An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the North Worcestershire Community Learning Disability Team for a Band 7 Clinical Lead /Senior Clinician, based at the Princess of Wales Community Hospital, Bromsgrove.

The post holder will have managerial and clinical skills, with experience in providing leadership and support to a committed team.

The role is challenging, varied and interesting and would include managing a small clinical caseload with regular visits to service users and their carers.

The successful candidate will be passionate about ensuring individuals with a learning disability receive equitable health care.

The service is currently involved in a number of developments, including RcPsych QNLD Accreditation, STOMP, Dementia pathways, and transitions pathways to better meet the needs of individuals with learning disabilities.

Regular supervision and support will be provided as well as on-going CPD and training to help further develop your skills and competencies in this specialist field.

If you would like to find out more about the role, please contact Richard Naylor Service Manager, Worcestershire Community Learning Disability Service on r.naylor@nhs.net.

Main duties of the job

Ensure a consistent, safe, and timely service is delivered, including the processing and allocation of referrals, arranging assessment and day to day coordination of activity.

Work flexibly in a managerial and clinical role.

Support to staff within the Worcestershire Community Learning Disability Team.

Carry out appraisals, in accordance with agreed policy and identify learning and development needs of staff.

Assist the Service Manager in ensuring that the service achieves its aims in accordance with the organisations performance agenda and business plan.

Be responsible for service users on their caseload, including the process of assessment, care planning, monitoring, and review.

Act as a senior/experienced member of the Community Learning Disability Team in relation to risk assessment giving advice and direction as required.

Manage inspections and audits when required.

Provide clinical/management supervision as appropriate to staff within the Community Learning Disability Team.

Facilitate open communication amongst staff within the Community Learning Disability Team as well as with other teams, services, and agencies with the aim of promoting multi-disciplinary approaches to care and integrated team working.

About us

At Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust, we are working together to deliver outstanding care. We run community hospitals and community health services across Worcestershire and provide mental health and learning disability services across both Herefordshire and Worcestershire.

Our people (all 4500+ of them) provide services for people of all ages, experiencing both physical and/or mental health conditions from over 100 sites.

We will support you to thrive offer flexible working options for a great work-life balance, help you fulfil your ambitions, and empower you to make positive changes within your team or service. We value diversity and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, cultures, and ethnicities.

What we offer

• 27 days leave plus bank holidays, increasing up to 33 days with long service
• Generous NHS pension and enhanced pay when you work unsocial hours
• Flexible and agile working opportunities
• Great maternity, paternity, and adoption support
• Wide range of supportive staff networks
• Health and wellbeing opportunities

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Job description

Job responsibilities

Behave consistently with the values and beliefs of the organisation and promote these on day-to-day basis.

Act as a role model to colleagues, always seeking to maintain the highest standards of professionalism.

Use their initiative and take responsibility for themselves and the quality of their work and the service they provide to patients.

Assist the Community Learning Disability Team in the management of staff, specifically through day to day operational and clinical management, where appropriate, contributing to staff appraisal and continuing professional development.

Work with the Service Manager to deliver a service which is soundly evidence based, has a reputation for quality and ensures that all available resources are utilised and within budget.

Be expected to work flexibly in a joint managerial and clinical role.

For full details of the duties and criteria for the role please refer to the job description and person specification attached. Job description will be updated in due course.

Person Specification

Knowledge

Essential

• Clinical assessments
• Valuing People health objectives
• Health of the nation
• Care planning
• Outcome measures
• Defensible documentation and recording
• Community Care/continuing health care process
• Computer literate
• Knowledge and experience of the personalisation agenda
• Knowledge of safeguarding adults procedures

Desirable

• Delivery of staff training

Skills & Abilities

Essential

• Ability to challenge poor behaviour
• Role modelling good behaviour
• A positive attitude and able to act on feedback
• Ability to praise and be supportive to others
• Ability to communicate clearly and effectively in English in both verbal and written formats
• Excellent communication skills
• Negotiation and conflict resolution skills
• Motivated approach
• Meet deadlines
• Organisational skills particularly an ability to organise and prioritise caseload
• Competent re IT systems Carenotes, and ESR
• Able to meet the travel requirements of the role
• Presentational skills

Desirable

• Publications
• Developing assessment formats
• Presentation skills

Qualifications

Essential

• RNLD/Occupational Therapist/Speech and Language Therapist/Social Worker
• Teaching/Assessing qualification
• Evidence of post qualification training/studies

Desirable

• Qualification in health/social care at degree or equivalent level
• Study at Post Graduate Level

Experience

Essential

• Significant post registration experience, including experience of working at senior level in Learning Disabilities
• Experience of working with service users with complex healthcare needs
• Management and leadership in a multi-disciplinary environment
• Person Centred approaches
• Risk assessment and management
• Experience of undertaking clinical supervision
• Promoting health and well being
• Risk management strategies
• Continuing Health Care
• Case management of complex cases
• Defensible documentation for recording

Desirable

• Recruitment and selection
• Staff development
• Care pathways in Epilepsy / Challenging Behaviour/Mental Health
• Staff training
• Audit/research
• Awareness of models of clinical supervision
• Total Communication

Employer details

Employer name

Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust

Address

Princess Of Wales Community Hospital

Stourbridge Road

Bromsgrove

Worcestershire

B61 0BB

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