Clinical Lead

Inclusion Isle of Wight Drug and Alcohol team have a rare and exciting opportunity for a highly skilled Clinical Lead with current UK NMC professional registration in Mental Health to join us in directing clinical pathways. You will be qualified as a non-medial prescriber and have significant experience of managing services in Substance Misuse and in co-ordinating all aspects of community clinical delivery including detox and tackling health inequalities is vital, but importantly we are looking for a leader to drive forward evidence-based change and continuous professional and practice development. If you believe you can balance all the complex challenges of leading community services with a focus on safeguarding, co-occurring conditions trauma informed practice and compassionate care please get in touch, we would really like to hear from you. We are also delighted to offer a short-term recruitment and retention incentive for this role of £3,777 in addition to the Agenda for Change (AfC) pay scale. This would be reviewed on an annual basis. A relocation package is available up to £8,000. Subject to negotiation. We may also consider some support with commuting costs should you be travelling from the mainland to the Isle of Wight on a daily basis. Please contact the recruiting manager for further information. Main duties of the job As the clinical lead, you will manage all clinical and prescribing activities and processes and will play a central role in embedding a culture of continuous quality improvement and risk management across services. As part of this role, you will be expected to: Provide a visible, accessible and authoritative presence and expertise in substance misuse work to whom staff and patients can call upon for assistance, advice and support. To act as a key channel of liaison and communication between service locations and the external environment. Provide clinical supervision and support to Nurses in specialist clinical roles. Develop the role of the NMP and work with the Trust and Inclusion's clinical manager in increasing NMP numbers. Be responsible and accountable for clinical governance throughout Inclusion IOW, to ensure that clinical governance systems are robust and continuously reviewed and to feedback to the Trust Clinical Governance committee when needed. Contribute to the development of clinical policies and procedures; to ensure the dissemination of new standards, policies and statutory requirements relating to this area of work. Produce reports in line with NDTMS and our SLA targets set by commissioners. About us Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust Inclusion service offers psychological and drug & alcohol services, in the community, and in prisons, and has contracts across the country. As an organisation we serve a population of 1.5 million and currently employ around 9000 members of staff. We have a wide range of exciting opportunities for people looking to work in a truly integrated NHS organisation. By joining MPFT you will become part of a team who are empowered and supported to deliver care in a way which is consistent with our values: Putting people at the heart of what we do Empowering people to improve care and wellbeing Delivering better health, better care in partnership Job responsibilities For full details of this role, please see attached the job description and person specification documents. Person Specification Qualifications NMP Registration - Current Experience Experience working in community settings in a clinical role Experience in developing clinical pathways for example co-occurring conditions Experience and skills to lead a team of Nursing staff Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions. #J-18808-Ljbffr