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Job overview
Please note, at this stage, the role is open only to internal staff (including NHSP and Agency staff currently on placement within our organisation) and staff substantively employed within Kent and Medway NHS Trusts and the Kent and Medway Integrated Care Board (ICB). Any individual who is at risk of redundancy will be given priority, provided they meet the essential criteria.
Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust are delighted to be recruiting for a Lead Clinician position within our Early Intervention in Psychosis Services in Canterbury and Ashford.
This position will be part of the senior clinical leadership team, providing evidence‑based, high‑quality care to the population we serve.
We are looking for a passionate and motivated clinician with suitable leadership experience. The successful candidate will provide day‑to‑day clinical oversight of the team to ensure delivery of a safe and effective service.
The post‑holder will work closely with the operational team manager and other clinical leads to drive performance and achieve consistently high standards of care.
The post‑holder will hold clinical cases as required and support other members of the team with the most complex and risky patients.
Main duties of the job
Overall the role will entail working within the leadership team to ensure robust oversight of all aspects of care delivery. The post‑holder will:
* Act as a role model to support/guide the team deliver high quality standards of care, be responsive to service demands and dynamic in supporting the team with complex and challenging situations.
* Demonstrate excellent communication skills, work well within the leadership team to prioritise daily clinical demands / needs of service, whilst supporting the clinical team.
* Provide clinical advice and supervision (both individual and group supervision) and contribute to individuals appraisals.
* Provide in‑house training to team and wider teams/services when needed.
* Support and embed clinical standards within the team.
* Lead/support and contributing to monitoring team’s clinical performance via clinical audits and work in conjunction with Team Manager to support actions to improve the quality and performance of the service and outcomes for service users.
* Show excellent organisational, time management and delegation skills to work in an area of changing priorities.
* Be a cohesive member of the Leadership Team, work flexibly and support the Team Manager where needed, offer expertise and experience to develop new staff and support in retention and wellbeing of the team.
Working for our organisation
We are the Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust. We care for the mental health and wellbeing of people across Kent and Medway. Our teams support adults with a wide range of mental health needs. Because we cover the whole county and both hospital and community settings, we can make care more joined up and easier to access for the 1.8 million people of Kent and Medway. Rated ‘Good’ by the CQC, we care for over 2,000 people in our hospitals and 54,000 in the community each year.
Our vision is simple: We are here to help communities not just live with mental illness, but live well. It’s why we’re passionate about working with communities to make mental health care better for everyone. And everything we do is guided by our values caring, inclusive, curious and confident.
Join us – if you share our passion for better mental health care and want to be part of a team that's doing well together.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please refer to the attached job description for the full details on the responsibilities and person specification.
The post holder must hold a full, valid, UK driving licence and have access to a car/vehicle to use for business purposes (unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010).
We are serious about diversity and inclusion, and we are working hard to build this into our DNA. We warmly welcome applications for any of our roles from people from diverse backgrounds, and we are proactively encouraging applications from under‑represented communities for our more senior roles, like this one.
Person specification
Qualifications
* Degree or equivalent experience
* Registered Mental Health Nurse, Occupational Therapist or Social Worker
Experience
* Minimum of 5 years relevant experience and 3 years in Community setting
* Clinical assessment of physical, psychological and social care
* Experience of working with people with psychosis
* Experience of working with children and young people
* Experience of working with neurodiversity
Skills
* Problem solving/solution focussed
* Ability to prioritise key tasks and target intervention
* Crisis resolution and management skills
Knowledge
* Excellent knowledge and skills in assessing risk and risk formulation
* EIP standards, policies and best practice
* Implementation of the Recovery Model and Social Inclusion
In cases where we receive a high volume of applications for a post, it may be necessary to bring the closing date forward. Please submit your completed application as early as possible to avoid disappointment.
Due to the high volume of applications received, it is not possible to respond individually to your application. Should you not hear from us within six weeks of the vacancy closing, please assume that your application has not been successful.
>Probation Period. New employees external to the trust are subject to a six‑month probationary period.
To deliver an effective service it is essential in some of our roles that you are able to travel between work bases in a timely manner.
Production of false or forged documents/qualifications in order to obtain employment is a criminal offence and will be reported to the Police.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check.
Certain roles are subject to criminal record checks called Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks. Therefore, you will be required to submit a completed Disclosure form to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust are signed up to NHS England's Sexual Safety in Health Care Organisational Charter
The trust takes a systematic zero‑tolerance approach to tackle any unwanted, inappropriate and/or harmful sexual behaviours within the workplace and in our care provision. We are committed to sexual safety which encompasses prevention, support and decisive action against perpetrators. We are committed to keeping you and our patients safe.
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You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Application numbers
This vacancy may close early if it receives a high number of applications. Please complete and submit your application in good time to avoid disappointment.
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