FACT Clinical lead

We are seeking to recruit a FACT Clinical lead to join the Adult Community Mental Health Service (ACMHS) in Watford and Borehamwood. 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., To plan, prioritise and manage the delivery of a health and social care assessment, psychologically informed care and treatment service to service users open to FACT, including overseeing referrals and ensuring that there is an even and appropriate distribution of work across the team, based on the experience of team members. To oversee referrals and the allocation of service users to workers, ensuring that caseloads are monitored, and managed and care packages are maintained under the auspices of CPA. To ensure that there are adequate staff numbers organised appropriately around service user needs and to incorporate this into FACT rota planning. To ensure that risks relating to service users, unmet needs and to the work environment are assessed and managed appropriately, ensuring that all team members know and understand their role in risk management. To provide operational supervision ensure the provision of clinical caseload supervision to all team members. Where necessary to make arrangements for appropriate professional supervision to be available to all team members.

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?,

• RMN/DipSW/CQSW/OT qualification
• Evidence of current registration with NMC, GSCC or HPC
Desirable criteria
• Cert or Dip. in management, Clear understanding of the needs of people with mental health difficulties
• Up to date knowledge of relevant legislation, theory and policies relating to mental health; such as Community Care Legislation, Mental Health Act, the Personalisation agenda, Social Inclusion etc
• The ability to lead a multi-professional team and provide ongoing operational, clinical and professional supervision
• The ability to assess complex needs and work effectively with service users, their carers and social networks
• Able to establish and maintain effective links with statutory and non-statutory partners
• The ability to prioritise work and deliver to agreed time scales and standards
• Excellent team working skills, with the ability to negotiate compromise and resolve conflict
• Able to write structured, detailed and clear reports and record client information in accordance with statutory requirements and trust's guidelines
• Have a clear understanding of the key strategic issues for mental health services
• Commitment to working within equal opportunities and anti discriminatory practice, Strong post qualifying experience of working with people with mental health problems in the community
• Experience of providing clinical and management supervision
Desirable criteria
• Experience of work as Approved Mental Health Professional and/or Best Interests Assessor
• Experience of working in an integrated health and social care environment
• Involvement in the development of a new service or of change management, You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
  
  Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust are one of just five mental health trusts to achieve an overall rating of 'Outstanding' from the Care 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, HPFT supports people with mental ill health, learning disabilities and autism across Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Norfolk and Essex. We employ around 4,500 people who deliver these services within the community and in inpatient settings. We also deliver a range of nationally commissioned specialist services including Tier 4 services for children and young people, perinatal services and medium and low secure learning disabilities services. We have operated as a NHS Foundation Trust since our authorisation in August 2007.