Clinical Lead

NELFT would like to introduce the launch of the Intensive Support Team, which aims to support people with a Learning Disability and Autism who requires specialist crisis intervention. We believe that individuals who display challenging behaviours, including those with a mental health condition, should have access to the same opportunities to live satisfying and valued lives.
The service was developed in response to the best means of supporting our people with a learning disability and autism at a critical time in their journey, offering the least restrictive environment and ensuring that we provide the best response to those users of the service who needs specialist support, together with their carers and families.
The post holder will work collaboratively with other LD and mental health care professionals to provide high-quality, comprehensive and dynamic specialist nursing services to maintain and improve the health and well-being of adults with learning disabilities. This will include working directly with service users who have complex healthcare needs, supporting other staff who provide clinical care to people with healthcare needs of lesser complexity, and also engaging in a range of health promotion activities.
Probationary Period
Starting with NELFT
NELFT place a great deal of importance on new starters being properly welcomed and inducted into the Trust. All new starters will join the Trust on the first Monday of each month and will undertake a comprehensive induction of up to two weeks which will include mandatory training, systems training and the allocation of equipment. As part of the process new starters will have the opportunity to also meet the executive team, senior managers and attend a number of drop in sessions focussing in engagement, health and wellbeing and key processes. The induction will be held at our head office in Rainham, Essex.
High-Cost Area Supplement
This post also attracts payment for High-Cost Area Supplement of 15% of the basic salary (minimum payment of £4,551 and a maximum payment of £5,735) (pro rata for part time staff).
Use of AI
1. Provide a range of intervention and assessment of people, who have a learning disability and presenting with a mental illness and or severe challenging behaviour, taking into consideration the patient’s physical/cognitive/perceptual skills to identify the patient’s abilities and areas of difficulty.
2. Expected to work within a values driven, recovery based approach that imbeds the Positive Behaviour Support framework. Post holders will have experience of working with people who have a learning disability and either mental ill-health and/or complex behavioural needs
3. To be responsible for organising and prioritising own caseload in the day to day allocation of work, whilst being able to work flexibly to meet the needs of their patients, their relatives and carers and the service.
4. To deputise when required in the absence of the Team/Service Lead and delegate appropriately to more junior members of staff, support workers and rehabilitation assistants as appropriate.
5. To have organisational knowledge relating to Trust protocols and procedures and adhere to them.
6. To be responsible for providing accurate records of information required by the Trust for audit purposes.
7. To ensure effective risk management at team level by accident/incident reporting, assessing and controlling risk and ensuring residual risks are added to the Trust register.
8. Provide specialist clinical advice to other team members on the suitability of various assessments and intervention methods where appropriate.
9. To take a lead role in the education, supervision and training of more junior members of staff
10. Act at all times as a role model for practitioners, raising the profile and value of the role.
11. To take a lead on specific areas within the Intensive Support Team including Safeguarding, Audits etc.
12. To lead in own specialism and ensure that the Transforming Care Agenda is embedded within the team
13. To ensure that risk assessment / management procedures are implemented including Safeguarding Children and Safeguarding Adult Procedures. This includes being able to act as Safeguarding Adults Manager (SAM) in Safeguarding cases and having the ability to make appropriate decisions.