Team Lead - Stafford, United Kingdom - Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

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Stafford, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

KEY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

Provide clinical leadership and clinical advice providing a visible point of call for staff to go to regarding clinical and operational issues.

To provide support with operational supervision to members of the community learning disability team. To ensure there is accountability regarding the community caseload and current waiting list. To help define the role and parameters around community nursing.

To support the team in complex case management. To provide a constructive clinical lead to ensure that MDT decision making is in line with clinical. Processes i.e. Duty and Intake ensuring all service users referred have a health coordinator.

To manage clinical and operational performance issues for the CLDT and work supportively with other Professional leads cross the Directorate to ensure a seamless service.

To assist the team to implement clinical processes in line with the Clinical Strategy. To lead on clinical audit and service improvement as required for the CLDT. Work closely with the Head of Nursing and other professional leads to address and progress any issues highlighted.

To ensure the quality of care received by people with learning disabilities is appropriate to meet their needs highlighting gaps where necessary.

To possess a good working knowledge of the Mental Health Act 1983, and its revisions and amendments in working practice, considering Responsible Commissioner Guidance.

To possess a good working knowledge of the Mental Capacity Act, including DOLS and its interface with the Mental Health Act 1983.

To support the implementation of the CPA approach within the directorate and attend reviews with other professionals from within health & social care to ensure health needs of service users are identified and met appropriately.

To assist with the interface between the Intensive Support Team (IST), Intensive Health Outreach Team (IHOT), Specialist Community LD services and teams, primary and secondary health-care and family or residential homes in relation to individual service users care.

Please see the attached Job Description & Person Specification for further details.