Clinical Team Leader

The post holder will work as a Clinical Team Leader in the Borough team providing brief clinical and social care intervention for service users.
+ To Triage referrals and co-ordinate duty assessments.
+ Be responsible for the supervision of staff & their case load.
+ Facilitate appropriate clinical practice of the team including CPN's, OT's, Administrative staff and AMHPS.
+ Draw up the monthly rotas
+ Develop and maintain close professional relationships with GP's and other professionals.
+ Ensure staff practices in a safe, appropriate and professional way with service users and their carers.
+ Attend professional practice forums
+ Organise and investigate Safeguarding alerts in line with local Safeguarding policies.
+ Chair clinical and team meetings as appropriate.
+ Provide senior support an cover for the Team Manager
+ To assist the team to be compliant with KPI and monitor electronic records

Working for our organisation
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.
+ Commitment from the team to develop you by offering Preceptorship and in-house development sessions.
+ Free access to our Staff and Wellbeing service to ensure that you are always looking after yourself
+ Commitment to career mapping to ensure continuous professional development including opportunities within the Trust
+ On-site shadowing opportunities including HTT, Psych Liaison and many more
+ Local nursing, social work or OT forums run by one of the senior leads
+ An opportunity to work with a friendly, dynamic, passionate and diverse team who are committed to looking after each other as well as their patients, + To identify vulnerable service users in Primary Care and deploy resources in an effective manner to meet their needs within existing budgets.
+ To carry out needs assessment of individuals presenting to the duty service in crisis.
+ To promote and support self-care, recognising the important role of individuals, their families and carers as co-producers of health.
+ To identify vulnerable adults and provide effective programmes of support that protect and promote their health and wellbeing, intervening appropriately when a person's safety or welfare is at risk.
+ To ensure that CNWL Trust and LA protocols are adhered to by team members. · To cover for the absences of senior colleagues as appropriate and as required by service needs.
+ To contribute to the implementation of the Clinical Governance agenda including Target Setting for Teams, Clinical Audit.
+ Participate as a key member of the Borough Service to ensure collaborative and innovative practice.
CNWL (Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust) has almost 8,000 staff providing integrated healthcare to a third of London's population, Milton Keynes and areas beyond. We involve service users, carers, the public, staff and partner organisations in the way that we are run.
Our catchment area spans diverse communities, with over 100 first languages spoken. It contains areas of great affluence as well as areas of much deprivation. We are committed to providing services that meet the needs of the people who use them, and we actively encourage involvement from local people who can help make a difference. We're proud of our diversity and we continue to undertake new initiatives to advance equality for LGBT+, BME and people with disabilities to promote good relations and understanding between our staff.
We are recognised locally, nationally and internationally for providing high quality, innovative healthcare. We aim to employ only the best people, and our experts are frequently called upon to contribute to national health strategy and policy, and many models of our care have been adapted for use in other countries.

We are delighted to offer the opportunity for an experienced community nurse to join our nursing team as a band 7 Senior Nurse.
The post will be based at North Kensington & Chelsea Community Mental Health Hub based at Hathaway House. This would be a great development opportunity for band 6 RMN's with community experience. Be part of a vibrant, supportive team whilst developing leadership skills. This will be an exciting opportunity to make a difference in community nursing, and ultimately contributing towards patients care.
CNWL is passionate about developing its own staff, driving them to go on to become more established practitioners and this post is no different.
The CMHH is an exciting area to work in as it is at the forefront of mental health transformation in line with the five year forward plan. To be considered for this post you will need to be a registered mental health nurse and be keen to develop experience of working in multi-disciplinary teams who care for adults within mental health secondary care sector., We offer a generous relocation package (subject to eligibility assessment) and flexible working options, including bank assignments for most roles. See attached Staff Reward and Wellbeing Handbook detailing our benefits, discounts and wellbeing initiatives for staff.
Become part of our team. We care for you as much as you care for others.
CNWL NHS Foundation Trust are committed to safeguarding all children and vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We follow safe recruitment practices to protect children and vulnerable adults.
Due to the high response levels we receive for some vacancies, we may expire any of them prior to the advertised closing date and advise you to submit your application as soon as possible.
Our Agenda for Change employment contracts are subject to a contractual 13 week probationary period.
If you are offered a job, information will be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system.