Practice Lead in Plymouth

This is an exciting opportunity for a skilled clinician with demonstrated leadership and management skills to join the home‑treatment team in Plymouth. The role will encompass providing senior clinical leadership input, expertise, support, and oversight to the team. The post holder will also work closely with the medical teams, community teams, statutory providers, emergency services and the acute sector. We are looking for someone who is enthusiastic and passionate about mental health services and has enhanced and proven leadership skills.

Your key role will be to ensure clinical quality standards are achieved consistently by providing visible clinical leadership to its mental health professionals and the wider teams. You must have excellent communication skills, and a good working knowledge and understanding of acute adult mental health and the needs of individuals in this group. If you have a passion for mental health and are interested in supporting Livewell Southwest to continue to improve and transform services, we want to hear from you.

We are seeking a dedicated postholder to join our team and who can display our values of being kind, respectful, inclusive, ambitious, responsible and collaborative. It will be expected that you will have experience in a senior role working within the field of mental health. You will have a sound clinical background which has been supplemented by continuing professional development.

Main duties of the role

• The role is an all‑rounded, hands‑on senior clinical role; the postholder must confidently evidence and utilise many key skills such as effective communication, be able to prioritise competing service demands, risk management, maintain high clinical standards, utilise evidence‑based practice, and provide inspirational leadership within the teams and the wider organisation.
• Where required the post holder will work across a 7‑day period, clinical time will be flexible according to the needs of the team.
• There will be a requirement to be part of the mental health on‑call rota.
• The job requires innovation, flexibility, and commitment and the post holder will be required to work resourcefully as part of the senior clinical team to ensure that patients and families have the best possible experience and outcome of using our services.

Responsibilities

• Providing line management and supervision to some of the team and strong clinical leadership.
• Maintaining healthy working relationships with the other teams in the wider care system.
• The development of and ensuring compliance with quality and safety standards within the assigned clinical pathways/teams, which includes multi‑disciplinary meetings, risk management and governance.
• Workforce planning including oversight of workforce competencies and development of those essential for Home Treatment.
• Provision of training and presentations as needed for the team.
• Recognising training needs in the team and provision of turbo‑teach.
• Participating in and completing audit and audit action plans.
• Complying with CQC standards.
• Complying with NICE standards where applicable.
• Working towards full implementation of RC PSI standards.
• Maintaining a comprehensive working knowledge of MHA legislation and MCA requirements including best practice guidelines.
• Leading investigations of SIRIs.
• Leading investigations and managing complaints.
• Leading on HR investigations as required.
• Supporting the Home Treatment Team to achieve their performance targets.
• Ensuring that clinicians work within Livewell Southwest policies, and that practice standards are high and the team adheres to professional registration requirements.
• Deputising for the Home Treatment Team Manager when required.
• To be one of the authorised signatories for the team in relation to FP10 security (security of prescriptions).
• To receive training and support (as deemed necessary) in accordance with this responsibility.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Registered Health/Social care Professional
• Postgraduate diploma / degree level study related to health/social care or equivalent work experience relevant to the role
• Teaching/Assessing course such as mentorship module or equivalent
• Recognised Management qualification/course e.g. ILM course or leadership, management modules, core management study days, in‑house courses (HR, budgets, appraisals, staff performance, sickness) OR significant management experience that is relevant to the role
• Non‑Medical Prescriber
• Additional courses relevant to Crisis work and Home Treatment speciality

Knowledge

• Extensive professional knowledge acquired through clinical practice in Home Treatment or other acute care pathway care provision underpinned by training at degree level/diploma level specialist training or equivalent experience
• Knowledge of the impact of crisis on mental health difficulties
• Evidence based practice
• Mental Health Act 1983
• Good knowledge of current NHS and Social Care Policy
• Evidence of CPD
• Understanding the Principles of Governance, particularly in relation to their Service area
• Full awareness of and cascade of current changes relating to Government Legislation (i.e. Transforming Community Services)

Experience

• Significant experience in a senior clinical role with experience of managing a team of staff
• Multi‑disciplinary team working
• Evidence of transferable clinical, risk management and managerial skills at a senior level
• Extensive Clinical experience in Mental Health care, crisis management and positive risk taking
• Experience of managing a high level of risk
• Performance management
• Experience at senior level of both acute and inpatient and community teams
• Experience within an acute inpatient setting
• Previous deputy team manager experience

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.