Clinical Lead - Liverpool, United Kingdom - Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust

Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust

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Liverpool, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Criminal Justice Liaison and Diversion Clinical Lead.

The post holder will be the Clinical Lead over our court provision in both Sefton Magistrates and Liverpool Crown Court.

The post is a full time, 18 month fixed term contract.

Liaison and Diversion is a process of support of people coming through the criminal justice system, and diverting people from this pathway where possible through engagement with service users with vulnerabilities.

A significant part of the role is liaising with criminal justice system stakeholders and colleagues to provide advice, guidance and support.

To provide strategic clinical leadership in relation to an area of specialism
using the most up to date and evidence based theory.

To undertake expert assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation
of care for a specific group of service users.

To offer expert clinical advice for service users, carers, staff and other
professionals.

To demonstrate advanced competence in highly complex decision making,
assessment and the management of clinical needs within the specialist
area of practice.

To work in partnership with service users, carers and other agencies to
ensure effectiveness of outcomes.

Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 1.4 million people across our region and are also commissioned for services that cover the North West, North Wales and the Midlands.

We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health and specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction and brain injury services.

Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK that offer high secure mental health facilities.

At the heart of all we do is our commitment to 'perfect care' - care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable and efficient.

We support our staff to do the best job they can and work alongside service users, their families, and carers to design and develop future services together.

We're currently delivering a programme of organisational and service transformation to significantly improve the quality of the services we provide and safely reduce cost as we do so.

To provide professional leadership to the teams (in line with service
philosophy), acting as a role model and demonstrating up to date
knowledge of mental health issues and awareness of physical health
needs, through the development of professional expertise and the
maintenance of professional networks.

To promote the mental and physical well-being of Service Users by
ensuring health promotion, psychological, rehabilitation and educational
needs are addressed

To lead and coordinate the work of Care Teams, ensuring that their
activities encompass all facets of Service Users care and are achieved
in line with all Trust and local policies and procedures.

To actively seek the view of Service Users and Carers in the
development and monitoring of services, ensuring high standards of care
delivery.

To ensure that Service Users' care plans are developed to meet the
assessed needs of the individual under the guidelines of Effective Care
Coordination, including effective care pathways for Service Users and
Carers.

To be a point of contact for Service Users and families if they have any
concerns about their care, to listen to their concerns and employ highly
developed communication skills, to offer reassurance or negotiate
solution.

To employ well-established communication skills to relay sensitive or
contentious information to staff, Service Users or their carers.

To use well-established verbal and non-verbal communication skills to
interact with staff, Service Users or their families where there may be
barriers to understanding due to high levels of emotion or resistance.

To provide verbal or written reports as requested by other departments
or the Operational Team Manager on a variety of issues, e.g.
complaints, incidents or investigations.

To maintain a high level of expertise in your area of work i.e. Policies
and Procedures, clinical practice and staff management, in order to
ensure delivery of high standards of practice in all areas.

To carry out regular audits that will identify areas of good practice, based
on sound research findings. Assist the Operational Team Manager in
the implementation of change.

To ensure that clinical and non-clinical risk is identified and dealt with
appropriately. To report to the Operational Manager any risk that cannot
be managed at an acceptable level without external support.

To assist the Operational Team Manager in effectively managing the
factors which have an impact on service delivery, e.g. finances,
resources, Service User dependency and staff sickness/absence levels.

To manage sickness/absence by following agreed policies and ensure
that appropriate actions are taken at all stages.

To identify to the Operat