Clinical lead CAMHS ND/LD

• To provide guidance and support to clinical staff in the management of complex cases.
• To provide guidance and support on relevant legislation.
• To be responsible for the development and maintenance of effective clinical pathways between CAMHS and other services.
• To provide additional leadership and guidance to other team members in risk assessment, risk management and positive problem solving and lead on debriefs following incidents.
• Develop confidence and competence within the team for managing complex clinical cases and issues.
• To take a lead role in the provision of clinical leadership and structured clinical supervision to the team.
• To lead on and ensure that the team undertakes appropriate and in-depth assessments and on-going intervention, and undertake the duties and responsibilities of an active lead case manager role

• Generous annual leave entitlement for Agenda for Change and Medical and Dental staff.
• Flexible working opportunities to support your work/life balance
• Access to Continued Professional Development
• Involvement in improvement and research activities
• Health and Wellbeing activities and access to an excellent staff wellbeing service
• Access to staff discounts across retail, leisure and travel

Essential

• Registered professional Nursing/Social Work/Occupational Therapist. Degree or Diploma in a professional qualification Evidence of post registration additional training and/or experience to Master's

Essential

• Significant experience of leadership and proven track record of managing groups of staff and/or teams Successful management and control of substantial and complex resources Evidence of improving service quality Successful track record of prompting, leading and implementing change programmes that drive up standards and service performance History of holding responsibility and accountability for clinical decisions and empowering clinicians to make difficult clinical decisions Evidence of high levels of competence with written documentation Evidence of achieving high standards regarding CPA

Desirable

• Personal Experience of mental health or experience through caring Proven track record of successful strategic thinking Experience of leading on audit and/or research activity related to clinical practice

Essential

• Demonstrate risk management skills Resource management - the ability to develop team and individual key strengths through clinical and professional supervision Ability to work in a pressured environment and manage competing priorities To be able to lead the team effectively in team settings Competent in IT systems and their use Demonstrates behaviours in line with the PCFT Management Behaviour profiles. Evidence of commitment to developing a culture of care and compassion Support others in understanding of young people and children's mental health needs and how these can be addressed in their work Demonstrate experience

Desirable

• To have a track record of effective working with clinical education providers Ability to work in a pressurised environment and manage competing priorities Comprehensive range of clinical skills *Application form/ interview/ references Work Related Circumstances Requirement to

Essential

• Requirement to regularly travel round different Trust sites Contributes towards achieving national standards regarding CPA documentation Make sure own actions reduce risk to Health and Safety Perform hand hygiene to prevent the spread of infection Minimise and deal with aggressive and abusive behaviour