Clinical Lead

The CNS works alongside professionals working with vulnerable young people with complex and multiple needs. These include children in residential care; children and young people on the edge of care; young people who have left care; children and young people who are involved with the Youth Offending Service; those at risk of exploitation and extra-familial harm; and children who present harmful sexual behaviours.

We work in partnership with other professionals to develop knowledge and understanding of child emotional development; to consider the impact of trauma and abuse; so that those professionals may develop understanding of a young person’s presenting difficulties and they can be supported in the most helpful way.

CNS clinicians work closely with a wide range of services including Lincolnshire County Council’s Future4Me Service, Leaving Care, and LPFT Children & Young Peoples Services. We utilise a trauma-informed approach and provide consultation, formulation, training, supervision, assessment and direct work where appropriate, supporting young people to access mainstream services.

Our service covers the county of Lincolnshire, so the ability to travel is essential.

Main duties of the job

 

The post holder will be employed by LPFT and be based with the Lincolnshire CYP Complex Needs Service (CNS) which sits within an integrated care system. The post holder will support the CNS Clinical & Strategic Lead to provide clinical leadership to the team, support the Team Coordinator with the line management of the service, and collaborate with CNS colleagues to develop and deliver training packages to professionals in our partner agencies. 

The post holder would provide expert knowledge within areas of specialism in relation to children and young people’s mental health, emotional wellbeing and development, and impact of trauma. 

To provide leadership and work in partnership with service users, their carers and colleagues across other agencies including LPFT’s Children & Young People’s Services, Lincolnshire County Council’s Childrens Services and the Future4Me service, Leaving Care Services and NACRO. 

Contribute to the provision of effective consultation, psychological formulation, supervision and support to staff working in our partner agencies. To provide clinical supervision and support to CNS staff and play an active part in professional development of the clinical team. 

CNS clinicians work closely with a wide range of services including Lincolnshire County Council’s (LCC)  Future4Me Service, Children's Services, Barnardo’s Leaving Care Service, and LPFT Children & Young Peoples Services staff. 

 

Working for our organisation

 

Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust provides mental health services and a number of learning disability, autism and social care services in the county of Lincolnshire. Employing around 2,900 staff, and serving a population of over 768,400, our people lie at the heart of everything we do.

You could be part of a Trust rated by staff as one of the best mental health and learning disability trusts in England. We firmly believe the key to high quality care is a contented workforce. This is reflected in our Care Quality Commission rating of ‘outstanding’ for well-led and ‘good’ overall. In the most recent National NHS Staff Survey, our staff rated us as the number one trust nationally for staff morale and one of the top scoring NHS Trusts in the Midlands for being compassionate and inclusive. We’re really proud of this

We offer options for flexible working and provide a wide range of training and promotion opportunities in all professions. We support and celebrate diversity, have active staff networks groups and are always looking at what more we can do to support our staff.

Whether you’re taking the first exciting steps in your career, itching for a new challenge or searching for a better place to raise a family,  Lincolnshire has a range of rewarding health and social care careers in a county that’s friendly, fascinating, affordable and brimming with everything you need to live a happy life .  Visit  beinlincolnshire.com  to find out more.

 

 

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

This description is not exhaustive and is intended to be an outline of the current expectations. It may therefore be subject to alteration.

To support the team Clinical & Strategic Lead in the delivery of a consultation led, trauma-informed approach to working with young people with complex needs, and the services and staff who are supporting them.

Provide clinical supervision and contribute to case formulation.

Collaborate with colleagues in the team to create and review evidence-based training sessions and workshops, for a range of professionals including those working within LPFT’s CYP services, LCC’s Childrens Services, Future4Me staff, Education and Barnardo’s Leaving Care Service. 

Demonstrate the ability to effectively influence the clinical dimensions of service development. 
 
Use specialist knowledge to deal effectively with newly encountered clinical situations. 

Work with individuals to assess their mental health, recognise mental illness and identify their related needs and circumstances; and enable them to understand, manage and where appropriate support them to access relevant services. 

Plan, implement, review, improve interventions and treatment pathways to meet people’s identified needs and manage their inherent risk with comprehensive Clinical Risk Formulation and care planning 

To assess carer’s and family’s needs and develop, implement and review programmes of support for carers and families. 

Protect people from abuse, neglect and harm. 

To work collaboratively and promote effective working relationships with a wide range of partner agencies and services, ensuring appropriate clinical decision-making, with other professionals. 

To support transitions of young people to adult services, and/or support access to appropriate mental health services, including inpatient care if required.

To adhere to N.M.C. or other professional codes of conduct and ethics, plus associated legislation. 

To develop clinical practice having due regard for the NICE Guidelines in respect of treatment for mental health disorders in children and adolescents.
 
To provide support to the Team Coordinators and Service Manager in writing, providing evidence for contract reporting.

To provide line management where requested.

Provide high standards of evidence based, clinical care in one’s own practice and leadership in the team’s practice. 

Work flexibly according to service needs. 

Contribute to, and where requested, lead on the development of service protocols and pathways

Instigate and implement service developments, improvements and action plans (as required). 

Key involvement in service development, participating in management discussions and decision making. 

Support the Team Coordinator to undertake regular review of the team’s performance and compliance to national and local standards eg. through audit. 

Ensuring the implementation of up to date agreed care plans, risk assessments and reviews are in place for all service users in line with local and national guidance/ legislation. 

Develop and deliver information to enhance professional awareness of issues related to the emotional, behavioural and mental needs of service users. 

Promote and support the participation of patients/service users and their carers in developing service information and guidelines through effective communication, consultation and to promote opportunities for service users and their families to contribute at all levels.

To hold a small caseload of young people with complex needs for direct work and/or AIM assessment

Promote equality and diversity.

Work in full collaboration with Clinical Lead colleagues to promote consistent leadership across Trust Children and Young People’s Services.

You may occasionally be asked to undertake such other duties that are deemed necessary in order to support business continuity within the Trust. This will only include tasks where you are appropriately trained

Person specification Qualifications Essential criteria

• Professional qualification in relevant field and accredited member of BACP or equivalent level of accreditation with NMC, UKCP, CPC, IPTUK, NCS
• Mentorship Module or equivalent teaching/ supervision training
• Evidence of specialised continued professional training (degree level) in relevant clinical practice

Desirable criteria

• Evidence of specialised continued professional training in clinical practice (Msc or Degree)
• Post graduate qualification in leadership and management (or considerable experience in this area)
• Non-medical prescriber

Experience Essential criteria

• Relevant experience of working with young people with mental health needs. Or clear evidence of substantial experience of working with individuals in crisis and skills that are transferable to both the community and inpatient settings
• Knowledge and understanding of child emotional development and impact of developmental trauma
• Highly developed clinical reasoning skills.
• Sound knowledge of the national agenda for mental health
• Sound knowledge of clinical and risk assessment and understanding of Information Governance principles and confidentiality
• Experience of working autonomously within a senior position
• Experience of managing staff and good leadership skills.
• Experience of working across organisations
• Experience of teaching or delivering training, in a formal or informal setting
• Sound knowledge of the national agenda for mental health
• Sound knowledge of community care issues, local health and social structures, functions and boundaries
• Sound knowledge of the Mental Health Act and Mental Capacity Act.

Desirable criteria

• Working knowledge of Assessment tools
• Experience of working within a Hospital environment
• Working within a multi-disciplinary approach to healthcare
• Distributed leadership modelling
• Working with people who have suicidal ideation
• Knowledge of trauma-informed practice and/or Trauma Recovery Model
• Political astuteness

Skills & Competences Essential criteria

• Excellent assessment and risk management skills
• Sound knowledge of the national agenda for mental health
• Knowedge of current agenda and guidance towards Mental Health forward view
• Highly motivated & able to engage with service users, carers and key stakeholders to improve outcomes
• Highly developed clinical reasoning skills
• Experience of working with patients who have self harming behaviours
• Knowledge of the Mental Health Act and MCA (2005)
• Evidence of continued professional development
• Basic IT skills

Desirable criteria

• Health Liaison
• Working collaboratively with other health and social care providers
• Budget management
• Data analysis
• Conflict resolution

Special requirements Essential criteria

• Ability to travel around the county independently

As an ethical recruiter we will not pursue applications from red list countries as defined by the World Health Organisation. In order to pursue and apply for this role you must have right to work in the UK.

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