Clinical LeadNHS

Job summary

We are looking for Clinical Leads across our Acute Inpatient Mental Health Units.

The Clinical Leads will provide advice, clinical leadership, caseload management, supervision and training to the teams and will be responsible for ensuring the consistent provision of high quality mental health care to people in adult mental health inpatient settings.

They will work closely with other members of the wider multidisciplinary team and service users to initiate, develop and implement effective pathways and approaches to meet the needs of the service users.

Main duties of the job

Providing advice, clinical leadership, caseload management, supervision & training to teams.

Provide experienced clinical knowledge, assessment and support in the development of complex assessments and formulation.

Have excellent clinical and risk assessment skills, whilst also applying a holistic approach to assessing the health and social needs of people experiencing severe and enduring mental illness.

Clinical Leads will be responsible for referring and signposting to secondary mental health services, or alternative statutory or non-statutory agencies, and will be required to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team.

Work closely with other members of the wider multidisciplinary team and service users to initiate, develop and implement effective pathways and approaches to meet the needs of the service users.

Planning and developing services as well as contributing to programmes of research and audit in line with NICE and other national guidelines for clinical development and current Trust practices.

Clinical leads will be required to support in the provision of learning to a variety of educational levels.

Job description

To view a detailed job description and person specification including the main responsibilities of this role please see supporting documents.

About us

We're an NHS community and mental health provider Trust based in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. We deliver community and hospital-based care to improve people's physical and mental health. We also provide specialist support to people with dementia or a learning disability.

We are a people organisation and people matter to us. As part of the team, you'll help support the health and wellbeing of the people who live and visit this beautiful part of the UK.

Over 5,000 people make up the Trust. This includes doctors, nurses, therapists, plus admin and support staff.

We work in people's homes, in community clinics and bases. Some staff work from one of our 10 community hospitals. Our aspiration is to have great people, provide great care, be a great place to work and a great partner.

Approximately 568,000 people live here. A third of people who live in Cornwall are supported by acute hospital services in Devon. As a result, we also work closely with our partners in Devon. In the summer, and during other holidays lots of people choose to visit the area. This increase the numbers of people who use out services.