Learning Disability Crisis Response Team Lead

2 weeks ago


Leicester, United Kingdom Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust Full time

Job summary

The Learning Disability Crisis Response Intensive Support Team (CRIST) provides intensive support to people with Learning Disabilities living in the community who are experiencing a period of crisis in relation to complex mental health and behavioural needs.

We offer rapid assessment, support and risk management in order to prevent placement breakdown and inappropriate Psychiatric Hospital admissions.

The team consists of Learning Disability and Mental Health Nurses, Support Workers, Speech and Language Therapists, Occupational Therapy, Psychology and Psychiatry.

We provide a service 7 days a week, from 8 am- 9pm, including bank holidays.

We are looking to recruit a second band 7 Nursing team lead who will jointly provide clinical and operational leadership and governance to the full team.

You will need to be passionate about the holistic needs of people with Learning Disabilities and have significant experience in Positive Behavioural Support (PBS) and Crisis Management in relation to mental health.

The post holder will require a full driving license and access to a vehicle that can be used for work purposes.

Main duties of the job

To ensure the delivery of a clinically effective service which meets the needs of individuals, families and communities in line with local and national development plans, Trust policies and procedures.

The post holder will carry 24 hour responsibility and professional and managerial accountability, which includes management of staff, budgets, staffing rotas, quality and standards of practice of all members of the team by enhancing systems such as clinical supervision, personal development and competency planning and monitoring, clinical audit, policy compliance checks etc.

o have overall responsibility to ensure that a personalised service to clients/service users is delivered in accordance with LPT Trust standards.

The post holder will provide good leadership and management, to develop and sustain a positive working culture.

To ensure staff are trained appropriately to competently deliver the care required and ensure supervision and mentorship is in place.

To be influential within the organisation and provide detailed advice to others internally and externally to the organisation, within their sphere of competence.

To work collaboratively with other senior nurses across LPT as appropriate and promote the role of their speciality nursing to all stakeholders.

Providing oversight and governance to the clinical and operational systems and standard operational procedures in the team.

About us

We may close the advert early, if we receive a sufficient number of applicants, so please apply as soon as possible. About Us Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust (LPT) provides a range of community health, mental health and learning disability services for people of all ages. Delivered through over 100 settings from inpatient wards to out in the community, our 6,500 staff serve over 1 million people living in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland. We aim to develop a workforce that reflects our community. We actively implement equal opportunities in employment and service delivery and seek people who share our commitment. We strongly encourage applications from all sections of the community, particularly from underrepresented groups. Details of our benefits, leadership behaviours and other important information can be found in the Information for Applicants, please view the supporting documents. We will consider requests to work alternative hours or varied working patterns in line with our flexible working policy. For all substantive roles, new staff (excluding medical staff) are appointed subject to a 6-month probationary period (see Probation Policy). All jobs will require permission to work in the UK. For all jobs the cost of any DBS disclosure required will be met by the individual. This will be deducted from salary once started. Applicants at risk within the local NHS who meet essential criteria will have preference for interview.

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