CMHT Clinical Lead

Job overview

The Clinical Lead will provide expert advice, line management, clinical leadership, caseload management, supervision and training to the team and will be responsible for ensuring the consistent provision of high quality mental health care to people in secondary services in the community adult mental health settings

The post holder will work with the senior leadership team to ensure the effective, efficient and sustained development of assessment services. The Clinical Leads will work closely with the Service Leads, Team Managers, Governance Team, Quality Lead and Operational Leads as well as our colleagues in Primary Care and Voluntary Sector services, to achieve high quality innovative care in the adult mental health settings with a focus on embedding the principles of reablement and trauma informed care.

We have three posts available within the following areas, Caradon, Wet and Mid teams.

This job is currently only open to people who already work for the NHS in Cornwall or the Isles of Scilly.  We are committed to supporting our dedicated staff, so only current employees of the following organisations can apply:

• Cornwall Foundation Trust
• Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust
• Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Integrated Care Board

If you do not currently work for one of these NHS organisations, your application will not be considered at this time.

Main duties of the job

Plan, implement and evaluate individual care plans in partnership with service users, carers, and the health and social care community.

Undertake comprehensive risk assessments and implement risk management strategies.

Work closely with families and carers where appropriate to reduce psychological distress associated with the caring role

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

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To view a detailed job description and person specification including the main responsibilities of this role please see ‘supporting documents’.