Job summary
The Psychiatric Clinical Decisions Unit (PCDU), located within the Peter Hodgkinson Centre at Lincoln County Hospital, provides a safe and therapeutic environment for individuals experiencing acute psychiatric crises. Designed to accommodate up to six service users for a maximum of 24 -48 hours, the unit enables thorough multidisciplinary assessments--including psychological, psychosocial, risk, and pharmacological evaluations--to inform personalised care plans and determine the most appropriate treatment pathway, often community-based, to support robust recovery.
The Health Based Place of Safety provides a health run facility for service users who have been detained under section 136 of the Mental Health Act.
Main duties of the job
You will hold 24-hour responsibility for the clinical care delivered within the unit. This role involves coordinating staffing, supervising clinical practice, ensuring training compliance, and maintaining cost-effective resource use, while also ensuring that admissions are purposeful and aligned with service user needs.
About us
Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust provides mental health services and a number of learning disability, autism and social care services in the county of Lincolnshire. Employing around 2,900 staff, and serving a population of over 768,400, our people lie at the heart of everything we do.
You could be part of a Trust rated by staff as one of the best mental health and learning disability trusts in England. We firmly believe the key to high quality care is a contented workforce. This is reflected in our Care Quality Commission rating of 'outstanding' for well-led and 'good' overall. In the most recent National NHS Staff Survey, our staff rated us as the number one trust nationally for staff morale and one of the top scoring NHS Trusts in the Midlands for being compassionate and inclusive. We're really proud of this!
We offer options for flexible working and provide a wide range of training and promotion opportunities in all professions. We support and celebrate diversity, have active staff networks groups and are always looking at what more we can do to support our staff.
Whether you're taking the first exciting steps in your career, itching for a new challenge or searching for a better place to raise a family, Lincolnshire has arange of rewarding health and social care careers in a county that's friendly, fascinating, affordable and brimming with everything you need to live a happy life.Visitbeinlincolnshire.comto find out more.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for complete details regarding this post.
When completing your application, please demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.
We can also offer you many staff benefits to help support you which include:
Early access to Psychological Therapies and Physiotherapy
Competitive annual leave allowance
Car leasing scheme
NHS pension scheme
Free eye tests
Money saving options through our salary sacrifice scheme
Discounts on major high street retailers and restaurants
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for complete details regarding this post.
When completing your application, please demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.
We can also offer you many staff benefits to help support you which include:
Early access to Psychological Therapies and Physiotherapy
Competitive annual leave allowance
Car leasing scheme
NHS pension scheme
Free eye tests
Money saving options through our salary sacrifice scheme
Discounts on major high street retailers and restaurants
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree/diploma in mental health and social care or equivalent: 1st Level Registration (NMC,HPC)
- Evidence of specialised continued professional training (degree level) in clinical practice
Desirable
- Post Graduate Certificate in Leadership
- Masters Degree
Skills
Essential
- Prioritisation and resource allocation, planning and organisation skills
- Able to communicate complex and at times highly sensitive information to a variety to stakeholders
- Good negotiation skills for conflict resolution
- IT skills- email, word processing excel, system use
- Analyse and interpret data and/ or information
- Budget management
- Self-motivated with excellent personal management skills
Experience
Essential
- Post- Registration experience of working with adults with mental health needs
- Experience of managing staff and good leadership skills
- Experience in using psychological and acute interventions with up to date knowledge of evidence-based practice
- Highly developed clinical reasoning skills
- Sound knowledge of the national agenda for mental health
- Sound knowledge of clinical / risk assessment and understanding of confidentiality
- Sound knowledge of the Mental Health Act and Care Programme Approach
Desirable
- Evidence of involvement with research initiatives
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree/diploma in mental health and social care or equivalent: 1st Level Registration (NMC,HPC)
- Evidence of specialised continued professional training (degree level) in clinical practice
Desirable
- Post Graduate Certificate in Leadership
- Masters Degree
Skills
Essential
- Prioritisation and resource allocation, planning and organisation skills
- Able to communicate complex and at times highly sensitive information to a variety to stakeholders
- Good negotiation skills for conflict resolution
- IT skills- email, word processing excel, system use
- Analyse and interpret data and/ or information
- Budget management
- Self-motivated with excellent personal management skills
Experience
Essential
- Post- Registration experience of working with adults with mental health needs
- Experience of managing staff and good leadership skills
- Experience in using psychological and acute interventions with up to date knowledge of evidence-based practice
- Highly developed clinical reasoning skills
- Sound knowledge of the national agenda for mental health
- Sound knowledge of clinical / risk assessment and understanding of confidentiality
- Sound knowledge of the Mental Health Act and Care Programme Approach
Desirable
- Evidence of involvement with research initiatives
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).
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.
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
Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Psychiatric Decision Unit, Peter Hodgkinson Centre
Greetwell Road
Lincoln
LN2 5UA
Employer's website
https://www.lpft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
