This is a full-time clinical and strategic leadership role, hosted by NELFT in connection to the MHST's across North East London - this will include those provided in Newham, Tower hamlets, City and Hackney, Waltham Forest, Barking and Dagenham, Redbridge, and Havering areas (referred to as NEL).

The post holder will be responsible for the clinical and strategic leadership of the NEL wide MHST's. The post-holder will work closely with the Assistant Directors and other relevant leadership roles in the multiple organsiations who are commissioned to provide MHST's in the NEL area.

You will promote and develop effective relationships with key partners, especially the local authority, commissioners, schools, voluntary & community & social enterprise and other agencies working in the NEL area.

The post-holder will be a post-graduate qualified psychological practitioner (e.g. clinical psychologist, family therapist, child and adolescent psychotherapist) or other relevant professionally registered practitioner e.g. registered nurse. Have extensive clinical and operational leadership experience and will support their teams, acting as an effective team member whilst working on their own initiative.

Main duties of the job

To set, implement and evaluate clear, achievable and measurable clinical objectives for the NEL MHSTs.

To assist with the effective management of operational services and resources within the designated service areas, including budgets, and staffing as appropriate.

To initiate and implement programmes to achieve strategic and clinical changes and improvement to services and systems.

To act as the point of contact for NEL wide MHST programme oversight

To ensure that there is a research culture within NEL MHSTs. To coordinate the implementation of Research & Development (R& D) activity within the service. This may include securing externally funded or multidisciplinary research.

To provide strategic and clinical leadership and to liaise with commissioners at ICB area levels across multiple contracts.

To support the development of a multi-professional workforce plan spanning MHST across NEL

About us

Starting with NELFTNELFT place a great deal of importance on new starters being properly welcomed and inducted into the Trust. All new starters will join the Trust on the first Monday of each month and will undertake a comprehensive induction of up to two weeks which will include mandatory training, systems training and the allocation of equipment. As part of the process new starters will have the opportunity to also meet the executive team, senior managers and attend a number of drop in sessions focusing in engagement, health and wellbeing and key processes. The induction will be held at our head office in Rainham, Essex.

Probationary Period

This post will be subject to a probationary period. Internal applicants are exempt from the probationary period (unless you are an internal applicant currently part way through a probationary period or currently a bank member of staff).High Cost Area Supplement - London

This post attracts payment for High Cost Area Supplement of 15% of the basic salary (minimum payment of £4,551 and a maximum payment of £5,735 per annum pro rata).

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Job description

Job responsibilities

please see attached JD which will outline the key duties and responsibilities. as this is a NEL wide post, hosted by NELFT the post holder will be required to maintain and develop effective partnerships across several organsiations to achieve a system wide approach to MHST's core delivery

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Post-graduate qualified psychological practitioner (e.g. clinical psychologist, family therapist, child and adolescent psychotherapist) or Post-graduate qualified Nurse fully registered with the appropriate professional or regulatory body (NMC).
• First level degree or standard equivalent
• NVQ level 2 or equivalent standard of literacy and numeracy

Desirable

• Relevant management qualification

Experience

Essential

• Extensive clinical and operational leadership experience in Child & Adolescent Mental Health Services or MHST's
• Complex project management experience
• Successful track record of meeting performance and governance targets in the modern NHS
• Successful track record of strategy formulation and implementation in mental health services
• Extensive experience of multidisciplinary working and clinical supervision in mental health services

Knowledge

Essential

• Knowledge of strategic planning process with particular knowledge of DHSC current strategy
• Knowledge of policy and practice related to education settings, including whole school approaches to emotional wellbeing and mental health

Skills

Essential

• Ability to present and disseminate information both at a senior and field level
• Ability to form effective working relationships with the multidisciplinary team

Employer details

Employer name

NELFT North East London Foundation Trust

Address

Barking Community Hospital

Upney lane

Barking

IG11 8HG

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