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Job summary

Main area
Mental Health
Grade
8b
Contract
Permanent: flexible working can be discussed
Hours
  • Full time
  • Flexible working
37.5 hours per week (Full time)
Job ref
411-COM-25-7273343
Employer
Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Alder Hey Hospital
Town
Liverpool,
Salary
£64,455 - £74,896 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
01/08/2025 23:59

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Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust logo

Assistant Clinical Lead

8b

Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust is a provider of specialist health care and has a presence in community outreach sites and, in collaboration with other providers, our clinicians help deliver care closer to patients’ homes by holding local clinics at locations from Cumbria to Shropshire, in Wales and the Isle of Man. The Trust also provides inpatient care for children with complex mental health needs at our Sunflower House building newly relocated, and opened on the hospital site.

We currently have more than 4,000 staff working across our community and hospital sites. We’re also a teaching and training hospital providing education and training to around 540 medical and over 500 nursing and allied health professional students each year.

As black and minority ethnic (BME) employees are currently under-represented in this area, we particularly welcome applications from members of our BME communities. All appointments will be made on merit.

You can expect a warm welcome at Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust, our staff are friendly and welcoming. We listen to each other and work together to embed our Trusts values and behaviours. At Alder Hey we appreciate our staff and reward them with an outstanding benefits package including:

  • Great flexible working opportunities
  • Lease car scheme and Home Electronics Scheme
  • Generous annual leave and pension scheme
  • Extensive staff health and well-being programmes

Job overview

Band 8B Assistant Clinical Lead Role (ACL)- Permanent 

Assistant Clinical Lead – Crisis Care Service

Alder Hey Children’s Hospital

Alder Hey is recruiting an Assistant Clinical Lead (ACL) Nurse to support leadership within the Crisis Care Service

Key Responsibilities

  • Service Leadership: Lead and manage a multidisciplinary team (MDT), ensuring high-quality clinical care and operational effectiveness.
  • Strategic Development: Support the long-term planning and sustainability of the service in line with Trust and service goals.
  • Partnership Working: Collaborate with external partners across health, education, and local authority sectors to deliver integrated care.
  • Clinical Supervision: Provide clinical and operational supervision to team members, promoting best practices and professional development.
  • Performance Oversight: Contribute to service performance monitoring and improvement, under the guidance of the Clinical Lead.

Ideal Candidate

We’re looking for a motivated, confident leader with a passion for improving children and young people’s mental health services. The role requires strong communication skills, the ability to work across organisational boundaries, and a commitment to clinical excellence.

 

Main duties of the job

The Assistant Clinical Lead is a key member of the Crisis Care Community Division Mental Health Services Leadership Team based at Alder Hey Children's hospital and will be responsible for the clinical management of their MDT in addition to providing clinical supervision to assigned clinicians.  

The post will support clinical, strategic and performance leadership for the service and will also perform responsibilities delegated by the Clinical Lead as appropriate, including being responsible for designated areas of service development and leadership tasks – this will be guided by the Clinical Lead and the Service and Trust’s vision. 

Clinically, the post holder will support staff via clinical supervision and operational supervision to ensure the team are supported to provide clinical intervention of the highest standard. 

Working for our organisation

Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust is a provider of specialist health care to over 275,000 children and young people each year. In addition to the hospital site located in the West Derby area of Liverpool, Alder Hey has a presence in community outreach sites and, in collaboration with other providers, our clinicians help deliver care closer to patients’ homes by holding local clinics at locations from Cumbria to Shropshire, in Wales and the Isle of Man.

The Trust also provides inpatient care for children with complex mental health needs at Sunflower House Inpatient Unit based in the Catkin building on the Alder Hey Hospital campus.  

We currently have more than 4,000 staff working across our community and hospital sites. We’re also a teaching and training hospital providing education and training to around 540 medical and over 500 nursing and allied health professional students each year.

As black and minority ethnic (BME) employees are currently under-represented in this area, we particularly welcome applications from members of our BME communities. All appointments will be made on merit.

You can expect a warm welcome at Alder Hey Childrens NHS Foundation Trust, our staff are friendly and welcoming. We listen to each other and work together to embed our Trusts values and behaviours. At Alder Hey we appreciate our staff and reward them with an outstanding benefits package.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

CLINICAL MANAGEMENT / CLINICAL LEADERSHIP AND GOVERNANCE

Clinical Management

  • To support team members to assess, treat and discharge children and young people effectively.

  •  To ensure appropriate data is completed by clinicians within their MDT e.g. Routine outcome measures and other clinical documents.

  • Oversee safe use of equipment and resources

  • Conduct appraisals of staff within the team (Performance & Development Reviews)

  • Identify training needs and coordination of continuing professional development in conjunction with the wider Leadership team

  • Provide clinical supervision support to staff from own and other services /teams as agreed with the Clinical Lead 

Person specification

Education & Training

Essential criteria
  • Doctorate in Clinical Psychology (or its equivalent pre 1996) and registration with HCPC
  • A recognised health or social care qualification and be registered with the appropriate governing body supported by experience at an equivalent doctorate level
  • Post-grad training in a recognised therapeutic speciality and be registered with UKCP/HPC or equivalent
  • Or Clinical Masters Degree or relevant experience at doctorate level or equivalent
  • Further training/study in relation to specialist supervision within CAMHS
Desirable criteria
  • A recognised and appropriate management training or equivalent

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Extensive experience of working in specialist CAMHS
  • Extensive experience of leading multi- disciplinary team work
  • Experience of leading and supervising a multi-disciplinary team
  • Experience of training/teaching staff
  • Extensive experience of offering consultation to children, young people and their families and to other staff groups and partner agencies
  • Ability to supervise CAMHS workers.
  • Evidence of leading change initiatives
  • Experience of engaging / liaising with local support networks for children, young people and families
Desirable criteria
  • Experience of strategic and business development of CAMHS provision
  • Ability to engage staff in the future shaping of services and strategic visioning.

Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • Ability to provide a high level of competency and autonomy in analysing presenting problems in the context of the child and family and/or wider social context
  • Ability to work utilising a range of integrated therapeutic perspectives and modalities dependent on the needs of the client.
  • Understanding of the application of psychological and other theories relating to a multi-cultural and socially diverse population
  • Knowledge of legislation relevant to CAMHS provision

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Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Dr Vivienne Crosby
Job title
Consultant Clinical Psychologist
Email address
[email protected]
Additional information

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Service Manager EDYs, Crisis Care and Sunflower House Tier 4 Inpatient Unit

 

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