Due to retirement we have a vacancy coming up that provides the right candidate with the opportunity to work as a senior member of the Primary Care Mental Health (PCMH) service within the Black Country; providing high quality evidence-based mental health support and psychological interventions to service users with wide ranging mental health disorders and provide clinical supervision for the PCMH mental health team (80%).

To be principle in supporting the wider design and development of transformed services with increased collaboration with partner agencies and Voluntary Care organisations; supporting the delivery of service developments and training to the PCMH team/MDT, promoting the delivery of evidence-based NICE compliant interventions, setting and monitoring mental health/RMN standards of practice and supporting the delivery of local / national key performance indicators (20%).

Acting as a resource to the PCMH and wider mental health/non-mental health professional community and participating within audit, research activity, and policy and service development relevant to the PCMH service.

To deputise in the absence of the Community Operational Manager in regards to the oversight of the PCMH team as required.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be responsible for the clinical leadership of Band 6/7 PMHC practitioners, Band 6 primary mental health team and Band 5/3 mental health support workers within the PMHC team.

The post holder will not have direct budgetary responsibility but will be an authorized signatory in the absence of the team manager for petty cash worth up to £50 and all stock and non stock requisitions with a budget <£5,000.

It will be expected that the post holder will meet activity targets relating to their role. Clinical days will equate to 2 days clinical activity (equivalent to 0.5 per locality per week) & 1 day clinical supervision activity (1 day per locality per month). In addition the Clinical Lead will need allocated 1 day per week for service development & 1 day for Primary/Secondary Care liaison/training.

About us

Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust provides specialist mental health, learning disability, and community healthcare services for the population of the Black Country.

Across the whole of the region we provide:

• Adult and older adult mental health services
• Specialist learning disability services
• CAMHS

Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust was formed on 1 April 2020, after NHS England and NHS Improvement approved the merger of Black Country Partnership NHS Foundation Trust and Dudley and Walsall Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust.

Combining resources, strategies and talented workforce enables us to deliver a wider variety of outstanding services that are based on best practice and are continually improving.

We currently employ over 3,000 members of staff and just like the population we serve, we are made up of diverse cultures and backgrounds.

Job description Job responsibilities

As such, we want to attract candidates who embrace true multi-disciplinary team working where everyone has an equal voice and can help steer the services core business underpinned by quality and safety agendas.

We want to attract candidates who will uphold the values of the Trust and exhibit the expected Trust behaviours aligned to the Trusts values, and are able to challenge (or raise a challenge) when other colleagues behaviours breach the spirit of Trust values.

In return you will have opportunity to gain skills, experience and develop your breadth of knowledge with a view to developing further within your career.

This role requires working closely with key stakeholders as we continuously improve the delivery of high quality, patient focused services and develop a strong empowered workforce.

Person Specification shortlisting Desirable

• Ability to develop Policies and Guidelines relating to mental health service delivery

Person Specification Essential

• Ability to work as part of a team and autonomously

Essential and Desirable Essential

• Registered mental Health Professional
• A professional healthcare qualification at degree level
• Post graduate training Master's degree Management Qualification or equivalent experience
• Children's & Vulnerable Adults safeguarding training
• Extensive experience of working within NHS community mental health services
• Comprehensive experience of mental health multi-disciplinary work
• Experience of Primary Care Mental health working and delivery of evidenced based mental health support/therapeutic interventions
• Sound and practical knowledge of Primary Mental health Care/place based MDT working and primary care networks

Desirable

• Clinical Supervision training
• Experience of leading on mental health projects, evaluation, audit
• Experience of teaching and training theory and skills to other staff, mental health workforce, professional and non-professional groups across primary and secondary care.

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