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Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
About
Cornwall Partnership NHS Trust is a Foundation Trust providing services for Mental Health, Learning Disabilities, Child & Family and Adult Community Services for the county of Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly.
The Trust is at the leading edge of practice development with a range of innovative projects. We achieve excellence through harnessing the quality, energy and initiative of our staff who are our most valuable resource and are supported with opportunities for education and personal development.
The Trust is committed to:
- Putting service users at the centre of our work
- Partnership and the need to work closely and in tandem with a whole range of individuals and organisations, including services users, carers and staff
- Promoting responsibility and accountability through devolving and empowering local management and clinical leadership
- Efficiency and the need to provide effective services
- Quality, providing services at the best level of quality within the resources available
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SPoA Clinical Lead - West
Closed for applications on: 10-May-2024 09:22
Vacancy status: Closed
Closed for applications on: 10-May-2024 09:22
Key details
Location
- Site
- Various
- Town
- Penzance/ Redruth
- Postcode
- TR184NY
- Major / Minor Region
- Cornwall
Contract type & working pattern
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Salary
- Salary
- £43,742 - £50,056 Per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Grade
- (Band 7)
Specialty
- Main area
- SPoA Clinical Lead - West
Thank you for your interest in joining us at Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust.
We pride ourselves in striving to be an employer of choice.
Strategic Themes
Great Care
- Care based on what matters to people.
- Care provided at home or close to home.
- Improvement through learning, research and innovation.
- Prevention and alternatives to hospital.
Great Organisation
- Buildings that support health and wellbeing.
- Technology enabled care.
- Care teams are supported by responsive corporate services.
- Safe, efficient, effective and productive.
Great People
- A place people love to work and feel valued.
- Living our values with staff (all voices count).
- Attract, grow and develop talent.
- Leaders with compassion, who continuously learn and listen.
Great Partner
- Encourage and enable effective partnerships.
- Joined-up community services.
- Work with others to maximise workforce opportunities.
- Reduce our impact on the environment.
At the NHS, we are reminded every day of how important life is. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s job share, part time or another flexible pattern. In addition, although the role advertised may have a ‘home’ office base indicated, we remain committed to supporting flexibility around workplace locations. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
The successful applicant will be an NHS employee and may therefore have contact with vulnerable service users. During the COVID-19 pandemic, it has been necessary to take significant steps to protect the health and safety of our staff, service users and those attending our sites. Unless exempt, we encourage and support staff to be vaccinated as this remains the best line of defence against COVID-19.
Job overview
This is an opportunity to join our developing Single Point of Access Community Mental Health Assessment Service.
SPoA Clinical Leads provide advice, clinical leadership, supervision and training to the SPoA team and are responsible for ensuring the consistent provision of high quality mental health care to people in community adult mental health settings.
The post holder will work with the senior leadership team to ensure the effective, efficient and sustained development of assessment services. The Clinical Leads will work closely with the Service Leads, Team Managers, Governance Team, Quality Lead and Operational Leads as well as our colleagues in Primary Care and Voluntary Sector services, to achieve high quality innovative care in the adult mental health settings with a focus on embedding the principles of reablement and trauma informed care.
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- Assess, plan, implement and evaluate individual care plans in partnership with service users, carers, and the health and social care community.
- Undertake comprehensive risk assessments and implement risk management strategies.
- Work closely with families and carers where appropriate to reduce psychological distress associated with the caring role
Working for our organisation
We’re an NHS community and mental health provider Trust based in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. We deliver community and hospital-based care to improve people’s physical and mental health. We also provide specialist support to people with dementia or a learning disability.
We are a people organisation and people matter to us. As part of the team, you'll help support the health and wellbeing of the people who live and visit this beautiful part of the UK.
Over 4,000 people make up the Trust. This includes doctors, nurses, therapists, plus admin and support staff.
We work in people's homes, in community clinics and bases. Some staff work from one of our 13 community hospitals. Our aspiration is to have great people, provide great care, be a great place to work and a great partner.
Approximately 568,000 people live here. A third of people who live in Cornwall are supported by acute hospital services in Devon. As a result, we also work closely with our partners in Devon. In the summer, and during other holidays lots of people choose to visit the area. This increases the numbers of people who use our services.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To view a detailed job description and person specification including the main responsibilities of this role please see ‘supporting documents’.
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Person specification
Education / Qualifications and Relevant Experience
Essential criteria
- Professional qualification – RMN/AHP
- Substantial experience of working in adult mental health settings
- Current professional registration – NMC/HCPC
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working with substance misuse
- Management / Leadership qualifications or current study
Skills and Aptitude
Essential criteria
- Comprehensive Risk Assessment Skills
- Ability to lead, motivate and supervise a team of staff demonstrating the highest clinical standards
Desirable criteria
- Level 3 safeguarding Children’s qualification
Knowledge and abilities
Essential criteria
- Sound knowledge of the Mental Health Act 1983 and other mental health legislation
- Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the principles and knowledge base underpinning assessment and intervention
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Georgina Clark
- Job title
- Operational Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07771674884
- Additional information
Please note we are not accepting any communication from Recruitment Agencies at the current time. Please refrain from Sending the Trust CV’s as this does not count as an introduction
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