Job summary
The Slough Community Mental Health Service are seeking a Clinical Lead Sector to join our team.
If you have experience of leading teams, are highly organised, able to prioritise, have experience of working within a multi-disciplinary team, able to maintain a professional approach when working through operational challenges, we need you!
This position is full time, permanent, working onsite four days a week and one day from home at New Horizons Slough.
Main duties of the job
The post is open to a Registered Mental Health Nurse, Occupational Therapist or Social Worker.
About us
Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a specialist mental health and community health services trust. Rated 'outstanding' by the CQC, we're committed to providing the best possible care to people across Berkshire. As an employer, we're committed to offering an inclusive and compassionate environment where our people share in a sense of belonging and are supported to flourish.
Our values at Berkshire Healthcare are:
- Caring for and about you is our top priority
- Committed to providing good quality, safe services
- Working Together with you to develop innovative solutions
Your wellbeing is important to us. Some of the benefits of working for us include:
- Flexible working options to support work-life balance
- 27 days' annual leave rising with service + opportunity to buy and sell
- Generous NHS pension scheme
- Excellent learning and career development opportunities
- 'Cycle to Work' and car leasing scheme including electric vehicles
- Access to a range of wellbeing tools and services
- Discounts at hundreds of popular retailers and restaurants
- Staff networks for race, diversity, disabilities, the environment and armed forces community to support equality
- Generous maternity, paternity, adoption and special leave
- Free parking across Trust sites
Job description
Job responsibilities
The must haves for this role:
- Registered Mental Health Nurse/ Occupational Therapist/ Social Worker
- Experience in a leadership role
- Recent and relevant experience in an adult mental health setting.
- Excellent Risk Assessment skills and understanding of triangulation of risks
- Able to work onsite four days a week and one day from home at New Horizons Slough.
For further information about the role, please see attached job description and person specification.
We strongly encourage you to review how you meet the criteria in the person specification and write about this point-by-point in your supporting statement for the best chance of being shortlisted.
We welcome a conversation about flexibility and any other questions you may have. Please dont hesitate to call: Paula Brown on paula.brown@berkshire.nhs.uk or Baljit.gill@berkshire.nhs.uk wholl be delighted to help.
We are committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community, regardless of any protected characteristics. Reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled applicants where required.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The must haves for this role:
- Registered Mental Health Nurse/ Occupational Therapist/ Social Worker
- Experience in a leadership role
- Recent and relevant experience in an adult mental health setting.
- Excellent Risk Assessment skills and understanding of triangulation of risks
- Able to work onsite four days a week and one day from home at New Horizons Slough.
For further information about the role, please see attached job description and person specification.
We strongly encourage you to review how you meet the criteria in the person specification and write about this point-by-point in your supporting statement for the best chance of being shortlisted.
We welcome a conversation about flexibility and any other questions you may have. Please dont hesitate to call: Paula Brown on paula.brown@berkshire.nhs.uk or Baljit.gill@berkshire.nhs.uk wholl be delighted to help.
We are committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community, regardless of any protected characteristics. Reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled applicants where required.
Person Specification
Education/Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Mental Health Nurse/ Occupational Therapist/ Social Worker
- Evidence of recent and relevant continuous professional development.
Desirable
- Medication Management Course
- Previous experience working in a CMHT
Previous Experience
Essential
- Experience in a leadership role
- Recent and relevant experience in an adult mental health setting
- Experience of working without direct supervision
Desirable
- Experience working in the community
- Experience of management of change within services
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
Essential
- Excellent Risk Assessment skills and understanding of triangulation of risks
- Mental Health Legislation
- Care Programme Approach
- CQC standards
- Clinical governance
- Evidence based Therapeutic Interventions
- Highly developed communication skills
- Established problem solving skills
- Established report writing and record keeping skills
- Ability to work constructively with severely challenging behaviours and complex needs
- Established supervision skills
- Ability to develop and manage complex individual needs and make judgements and choices from a range of treatment intervention options
Desirable
- Research awareness
- Awareness of current political legislation
Additional Requirements
Essential
- Ability to travel to multiple sites
- Car driver with full UK driving licence
- Good health record
- Honest and Trustworthy
- Flexibility of Working hours
Person Specification
Education/Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Mental Health Nurse/ Occupational Therapist/ Social Worker
- Evidence of recent and relevant continuous professional development.
Desirable
- Medication Management Course
- Previous experience working in a CMHT
Previous Experience
Essential
- Experience in a leadership role
- Recent and relevant experience in an adult mental health setting
- Experience of working without direct supervision
Desirable
- Experience working in the community
- Experience of management of change within services
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
Essential
- Excellent Risk Assessment skills and understanding of triangulation of risks
- Mental Health Legislation
- Care Programme Approach
- CQC standards
- Clinical governance
- Evidence based Therapeutic Interventions
- Highly developed communication skills
- Established problem solving skills
- Established report writing and record keeping skills
- Ability to work constructively with severely challenging behaviours and complex needs
- Established supervision skills
- Ability to develop and manage complex individual needs and make judgements and choices from a range of treatment intervention options
Desirable
- Research awareness
- Awareness of current political legislation
Additional Requirements
Essential
- Ability to travel to multiple sites
- Car driver with full UK driving licence
- Good health record
- Honest and Trustworthy
- Flexibility of Working hours
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).
