We are looking for a Clinical Practice Lead to join our community services providing mental health and treatment and care for those who need it. The post-holder for this role will be working closely with our Clinical Team Manager and Senior Nurse Manager across the Exeter Home Treatment Team to develop clinical practice and bolster our leadership team. In this exciting new role you will use your extensive skills and experience as a professional nurse to plan and deliver staff training and development programmes to support our nurses across the site. By role modelling excellent nursing practice you will help to ensure the quality of care is consistent and that staff understand their roles and responsibilities. This is a diverse and challenging role that would be suitable for a confident, skilled and dedicated nurse who wants to make a difference. At Devon Partnership NHS Trust we will offer you the opportunity to grow and develop in one of the UKs most progressive and well-regarded mental health trusts.

Main duties of the job

The Clinical Practice Lead will work with the Home Treatment Team to provide intensive home treatment for people aged 18 and above who identify, or have been identified as being in a mental health crisis.

The post holder will be 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 the service do so in line with Trust strategic objectives and are safeguarded from any harm. Further details can be found within the job description

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

Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification for the job role which gives required criteria.

Person Specification

Skills and abilities

Essential

• Communication and Working Relationship Skills
• Excellent communication skills including the ability to engage with large groups who may be antagonistic and/or distressed. This will apply to persons who use the service and their carers/relatives and professional staff groups
• Able to produce well written reports
• Ability to communicate complex information across multi-agency teams
• Ability to support junior staff: professionally and academically, promoting their personal growth and developing their competencies
• Ability to develop a healthy culture of team working
• Analytical & Judgemental Skills
• Able to identify and own problems and get involved in the solutions
• Ability to assess and manage all levels of risk
• Excellent clinical assessment skills
• Ability to manage change in a positive manner
• Planning & Organisational Skills
• Supervisory skills
• Negotiation skills
• Ability to manage own time and that of the teams
• Ability to work flexibly
• Physical Skills
• Ability to be mobile across geographical area covered by the Trust
• Standard computer literacy
• Other
• Excellent clinical assessment skills
• Ability to manage change in a positive manner
• A *Standard / Enhanced DBS Check will be required for this role

Experience

Essential

• Significant experience post qualifying work
• Risk assessment/management
• Evidence of working therapeutically with individuals
• Working with people presenting in mental health crisis
• Ability to interpret research and apply to practice
• Knowledge and utilization of counselling skills / cognitive behavioural skills, psychosocial interventions
• Experience in the management of clients with drug and alcohol problems/dual diagnosis
• Experience of carrying out assessments, identifying the appropriate care pathways and confirming diagnosis
• Other relevant post registration experience
• Understanding of research principles

Desirable

• Teaching, training and/or supervision of clinical staff
• Clinical leadership

Qualifications

Essential

• A professional mental health qualification to degree level or equivalent
• Post Graduate qualification relevant to specialism or equivalent experience gained through short courses/ learning or gained through experience
• Evidence of commitment to life-long learning and continuing professional development

Desirable

• Management qualification
• Training to level 3 in Safeguarding children and young people: roles and competencies for Health Care staff

Knowledge

Essential

• Knowledge of key areas of professional mental health practice
• Specialist knowledge of mental health disorders
• Knowledge of clinical risk assessment
• Application of teaching theory into practice
• Ability to undertake bio-psycho-social assessment and formulating, robust care pathways
• Higher level communication skills, both written and oral
• 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.
• Knowledge of the Mental Health Act, the Mental Capacity and Deprivation of Liberty
• Information Technology skills

Employer details

Employer name

Devon Partnership NHS Trust

Address

The Cedars

Dryden Road

Exeter

ex2 5sn

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C9369-24-0561-2