About this role
Job summary
An exciting and challenging opportunity has arisen for a forward thinking, highly motivated, innovative, dedicated and experienced registered Mental Health Practitioner to provide clinical leadership to the initial response service. You will be responsible for providing leadership and ensuring that the care provided is safe, effective and supports service users and carers.
You will be able to reflect LSCFT values of being kind, respectful, working as part of a team and always learning. You should have at least 2 years' experience of working as a Band 6 and demonstrate evidence of learning teams & individuals through change.
Experience of working within the community Urgent Care pathway is desirable. You should also be able to demonstrate a commitment to supporting service development.
Main duties of the job
Undertaking expert assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of care. Supervising and teaching professionals from the multi-disciplinary teams. Working in partnership with service users, carers and other agencies to ensure effectiveness of outcomes. Providing clinical leadership and support to the Team Manager in ensuring high quality care across the 7 day cycle of care. Provide expert clinical knowledge, expertise and interventions, advice, support and supervision in the Initial response service (IRS) to colleagues, service users and carers. To work in conjunction with the Team Manager to ensure that the budget is being used effectively and identify/review any cost improvements to ensure a high quality service is being delivered.
About us
LSCFT values diversity and inclusion, recognising that talent from varied backgrounds creates a flexible, creative, and effective workforce. We actively challenge discrimination and welcome applications from all, regardless of age, disability (including those with experience of accessing or caring for someone who has accessed mental health or learning disability services), ethnicity, gender, religion, belief, or sexual orientation.
Our aim is to reflect the communities we serve, so we particularly encourage applications from under-represented groups. If you'd like to discuss your application, please ask.
We also welcome individuals with lived experience relevant to the role or service area, as your insight brings authenticity to our services.
LSCFT support flexible working, we believe that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing. We would consider working patterns such as term time, part time, compressed hours and flexi-time.
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Job description Job responsibilities
For more details on this vacancy please review the attached job description and person specification.
Person Specification
Education / Qualifications Essential
Registered Nurse with NMC. Post-registration experience and/or evidence of formal courses and training at post graduate diploma level.
Knowledge / Experience Essential
Significant demonstrable post qualification experience at Band 6 working in a mental health / specialist inpatient setting or equivalent. Experience of developing, delivering and evaluating specialist programmes of care and risk management plans. Evidence of successful mentoring and/or supervision of junior members of staff including students.
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 Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust
Address The Harbour
Windmill Rise
Blackpool
FY4 4FE
Employer's website https://www.lscft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)