Band 7 Clinical Coordinator - CYP

Job overview

This role forms part of a newly established Clinical Co-ordination Function in Birmingham and Solihull (BSOL), aimed at improving support for children and young people (CYP) with Learning Disabilities and/or Autism (LD/A).

The Clinical Co-ordinator will lead on coordinating care and support for CYP with LD/A at risk of hospital admission, ensuring that pre-admission Care, Education and Treatment Reviews (CETRs) are completed in line with NHS England guidance.

We have two roles available, one covering the Birmingham area, and one covering the Solihull area.

For Birmingham, the post holder will sit within the Disability Intensive Care Enhanced (DICE) Team, who work to prevent avoidable psychiatric admissions for children and young people with learning disabilities and / or autism. The individual would engage directly with children and young people who are admitted to a mental health hospital, and work with networks to proactively support discharge and reduce the risks of readmission.

For Solihull, the post holder will sit with the MPOWER service, who work to prevent avoidable psychiatric admissions for children and young people with learning disabilities and / or autism. The individual would engage directly with children and young people who are admitted to a mental health hospital, and work with networks to proactively support discharge and reduce the risks of readmission.

Main duties of the job

• Provide clinical leadership and coordination for CYP with LD/A at risk of admission.
• Hold clinical oversight of complex cases, ensuring proactive risk management, contingency planning, and admission avoidance.
• Monitor and report on the inpatient cohort, ensuring timely discharge planning and post-discharge support.
• Ensure high standards of safeguarding, governance, and adherence to national and local LD/A frameworks.
• Offer CAMHS inpatient reviews of treatment and support discharge planning, ensuring key stakeholder from within the service are present or referrals completed, And initiate escalation where required to prevent delays in treatment or discharge.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For further information about the main responsibilities please view the attached job description and person specification.

We highly recommend you submit your application as soon as possible, this post may close earlier than the indicated closing date if a sufficient number of applications are received.

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.