About this role
Job summary
This is full time post, but we would consider applicants looking for part time.
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust within a new role as Clinical Lead for WEST and play a pivotal role in shaping high-quality mental health support for children and young people across our Mental Health Support Teams in Schools - part of an ongoing national programme to expand early intervention in education settings.
You will provide visible clinical leadership, support and help to develop a skilled multidisciplinary workforce. You will drive service innovation and improvement and support the delivery of evidence-based interventions.
This is an exciting opportunity to influence system-wide change, work collaboratively across agencies, and make a real difference to outcomes for young people and families.
We offer flexible working, typically across MondayFriday 09:00-17:00 service hours, with travel expected across Herefordshire and Worcestershire.
Main duties of the job
In this role, you will provide visible clinical leadership to the Mental Health Support Teams in Schools (MHSTs), ensuring safe, effective and high-quality care for children and young people across Herefordshire and Worcestershire.
Day to day, you will support and supervise clinicians, offering expert guidance on complex cases, risk management and evidence-based practice, while fostering a positive, learning-focused team culture.
You will lead on service development and continuous improvement, using data, audit and feedback to enhance quality and outcomes, and working collaboratively with partners across health, education and the voluntary sector.
Alongside your leadership responsibilities, you will maintain a small specialist caseload, deliver training, contribute to workforce development, as well as representing the service locally and regionally, helping shape and develop services for the future.
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 opportunitiesIf you would like to know more, please visit our website.
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Job description Job responsibilities
For full details of the duties and criteria please refer to the job description and person specification attached.
Person Specification
Experience Essential
Extensive experience of practicing within own professional field. Track record of practice/service development. Experience of professional and clinical leadership Experience of working with a multidisciplinary /multi- agency approach in services offering psychological interventions. Experience of providing clinical leadership and clinical supervision. Experience of offering psychological interventions from more than one modality, e.g. CBT, DBT, Systemic interventions Experience of working with CYPs who present with significant risk and complexity.
Desirable
Training or significant CPD in additional therapeutic interventions to CBT. Experience of working as part of an MDT providing psychological care base on a range of evidence-based modalities.
Qualifications Essential
Professional qualification at degree or equivalent level or higher i.e., (RMN, RN, Social Worker, Occupational Therapist, Clinical Psychologist) PG Dip in CBT or equivalent PGCert Clinical Supervision or equivalent I understand that I will be asked to provide original certificates to verify my qualifications at point of offer.
Desirable
Relevant accredited courses e.g. Leadership / evidence-based practice, experience in working with eating disorders. Coaching and / or mentorship training.
Knowledge Essential
Good working knowledge of mental health issues. Evidence of courses relevant to the post and able to evidence professional development. Awareness of National pressures on mental health services, education research methodology and principles. Knowledge of approaches to assessment and intervention with young people with mental health and their families. Good knowledge of safeguarding issues.
Desirable
Working knowledge of Community CAMHS. Experience of working with children with a wide range of difficulties such as eating disorders, self-harm, neurodivergence etc.
Additional Criteria Essential
Able to meet the travel requirements of the role.
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.
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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 Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust
Address Kidderminster Health Centre
Bromsgrove Street
Kidderminster
Worcestershire
DY10 1PG
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.hacw.nhs.uk/careers (Opens in a new tab)