Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced clinician to join our Older Peoples Community Mental Health Team as a Clinical Practice Lead.
This role offers the chance to develop your clinical leadership skills within a supportive, multidisciplinary team, while contributing to high-quality, person-centred care for older people and their families.
As Clinical Practice Lead, you will provide clinical leadership and oversight, support staff to deliver safe and effective care, and ensure compliance with quality and safety standards in line with Trust values. You will play a key role in driving service improvement and enhancing patient experience.
The Job description is currently under review by DPT to ensure it is aligned and the right support structure and oversight is provided.
Main duties of the job
We are looking for a motivated clinician with strong older persons mental health experience, excellent communication skills, and a passion forteam development, quality improvement, and compassionate care.
You will need to work collaboratively with internal and external stakeholders
Co-ordinate and investigate complaints and clinical practice performance issue: taking action as necessary ensuring that any clinical lessons learned are identified and disseminated to teams and the older peoples directorate which includes learning from experience and clinical effectiveness meeting.
You will be expected to role model clinical leadership, have a visible presence and promote, develop high standards of clinical care.
About us
About Devon Partnership Trust
We provide mental health, learning disability and neurodiversity services, as well as a range of specialist & secure services for the wider south west region & nationally. We are passionate about promoting good mental health & wellbeing. We strive to use the expertise & resources within our organisation, and through our partnerships, to deliver high quality services that are safe & focused on people's recovery.
We are committed to developing a culture of coproduction, involving patients, families & carers in everything we do
Our values
We not only recruit based on qualifications & experience - we recruit individuals who possess & demonstrate the behaviours which underpin our Trusts core values. These include such attributes as showing a commitment to quality of care, improving lives of others, giving respect, dignity & compassion. We can bring those values to life in our everyday tasks by giving a smile; making time for people; challenging ourselves & others, & being open to new ideas.
We are committed to being an inclusive employer & applications are encouraged & welcomed from all sections of the community, regardless of any protected characteristics as governed by the Equality Act 2010. Part time & flexible working applications will be considered & supported, where possible. We particularly encourage applicants with lived experience of mental health conditions, neurodiversity or learning disabilities. We are a Disability Confident Leader.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The Community Practice Leader is responsible for ensuring
compliance with quality andsafety standards within their assigned
teams. They will ensure that all individuals receiving care and treatment from
OPMH services do so in line with Trust strategic values.
The key responsibilities of this role are as follows
Empower
people who use the service to make choices and decisions around their care and
treatment
Champion
dignity, equality, diversity, choice and respect
Prioritise
demand and allocate and delegate accordingly
Lone
working at times
Quality improvement and ensuring high standards of clinical
effectiveness
Audits
Compliance
with CQC standards
Managing
complaints and compliments
Learning
from experience and support a safe service by ensuring incidents are reported
Supporting
learners to have a meaningful placement experience
Advanced
clinical delivery and leading others in their clinical practice through
training, supervision, coaching and mentoring
Managing
a clinical complex caseload
Having
a sound knowledge and experience in the Dementia Strategy and imbedding this
within a community framework.
Making
clinical triage decision on receipt of internal and external referrals
Being
part of the core leadership team within your allocated team.
Chairing
meetings, including clinical and safeguarding
Clinical
knowledge and experience of comorbidities and frailty which affect care and
treatment associated when treating a mental health condition.
Additional Responsibilities
They
will also take responsibility for key practice development projects across the
directorate as assigned by the Head of Practice and Professions.
Personal and professional qualities
Transformative
leadership skills
Passion
and enthusiasm for both evidenced and values based practice
Compassionate
leader
Strong
role model
Confidence
Willingness
to learn and pass on knowledge
An
amazing communicator
Effective
communication skills
Work closely
with the leadership team
Job description
Job responsibilities
The Community Practice Leader is responsible for ensuring
compliance with quality andsafety standards within their assigned
teams. They will ensure that all individuals receiving care and treatment from
OPMH services do so in line with Trust strategic values.
The key responsibilities of this role are as follows
Empower
people who use the service to make choices and decisions around their care and
treatment
Champion
dignity, equality, diversity, choice and respect
Prioritise
demand and allocate and delegate accordingly
Lone
working at times
Quality improvement and ensuring high standards of clinical
effectiveness
Audits
Compliance
with CQC standards
Managing
complaints and compliments
Learning
from experience and support a safe service by ensuring incidents are reported
Supporting
learners to have a meaningful placement experience
Advanced
clinical delivery and leading others in their clinical practice through
training, supervision, coaching and mentoring
Managing
a clinical complex caseload
Having
a sound knowledge and experience in the Dementia Strategy and imbedding this
within a community framework.
Making
clinical triage decision on receipt of internal and external referrals
Being
part of the core leadership team within your allocated team.
Chairing
meetings, including clinical and safeguarding
Clinical
knowledge and experience of comorbidities and frailty which affect care and
treatment associated when treating a mental health condition.
Additional Responsibilities
They
will also take responsibility for key practice development projects across the
directorate as assigned by the Head of Practice and Professions.
Personal and professional qualities
Transformative
leadership skills
Passion
and enthusiasm for both evidenced and values based practice
Compassionate
leader
Strong
role model
Confidence
Willingness
to learn and pass on knowledge
An
amazing communicator
Effective
communication skills
Work closely
with the leadership team
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- 5 years post qualifying work, including community and inpatient mental health
- Risk assessment and management
- Clinical leadership
- Other relevant post registration experience
- Understanding of research principles
- Teaching, training and or supervision of clinical staff
- Experience of working in a senior or advanced clinical role
Desirable
- Transformational work
- Ability to interpret research and apply to practice
Qualifications
Essential
- QUALIFICATIONS and TRAINING
- A professional mental health qualification to degree level or equivalent Post Graduate qualification relevant to specialism eg CBT, NMP, DBT, etc.
- Evidence of commitment to life-long learning and continuing professional development
- Leadership or quality improvement qualification
Desirable
- Management qualification
- Training to level 3 in Safeguarding children and young people: roles and competencies for Health Care staff
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- 5 years post qualifying work, including community and inpatient mental health
- Risk assessment and management
- Clinical leadership
- Other relevant post registration experience
- Understanding of research principles
- Teaching, training and or supervision of clinical staff
- Experience of working in a senior or advanced clinical role
Desirable
- Transformational work
- Ability to interpret research and apply to practice
Qualifications
Essential
- QUALIFICATIONS and TRAINING
- A professional mental health qualification to degree level or equivalent Post Graduate qualification relevant to specialism eg CBT, NMP, DBT, etc.
- Evidence of commitment to life-long learning and continuing professional development
- Leadership or quality improvement qualification
Desirable
- Management qualification
- Training to level 3 in Safeguarding children and young people: roles and competencies for Health Care staff
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).
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