About this role
Job summary
This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced community clinician to join the LMWS management team, with a specific focus on the PCMH element. The role will involve providing managerial link support to the LYPFT clinicians working in LMWS. In addition, other elements of the role will involve providing clinical advice and supporting wider service improvements from an operational perspective. As well as being an integral part of supporting with the wider transformation of community mental health services in Leeds.
Main duties of the job
The Clinical Team Manager (CTM) will provide clinical leadership and professional oversight within the service. The role will support staff through formal and informal clinical supervision, professional guidance, and clinical decision-making, ensuring safe and effective practice. The CTM will also contribute to risk management, safeguarding, incident reviews, and the implementation of service improvements to enhance patient outcomes. The CTM will work alongside other LMWS managers and support in a timely and supportive way to ensure the daily smooth operations of the PCMH element.
CTM will also work alongside other CTM's within the wider LYPFT community services as part of the transformation model - transforming community mental health services across the city of Leeds. Working collaboratively with LMWS managers and wider community services, the CTM will support the delivery, embedding, and evaluation of new models of care, helping to ensure high-quality, responsive, and integrated community mental health services across Leeds.
About us
The Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (LYPFT) is the main provider of Mental Health and Learning Disability services in Leeds. We also provide specialist inpatient services in York and some highly specialised services across the country. As a teaching trust with strong links to local universities, we are a centre of excellence for teaching, research and development.
There are many benefits of working for LYPFT including fantastic employee wellbeing support, 27 - 33 days annual leave, flexible working and remote working arrangements, the NHS Pension Scheme, coaching, support and opportunities for career development and training and education support alongside a range of exclusive discounts and payment schemes including for cars, extra leave days and more NHS Discount Offers.
We also have a bank department, offering variety of roles in nursing, allied health professions, healthcare support worker and administration clerical. Permanent employees are automatically added to bank.
Applicants should be aware that individuals requiring a visa to work in the UK, the Trust only provides sponsorship for registered healthcare practitioner roles(this does not include Healthcare Support Workers). This is an essential requirement, and the Trust is unable to offer you a role if you do not meet Trust requirements for sponsorship and Home Office requirements for a visa.
Job description Job responsibilities
We recruit people based on their values and qualifications (where required) and believe that their lived experience is an advantage, this means that together we are as diverse as the communities we care for. Simply put, when we employ caring people who act with integrity and have the right skills, we can give those with mental health challenges, learning disabilities and neurodiversity high-quality care and support to live fulfilling lives, and make our staff feel purposeful, happy and valued.
All our information is available in accessible formats. Please contact the Recruitment team [email protected]
Attached to this advert is our candidates guide to values-based recruitment and supporting guidance on how to make a successful application.
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To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience youll need, look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading.
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Person Specification
Qualifications Essential
Relevant core professional qualification and registrations (eg. RMN, RN, SW, OT (Mental Health) Evidence of ongoing and recent post qualification continuous development
Knowledge Essential
A sound understanding of community and primary care mental health environments. Evidence of understanding service improvement and has been involved with local improvement project.
Experience Essential
Understanding and experience of providing clinical leadership and operational management. Evidence of partnership working
Values Desirable
Tell us about a time when you spotted something small going wrong and did something to stop it becoming a bigger issue. Tell us about a time when you realised a colleague or someone you know needed a bit of support and you offered to help. Tell us about a time when you showed someone kindness or understanding.
Skills Desirable
Car driver desirable
Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details Employer name Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Address CMHT Adult North East
Leeds
LS7 3JX
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.leedsandyorkpft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)