Community Mental Health Clinical Lead in Chelmsford

Employer Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Chelmsford & Essex Centre Town Chelmsford Salary £49,387 - £56,515 pa Salary period Yearly Closing Today at 23:59

Community Mental Health Clinical Lead

Band 7

Please be aware that, due to current allocation constraints, Certificates of Sponsorship (CoS) are being prioritised for registered roles at this time.

Our Trust cares for more than 100,000 patients at any one time across our community health, mental health and learning disability services across Essex and parts of Bedfordshire and Suffolk.

We want you to be part of our journey of transformation, where our patients and their families are at the heart of everything we do and to achieve our vision to be the leading health and wellbeing service in the provision of mental health and community care.

You’ll be part of a Trust where you will be supported to be your authentic self and be the best you can be, where we will help you to grow, develop and thrive.

The Trust is recognised by the University of Essex and is a top provider of apprenticeships for people looking to be an assistant practitioner, senior health care support worker (CAP). Our trailblazing CAP apprenticeship won a national HSJ Award.

We are also recognised as a Veteran Aware Trust and holder of gold accreditation from the Ministry of Defence Employment Recognition Scheme. Our services are highlighted as an exemplar of good practice, producing the best care for more than 3.500 armed forces veterans in the past seven years.

We have been shortlisted and won national awards. We are an inclusive organisation and Level 3 Disability Confident Leader Trust.

We are constantly innovating and looking for new ways to deliver care, such as using technology to enhance patient care and working with partners to launch new services such as the Basildon Mental Health Urgent Care Department, virtual hospitals and falls response cars.

Join us and you’ll do the best work of your life – and make a difference to other people’s lives. What we do together, matters.

Job overview

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.

Main duties of the job

Please see the attached Job description for full details:

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.

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