Job overview

We are seeking a dedicated and motivated Clinical Manager to join and lead the Acute Community Services. Our service is focused on providing high-quality crisis assessment and short-term treatment to individuals in mental health distress, aiming to prevent unnecessary hospital admissions.

The job brings together five key teams working across three sites, with the service broken down into three broad functions

Telephone Mental Health Crisis Line
Mental Health Crisis assessment
Intensive Mental Health Crisis treatment

The successful candidate will work closely with the Service Manager, to deliver all functions safely, with a focus on improvement and co production with service users and system stakeholders.

Closing Date: Sunday 12th October

Shortlisting Date: Monday 13th October

Interview Date: Thursday 23rd October (Subject to change)

Main duties of the job

Key Responsibilities in collaboration with the Acute Community Services, Service Manager are:

• Lead and manage a group of multidisciplinary teams in delivering effective crisis assessment and short-term treatment.
• Oversee the development and implementation of care delivery for individuals experiencing acute mental health crises.
• Ensure high standards of clinical practice and adherence to service policies, targets and procedures.
• Foster a collaborative and supportive team environment, promoting continuous professional development, improvement and staff wellbeing.
• Work closely with external agencies, community resources, and families to deliver comprehensive care pathways.
• Monitor and evaluate service delivery and outcomes, identifying areas for improvement.
• Provide an escalation route and support system within the ACS leadership structure.
• One night a month on call as the ‘on call senior manager’

Qualifications and Experience:

• Professional registration in mental health nursing, social work, or occupational therapy.
• Significant experience in mental health crisis management and community services.
• Proven leadership skills with experience in managing and developing teams.
• Strong assessment and clinical decision-making skills.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.

Working for our organisation

Everything we do is underpinned by our core values: -

We Care - We act with respect and empathy, and always value difference

We Listen - We understand people’s views and respond to their individual needs

We Deliver - We develop and provide excellent services and support our partners

We will consider a variety of flexible working arrangements to enable staff to balance their work and home lives and support staff by offering a fantastic range of benefits including :

Increase mileage rates for > 3500

A wide range of health and wellbeing support packages

A range of internal and external development and learning opportunities

Plus many more.

We are also proud to pledge our support to the Armed Forces and hold a Bronze Award in the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme.

BDCFT is dedicated to environmental and social sustainability by delivering on the commitments within our Green Plan. All staff are actively encouraged and supported to participate in training and to identify and implement sustainable quality improvement across all service areas and activities.

Please note that the Trust reserves the right to close the vacancy before the closing date if a sufficient number of applications are received. It is in the candidate’s best interest to apply as soon as possible