transparently and efficiently to oversee patient flow, working with partners to provide the least restrictive practice for the South West Provider Collaborative population.
- Provide a visible, accessible, and authoritative presence in wards/unit/teams settings to whom staff, patients and their families can turn for assistance, advice and support. Ensure patients and their carers are treated with dignity and respect.
- Lead on environmental unit issues, including external / internal PEAT initiatives, general environmental improvement, and audit activities/outcomes, ensuring national / local standards and policies are met and implemented, thus promoting a clean environment for care and best practice in infection control.
- Participate in the CYPFS operational managers Operational Managers on-call rota if requested to do so
MAIN DUTIES/RESPONSIBILITIES
- The Senior Clinical Lead provides professional and clinical leadership to the PBH Team.
- The post holder will also have influence and contact with all services aligned to the CAMHS pathway.
- The post-holder is responsible for direct line management for PBH Leads.
Responsibilities for Patient Care:
- Role model clinical leadership
- Communicate information in a way that makes it relevant and understandable for service users and carers, working to the principles of the functions policy implementation guidelines and practice in line with the standards and values set out in them.
- Work as part of the team in a clinical capacity where appropriate.
- Take a lead role in supporting the team in the identification of risk and the formulation of risk management plans. Ensure staff are competent at managing patient risk to self and others.
- Take a lead role in clinical decision-making, including maintaining the safety of patients, staff and the public in challenging, potentially violent situations.
- Ensure that communication of decisions is circulated to other agencies and action plans followed, always ensuring Senior Managers and Directors are briefed as and when required.
- Ensure that the team plan aftercare, making appropriate agreed referrals for longer term treatment.
- Collaborate with other teams and services in the provision of patient care.
- Assess and monitor the effect of medication and report observations to medical staff.
- Provide education to patients and carers to enhance their knowledge, therefore, improving longer term outcomes.
- Ensure there are robust multi-disciplinary team processes in place within the service that includes timely response to referrals, assessment and risk assessment.
- Ensure that patients receive relevant information, such as correspondence and phone calls, information about the service, public health announcements and health promotion information in an accessible and timely way.
- Manage the service user feedback and involvement process, ensuring local resolution of any issues if possible, and take action to improve services as a result of feedback
- Ensure child and adult safeguarding procedures and guidelines are implemented effectively.
- Be responsible for updating own practice, knowledge and skills, including Livewell Southwests mandatory training.
See supporting files for further details
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered health or social care professional with current registration.
- Clinical, postgraduate management or leadership qualification or equivalent level of experience and proven ability to perform at this level.
- Evidence of recent professional development in an up-to-date portfolio.
- Masters Level study or equivalent transferable experience.
Desirable
- Additional courses relevant to CAMHS or Mental Health Services
Experience
Essential
- Significant leadership and or management experience linked to health or social care provision including working with senior colleagues or clinicians.
- Previous experience within a comparable role with transferrable proven skills in staff management, building effective relationships and networking.
- Experience of managing a diverse team and developing local services within an MDT.
- Measurable track record in involving and motivating staff to improve performance.
- Proven success at managing service development and organisational change while maintaining service quality.
- Experience of developing and maintaining effective partnerships with various stakeholders in the redesign of services.
- Experience of managing projects and efficient planning.
- Budget management experience including reducing cost, monitoring and determining corrective actions.
- Ability to meet targets and provide information on a regular basis to enable the organisation to perform as expected.
- Evidence of transferable clinical, risk management and managerial skills at a senior level.
- Experience of investigatory processes e.g. PSIRF, HR processes, complaints.
- Experience of quality improvement, change management and project work.
- Experience of using digital systems.
Desirable
- Life experience in wide range of settings.
Additional Requirements
Essential
- Display values of being kind, respectful, inclusive, ambitious, responsible and collaborative. Commitment to the aims and values of the NHS combined with high personal integrity.
Skills
Essential
- Ability to provide and receive complex and emotive information with staff, service users, carers and other stakeholders.
- Accomplished Chairperson for meetings.
- Presentation and training delivery skills.
- Good project management skills and the ability to see through tasks to their successful conclusion within timescales and budgets.
- Good performance management skills combining clarity around expectations, direction and holding others to account.
- Excellent organisational skills with the ability and flexibility to deal with more than one task at a time and move between tasks in order to respond to changing priorities and demands.
- Developed interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate at a variety of levels.
- Emergency judgements and clinical decision making as Senior Clinical Lead
Desirable
- Service wide development work including co-production and service user engagement.
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of key drivers e.g. national policy and guidance relevant to the service.
- An understanding of effective systems for integrated governance and the management of clinical and non-clinical risk.
- Management of resources and good track record of change management, efficiency savings and financial recovery plans.
- Knowledge of evaluating and measuring the performance of services
Desirable
- Knowledge of Regulatory and Legal Frameworks relevant to service area.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered health or social care professional with current registration.
- Clinical, postgraduate management or leadership qualification or equivalent level of experience and proven ability to perform at this level.
- Evidence of recent professional development in an up-to-date portfolio.
- Masters Level study or equivalent transferable experience.
Desirable
- Additional courses relevant to CAMHS or Mental Health Services
Experience
Essential
- Significant leadership and or management experience linked to health or social care provision including working with senior colleagues or clinicians.
- Previous experience within a comparable role with transferrable proven skills in staff management, building effective relationships and networking.
- Experience of managing a diverse team and developing local services within an MDT.
- Measurable track record in involving and motivating staff to improve performance.
- Proven success at managing service development and organisational change while maintaining service quality.
- Experience of developing and maintaining effective partnerships with various stakeholders in the redesign of services.
- Experience of managing projects and efficient planning.
- Budget management experience including reducing cost, monitoring and determining corrective actions.
- Ability to meet targets and provide information on a regular basis to enable the organisation to perform as expected.
- Evidence of transferable clinical, risk management and managerial skills at a senior level.
- Experience of investigatory processes e.g. PSIRF, HR processes, complaints.
- Experience of quality improvement, change management and project work.
- Experience of using digital systems.
Desirable
- Life experience in wide range of settings.
Additional Requirements
Essential
- Display values of being kind, respectful, inclusive, ambitious, responsible and collaborative. Commitment to the aims and values of the NHS combined with high personal integrity.
Skills
Essential
- Ability to provide and receive complex and emotive information with staff, service users, carers and other stakeholders.
- Accomplished Chairperson for meetings.
- Presentation and training delivery skills.
- Good project management skills and the ability to see through tasks to their successful conclusion within timescales and budgets.
- Good performance management skills combining clarity around expectations, direction and holding others to account.
- Excellent organisational skills with the ability and flexibility to deal with more than one task at a time and move between tasks in order to respond to changing priorities and demands.
- Developed interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate at a variety of levels.
- Emergency judgements and clinical decision making as Senior Clinical Lead
Desirable
- Service wide development work including co-production and service user engagement.
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of key drivers e.g. national policy and guidance relevant to the service.
- An understanding of effective systems for integrated governance and the management of clinical and non-clinical risk.
- Management of resources and good track record of change management, efficiency savings and financial recovery plans.
- Knowledge of evaluating and measuring the performance of services
Desirable
- Knowledge of Regulatory and Legal Frameworks relevant to service area.
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
