Job summary
This post is an exciting opportunity to form part of the CAMHS senior leadership team in Tower Hamlets and will be responsible for the delivery of the highest standards of care and services for children and young people with mental health problems and their families.
Working in partnership with the Associate Clinical Director, General Manager, Psychological Therapies Lead, Co-lead of EB2, the post holder will provide inspirational leadership of multidisciplinary clinicians in the Service's Emotional & Behavioural Disorders Team 2 to ensure effective, evidence based assessment and treatment, accessible care pathways and a culture of continuous quality improvement.
Main duties of the job
- Working with EB2 Consultant Psychiatrist/ CTL to lead and chair weekly MDT meetings, prioritising cases, supporting case formulation, evidence-based intervention/care plans, use of outcomes and robust risk assessments and safety plans. Responding to clinicians in between meetings when cases present in crisis. Facilitating EB2 line management meetings, supporting use of performance reports.
- Providing strategic leadership to duty system, chairing senior duty meetings, and identifying areas for service improvement.
- Taking an active role and to hold joint responsibility for all clinical leadership tasks including but not exclusive to managing team resources, allocation of cases for assessment and evidence based interventions.
- The post holder will also be required to contribute to regular reviews of and projects associated with service delivery, pathway efficiency and workforce/skill mix/training need.
- The post holder will also be expected to hold a clinical case load and contribute to clinical forums that contribute to the delivery of high quality evidence based clinical care.
About us
Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving the quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive - so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations.
Please go to https://youtu.be/xl6t7dgZDHk to watch a short film that expresses feedback from service users and parents who have engaged with TH CAMHS practitioners.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for details.
Due to the nature of this leadership role, it is essential for the post-holder to be able to work 0.8wte (30hrs/week). Our service supports hybrid working however there will be minimum expectations for the post-holder to be on clinic site 2 days per week.
If you would like to discuss this post further please contact:
Dr Ruksana Ahmed Psychological Therapies Lead [email protected]
Person Specification
Education/Qualification/Training
Essential
- Degree level study or equivalent / Further post degree qualification
- Current Registration with appropriate professional body e.g. ACP/ HPC / UKCP / NMC
- Relevant specialist training or qualifications
Desirable
- Leadership / management training
Experience
Essential
- Substantial experience of providing senior clinical leadership at Band 8B or above
- Experience of supervising and line managing in a multidisciplinary / multiagency context
- Experience of contributing to service developments
- Experience of representing the service a multi-agency strategic planning level groups
- Experience of partnership working with other agencies
- Experience of multiagency consultation and organising and delivering training and presentations
- Experience of performance managing staff within HR processes
- Significant post-qualification experience including substantial multidisciplinary experience of working with children, adolescents, families and groups
- Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups that reflect the full range of clinical severity
- Significant experience of risk assessment and risk management
- Experience of working with safeguarding issues and contributing to training within a safeguarding environment
- Experience of working in a multicultural environment
- Experience of effective working with multidisciplinary teams and other agencies
- Experience in the use of routine outcome monitoring
- Experience of managing healthcare assurance systems
- Experience of provision of evidence based treatments for E&B such as CBT
Desirable
- Experience of taking part in a range of quality initiatives to develop practice
- Experience of partnership working and liaison with external stakeholders
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
Essential
- Advanced knowledge within own clinical discipline and sufficient knowledge of other disciplines / modalities to provide overall psychological therapies leadership
- Broad theoretical knowledge base in the analysis of highly complex facts or situations to arrive at appropriate formulations
- Knowledge of clinical risk management systems and processes
- Knowledge of differential risk factors for development of emotional and behavioural disorders including environmental, family, peer and neurodevelopmental factors
- Up to date knowledge of NICE and other best practice guidelines
- Knowledge of relevant legislation and its implications for the CAMHS client group
- Knowledge, understanding and clinical experience with people from diverse ethnic and cultural backgrounds and families with a high level of deprivation, social exclusion and marginalisation
- Knowledge of current developments within CAMHS
- Understanding of equality of opportunity and related policies and procedures
- Ability to provide senior clinical leadership and management across disciplines
- Ability to take a lead in service developments and contribute to service management
- Ability to liaise and consult with other agencies effectively
- A high level of clinical skill
- Ability to provide and receive highly complex, sensitive or contentious information in a highly emotive and sometimes hostile atmosphere, in a range of relationships and settings
- Ability to use highly specialist skills of empathy to overcome barriers to understanding and acceptance
- Ability to work autonomously, setting appropriate goals, in accordance with professional ethics guidelines and Trust policies
- Ability to compare and select form a range of treatment options, based on formulation
- Ability to supervise clinically at an advanced level
- Ability to plan, organise and prioritise own workload and support other staff in the same
- Ability to provide a culturally competent service
- Ability to work flexibly across service boundaries and to adapt approach according to need
- Ability to innovate on the basis of theoretical knowledge
- IT skills (MS Office and MS Teams)
- Ability to record and report on clinical information
- Excellent communication skills, including report writing and presentations
- Ability to manage the multiple demands of a senior role
- Ability to motivate and inspire others
- Ability to contain and work with organisational stress and to hold the stress of others
Desirable
- Skills in project management
- Financial management and analysis skills
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website .
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants .
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website .
Employer details
Employer name
East London NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Tower Hamlets CAMHS
18 Greatorex Street
London
E1 5NF