Clinical Team Lead

The Bracknell Community Mental Health Service for Adults has an opportunity for a clinician passionate about supporting adults with mental illness and those individuals working with them. We are looking for a new Clinical Team Lead to join our dynamic multi-disciplinary team operating Monday - Friday during the hours 9:00am - 5:00pm. The post holder will manage our Task Team, providing vital task focused short term interventions for patients within the team, and lead on the One Team assessment function of the service. The latter will involve both undertaking assessments and supporting the MDT discussions and decision making. This means the post will present an opportunity to provide essential clinical leadership for the service, ensuring our resource is used appropriately to enhance the experience of the patients on our caseload. Your clinical expertise will also be put to use in managing a small but complex caseload of clients., The post holder will be responsible for providing continued clinical advice, training and supervision to a group of staff operating within a multi-disciplinary team. The post holder will direct and support the team's allocation of new patients to staff involving a robust understanding and formulation of their risks, presenting concerns and the recommendation for ongoing care including, sometimes, transfer to the most appropriate care pathway. The post holder will be responsible for the supervision of those staff tasked with providing care to patients presenting with significant complexity and risk and ensure that agreed policies are followed and local arrangements are in place to minimise risk. The post holder will be responsible for the synergistic working with partner organisations including the relevant Local Authority. The post holder will provide direct clinical care to patients, modelling the team's and the Trust's recovery principles and high standards of care.

Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a specialist mental health and community health services trust. Rated 'outstanding' by the CQC, we're committed to providing the best possible care to people across Berkshire. As an employer, we're committed to offering an inclusive and compassionate environment where our people share in a sense of belonging and are supported to flourish. Our values at Berkshire Healthcare are:

• Caring for and about you is our top priority
• Committed to providing good quality, safe services
• Working Together with you to develop innovative solutions
  
  Your wellbeing is important to us. Some of the benefits of working for us include:
• Flexible working options to support work-life balance
• 27 days' annual leave rising with service + opportunity to buy and sell
• Generous NHS pension scheme
• Excellent learning and career development opportunities
• 'Cycle to Work' and car leasing scheme including electric vehicles
• Access to a range of wellbeing tools and services
• Discounts at hundreds of popular retailers and restaurants
• Staff networks for race, diversity, disabilities, the environment and armed forces community to support equality
• Generous maternity, paternity, adoption and special leave
• Free parking across Trust sites