Clinical Team Leader - Community Mental Health

Would you like to work for an exciting, progressive team where 90% of the management team have been promoted from within? If so, this could be the job for you! An opportunity has arisen to work as one of the Mental Health Clinical Team Leaders for Brent Community Mental Health Hub (CMHH). We are looking for candidates with robust clinical expertise who are also able to demonstrate progressive skills in clinical leadership and management.

Brent CMHT is one of the leading performing teams in the trust and an early onsetter of the community transformation which is now successfully embedded. This progressive trust supports staff to develop and creates learning opportunities at all levels. Bringing your authentic self to the organisation is something we can value and use positively to enhance our engagement with the various community groups we serve.

The post holder will be required to provide strong clinical leadership for the team and work closely with allocated named workers to establish and maintain clinical care standards, ensuring that the quality of care provided is continually informed by evidence-based practice. Working within a busy Community Mental Health Hub, the post-holder will lead on actively supporting a multidisciplinary team with a diverse skill set. They will directly contribute to an environment that champions team cohesion and cooperation.

Main duties of the job

• Leadership
  • To co-ordinate the day-to-day clinical activities of the team to ensure the smooth running of the CMHH.
  • To always promote patient care by treating service users, carers, and loved ones with respect and courtesy and maintain their dignity.
  • To provide specialist support, consultation, advice and expertise to the team on cases as required.
• Service Development
  • To assist with the setting and maintenance of high standards of care and clinical practices within the multi-disciplinary team.
  • To work closely with the Team Manager to ensure the continual development of the CMHH in Brent.
  • To develop a positive and effective liaison with services, agencies and individuals as identified above and ensure that any service interface problems identified are promptly notified to the Team Manager.
• Clinical
  • To provide appropriate support and contact for service users, considering their health, social and cultural needs.
  • To carry out risk assessments for service users in line with the Trust's and local policies and procedures.
  • To take responsibility for ensuring that discharges from the CMHH are done in a safe and timely manner to ensure ongoing throughput.
  • To develop and maintain innovative and creative ways of working with service users experiencing mental health challenges.

Kingsbury & Willesden CMHH is an established team with a friendly, supportive culture. There is a visible and supportive management team and a strong emphasis on training and professional development opportunities.

The London Borough of Brent is a place of contrast and a destination for thousands of British and international visitors every year. Home of the iconic Wembley Stadium, the world-famous Wembley Arena, the new London Designer Outlet and the spectacular Swaminarayan Hindu Temple, it provides a stage for cultural, sporting and religious events of national and international importance. The team serves the diverse and vibrant population of Brent, named London Borough of Culture 2020 and most recently 'Council of the Year' at the LGC Awards 2020.

Person Specification

• EDUCATION & QUALIFICATIONS
  • Essential: Professional qualification either Mental Health Nursing, Social Work or Occupational Therapy.
  • Evidence of Post Qualification Training relevant to Post.
  • Desirable: Certificate in Leadership and management. Relevant Professional qualification/training, e.g. psychosocial intervention, counselling, family therapy.
• Experience
  • Essential: Extensive experience of working in a mental health community setting.
  • Experience of working within CMHT delivery model.
  • Experience of working with people experiencing psychosis.
  • Experience of supervising/mentoring students or junior staff.
  • Significant experience of Care Management/Care Co-ordination under CPA guidelines.
  • A team player with experience of working within a multi-disciplinary team and with multiple agencies; statutory or voluntary, or service providers on a range of patient care issues.
  • Experience of supervision and teaching/mentoring professional staff group.
  • Desirable: Experience of dual diagnosis work. Experience of Relapse Prevention Work.
• Knowledge and Skills
  • Essential: Sound knowledge of the concept, principles and practice of CMHT in mental health practice.
  • Knowledge of relapse prevention, psychosocial intervention and the assertive outreach model.
  • Possess extensive knowledge of the Mental Health Act 1983 and Amendments (2007), Code of Practice and related legislations.
  • Knowledge of the Children Act 1989.
  • Possess extensive knowledge of CPA.
  • Evidence of the ability to conduct research/audit and the implementation of evidence-based clinical practice.
  • Evidence of excellent interpersonal relationship skills and appropriate diplomacy for providing care, developing and maintaining positive working relationships with service users, staff and the wider professional groups or individuals.
  • Evidence of well-developed communication skills with emphasis on effective handover/communication of client concerns and the ability to interpret and disseminate protocols, policies and procedural guidelines.
  • Evidence of excellent persuasive skills and the ability to motivate and engender positive attitude amongst staff.
  • Demonstrate good understanding of issues around the delivery of mental health services to a diverse multi-ethnic population within an inner city/urban geographical area.
  • Ability to work flexibly according to the needs of the service.
  • Possess excellent negotiation skills and the ability to engage service users in a variety of creative ways.
  • Time management skills and ability to organise and prioritise conflicting demands.
  • Some evidence of good clinical skills/knowledge base, particularly in the areas of risk assessment, care planning, care implementation and co-ordination.
  • Working knowledge of responsibilities under Community Care Act, 2014.
  • Good Knowledge and Understanding around Safeguarding.
  • Possess proven ability in the use of Microsoft packages.
  • Desirable: Knowledge of child protection issues.