FACT Clinical Lead
We are seeking to recruit a FACT Clinical lead to join the Adult Community Mental Health Service (ACMHS) in Watford and Borehamwood. The Flexible Assertive Community Treatment (FACT) team provides assertive support to a wider range of individuals who require an enhanced level of support for a specific time period.
The FACT team operates as a mini team within the wider adult community services 7 days per week, 9‑5 pm. The team works with individuals and their families experiencing a mental illness. This will include those already open to the adult mental health service who might experience a deterioration in mental health, those ready to leave hospital after a period of care, and those newly referred into services who would benefit from time‑limited, focused intervention to support their recovery.
The service will provide time‑limited, personalised pathways of care to achieve better social, emotional and psychological outcomes. Interventions will vary from practical care and support, the delivery of social care enablement interventions, psychologically informed interventions, and medication monitoring.
Main duties of the job
* Manage Mental Health & Wellbeing Practitioners, Support Time and Recovery (STaR) workers and other staff, ensuring that the needs of service users are met through effective deployment.
* Maintain a clinical role or a caseload dependent on sector need.
* Contribute locally to development and implementation of policies and procedures.
* Lead and occasionally provide support to ACMHS leadership staff as directed by the Community Mental Health Services Manager in his or her absence.
* Ensure, in collaboration with other professional colleagues, that professional practice meets standards set by HPFT and/or professional statutes and bodies.
About us
Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust is one of just five mental health trusts to achieve an overall rating of "Outstanding" from the Care Quality Commission.
Our family of over 4,000 staff provide health and social care for people with mental ill health, physical ill health and learning disabilities across Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Essex and Norfolk, delivering these services within the community and several inpatient settings. Everything is underpinned by choice, independence and equality, with our Trust values embedded throughout: Welcoming, Kind, Positive, Respectful, Professional.
Job responsibilities
* Plan, prioritise and manage the delivery of health and social care assessment, psychologically informed care and treatment services to service users open to FACT.
* Oversee referrals and ensure even distribution of work across the team, relying on team members’ experience.
* Manage caseloads, ensuring they are monitored and care packages maintained under the auspices of CPA.
* Ensure adequate staff numbers and incorporate this into FACT rota planning.
* Assess and manage risks relating to service users, unmet needs and the work environment, ensuring all team members understand their role in risk management.
* Provide operational supervision and the provision of clinical caseload supervision to all members; arrange professional supervision where necessary.
Qualifications
* Evidence of current registration with NMC, GSCC or HPC.
* Certificate or Diploma in management.
Skills, Knowledge, Abilities
* Clear understanding of the needs of people with mental health difficulties.
* Up-to-date knowledge of relevant legislation, theory and policies such as Community Care Legislation, Mental Health Act, Personalisation agenda, Social Inclusion, etc.
* Ability to lead a multi‑professional team and provide ongoing operational, clinical and professional supervision.
* Ability to assess complex needs and work effectively with service users, their carers and social networks.
* Ability to establish and maintain effective links with statutory and non‑statutory partners.
* Ability to prioritise work and deliver to agreed time scales and standards.
* Excellent team working skills, negotiating compromise and resolving conflict.
* Ability to write structured, detailed and clear reports and record client information in statutory and trust guidelines.
* Clear understanding of key strategic issues for mental health services.
* Commitment to working within equal opportunities and anti‑discriminatory practice.
Experience
* Strong post‑qualifying experience working with people with mental health problems in the community.
* Experience of providing clinical and management supervision.
* Experience as Approved Mental Health Professional and/or Best Interests Assessor.
* Experience of working in an integrated health and social care environment.
* Involvement in the development of a new service or change management.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and requires a submission for Disclosure to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Benefits and remuneration
£51,657 to £58,785 a year, pro rata (5% fringe HCAS included).
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