Clinical Team Leader

Despite these challenging times in the health sector the team at Northwick Park Hospital are more determined than ever to offer progressive opportunities to their staff and this position is no different. Ferneley Ward and Eastlake Ward are looking for a new Band 6 Clinical Team Leaderand in return we will offer you an extensive development package to further your career. This will include;

• Career mapping to ensure continuous professional development
• Training opportunities such as CBT, DBT, Venepuncture and more
• Our innovative Trauma Informed Approaches (TIA) staff training program
• Support to become an in-house Physical Intervention Trainer
The successful candidate willwork within a dedicated team of different disciplines to assess and treat a range of mental health conditions, challenging behaviour and severe and enduring mental illnesses. Nursing practice continuously develops with time and at Northwick Park so do we. If we want to understand the reasons for mental health problems, it often makes more sense to ask"What has happened to you?" rather than "What is wrong with you?"This method forms the basis ofTrauma-Informed Approaches (TIA), where we acknowledge the relationship between people's life experiences and the development of mental health difficulties. Northwick Park are front-runners in developing Trauma Informed Approached (TIA) to patient care in CNWL.Main duties of the job The CTL post is based at Northwick Park Mental Health Centre, which is based 5 minutes' walk from Northwick Park underground station. The post holder will take up the responsibility of being the Unit/Site Coordinator at least four times a month. You will provide unit management support and co-ordinate and facilitate patient flow (bed management) out of hours. In addition, the unit co-ordinator will provide senior nursing support, professional leadership and advice to all clinical areas within the unit, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

We are looking for an individual who has effective communication skills not only when engaging with services users, but also with their carers and any other professional(s) involved with the service users care. The successful candidate will have:
• Excellent communication skills and a caring, compassionate approach to patient care.
• Motivation to drive improvement in the care of Inpatients within a mental health setting.
• Be committed to continuous professional development and to working as part of a team.
• Ability to provide strong clinical leadership and role model to others best practice on both the ward as well as the wider unit
Successful candidates must be able to engage in full physical intervention/PMVA training and techniques.

Working at Northwick Park will provide you with the following


• Coaching and development sessionsincluding; wound care treatment, forms of dementia treatment, Mental State Examination skill sessions, administering ACE assessments
• On-siteshadowing opportunitiesfor you with our HTT, CMHT, Psych Liaison services
• Commitment tocareer mappingto ensure continuous professional development including opportunities such as CBT, DBT, ECG and venepuncture training
• Flexible shift working hours to provide ahealthy work-life balance
• Training package(inc sponsorship for post-graduate studies up to masters)
• Hidden Gem, annual award ceremonies andaward-winning Staff Networksthat have thousands of members and exciting events.
• Excellentstaff benefits: our benefit packages are amongst the best in London and include: childcare vouchers, health and wellbeing services, season ticket loans and cycle to work scheme.
The successful applicant may have contact with patients or service users. As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage and support vaccination as this remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients and service users when working on our healthcare settings.