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SLP Assertive Rehabilitation Pathway Forensic Clinical Lead - Medical

Job details
Posting date: 10 April 2024
Salary: Not specified
Additional salary information: £93,666 - £126,281 per annum pro rata
Hours: Part time
Closing date: 10 May 2024
Location: London, SE6 4RU
Company: South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
Job type: Contract
Job reference: 6166276/334-COR-6166276-JA

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Summary

A Vacancy at South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust.


Please note these positions are advertised as an opportunity for either a Medical Grade or an Agenda for Change Grade (Band 8B/8C dependent on experience) to encompass the prospect of applications from differing professional backgrounds and has therefore been advertised in both Medical and AfC TRAC systems

Over the past three years, strong clinical leadership has ensured the clinical pathways within the Forensic programme have successfully been embedded with many positive outcomes for patients and partnership working.

We are seeking for a dynamic, self-motivated and passionate person with experience of working in rehabilitation forensic services to support the lead clinician, Dr Kooyman to manage and enhance the rehabilitation Forensic Pathway. The post holder will bring together clinicians and service leads to develop and maintain high quality and accessible services for service users. The post holder will be an excellent communicator and able to build effective internal and external networks to help deliver our collective ambitions and aims for Forensic services across South London. This role will suit an individual who has the drive and enthusiasm to support change and developing new frameworks for partnership working in a complex, dynamic environment. The post holder will report to the lead clinician but will work with other pathway leads on overlapping objectives and to ensure that work across the programme is aligned.

As the Assertive Rehabilitation Pathway Forensic Deputy Clinical Lead, the post holder will work as part of a dynamic team supporting the continued development of partnership working and service change across rehabilitation forensic services within the SLP Forensic Provider Collaborative.

The post holder will support the strategic and operational development as well as consistent and accessible service pathways ensuring that these support and maintain achievement of excellent clinical and quality outcomes for service users in South London.

The post holder will report to the SLP ARP Clinical Lead, but will work with other pathway leads on overlapping objectives and to ensure that work across the programme is aligned. The role offers an interesting opportunity to develop approaches and skills of working in both a provider and commissioner role.

The role includes attendance of twice monthly on-line referrals meetings and chairing these when the Clinical Lead is on leave. The role offers an interesting opportunity to develop approaches and skills of working in both a provider and commissioner role. This is an exciting time for the Assertive Rehabilitation Pathway, with a renewed focus on service developments that strengthen the existing provision.

We are keen to have representation from different Trusts and a wide range of professional disciplines in the leadership team and to support any professional developmental needs that you may have.

The South London Mental Health and Community Partnership (SLP):

The South London Mental Health and Community Partnership (SLP) is a collaboration between Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust, (Oxleas) South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, (SLaM), and South West London and St George’s Mental Health NHS Trust (SWLSTG) between them delivering mental health services to a population of more than three million people. The partnership brings together clinical expertise, experience, and innovation, aiming to improve quality, use resources most effectively, and deliver best practice consistently to all patients.

Forensic Assertive Rehabilitation Pathway

The Assertive Rehabilitation Pathway has an Operational Policy that focusses on a shared philosophy and equity of offer. The pathway aims to strengthen the functioning of each team through collaborative working, shared learning and joined up improvements and innovations.

Key aspects of the roles which will include but are not limited to:-
• To co-ordinate and chair monthly Assertive Rehabilitation Pathway workstream meetings to discuss areas of standardisation across the SLP rehabilitation teams, quality improvements and innovations, requests for case transfers between SLP rehabilitation forensic teams, serious incidents and learning from incidents.
• To sustain working relationships across SLP services.
• To contribute to the oversight of SLP’s rehabilitation forensic services, including:• Supporting new initiatives with a partnership focus.
• Ensuring the Operational Policy is kept up to date
• Contributing to and sometimes leading the development of new business cases.
• Evaluating service developments developed as part of the pathway.
• Considering workforce needs and patient-focussed developments.
• To understand areas of commonality in the pathway and areas of local variance (e.g. commissioning arrangements) and use this information to inform service developments.
• To align the pathway with the NHS Long-Term Plan and ambitions of the SLP-PC.
• To keep up to date with new and updated policies and practices affecting rehabilitation forensic services.
• have oversight of the rehabilitation clinical database (“patient tracker”):
• • Maintain up to date knowledge of the SLP rehabilitation forensic population to assist with service development planning
• Ensuring regular updates are provided by teams.
• Working with the SLP data lead to conduct analyses that help monitor and develop the service.
• To input into local teams’ reviews of staffing and delivery of care as required using knowledge from across the SLP.
• To support the interface with SLP teams, including the other SLP workstreams, the Pathways and Transitions Team, Support Plus and the Forensic Intellectual and Neurodevelopmental Disorders Team.
• To support the interface with general rehabilitation services.
• To liaise with other Clinical Leads and the SLP’s Clinical and Service directors.
• To attend relevant SLP-wide service development meetings.
• To support problem-solving around complex cases, including providing opportunities for clinicians to discuss complex rehabilitation patient issues outside of the pathway meetings.


This advert closes on Monday 29 Apr 2024

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