Clinical Lead

• Provide clinical and professional leadership within the CMHT, supporting the delivery of safe, effective and recovery-focused care. Offer expert advice and guidance on complex clinical presentations, risk management, assessment, formulation and care planning.
• Support and develop multidisciplinary staff through supervision, coaching, mentorship and professional leadership. Promote evidence-based, trauma-informed and strengths-based practice throughout the service.
• Lead and contribute to clinical governance activities, including audit, quality improvement, service evaluation and the implementation of lessons learnt from incidents, complaints and feedback. Support workforce development through recruitment, appraisal, competency development and succession planning.
• Support the implementation of the Neighbourhood Mental Health Model by working collaboratively with primary care, social care, voluntary and community sector organisations and other partners to improve integration and access to services.
• Lead pathway development and service redesign initiatives to improve patient flow, transitions of care and service effectiveness. Monitor quality, performance and outcomes, implementing improvements where required.
• Maintain an appropriate clinical caseload and deputise for the Team Manager or senior leaders as required, contributing to the delivery of Trust and Directorate objectives

Essential

• Full understanding of relevant policy, legislation, drivers and their application to clinical and service area
• Evidence of project work that has impacted on practice and demonstrates a higher level of communication/planning/change that impacts out of own area of work/responsibility
• Be a member of a recognised professional body and hold a current professional registration
• Full understanding/application of relevant clinical practice/standards/audit within identified clinical area

Desirable

• Proven leadership/management experience, able to demonstrate examples of positive impact/change within service delivery/practice at an advanced/expert level
• Advanced/expert understanding of relevant clinical practice, standards and audits within identified clinical area.
• Prepared to undertake or hold a recognised non-medical prescribing qualification, if required

Essential

• Demonstrable experience of working in the specific field where the post is held
• Leadership/management experience which has had a positive impact and created change within the service delivery/practice
• Evidence of continuing professional development (CPD) relevant to the clinical area to advanced level of post-graduate diploma or equivalent knowledge /experiential learning

Desirable

• A breadth of clinical and professional practice including clinically specialising in the field where the post is held
• Proven leadership/management experience, able to demonstrate examples of positive impact/change within service delivery/practice at an advanced/expert level
• Experience of developing others through education, mentorship, coaching, teaching, assessing, presentations, publishing

Essential

• Able to demonstrate effective communication skills
• Ability to demonstrate ethical values and attitudes within a culture of equality and diversity
• Effective inter-personal skills and experience in supervising and mentoring