Discharge Team Lead

Requirements the employer expects applicants to meet.

• Skills

  Communicate complex and sensitive information effectively to patients, cares/ families and all members of the multidisciplinary team

• Skills

  Work effectively as part of a multidisciplinary team and undertake lead professional responsibilities

• Skills

  Provide effective clinical supervision, teaching, training and assessing in clinical practice

• Skills

  Write reports, chair meetings and record minutes

• Skills

  Use multimedia materials for presentations in professional settings

• Skills

  Use approved breakaway techniques

• Skills

  MS Office skill

• Knowledge

  Ability to work autonomously and use own initiative

• Knowledge

  Able to deal with uncertainty and grasp new opportunities for own role development

• Knowledge

  An advanced understanding of mental health problems and treatment options/models that can be used to assist recovery

• Knowledge

  Ability to confidently articulate clinical opinions in formal and informal meetings or exchanges

• Knowledge

  Ability to work co-operatively with others

• Knowledge

  An advanced knowledge and expertise in the application of professionally relevant theoretical models, assessment methods, interventions and approaches

• Knowledge

  Keeps clinical records up to date in a timely fashion

• Knowledge

  Able to identify, assess and manage clinical risk Manage conflict through mediation, negotiation and influencing skills

• Knowledge

  Can empower others to recognise opportunities for positive risk taking

• Knowledge

  Knowledge and experience of working with a person centred, recovery orientated approach so as to assist service users to feel empowered and able to develop and implement their own solutions

• Knowledge

  An advanced understanding of the impact of mental health problems on function and community living skills

• Knowledge

  Ability to respond efficiently to complex information within tight deadlines and prioritise accordingly

• Knowledge

  Ability to maintain a high degree of professionalism at all times, especially in complex/challenging situations

• Knowledge

  Advanced supervisory and appraisal skills Ability to analyse and resolve professional and ethical issues

• Knowledge

  Understanding of the relevant Professional codes of Ethics and Conduct, Professional Standards and core skills and how these are applied to clinical practice Advanced communication skills using a variety of mediums; being able to adapt methods/style/approach as appropriate Ability to apply principles of clinical

• Knowledge

  Ability to apply principles of clinical governance and contribute to this agenda Training, presentation and facilitation skills Planning and decision- making skills Can demonstrate leadership skills, motivate staff and inspire confidence

• Knowledge

  Knowledge of relevant legislation, joint working practice and Government initiatives, policies relating to mental health

• Experience

  Experience of managing projects or leading defined pieces of work

• Experience

  Extensive clinical/ professional experience in mental health

• Experience

  Experience of working collaboratively with other organisations

• Experience

  Experience of audit / research and clinical governance procedures and their application in practice

• Experience

  Leadership experience

• Experience

  Experience of liaising with a variety of stakeholders

• Experience

  Experience of supervising junior staff and students

• Experience

  Experience of working with people with mental health condition

• Other requirements

  Ability to work without supervision, providing specialist advice to the organisation, working to tight and often changing timescales Interpreting national policy for implementation.

• Other requirements

  Understand the need for and actively participates in own supervision and constructive use of feedback.

• Other requirements

  Ability to work in challenging timescales.

• Other requirements

  High levels of initiative, innovation and self-motivation.

• Other requirements

  Commitment to client-centred, non-discriminatory practice.

• Qualifications & Training

  Educated to bachelor’s level in Mental Health or other relevant health / care

• Qualifications & Training

  Profession, namely, Social Work and Nursing Membership of professional body.

• Qualifications & Training

  Evidence of continued professional development.