Job summary
MHST Strategic Lead
Band 8B
Permanent 18.75 Hours per week (flexible working available)
This is an exciting opportunity to lead and develop the Sefton Mental Health Support Team, collaborating face to face with partnership agencies and working closely with the Locality Clinical Lead for Sefton CAMHs as well as leading the Team Around the Schools pilot.
This post will provide strategic oversight to the continued development of Sefton MHST, which includes ensuring the delivery and sustainability of the whole school approach to mental health and emotional wellbeing.
You will provide strategic clinical leadership working alongside the Liverpool MHST strategic clinical lead and work closely with other mental health, education and council partners. The ability to engage with colleagues across organisational boundaries will be essential.
We are looking for a motivated and confident individual with a passion to improve children and young peoples mental health services to take on this position.
Main duties of the job
The postholder will be a key member of the Sefton Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Leadership Team responsible for the clinical management of their service in addition to providing clinical supervision to assigned clinicians.
The post will provide clinical, strategic and performance leadership for the MHST, and will also perform responsibilities delegated by the Clinical Lead as appropriate including being responsible for designated areas of service development and leadership tasks - this will be guided by the Clinical Lead and the Service and Trust's vision.
The post holder will be expected to work closely with the Service Manager and Assistant Service Manager reporting performance to a number of different agencies supporting service delivery via performance management.
Clinically, the post holder will support via clinical supervision and clinical management supervision other members of the service to ensure staff are supported to provide clinical intervention of the highest standard provided by trained, committed staff and guided by the available evidence base. In addition, to supporting research to enhance the evidence base
About us
Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust is a provider of specialist health care to over 275,000 children and young people each year. In addition to the hospital site located in the West Derby area of Liverpool, Alder Hey has a presence in community outreach sites and, in collaboration with other providers, our clinicians help deliver care closer to patients' homes by holding local clinics at locations from Cumbria to Shropshire, in Wales and the Isle of Man.
The Trust also provides inpatient care for children with complex mental health needs at our Alder Park building in the nearby borough of Sefton.
We currently have more than 4,000 staff working across our community and hospital sites. We're also a teaching and training hospital providing education and training to around 540 medical and over 500 nursing and allied health professional students each year.
As black and minority ethnic (BME) employees are currently under-represented in this area, we particularly welcome applications from members of our BME communities. All appointments will be made on merit.
You can expect a warm welcome at Alder Hey Childrens NHS Foundation Trust, our staff are friendly and welcoming. We listen to each other and work together to embed our Trusts values and behaviours. At Alder Hey we appreciate our staff and reward them with an outstanding benefits package.
Job description
Job responsibilities
CLINICAL MANAGEMENT / CLINICAL LEADERSHIP AND GOVERNANCEClinical Management
- To support MHST members to assess, treat and discharge children and young people in an effective, evidence based way.
- To ensure appropriate data is completed by clinicians within their MDT e.g. Routine outcome measures and other clinical documents.
- Review the caseloads of MHST members.
- Oversee safe use of equipment and resources
- Conduct appraisals of staff within the team (Performance & Development Reviews)
- Identify training needs and coordination of continuing professional development in conjunction with the wider Leadership team
- Provide clinical supervision support to staff from own and other services /teams as agreed with the Clinical Lead
- Liaise with commissioners to provide assurance.
Job description
Job responsibilities
CLINICAL MANAGEMENT / CLINICAL LEADERSHIP AND GOVERNANCEClinical Management
- To support MHST members to assess, treat and discharge children and young people in an effective, evidence based way.
- To ensure appropriate data is completed by clinicians within their MDT e.g. Routine outcome measures and other clinical documents.
- Review the caseloads of MHST members.
- Oversee safe use of equipment and resources
- Conduct appraisals of staff within the team (Performance & Development Reviews)
- Identify training needs and coordination of continuing professional development in conjunction with the wider Leadership team
- Provide clinical supervision support to staff from own and other services /teams as agreed with the Clinical Lead
- Liaise with commissioners to provide assurance.
Person Specification
Education & Training
Essential
- Doctorate in Clinical Psychology (or its equivalent pre 1996) and registration with HCPC Or A recognised clinical psychology, health or social care qualification and be registered with the appropriate governing body supported by experience at an equivalent doctorate level
- Post-grad training in a recognised therapeutic speciality and be registered with UKCP/HPC or equivalent Or Clinical Masters Degree or relevant experience at doctorate level or equivalent
- Further training/study in relation to specialist supervision within CAMHS
Desirable
- A recognised and appropriate management training or equivalent
Experience
Essential
- Extensive experience of working in specialist CAMHS
- Extensive experience of leading multi- disciplinary team work
- Experience of leading and supervising a multi-disciplinary team
- Experience of training/teaching staff
- Extensive experience of offering consultation to children, young people and their families and to other staff groups and partner agencies
- Ability to supervise CAMHS workers.
- Evidence of leading change initiatives
- Experience of engaging / liaising with local support networks for children, young people and families
Desirable
- Experience of strategic and business development of CAMHS provision
- Ability to engage staff in the future shaping of services and strategic visioning.
Knowledge
Essential
- Ability to provide a high level of competency and autonomy in analysing presenting problems in the context of the child and family and/or wider social context
- Ability to work utilising a range of integrated therapeutic perspectives and modalities dependent on the needs of the client.
- Understanding of the application of psychological and other theories relating to a multi-cultural and socially diverse population
- Knowledge of legislation relevant to CAMHS provision
Skills and Personal Attributes
Essential
- Ability to plan and prioritise own workload
- Ability to work with emotionally demanding children, young people and their families and ability to effectively communicate with various individuals and groups about complex, potentially stressful topics.
- Ability to undertake comprehensive clinical risk assessment; including high risk or emergency presentations and ability to develop and implement multi-professional / multi-agency risk management plans
- Ability to communicate effectively in a highly emotive atmosphere and overcome resistance to potentially threatening information and ability to assess, plan, deliver and evaluate programmes
- Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to work on a daily basis with clients who maybe abusive or hostile.
- Accountable for own professional actions ? Works within professional ethics and Trust policies
- Evidence of actively enabling and promoting service user participation in service development
Desirable
- Ability to lead on the research and development programme and develop own and others knowledge and practice across
Person Specification
Education & Training
Essential
- Doctorate in Clinical Psychology (or its equivalent pre 1996) and registration with HCPC Or A recognised clinical psychology, health or social care qualification and be registered with the appropriate governing body supported by experience at an equivalent doctorate level
- Post-grad training in a recognised therapeutic speciality and be registered with UKCP/HPC or equivalent Or Clinical Masters Degree or relevant experience at doctorate level or equivalent
- Further training/study in relation to specialist supervision within CAMHS
Desirable
- A recognised and appropriate management training or equivalent
Experience
Essential
- Extensive experience of working in specialist CAMHS
- Extensive experience of leading multi- disciplinary team work
- Experience of leading and supervising a multi-disciplinary team
- Experience of training/teaching staff
- Extensive experience of offering consultation to children, young people and their families and to other staff groups and partner agencies
- Ability to supervise CAMHS workers.
- Evidence of leading change initiatives
- Experience of engaging / liaising with local support networks for children, young people and families
Desirable
- Experience of strategic and business development of CAMHS provision
- Ability to engage staff in the future shaping of services and strategic visioning.
Knowledge
Essential
- Ability to provide a high level of competency and autonomy in analysing presenting problems in the context of the child and family and/or wider social context
- Ability to work utilising a range of integrated therapeutic perspectives and modalities dependent on the needs of the client.
- Understanding of the application of psychological and other theories relating to a multi-cultural and socially diverse population
- Knowledge of legislation relevant to CAMHS provision
Skills and Personal Attributes
Essential
- Ability to plan and prioritise own workload
- Ability to work with emotionally demanding children, young people and their families and ability to effectively communicate with various individuals and groups about complex, potentially stressful topics.
- Ability to undertake comprehensive clinical risk assessment; including high risk or emergency presentations and ability to develop and implement multi-professional / multi-agency risk management plans
- Ability to communicate effectively in a highly emotive atmosphere and overcome resistance to potentially threatening information and ability to assess, plan, deliver and evaluate programmes
- Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to work on a daily basis with clients who maybe abusive or hostile.
- Accountable for own professional actions ? Works within professional ethics and Trust policies
- Evidence of actively enabling and promoting service user participation in service development
Desirable
- Ability to lead on the research and development programme and develop own and others knowledge and practice across
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).
