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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To lead and inspire the team to deliver a high quality and effective triage and assessment for service users  and carers. 

To provide clinical leadership to ensure where appropriate the service will work effectively alongside other services, to manage risk and prevent escalation of illness.

To undertake and support the specialist ongoing assessment of physiological and/or psychological functioning for service users with the most complex and health and wellbeing needs. 

To be responsible for, both individually and within the team, the development and pathway delivery using appropriate frameworks in line with evidence–based practice, including strategies to manage risk for service users with complex needs and carers, bringing in other resources as required. 

Within sphere of expertise, and advanced practice, to be responsible for coordinating care for a small number of service users.

To lead, in partnership with the team manager, ensuring the service develops and maintains excellent clinical standards, and effective caseload supervision, underpinned by robust and effective individual and team supervision processes. 

To oversee and ensure, across the team, there are effective risk management plans and strategies, for service users and carers, taking account of risks to service users, carers, the organisation, staff and the public. 

In collaboration with service users and carers, when necessary to be responsible, across the service for facilitating and ensuring, the development of complex comprehensive crisis plans, rapid access plans, advance statements etc., involving other agencies such as primary care etc. where appropriate. 

To develop and maintain, good partnership working with other services throughout all treatment episodes, including regular liaison within Primary Health Care, General Practice,  Intensive services, day services, voluntary sector and with nominated carers/advocates. 

Develop and maintain communication with a wide range of people/services/ agencies about complex matters or in complex situations with the purpose of sharing developing or resolving difficult or complex issues for the benefit of service users/carer and the service. 

To represent the organisation in a range of settings, presenting, facilitating or explaining as appropriate and dealing with any questions or difficulties as they arise 

To personally build and lead others to build, hope inspiring relationships with service users, which acknowledge the personal journey of each person, and focus on strengths and aspirations to allow the creation of meaningful personal recovery plans. 

To support the team manager in developing systems and processes for the effective management and monitoring of the team caseload, on a day to day basis, ensuring that time is prioritised effectively, and service users and carer receive the appropriate level of service. 

To lead and promote a whole team approach within the service to ensure a shared ownership of the team caseload 

To be responsible for regularly monitoring and evaluating treatment programmes for service users and carers, making appropriate clinical/practice decision in regard to ongoing needs, and offering supervision to others. 

To be responsible for the protection of individuals from abuse and harm in line with local safeguarding policies and procedures, by developing and reviewing with others protection plans and management strategies, ensuring the appropriate sharing of information. 

Personally and leading others to collaboratively and sensitively work with individuals with a range of mental health needs to develop skills to manage their own health, in accordance with their personal recovery plan by actively promoting and using approaches which are affirming, build on strengths, identify past positive experiences and success, and use small steps to move towards the persons goal. 

To provide a leadership role within the team, in the absence of the Team manager, providing cover for the manager and colleagues as required. 

To work with the Team Manager to ensure the continuing improvements to the service in line with organisational goals. 

To maintain the single health and social care record, ensuring both paper and electronic records are kept up to date in accordance with professional and organisational standards. 

Report and record within agreed timeframes, all activity relating to information reporting and performance requirements. 

To participate in, and deliver as required, management, caseload and clinical supervision in accordance with trust policy. 

Demonstrate responsibility for developing own practice in line with professional qualifications and for the development of others, both practitioners, and those in training by making use of and providing, effective feedback, specialist therapeutic clinical supervision, coaching and appraisal. 

To adhere to professional codes of conduct ensuring required skills and competencies required are maintained. 

Promote monitor and maintain best practice in health, safety and security of self and others, undertaking assessments and taking appropriate action where required. 

Work with the Team Manager to develop a culture that promotes equality and values diversity. 

Lead, practices which enable effective team working. 

To participate in on call rotas as required. 

To participate in local arrangements in order to ensure consistent care to service users across the local geography.