FACT Clinical Lead

Are you will be an experienced Mental Health clinician (Registered Nurse, Social Worker or Occupational Therapist)?

Are you interested in working with an outstanding Trust to develop and deliver community treatment in mental health?

We are seeking to recruit a FACT Clinical lead to join the Adult Community Mental Health Service (ACMHS) in St Albans.

The Flexible Assertive Community Treatment (FACT) team provide assertive support to a wider range of individuals who require an enhanced level of support for specific time period .

The FACT team operates as a mini team within the wider adult community services 7 days per week, 9-5 pm. The FACT team works with individuals and their families experiencing a mental illness. This will include those already open to the adult mental health service who might experience a deterioration in the metal health , those ready to leave hospital after a period of care and those newly referred into services who would benefit from time limited , focused intervention to support their recovery

The service will provide time-limited, personalised pathways of care in order to achieve better social, emotional and psychological outcomes. The range of interventions will vary from practical care and support; the delivery of social care enablement interventions; psychologically informed interventions and the monitoring of medication., You will manage Mental Health & Wellbeing Practitioners and Support Time and Recovery (STaR) workers and other staff, ensuring that the needs of service users are met through the effective deployment of these staff. S/he will also maintain a clinical role and/ or a caseload dependent on sector need.

You will contribute at a local level to the development and implementation of policies and procedures.

You will Lead may on occasion provide support to the ACMHS leadership staff as directed by the Community Mental Health Services Manager in his or her absence, as agreed with the Service Line Leader.

You will ensure, in collaboration with other professional colleagues that professional practice meets standards as set by HPFT and/or professional statutes and bodies.

Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trustare one of just five mental health trusts to achieve an overall rating of 'Outstanding' from theCare Quality Commission

Our family of over 4,000 members of staff provide health and social care for people with mental ill health, physical ill health and learning disabilities across Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Essex and Norfolk, delivering these services within the community and several inpatient settings. Everything is underpinned by choice, independence and equality, with our Trust values embedded throughout:

Welcoming. Kind. Positive. Respectful. Professional.

About us - Hertfordshire NHS Partnership Trust

Heard. Respected. Included. Together, we help people with mental ill-health, learning disabilities and autism to live life to the fullest. We work throughout Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Norfolk...