Job summary
We are pleased to advertise the role of CAMHS Outcomes Clinical Lead.This post is an opportunity to lead on the further embedding of a clinical outcomes-led approach across Oxleas CAMHS, with a particular focus on embedding and assurance of evidence-based practice. The post-holder will work closely with CAMHS borough Outcomes leads, lead the cross-borough Clinical Outcomes Group, and report into the Directorate CAMHS Leadership Group and Clinical Effectiveness Group.
The role will involve leading on the continued implementation of routine outcome measures across CAMHS, addressing any issues affecting engagement and reporting.
The postholder will be expected to take up or continue a clinical role at 0.2WTE per week, providing highly specialist clinical assessments and interventions to children and their families, consultation and clinical expertise within a CAMHS team.
This post is open to clinicians with a UK recognised Psychology or Psychotherapy qualification, a Nursing (RMN)/Social Work/other CAMHS practitioner holding a current UK professional registration with the relevant body. The postholder must hold knowledge and skills equivalent to/drawing on a postgraduate level qualification in research methods and statistical analysis.
Main duties of the job
- To lead, manage and plan the delivery of outcomes measurement and reporting within and across CAMHS
- To lead and hold responsibility for the development of evidence-based practice across CAMHS, via membership of the CYP NICE Panel, leading development of Positive Practice Prompts (PPPs) for CAMHS, and developing CPD opportunities (including Recruit-to-Train posts and other new roles as appropriate)
- To lead the CAMHS Clinical Outcomes Group and work closely with borough Outcomes Leads, Clinical Leads and Operational Managers
- To be the clinical and operational leadership of the electronic outcome monitoring system POD, liaising with external developers and the CYP Directorate Business Office to progress the functionality and embedding of the system across CAMHS
- To deliver highly specialist clinical assessments and interventions as a senior clinician within CAMHS, according to specialism, leading on clinical pathways and service developments as required.
- To ensure the effective conduct of research, service evaluation and audits relevant to the service, including outcomes reporting
- To work in close collaboration with other CAMHS leads to fulfil and further develop the evidence-based practice offer to children and families
About us
Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,300 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, secure hospitals, children's centres, schools and people's homes.We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations in the South of England. In London we operate within the Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent. We manage hospital sites including Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital, Woolwich, as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs. We are the largest NHS provider of prison health services providing healthcare to prisons within Devon, Dorset, Bristol, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, Kent and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people.
Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families. This is strengthened by our new values:
- We're Kind
- We're Fair
- We Listen
- We Care
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To lead, manage and plan the delivery of outcomes measurement and reporting within and across CAMHS
- To lead and hold responsibility for the development of evidence-based practice across CAMHS, via membership of the CYP NICE Panel, leading development of Positive Practice Prompts (PPPs) for CAMHS, and developing CPD opportunities (including Recruit-to-Train posts and other new roles as appropriate)
- To lead the CAMHS Clinical Outcomes Group and work closely with borough Outcomes Leads, Clinical Leads and Operational Managers
- To be the clinical and operational leadership of the electronic outcome monitoring system POD, liaising with external developers and the CYP Directorate Business Office to progress the functionality and embedding of the system across CAMHS
- To deliver highly specialist clinical assessments and interventions as a senior clinician within CAMHS, according to specialism, leading on clinical pathways and service developments as required.
- To ensure the effective conduct of research, service evaluation and audits relevant to the service, including outcomes reporting
- To work in close collaboration with other CAMHS leads to fulfil and further develop the evidence-based practice offer to children and families
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To lead, manage and plan the delivery of outcomes measurement and reporting within and across CAMHS
- To lead and hold responsibility for the development of evidence-based practice across CAMHS, via membership of the CYP NICE Panel, leading development of Positive Practice Prompts (PPPs) for CAMHS, and developing CPD opportunities (including Recruit-to-Train posts and other new roles as appropriate)
- To lead the CAMHS Clinical Outcomes Group and work closely with borough Outcomes Leads, Clinical Leads and Operational Managers
- To be the clinical and operational leadership of the electronic outcome monitoring system POD, liaising with external developers and the CYP Directorate Business Office to progress the functionality and embedding of the system across CAMHS
- To deliver highly specialist clinical assessments and interventions as a senior clinician within CAMHS, according to specialism, leading on clinical pathways and service developments as required.
- To ensure the effective conduct of research, service evaluation and audits relevant to the service, including outcomes reporting
- To work in close collaboration with other CAMHS leads to fulfil and further develop the evidence-based practice offer to children and families
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Qualification and professional registration with a UK recognised professional body
- Additional training beyond entry-level qualification in a specialised area of psychological practice relevant to children and families through formal post-qualification training (PG Diploma or equivalent), OR a combination of specialist short courses and/an evidenced portfolio of supervised practice-based learning in a relevant specialist area of clinical practice
- Completed training course in clinical supervision
- Registered with professional body as appropriate to discipline
- Evidence of continuing professional development as required by the professional body
- Knowledge and skills in research methods, including statistical analysis, at postgraduate level
Experience
Essential
- Evidence of having worked as a clinical specialist under supervision in professional speciality
- Experience of undertaking leadership roles
- Experience of specialist assessment and treatment of clients with a range of needs of a complex nature in children and young people's mental health or equivalent
- Experience of supervising Assistant Psychologists and/or clinical trainees having completed the relevant supervisory training
- Post-qualification experience that supports working with, and addressing issues of, diversity within local communities
- Experience of carrying out post-qualification research, and/or audit and service evaluation projects
- Experience of proposing and implementing service development projects that impact beyond own service area
- Experience of providing teaching and training to practitioners and other professional groups
Desirable
- Significant clinical experience within multi-disciplinary and/or multi-agency services for children and young people.
- Experience of developing and delivery of multi-professional CPD programmes.
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of the theory and practice of management and leadership
- Advanced theoretical knowledge of children and young people's mental health and the evidence base for relevant interventions
- Awareness of assessment and clinical psychometrics
- Knowledge of legislation in relation to the client group and mental health issues, child and adult protection, and equalities
- Knowledge of factors affecting acceptability and accessibility of mental health care
- Knowledge of factors affecting delivery of clinical interventions across cultural and other differences.
- To select and administer specialist assessments, interpreting and integrating complex data that require analysis, interpretation and comparison, drawn from several sources according to discipline
- Knowledge of a range of therapeutic ideas/approaches/models in assessment and treatment relevant to discipline
- Knowledge of racial and other diversity issues and factors affecting access to mental health care
Skills
Essential
- To deliver specialist interventions across cultural and other differences
- To select and administer specialist assessments, interpreting and integrating complex data that require analysis, interpretation and comparison, drawn from several sources, on which expert opinion may differ.
- To communicate skilfully and sensitively complex and sensitive information with clients, carers and colleagues overcoming barriers to communication including sensory, and emotional difficulties, cultural differences and hostility to or rejection of information.
- To plan and schedule assessment and interventions for individual clients and groups and carers (and for meetings such as CPA and case reviews where appropriate).
- To plan allocation of tasks to clinical and non-clinical staff, assistants/trainees as appropriate to their level of skill and scope of roles.
- Well-developed IT skills.
- Skills in providing teaching and training to other professional groups.
- Consultation skills to work with a multi-professional team or other professional groups and sensitively managing, a number of people's needs simultaneously within the context of therapeutic work/consultation.
- Advanced skills in professional supervision; including skills for offering live supervision of multi-disciplinary colleagues.
- Advanced skills in working with a number of clients and systems together, managing the highly complex emotional relationships within and between the component parts of the systems in ways, which maximise the potential for therapeutic outcomes
Abilities
Essential
- Ability to work effectively within multi-disciplinary and cross-borough services, contributing to effective service functioning and joint working
- Ability to think and act strategically and to oversee the continuing implementation of practice and system change
- Ability to identify and employ mechanisms of clinical governance as appropriate.
- Ability to develop and use complex multi-media materials for presentations in public, professional and academic meetings
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Qualification and professional registration with a UK recognised professional body
- Additional training beyond entry-level qualification in a specialised area of psychological practice relevant to children and families through formal post-qualification training (PG Diploma or equivalent), OR a combination of specialist short courses and/an evidenced portfolio of supervised practice-based learning in a relevant specialist area of clinical practice
- Completed training course in clinical supervision
- Registered with professional body as appropriate to discipline
- Evidence of continuing professional development as required by the professional body
- Knowledge and skills in research methods, including statistical analysis, at postgraduate level
Experience
Essential
- Evidence of having worked as a clinical specialist under supervision in professional speciality
- Experience of undertaking leadership roles
- Experience of specialist assessment and treatment of clients with a range of needs of a complex nature in children and young people's mental health or equivalent
- Experience of supervising Assistant Psychologists and/or clinical trainees having completed the relevant supervisory training
- Post-qualification experience that supports working with, and addressing issues of, diversity within local communities
- Experience of carrying out post-qualification research, and/or audit and service evaluation projects
- Experience of proposing and implementing service development projects that impact beyond own service area
- Experience of providing teaching and training to practitioners and other professional groups
Desirable
- Significant clinical experience within multi-disciplinary and/or multi-agency services for children and young people.
- Experience of developing and delivery of multi-professional CPD programmes.
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of the theory and practice of management and leadership
- Advanced theoretical knowledge of children and young people's mental health and the evidence base for relevant interventions
- Awareness of assessment and clinical psychometrics
- Knowledge of legislation in relation to the client group and mental health issues, child and adult protection, and equalities
- Knowledge of factors affecting acceptability and accessibility of mental health care
- Knowledge of factors affecting delivery of clinical interventions across cultural and other differences.
- To select and administer specialist assessments, interpreting and integrating complex data that require analysis, interpretation and comparison, drawn from several sources according to discipline
- Knowledge of a range of therapeutic ideas/approaches/models in assessment and treatment relevant to discipline
- Knowledge of racial and other diversity issues and factors affecting access to mental health care
Skills
Essential
- To deliver specialist interventions across cultural and other differences
- To select and administer specialist assessments, interpreting and integrating complex data that require analysis, interpretation and comparison, drawn from several sources, on which expert opinion may differ.
- To communicate skilfully and sensitively complex and sensitive information with clients, carers and colleagues overcoming barriers to communication including sensory, and emotional difficulties, cultural differences and hostility to or rejection of information.
- To plan and schedule assessment and interventions for individual clients and groups and carers (and for meetings such as CPA and case reviews where appropriate).
- To plan allocation of tasks to clinical and non-clinical staff, assistants/trainees as appropriate to their level of skill and scope of roles.
- Well-developed IT skills.
- Skills in providing teaching and training to other professional groups.
- Consultation skills to work with a multi-professional team or other professional groups and sensitively managing, a number of people's needs simultaneously within the context of therapeutic work/consultation.
- Advanced skills in professional supervision; including skills for offering live supervision of multi-disciplinary colleagues.
- Advanced skills in working with a number of clients and systems together, managing the highly complex emotional relationships within and between the component parts of the systems in ways, which maximise the potential for therapeutic outcomes
Abilities
Essential
- Ability to work effectively within multi-disciplinary and cross-borough services, contributing to effective service functioning and joint working
- Ability to think and act strategically and to oversee the continuing implementation of practice and system change
- Ability to identify and employ mechanisms of clinical governance as appropriate.
- Ability to develop and use complex multi-media materials for presentations in public, professional and academic meetings
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).
