Clinical Team Lead - DIST | Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 05 April 2024 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £43,742 - £50,056 pro rota |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 05 May 2024 |
| Location: | Westcliff on sea, SS0 8DB |
| Company: | Essex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6193507/364-A-7586 |
Summary
We are seeking a highly motivated individual with demonstrable skills & experience in Dementia & Older Adult Mental Health to apply for the role of Clinical Team Lead working alongside with colleagues in Functional Intensive Response & Support Team ( FIRST), SEE Dementia & Older Adults Community Mental Health Service.
This post will suit a committed, experienced, and confident Mental health practitioner with a passion for Multi-disciplinary working.
The post holder will be responsible and provide effective leadership for a Dementia Intensive Support Team covering the Southend acute hospital and South East Essex community providing a high quality service within the resources available within a defined area, and specifically to deliver on the following key areas:
To co-ordinate and lead team functioning with particular focus on management of referrals including delivery of care, performance monitoring and management
You will also be working as a senior member of the multidisciplinary clinical team, working in one specified pathway or across pathways in accordance with area / locality structures, assessing and treating your own complex specialist caseload of service users in accordance with Trust clinical pathways.
The post holder will be responsible for the day to day management of the Dementia Intensive Support Team, providing leadership, supporting staff and working collaboratively with Clinical Manager to deliver high quality and safe care for patients referred into the Team. The post holder will work closely with other Clinical Managers & Team Leads within the wider services in South East Essex.
The post holder will work collaboratively with FIRST ( Functional Intensive Response Support Team) and other parts of the service, while liaising with GP, social care, community and other agencies, carry a small caseload of complex patients, undertake Clinical Assessment and lead the multi-professional teams in the delivery of safe and effective evidence-based interventions for patients with Dementia.
The post holder will manage nurses registered in various speciality, community support workers and other staff, ensuring that the needs of patients are met through the effective deployment of these staff. The Team Lead will professionally supervise the nursing staff in the team. S/he will also maintain a clinical leadership role.
You will be expected to work collaboratively with key partner organisations, service users, carers, clinicians and other practitioners within the multi-disciplinary team in delivering services where appropriate and operationally required
EPUT are looking for motivated staff who shares our Trust values of Care, Learn and Empower. In return, EPUT can offer you a range of benefits and development including;
• Season Ticket Loans
• NHS discounts for staff
• Excellent Training facilities and opportunities
• Buying and Selling annual leave scheme
• The opportunity to work bank shifts and expand knowledge and experience in other areas
• Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars and Cycle to Work
• Day One Flexible Employer
The Trust supports and actively encourages flexible working for all employees. We offer many options and you are encouraged to ask the recruiting manager what is possible for this role. If appointed, you will have the opportunity to apply for a flexible working request from the first day of your employment
Join our Staff bank
What is Staff Bank?
Our EPUT NHS staff bank is an entity managed by the trust that hires clinical and non-clinical healthcare professionals to take on shifts at our trust hospitals and community settings. Here at EPUT we maintain our own bank of specialist staff to ensure that we are able offer safe and effective care at all times.
All our permanent staff are automatically enrolled onto the staff bank however this does not mean you have to work any additional shifts, but the option is there for you if you wish.
If you are joining our Trust in a fixed term role, please indicate on your New Starter Paperwork that you wish to join our staff bank.
The ability to work under pressure and to tight time frames will be a key requirement for this role with the ability to prioritise competing demands.
The service works across the Castle Point & Rochford and Southend area and provides services including Older People’s Community Mental Health, Dementia Intensive Support , Functional Intensive Support Team for older adults. Community Dementia Nursing (providing pre-, peri- and post- diagnostic care and support) and the Memory Assessment. The Multi-disciplinary team includes, Community Mental Health Nurses, General Nurses, Associate Practitioners, Psychiatrists, Speech and Language Therapists, Occupational Therapists, Geriatricians and Psychologists. The service has bases at the Harland Centre, Westcliff-on-Sea, the Sydervelt Centre, Canvey Island and at Southend University Hospital. All of the teams are an integral part of the established service and work jointly with the Acute Trust, Community Health Services, Mental Health, Primary Care, Intermediate Care Unit and other agencies including social care, Dementia Community Support Team and Essex ambulance services.
This advert closes on Sunday 21 Apr 2024