Essential Criteria Occupational Therapist, Social Worker or Mental Health Nurse with current registration. Experience of working with service users with serious mental health diagnoses and complex needs. Experience of working with people who are deemed difficult to engage, who may have behaviours that challenge or may have substance misuse. Experience of multidisciplinary working in mental health care and joint working with outside agencies.
Experience of providing day-to-day clinical leadership and / or operational management of a similar service Experience in the provision of clinical and line management supervision and annual appraisal. Experience of working with multi-agency child and adult safeguarding procedures Experience of working to objectives, within a performance management framework Working knowledge of current mental health legislation and guidance to include Mental Health Act and the Care Act. Working knowledge of NICE guidance in the treatment of mental health problems including crisis care. Working knowledge of medication management Knowledge of risk management issues Ability to work in a fast paced, dynamic and high pressure clinical environment.
Evidence of well-developed risk assessment, formulation and management skills Evidence of well-developed team leadership and management skills including change management Ability to represent Pennine Care rehabilitation services and build and maintain effective relationships with stakeholders Evidence of the ability to lead, motivate and manage a group of skilled staff. Experience of governance processes, including responding to complaints and completing investigations following incidents. Ability to produce written reports that are clear, unambiguous and produced with agreed timescales. Use of a car or access to a means of mobility to travel across the Trust footprint in line with service need.
Desirable Criteria Completion of Preparation for Mentorship / Practice Teacher / Fieldwork Educator qualification. Management or leadership qualification, or training for supervision and staff development. Experience of working within rehabilitation settings. Experience of working in a forensic setting Experience of managing budgets Experience in chairing professional meetings Ability to provide education and training to different grades of professional staff both informal and by formal presentation.
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