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Clinical Practice Lead

4 months ago


Torquay, United Kingdom Devon Partnership NHS Trust Full time

Job summary

An exciting and new oppotunity has become available for a Band 7 Clinical Practice Lead at the Torbay Mental Health Unit.

The Community and Inpatient Practice Leader is responsible for ensuring compliance with quality and safety standards within their assigned clinical pathways / teams. They will ensure that all individuals receiving care and treatment from DPT services do so in line with Trust strategic objectives (safe, timely, personalised, sustainable and recovery focused) and are safeguarded from any harm.

The post holder may be required to undertake regular clinical work which will be subject to an agreed job plan.

Full time and Part time opportunities are available.

Main duties of the job

Role Responsibilities

Workforce planning Lead on evidence based clinical interventions, making autonomous decisions, striving for excellence. Promote a recovery model that empowers users of services to be at the forefront of decision making and ownership of their care and treatment. Champion dignity, equality, diversity, choice and respect Prioritise demand and allocate/delegate accordingly Lone working at times Quality improvement and audit Compliance with CQC standards Managing complaints and compliments Learning from experience Practice education Advanced clinical delivery and leading others in their clinical practice through training, supervision, coaching and mentoring Applying quality improvement methodology to solve service delivery problems with qualified solutions Additional Responsibilities All practice leads will hold a portfolio of LDU responsibilities these will include: ensuring the quality and triangulation of provider compliance assessment tools and responsibility for updating and monitoring risk registers. They will also take responsibility for key practice development projects across the directorate as assigned by the Head of Practice and Professions. All Community Practice Leaders will hold a portfolio based on individual job planning safeguarding, complaints, assurance.

About us

About Devon Partnership Trust

We provide mental health, learning disability and neurodiversity services, as well as a range of specialist & secure services for the wider south west region & nationally. We are passionate about promoting good mental health & wellbeing. We strive to use the expertise & resources within our organisation, and through our partnerships, to deliver high quality services that are safe & focused on people's recovery.

We are committed to developing a culture of coproduction, involving patients, families & carers in everything we do

Our values

We not only recruit based on qualifications & experience - we recruit individuals who possess & demonstrate the behaviours which underpin our Trusts core values. These include such attributes as showing a commitment to quality of care, improving lives of others, giving respect, dignity & compassion. We can bring those values to life in our everyday tasks by giving a smile; making time for people; challenging ourselves & others, & being open to new ideas.

We are committed to being an inclusive employer & applications are encouraged & welcomed from all sections of the community, regardless of any protected characteristics as governed by the Equality Act 2010. Part time & flexible working applications will be considered & supported, where possible. We particularly encourage applicants with lived experience of mental health conditions, neurodiversity or learning disabilities. We are a Disability Confident Leader.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Communication and Working Relationship Skills

To work collaboratively with internal stakeholders Work closely with key external stakeholders including, Police, Social Services provision, Housing, Voluntary and non-statutory agencies and a wider Health and Social Care Community ensuring that people aged 18 and above, who use our services are signposted appropriately through the care pathway. Present information, some of which may be contentious, to staff groups, service user groups, carers groups and other stakeholders using a range of techniques and media. Co-ordinate and investigate complaints and clinical practice performance issues; taking action as necessary ensuring that any clinical lessons learned are identified and disseminated to teams. Ensure that any learning from SUIs and RCAs is identified, disseminated and where necessary put into practice. Communicate in a considerate and purposeful way to maintain relationships and achieve goals. Communicate ideas and principles relevant to clinical practice to a range of audiences. Ability to persuade, use data and make forceful argument.

Analytical and Judgemental Skills

Role model clinical leadership Practice in a way that actively minimises dependency and promotes recovery Communicate information in a way that makes it relevant and understandable for users of services. Promote a duty of care to users of services; encompassing safe and competent care Take personal accountability for own practice; answerable for actions and omissions, regardless of advice or directions from another professional. Remaining professionally competent by participating in own and others clinical supervision Demonstrate specialist knowledge and skills, not only relating to the care of users of services, but also in depth knowledge of the roles and functions of other professionals across services. Establish and maintain internal clinical audits and develop a research element for the service. Produce evaluation data and reports in a timely manner Able to identify, gather and produce information that improves understanding Able to produce reports that use data and narrative descriptions. Lead on the undertaking of specialist bio psychosocial assessments and complex risk assessment.

Planning and Organisational Skills

Coordinate and participate in multi-agency forums ensuring that the development and delivery of integrated local services is in line with local need. Ensure that service delivery activity is delivered in accordance with agreed quality and performance standards and service level agreements. Ensure that services provide and facilitate education and learning from experience Work constructively with the multi-disciplinary team Oversee the day to day clinical practice Ensure that governance and assurance systems are in place for care pathways/clinical practice; providing expert professional advice with regards to clinical care, incidents and complaints. Ensure that services are delivered by practitioners with the appropriate knowledge, skills and competencies. Coordination of multi-disciplinary team working and engagement in service delivery in line with practice standards. Ensuring the safety and effectiveness of the service through the implementation of effective risk management, governance and assurance systems. Act as a role model Monitor and improve quality in line with NICE guidance Contribute to the ongoing operation and development of the service; data monitoring in the context of service evaluation. Promotion of the service locally and nationally as appropriate.

Responsibility for Patient/Client Care, Treatment and Therapy

Promote, develop and role model high standards of clinical care Ensure a holistic approach to assessment, care and treatment, including physical health needs. Ensure effective care pathways are in place for transition between mental health and other services. Monitor, evaluate and action plan team members with regards to their clinical performance. Work closely with other teams within the Trust coupled with the Voluntary, Statutory and independent sectors; implementing key success criteria for NICE regarding diagnosis, treatment and management plans. Participate in Safeguarding. Provide expert advice pertaining to complex cases. Responsible for maintaining Clinical Governance Standards. Have enhanced clinical skills. The post holder has responsibility to report and/or ensure a clean environment for care and ensuring infection prevention and control guidelines are followed. Ensure documentation is in line with Trust Policy and professional registration.

Responsibility for Policy and Service Development Implementation

Support and negotiate required changes in practice to meet on-going service developments Develop audit and quality improvement programmes and maintain these. Identify and implement best practice in the delivery of the First Response Service Participate in the maintenance of current services and future developments within the locality, initiating service developments and projects. Plan the provision of local services in conjunction with Service Manager and other managers Responsible for the development and monitoring of the assigned care pathway quality and improvement plans; ensuring all clinical effectiveness systems are embedded and sustainable Participate in, and lead as required on the development, implementation and evaluation of strategies/clinical policies to ensure the service continues to evolve to meet the needs of people who use services Participate fully in quality assurance initiatives, with particular emphasis on a person first approach. The post holder will initiate and participate in audit/research projects associated with the work of the service. Promote the NHS programme; right person has the right care, in the right place, at the right time, making the best use of available resources.

Responsibility for Finance, Equipment and Other Resources

Ensure that care is provided within resources Ensure that workforce development, training and CPD opportunities are provided within the agreed workforce development plan. Authorised signatory for small cash / financial payments such as travel expense claims, and additional hours for members of the team.

Responsibility for Human Resources, Supervision, Training, HR Advice and Management

Provide clinical leadership for a team of staff ensuring that they operate within policies and procedures. Recruit and select staff within the team according to resource requirements Ensure that new clinical staff receive an induction programme Ensure that all staff are compliant with the Mental Health Act, Mental Capacity Act, and Deprivation of Liberty Standards, including child and adult safeguarding legislation. Responsible for the workforce development plan and its implementation with staff Promote reflective recovery focused practice At all times follow Codes of Professional Conduct, ensuring all staff within sphere of responsibility also adhere to codes of conduct. Supervise, monitor and appraise the performance of qualified and unqualified staff within sphere of responsibility. Advance and improve clinical practice through teaching, training and supervision. Cross cover for B7 colleagues including line management responsibilities as negotiated and necessary.

Responsibility for Information Resources and Administrative Duties

Maintain records of supervision for both self and others Maintain and disseminate appropriately data relating to work undertaken research and audit results.

Responsibility for Research and Development

Undertake programmes of audit and research within the team and implement the findings.

Freedom to Act

To lead on the formulation of robust care pathway plans without supervision, which may include a prompt referral to secondary mental health services, social and voluntary services. As a lone worker, you will be required to make autonomous clinical decisions in relation to care pathways of complex mental health problems, without direct supervision. To be responsible and accountable for clinical decisions that affect the care and treatment of individuals and groups of people. Develop you own role and the roles of others. Chair meetings, such as Safeguarding S42.

Any Other Specific Tasks Required

Monitor standards and ensure Trust policy compliance including activity data, manual and electronic record keeping. Management skills are required in order to undertake this function effectively; implementing, evaluating and documentation of specialist care Responsible for ensuring the quality and triangulation of the CQC guidance checklist, any quality improvement plans and managing the service risk register Responsible for any key practice development projects Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

A professional mental health qualificarion to degree level or equivalent Evidence of commitment to life-long learning and continuing professional development

Desirable

Post Graduate qualification relevant to specialism Management qualification Training to Level 3 in Safeguarding Adults

Experience

Essential

5 years post qualifying work Ability to interpret research and apply to practice Knowledge and utilization of counselling skills / cognitive behavioural skills, psychosocial interventions Ability to assess and manage all levels of risk Experience of carrying out assessments, identifying the appropriate care pathways and confirming diagnosis Ability to communicate complex information across multi-agency teams Ability to develop a healthy culture of team working

Desirable

Experience of working in areas such as community mental health care, Children and Young People, Adults or Older People Teaching, training and/or supervision of clinical staff Other relevant post registration experience

Knowledge

Essential

Specialist knowledge of mental health disorders Ability to undertake bio-psycho-social assessment and formulating, robust care pathways Ability to engage challenging and/or acutely distressed patients in potentially hostile and/or antagonistic situations and use de-escalation techniques effectively Sufficient clinical knowledge to be able to make autonomous decisions, based on an analysis of complex presenting problems and signpost accordingly Management and organisational skills that enable a number of complex activities and clinical work to be undertaken, revising and adjusting these according to the needs of individual patients and the service.

Desirable

Evidence of outstanding leadership