Clincial Lead | Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 14 May 2024 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £43,742 - £50,056 per annum |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 13 June 2024 |
| Location: | Preston, PR1 7RH |
| Company: | Lancashire Care Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | 6310787/351-SPS1107-EJ |
Summary
CAMHS and CYP assess, diagnose and treat young people with emotional, psychological and mental health difficulties. We and a multi disciplinary team made up of child and adolescent psychiatrists, nurse, psychologists, social workers, occupation therapists, therapists, administrators, support workers and managers
THRIVE is an integrated, person centred and needs led approach to delivering mental health services for children and young people and families.
As Clinical Lead you will take a leadership role in the delivery of high quality service provision that promotes and improves the mental health and well-being of children and young people, their families and carers
You will support the Team Leader to develop and promote a holistic, supportive and patient centred service and will provide professional and clinical leadership within the locality.
The Clinical Lead will work as an autonomous practitioner to promote high standards of assessment (including risk assessment), diagnosis, treatment and highly specialist expert advice to young people and carers.
You will carry a caseload and offer therapeutic interventions based on evidence based practice. You will support the Team Leader to develop and promote a holistic, supportive and patient centred service and will provide professional and clinical leadership within the locality. Assisting the Service Manager, you will embed systems and processes to ensure staff within the locality services are clinically competent to undertake their role
The post holder will actively contribute to the implementation of the safeguarding agenda within the service, in partnership with LSCFT safeguarding team.
The Clinical Lead will work as an autonomous practitioner to promote high standards of assessment (including risk assessment), diagnosis, treatment and highly specialist expert advice to young people and carers. They will carry a caseload and offer therapeutic interventions based on evidence based practice
Possess the skills and wide range of clinical knowledge to work as an autonomous practitioner to undertake independent, direct consultation and advice around Children and Young People community mental health care.
To assume responsibility for management of a defined caseload using specialist knowledge and advanced clinical reasoning to undertake assessment, planning , implementation and evaluation of care programmes for children, young people and their families.
Have the ability to assess, plan care and provide advice around treatment for complex patients in this specialist field including rationale for decision making and evaluation of care
Assist the Service Manager in developing and promoting a holistic, supportive and patient centred service that facilitates education, acceptance and lifestyle changes, which promotes self-management, living well and aids recovery of individual mental health needs.
More details can be found in the accompanying JDPS.
This advert closes on Tuesday 28 May 2024