Clinical Lead - London, United Kingdom - Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust

Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust

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London, United Kingdom

1 week ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

This post is a middle management position within a Better Lives Community Substance Misuse Service.

Camden and Islington Foundation trust is the lead provider for the Better Lives service working in partnership with WDP and Humankind organisations.

Better Lives offer substance misuse treatment for residents of Islington borough.

The post-holder will be required to function as both a manager and as a senior clinician, and lead a team which has a strong emphasis on 'social inclusion', recovery and engagement in a community drug service.

Clinically there is an expectation for the post holder to work with individuals with the most complex substance misuse, mental health and physical health problems.

The post holder will be responsible for monitoring of staff performance and ensuring that the service meets it targets in relation to both national and local targets.

The post holder will be responsible for delivering both clinical and management supervision to a multidisciplinary team.

The post holder will have a strong commitment to partnership working, building external networks and teamwork and be able to work sensitively within a culturally diverse environment.

At Camden and Islington NHS foundation trust our staff and service users have worked closely to create a set of values that make sure people who use our services get the best possible chance of a rapid recovery.

We have 3 key priorities which are:
Early and Effective Intervention,

Helping People to Live Well

Research and Innovation

The cultural pillars that help us achieve our key priorities are:
We value each other

We are empowered

We keep things simple

We are connected

By coming to work at Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust you will be joining a Trust with a national reputation for research, where services recognise that research underpins its commitment to providing high quality and innovative clinical care.

To take operational day to day management/coordination responsibility at team level using performance management systems and policy's to ensure the effective delivery of contract activity and quality to required standards to meet contract specifications.
To work with the Borough Service Manager to deliver integrated governance requirements and be responsible for delivering governance processes and systems within the team. This may include preparing and writing of policies and procedure documents, clinical policies and standards.
To ensure full compliance of team members with key mechanisms to support clinical delivery including KPIs, Dashboards performance monitoring, records management, health and social care data entry, practice development, incident reporting, serious untoward incident review and complaints.
To undertake and oversee risk assessments and deliver risk management and health and fire safety responsibilities as required by statute, regulation, legal obligation and trust policies.
To work with the Borough Service Manager to ensure that staff are compliant with safeguarding systems and to take the lead role in the safeguarding procedure and investigations in accordance with policy.
To identify and manage risks, placing as appropriate to service line risk

To ensure that practices are in place that assess, determine, monitor and

support Learning and Development, clinical supervision, managerial
supervision and the appraisal processes.

To ensure that the care provided respects equality and diversity that is

supportive of service users and their carer's, agreeing the best approach to
meeting individuals' mental health, physical health, and recovery from
Substance misuse issues.

To work with the Borough Service Manager to deliver the service within

existing budget, attending joint meetings with management on a regular basis, taking remedial actions should financial pressures be identified.

To respond to complaints or other concerns as they arise and in accordance with trust policy, and in conjunction with the Service Manager.
To undertake other duties in a corporate role as may be reasonably expected in accordance with the grade of the post and in line with other Clinical Leads to ensure the attainment of team and service objectives, including deputising for the Borough Service manager.
To ensure that all duties within the role are delivered in accordance with trust policy and procedure.
To oversee the provision of expert, autonomous and highly specialist clinical practice within the MDT to include: Case Management, Risk Management, Recovery Care Planning.
To undertake initial clinical assessment and formulation using a range of both specialist and generic tools.
Making an autonomous judgment about own caseload.
To assess, plan, implement and evaluate care in negotiation with service users, carers and other services, considering the needs of a diverse community with a basis of Substance Misuse Recovery.
Assisting in and determining the point of discharge / t