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Key Results Areas

• To be responsible for the professional management and development of a designated clinical environment, including a T3 CAMHS service and a Single Point of Access service, ensuring the provision of sufficient resources and opportunities to deliver person centred nursing care, involving young persons and carers.
• To manage the operational aspects of recruitment and deployment of people within a designated area of work.
• To ensure the training environment is appropriate and robust meeting training needs.
• To be responsible for the identification of learning and development needs; to plan how these will be met and evaluate the effectiveness for staff and impact on care.

Clinical

• To ensure the environment is conducive to recovery and the development of independence.
• To supervise and critically evaluate the clinical management of service areas as applicable.
• To work as a member of the MDT in management of care and responses to complex case presentations.
• To develop measures to ensure that customs, individuality, values, sexuality and spiritual beliefs, activity are respected in supporting the individual to fulfil these.
• To develop measures to monitor the provision of therapeutic activities, emotional support, and stability to clients to ensure effective engagement whilst maintaining professional boundaries.
• To create, develop and maintain professional supportive relationships with all members of staff with other professionals and agencies.
• To empower clinical staff to take on a wider range of clinical roles and responsibilities.
• To lead on and participate in research and development activities as required, to improve the quality of care.

Communication

• To develop tools to ensure the recording of all contacts with service young persons in case notes in line with Trust record keeping policy.
• To ensure effective communication with young persons, relatives and carers, visitors, staff, and others.
• To ensure that all communication takes place in a manner that is consistent with legislation, policies, and procedures.
• To develop measures to improve communications where barriers exist.
• To ensure that consent to intervention or assessment is sought in a manner that is meaningful to the service user.
• To communicate with people in a manner that is consistent with their level of understanding, culture, and background.

Quality

• To evaluate data from service monitoring against national and local policies and developing project plans to ensure service improvement.
• To ensure shared decision making with service user involvement in all aspects of their care.
• To seek contributions and suggestions for the improvement of services.
• To act upon concerns of others regarding clinical work or work environment.
• To present a positive image of the services and Trust.
• To work effectively in own services and as part of the whole organisation.
• To monitor the availability of supervision and preceptorship.
• To monitor and regularly audit structures that are in place for effective appraisal, personal development, and performance management.
• To ensure that care is planned and delivered in a manner that is consistent with the evidence-based practice, policies and procedures and the management of risk.

Risk Assessment

• To understand the range of risks potentially faced by the service group.
• To work in partnership with others to identify and assess the nature, location, and seriousness of the particular risks.
• To recognise potential crisis situations and act responsively and responsibly, to resolve the situation seeking assistance if required.
• To be aware of the potential for vulnerability and abuse amongst the young person’s/families and using the local policy to inform appropriate personnel in line with safeguarding vulnerable adults and children and Trust policies.
• To coordinate risk management plans relating to safeguarding adults and children and maintain an accurate record of risk, actions taken and investigations.
• To oversee the Trust Lone Working Policy ensuring that home visiting, and any autonomous activity is effectively reported and logged.
• To work with other members of the multi-agency team to plan, monitor and review the effectiveness of the risk management plan.
• To take all possible precautions to safeguard the welfare and safety of staff, young persons, visitors, and the public, by implementing all policies related to health, safety, security, and risk.
• To coordinate risk management plans relating to child protection and the protection of vulnerable adults and maintain an accurate record of risk, actions taken and investigations.

Professional/Personal Development

• To receive supervision and participate in appraisal and performance development.
• To ensure attendance at all Trust essential training.
• To identify personal development needs and set personal development objectives in discussion with reviewer.
• To monitor the orientation and induction of all staff new to the service.
• To contribute to the experience of learners
• To ensure the development of an environment that is conducive to learning, promoting staff development and involvement.
• To teach qualified and unqualified staff including students in all aspects as required.
• To evaluate the effectiveness of learning and development, informed by learners.
• To participate in the Trust professional development strategy.

Management

• To manage and provide strategic leadership to senior staff/clinicians including team coordinators and the multi-disciplinary clinical team.
• To be responsible for the management and development of a designated environment, allocating and providing sufficient resources and opportunities to deliver care, involving service young persons and carers.
• To work with professional leads and be responsible for the professional aspects of the recruitment, deployment, and management of staff in line with Trust policy.
• To develop, maintain and monitor service standards and policies.
• To collect and collate data/information effectively for the purpose of audit, research, and service performance.
• To lead and participate in the development, interpretation, and implementation of policies.
• To ensure structures are in place for effective development review, personal development and performance management and audit these regularly.
• To ensure and monitor that care is assessed and planned in a manner that is consistent with the evidence-based practice, policies and procedures and the management of risk.
• To take all possible precautions to safeguard the welfare and safety of staff, service young persons, visitors, and the public, by implementing all policies related to health, safety, and risk.
• To manage a delegated budget for a group of services.
• To act as an authorised signatory.
• To act up in the absence of clinical manager.
• To ensure compliance by self and staff of the Trust’s Standing Orders, Standing Financial Instructions, Policies, Procedures and Guidelines, including taking all reasonable steps to manage and promote a healthy working and diverse working environment.
• To adhere to professional confidentiality standards if appropriate.