Job summary
Our innovative and award-winning Rehabilitation in Complex Psychosis Community Mental Health Service seeks a creative and flexible Clinical Lead Allied Health Professional (AHP) to join our Shared Leadership Team. The Rehabilitation in Complex Psychosis Team, based in Norwich, supports service users with complex and enduring severe mental illness in the Central Norfolk Locality. As a team we are passionate about creative engagement, and empowering service users with complex needs to achieve their Recovery goals.
The team is a pioneering multi-agency project, and along with NSFT colleagues (nursing, OT, psychology,psychiatryand pharmacy), we havefully integratedsubstance misuse support from CGL, social workers from Norfolk County Council,andrecovery and peer support workers from Together.As a caseload holding team, we provide rehabilitation support when and where a person needs it - in the community, in supported accommodation, or in-reaching to inpatient settings.
The successful candidate will be required to work with other senior staff as part of a shared leadership model including medics, nurses, psychology and social work. You will be a key player in quality assurance and operational oversight for the service. You will monitor the progress of our mental health rehabilitation service, support the proposed expansion to other areas of the county, and will provide supervision and clinical leadership to our AHPs.
Main duties of the job
This is a clinically focussed post with emphasis on ensuring high quality clinical care, provision and outcomes. You will demonstrate excellent clinical skills and will be expected to have experience and advanced knowledge in this area of clinical practice. You will develop clinical pathways that supports effective delivery of occupational therapy within the rehabilitation service.
You will be expected to act as a source of advice in the rehabilitation specialism and may be required to support developments in the given area of specialism across the locality.
You will provide specialist advice and knowledge and be able to support practitioners with clinical matters and decision making.
You will work with the shared leadership team and others supporting safety, performance, and service development and evaluation. You will be involved in supporting governance such as audit and QI, Quality Reviews, SAF, and best practice in line with NICE Guidelines (NG181) and the Royal College of Psychiatrists 'Quality Network for Mental Health Rehabilitation Services' community rehabilitation standards.
About us
This post is hosted within the Central Norfolk Locality. This is an opportunity for someone to influence and shape a service funded to meet the needs of service users with complex psychosis who require rehabilitation in the community.
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.
Why work for us? We have challenges as a Trust, but we have ambitious aspirations, are pushing ahead with exciting transformation work and we need dedicated individuals to support us on our journey. We have strong,established professional networks coupled with an exceptional leadership team who will ensure you are truly cared for and cared about.
Why Norfolk and Suffolk? The people here are warm and welcoming, you'll never be far from the beautiful coastline or Broads National Park. We're an hour and a half away from London and have an international airport in Norwich too. Our villages, towns and cities are packed full of history, independent cafes, shops and theatres. We have excellent shopping, eating out, top ranking schooling and affordable house prices too.
Job description
Job responsibilities
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!
Interview dates are yet to be set; you will be contacted via email and invited to book a time. These emails may go to your SPAM, so please keep checking all your emails if applying.
Please visit our Facebook and Twitter page @NSFTjobs
We welcome informal visits and discussions prior to application or interview.
Its an exciting time to join the service, as you will have the opportunity to influence the development of a rehabilitation pathway across Norfolk.
Job description
Job responsibilities
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!
Interview dates are yet to be set; you will be contacted via email and invited to book a time. These emails may go to your SPAM, so please keep checking all your emails if applying.
Please visit our Facebook and Twitter page @NSFTjobs
We welcome informal visits and discussions prior to application or interview.
Its an exciting time to join the service, as you will have the opportunity to influence the development of a rehabilitation pathway across Norfolk.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Professional registration for Occupational Therapy or another AHP profession
- Masters level qualification in a: clinical, management or leadership field or demonstrable equivalent experience experience
Desirable
- Management diploma / degree in management / leadership or equivalent vocational training or willingness to undertake training from first year of holding this post
Experience
Essential
- Working in partnership with Health and Social Care providers
- Experience in service redesign and project management
Desirable
- Experience of delivering or working in rehabilitation services
Skills
Essential
- Ability to communicate with people about difficult matters / in difficult situations across a diverse range of scenarios / situations
- Promote, monitor and maintain best practice in health, safety and security
Knowledge
Essential
- Excellent working knowledge of wider health and social care system and structures, policies, procedures and legislation relevant to community services.
- Knowledge of management tools, organisational systems and processes relevant to managing in an NHS organisation
- Knowledge of the philosophy, principles and national drivers (10 year forward plan) underpinning services for people with mental health problems.
Other
Essential
- Ability to travel independently
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Professional registration for Occupational Therapy or another AHP profession
- Masters level qualification in a: clinical, management or leadership field or demonstrable equivalent experience experience
Desirable
- Management diploma / degree in management / leadership or equivalent vocational training or willingness to undertake training from first year of holding this post
Experience
Essential
- Working in partnership with Health and Social Care providers
- Experience in service redesign and project management
Desirable
- Experience of delivering or working in rehabilitation services
Skills
Essential
- Ability to communicate with people about difficult matters / in difficult situations across a diverse range of scenarios / situations
- Promote, monitor and maintain best practice in health, safety and security
Knowledge
Essential
- Excellent working knowledge of wider health and social care system and structures, policies, procedures and legislation relevant to community services.
- Knowledge of management tools, organisational systems and processes relevant to managing in an NHS organisation
- Knowledge of the philosophy, principles and national drivers (10 year forward plan) underpinning services for people with mental health problems.
Other
Essential
- Ability to travel independently
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).
