Community Mental Health Clinical Lead
9 days ago
Chelmsford
You will have continuing responsibility for proactive assessment, monitoring, and management of patients, and ensuring care is current, evidence-based, and in line with practice standards. You will provide clinical leadership to the team in evaluation and monitoring of the service, and provide specialist assessment as per the service users' and carers’ requirements. You will have continuing responsibility for proactive assessment, monitoring, and management of patients, and ensuring care is current, evidence-based, and in line with practice standards. You will provide clinical leadership to the team in evaluation and monitoring of the service, and provide specialist assessment as per the service users' and carers’ requirements. You will lead, with other senior colleagues, the continuing development of a high-quality service that is underpinned by evidence-based practice and care pathways/packages, and NICE and DH guidance; leading on service development and policy in conjunction with the other Advanced Practitioners, senior clinicians, Clinical Manager and Operational Services Manager. You will work with the Clinical Manager to ensure that the nursing service is contemporary, evidence-based and in line with practice standards, providing day-to-day nursing, clinical leadership, evaluation and monitoring of the service. You will also have responsibility for the day-to-day supervision and management of lower banded staff within your team as required by your manager; this may include the management of these staff in line with agreed Trust HR processes. In delivering your duties, you are expected to display behaviours that are aligned with the Trust values and as required in accordance with the NHS Constitution at all times. As a senior clinical practitioner, you will provide professional leadership and oversight for the assessment, care planning, treatment and review of individuals with complex mental health needs. You will coordinate and manage high-quality, evidence-based care, acting as a care coordinator where required and ensuring that risk assessments, safeguarding responsibilities and clinical documentation are completed to the highest standards. The post holder will lead and support multidisciplinary working, providing specialist clinical advice, supervision and mentorship to colleagues, while promoting recovery-focused and person-centred care. You will undertake specialist assessments, contribute to service development, support physical health monitoring, and ensure the safe and effective management of medication in accordance with Trust policies. Working closely with the Clinical Manager, you will contribute to the operational management of the service, including performance management, workforce planning, quality improvement initiatives, recruitment and staff development. You will help ensure the service achieves key performance indicators, maintains high standards of clinical governance and delivers safe, effective and therapeutic care. Valuing you. Recognising your dedication. At EPUT, we look after you. • Receive supervision and support to help you fulfil your potential., • Join an inclusive EPUT community and connect with others through engagement events and equality or champion networks., • If you need help, we provide mental health and wellbeing services, occupational health advice and counselling., • 27 days holiday, plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days after 10 years’ service., • Excellent pension of up to 14.5% of your pensionable pay., • Staff discounts include Blue Light Card, NHS discount offers, and staff benefits., • £8K relocation package if you move to Essex to join us, • Season ticket loans are interest‑free to cover the cost of travelling to and from work via tram, rail, or bus., • Job share: Applications for job shares are welcomed. Please be aware that, due to current allocation constraints, Certificates of Sponsorship (CoS) are being prioritised for registered roles at this time. As a newly appointed employee, you are responsible for incurring the cost of your initial DBS check relevant to your post; the amount will be deducted from your first salary with the Trust. Our Trust is an Equal Opportunities Employer. We particularly welcome applications from people with experience of using mental health services. We also hold the Disability two tick symbol and have made the pledge to commit to employing more people with learning disabilities, we encourage people with a disability to apply. If you require this application form in another format i.e. Braille or audio tape etc, please contact the Recruitment Department on or email and we can arrange for this to be dispatched to you. The Trust has the right to expire vacancies prior to the closing date if they so wish. The Trust makes every attempt to contact all applicants and we strongly advise that you check the email account which is registered with NHS Jobs regularly, we would advise however due to the high number of applications we receive that if you have not heard from us within three weeks of the closing date your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion. We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults, and expect all staff to undertake this commitment. Applicants will be subject to robust safer recruitment processes. Important Notice: Recently the Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) (Coronavirus) Regulations 2021 (the Regulations) which amended on 22 July 2021 and come into force on 11 November 2021 that anyone directly employed to work in a Care Home or who are required as part of their role to be deployed to a CQC registered care home are required to have had both their COVID vaccinations, unless they are exempt. This is therefore a requirement of this role and will form part of our pre‑employment checks. Please note - staff who are formally at risk within the organisation will be given priority in securing alternative employment. Should it come to light that a post being advertised by the Trust is considered ‘suitable alternative employment’ to an individual who is at risk, the recruiting manager will be advised and the post will be withdrawn from NHS Jobs. #J-18808-Ljbffr
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