Community Addictions Clinical Team Leader - London, United Kingdom - South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust

South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust

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London, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Description

We are looking for enthusiastic, motivated, caring and creative people to come and join us and work within an exciting and fast paced environment that provides high quality addictions and recovery care to a diverse service user group.

We are looking to recruit a Band 7 Clinical Team Leader to lead the multi-disciplinary team in Wandsworth, clinically supervising a mixture of nurses and recovery workers who provide assessments, care planning, treatment and support to people with drug and alcohol issues to promote health, independence and recovery.

The team also works with volunteers and peer mentors to enhance the offer.

You will ensure that all services running from the site are safe, effective, inclusive and deliver on all performance targets as well as achieving positive outcomes with service users.

You will work with colleagues including the senior management team to develop strong partnerships and points of access across the borough, innovating in line with our new service contract model.

In exchange, you will be working within a highly skilled and knowledgeable multi-disciplinary team who will support you in your development and your team's ability to deliver the best care you can to our service users.

Key Responsibilities:

To provide strong and decisive leadership and management of all staff within WCDAS. To manage the staff team and all day-to-day issues of the service. To take the lead role in the induction, team building and retention of staff.
To ensure regular clinical and line management supervision, appraisal and teaching of staff to ensure high standard of client care. To identify and support opportunities for staff development and training.
To ensure service information requirements are met through the production of required statistics and data as a priority. Ensure timely inputting of information by team members to support effective Trust, local commissioning and national reporting requirements.
Undertaking of regular audits to ensure that all clinical records/ practice is of a high quality and in line with local and national polices/ guidance.
To manage human resources issues to optimum effect including being involved in and leading on staff recruitment and selection, performance/ sickness management, etc. as required.
To develop and maintain effective links and lines of communication with partnership agencies, Trust departments, commissioners and other local stakeholders.
To ensure effective investigation of complaints and serious untoward incidents in consultation with the Senior Management Team and other appropriate SLaM staff, and to identify systems learning as a result of such investigations and implement changes as appropriate.

Richmond and Wandsworth Community Drug and Alcohol Service (RWCDAS) is part of the South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust (SLaM), within the Addictions Clinical Academic Group.

The Trust provides recognised high quality learning and development opportunities as well as offering the chance to be involved in research projects through the Institute of Psychiatry and globally respected Addictions Department.

This is a Consortium partnership comprised of the charities We Are With You, St.

Mungos, CDARS together with South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust (SLaM), with SLaM being the lead agency in this model.

This is a cross borough contract since 1stApril 2020 with shared leadership and specialist roles as well as local core services.

RWCDAS provides an excellent and first class range of drug and alcohol treatment options to residents of the two Boroughs.

Our services are busy and dynamic, with a strong recovery focus. We currently operate core sites in Wandworth and Richmond, plus various satellites including in primary care.

We in-reach to local hospitals, offer street outreach, and work closely with local stakeholders including social care and mental health.

We also have a comprehensive online offer.

We are growing an experienced network of volunteers and peer mentors to support treatment delivery, and have a strong history of authentic service user involvement at all levels of our provision.

Personal Specification:

Qualifications:

Essential Requirements

Registered Nurse (RMN/ RGN) with extensive post qualification experience a significant proportion of which has been working with people with substance misuse related problems. (A, I)
Evidence of post qualification training related to substance use. (A)
Mentorship qualification (A)

Desirable Requirements

MSC or Degree level training relevant to care of clients with substance misuse problems. (A)
NMP qualification (A)
Management qualification or relevant experience at senior level. (A, I)

Experience

Essential Requirements

Experience of taking a lead on specific areas and projects within an addictions team (A)
Experience of working with and managing staff within substance misuse and comorbid mental health/dual diagnosis problems within th