Job summary
Are you an experienced mental health practitioner passionate about leading high-quality care for older adults? We are looking for a motivated and skilled Clinical Lead to join our Older Adults Community Mental Health team in Bolton.
This is an exciting opportunity to influence service quality, support a highly skilled multidisciplinary team, and ensure excellent clinical outcomes for service users and their carers.
As a Clinical Lead, you will play a key role in shaping and improving the service. You will provide strong clinical leadership, expert advice and supervision, and ensure standards of practice are met across the team. You will work closely with the Clinical Team Managers and wider leadership to drive quality, safety, and service development.
You will also contribute to safeguarding practice, incident management, and ongoing learning and improvement within the service.
This role includes participation in the Wigan bronze on-call rota covering out of hoursperiods overnight, at weekends and bank holidays.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will -
1. Provide clinical leadership, supervision, support and consultation to staff within older adult community services.2. Take the lead / offer support and guidance to team members on safeguarding cases.3. Work alongside the Clinical Team Managers to provide strong operational and quality focused leadership.4. Implement quality improvement initiatives within the team with a focus on patient safety.5. Complete audits to identify gaps in standards of care and devise SMART action plans to ensureimprovements are made.6. To monitor and respond to incidents reported by staff within the service.7. To work collaboratively with other services to ensure best outcomes for patients.8. To provide assurance to the Senior Leadership Team that the service is maintaining expected standards of care.9. To support the team in learning from incidents by providing reflection opportunities and facilitated learning events.
About us
Greater Manchester Mental Health (GMMH) Foundation Trust employs over 7000 members of staff, who deliver services from more than 122locations.
We provide inpatient and community-based mental health care for people living in Bolton, the city of Manchester, Salford,Trafford and the borough of Wigan, and a wide range of specialist mental health and substance misuse services across Greater Manchester, the north west of England and beyond.
Greater Manchester is one of the world's most innovative, original and exciting places to live and work. From the beauty of the surrounding countryside to the heart of the vibrant inner city with great shopping, entertainment and dining options.
Wherever you go you will experience a great northern welcome with people famed for their warmth, humour and generosity.
Our people enjoy their work, have opportunities to learn and develop their skills and are encouraged to generate new ideas that improve care for our service users.
This post is subject to an enhanced with children's and adults barred list Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Check. Successful candidates will either have a valid DBS check with the Trust or will be required to pay for the cost of the DBS Disclosure which is £44.00, the cost of which will be deducted from first salary.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see attached job description and person specification
Staff benefits.
- 27 days annual leave plus bank holidays rising to 29 after 5 years and 33 days after 10 years
- Excellent pension
- Cycle to work scheme
- Salary sacrifice car scheme
- Wellbeing programme
- Blue Light Card Discounts
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see attached job description and person specification
Staff benefits.
- 27 days annual leave plus bank holidays rising to 29 after 5 years and 33 days after 10 years
- Excellent pension
- Cycle to work scheme
- Salary sacrifice car scheme
- Wellbeing programme
- Blue Light Card Discounts
Person Specification
Knowledge/Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Offer advice and consultation to members of the multi-disciplinary team based on solid clinical experience of Community Mental Health Nursing.
- Support the Team Managers and other Senior Practitioners / Professional Leads in the daily operation of the Community Mental Health Teams.
- Facilitate a culture of lifelong learning, including involvement in the process of appraisal, knowledge and skills framework and personal development plans.
- Participate in and ensure provision of clinical supervision both as supervisee and supervisor. To have an understanding of the knowledge and skills framework under agenda for change.
- Be the lead contract for the Universities of Manchester and Salford for nursing students on clinical placements within the relevant teams and have an understanding of the minimum requirements for promoting robust clinical placements.
- Participate in multi-agency meetings eg: vulnerable adults/child protection.
- Understand the clinical governance agenda and provide nursing representation at local groups supporting consultation and implementation.
- Have a full understanding on the care programme approach including the needs and rights of carers.
- Have knowledge of recovery and rehabilitation models and mental health promotion.
- Have an understanding of current national policy and initiatives in relation to sever and enduring mental health issues.
Other Requirements
Essential
- There is a frequent requirement to travel extensively across the wide footprint of the Trust to carry out the duties of the role.
- Prepared to work flexibly to meet the needs of the service.
Education / Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Mental Nurse compliant with requirements for NMC registration.
Desirable
- Non Medical Prescribing or willing to complete this training
Experience
Essential
- Post registration experience of working in multi disciplinary community mental health services.
- Evidence of post registration training / development.
- Experience of participating in audit and an understanding of implementing Action plans relating to the outcome of audits.
- Knowledge of requirements under the Care Programme Approach including the needs of carers and the mental health Minimum Data Set.
Desirable
- Experience of working in older adults mental health services
Person Specification
Knowledge/Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Offer advice and consultation to members of the multi-disciplinary team based on solid clinical experience of Community Mental Health Nursing.
- Support the Team Managers and other Senior Practitioners / Professional Leads in the daily operation of the Community Mental Health Teams.
- Facilitate a culture of lifelong learning, including involvement in the process of appraisal, knowledge and skills framework and personal development plans.
- Participate in and ensure provision of clinical supervision both as supervisee and supervisor. To have an understanding of the knowledge and skills framework under agenda for change.
- Be the lead contract for the Universities of Manchester and Salford for nursing students on clinical placements within the relevant teams and have an understanding of the minimum requirements for promoting robust clinical placements.
- Participate in multi-agency meetings eg: vulnerable adults/child protection.
- Understand the clinical governance agenda and provide nursing representation at local groups supporting consultation and implementation.
- Have a full understanding on the care programme approach including the needs and rights of carers.
- Have knowledge of recovery and rehabilitation models and mental health promotion.
- Have an understanding of current national policy and initiatives in relation to sever and enduring mental health issues.
Other Requirements
Essential
- There is a frequent requirement to travel extensively across the wide footprint of the Trust to carry out the duties of the role.
- Prepared to work flexibly to meet the needs of the service.
Education / Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Mental Nurse compliant with requirements for NMC registration.
Desirable
- Non Medical Prescribing or willing to complete this training
Experience
Essential
- Post registration experience of working in multi disciplinary community mental health services.
- Evidence of post registration training / development.
- Experience of participating in audit and an understanding of implementing Action plans relating to the outcome of audits.
- Knowledge of requirements under the Care Programme Approach including the needs of carers and the mental health Minimum Data Set.
Desirable
- Experience of working in older adults mental health services
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).
