Clinical Team Leader - Collingham Child & Family Centre - London
Job overview
Welcome to CNWL Mental Health Inpatient Services for Children and Young People. Collingham Child and Family Centre is one of six National 7 Day Inpatient settings, that work in partnership with Chelsea Hospital Schools for children aged 5 - 13 years old.We are currently recruiting for an exciting CAMHS Clinical Team Leader (RCN, RMN, RNLD).
Nestled between High Street Kensington & Earls Court, Collingham is a Tier 4 Children’s Mental Health Unit which provides acute inpatient and schooling for young people with a range of with complex mental health needs and behavioural problems.
The role consists of a flexible shift pattern:- Early 07:30
- 15:30, Late 12:30
- 20:30, Nights 20:00
- 08:00. This is a 24/7 service.
We appreciate that not everyone has provided care for young people in an inpatient setting, but if you’re a Registered Paediatric, Mental Health or Learning Disabilities Nurse, we’d love to hear from you.
Main duties of the job
“When I first was introduced to Collingham as a student nurse almost 3 years ago and loved it so much that I kept coming back for bank shifts as a band 3 support worker. I felt part of the family and fully involved and when I qualified as an RMN I became a permanent band 5 staff nurse on the unit.From there I've progressed onto becoming a band 6 Clinical Team Leader. And it hasn't stopped there! I've continued to develop and grow within Collingham and the CNWL CAMHS family and have had opportunities to act up into a band 7 managerial role for a few weeks as I continue my career progression path”
An account from one of our staff team nurses, sharing their story.
Who are we?
The team consists of nursing, psychology, occupational therapists, systemic psychotherapists, support workers, ward manager, matron and psychiatry. The leads of the service are a Matron, Therapy Lead, and Consultant Psychiatrist, and is linked to the CAMHS service line which is overseen by Head of Tier 4 services as well as Clinical and Service Directors for CAMHS and Eating Disorders.More recent developments are better links with the ED Inpatient service, development of opportunities for cross-unit working where appropriate and agreed.
To find out more about working in CAMHS please CLICK HERE for one of our CAMHS video.
Working for our organisation
CNWL have a pioneering history improving health outcomes, by providing physical and mental health services at GPs, clinics, hospitals, and in the community. To find out more about CAMHS inpatients please CLICK HERE
Staff have protected monthly clinical supervision & training time, accompanied by a weekly teaching session, and reflective practice slots. We support training in Positive Behaviour Support (PBS), Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) and Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT).We develop your experience for both Leadership and Clinical roles. If you are interested please contact us, or see our “Staff rewards and wellbeing handbook”.
We take flexible working seriously and are open to discussion to best meet our workforce’s work life needs.
Our lovely site in Kensington is a 10-minute walk from High Street Kensington tube and 10-minute walk from Earls Court Station.
As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage and support vaccination as this remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues, and patients when working on our healthcare settings.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification
What do we do?
The team provides intensive assessment and treatment for children with complex emotional, behavioural and psychological difficulties, offering intensive work with families/parents and carers to develop their parenting skills.
Our highly experienced and dedicated multidisciplinary team is committed to offering the highest standards of care to help children and families regain their self-confidence. Adopting a solution focused approach for hard to manage problems and steer a course towards optimism, newly realised potential and a positive future for the child and their family network.
Typical tasks for this role?- To support the ward manager in leading day-to-day running of the ward.
- To lead on nursing feedback in ward round and other professional meetings
- To take on the Primary Nurse role for individual young people.
- To assist in the development of junior staff and act as a role model to them.
- To ensure the provision of excellent, evidence-based nursing care for the children, young people (CYP) and their families at all times.
- To put children, young people, their families and carers at the centre of everything we do.
- To ensure the provision of a welcoming, caring, clean and safe environment for the CYP and their families.
- Recognising escalation in behaviour or shift in ward dynamics and proactively address this with staff or young people.
- Monitoring observations and ensuring safe practice and act appropriately and in line with unit procedure.
- Supervising junior staff and students to ensure the delivery of safe and effective care.
Person specification
Education and Qualifications
Essential criteria- RMN (NMC)
- Evidence of an active interest in further professional development
- Mentor in Practice Qualification
Experience
Essential criteria- Significant years post registration experience at Band 5
- Ability to lead/work in Multi-disciplinary Teams
- Ability to shift manage unit on a regular basis. Deputise in the absence of the Unit Manager.
- Experience or knowledge of CAMHS
Skills and knowledge
Essential criteria- Ability to supervise junior staff.
- Specialist knowledge of mental health problems
- A comprehensive understanding of the risk assessment process (including deliberate self harm).
- Able to build constructive relationships using warmth and empathy.
- Ability to engage challenging and/or acutely distressed patients in potentially hostile and/or antagonistic situations and used escalation techniques effectively
- Sufficient clinical knowledge to be able to make autonomous decisions, based on an analysis of complex presenting problems and judgement about available options.
- Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships both within a team and with external organisations
- An understanding of Safeguarding
- Demonstrate awareness of muli-cultural issues in acute settings
- Experience in working with Information Systems
- Experience in monitoring untrained staff and students
Attitudes, aptitudes, personal characteristics
Essential criteria- Calm and mature manner.
- Able to exercise initiative, flexibility and tact
- Ability to frequently work under pressure and maintain intense concentration, particularly in unpredictable situations where there will be exposure to highly distressed and/or disturbed patients, often exhibiting challenging behaviours and the risk of physical violence.
- Ability to meet deadlines.
- Ability to accept constructive criticism
- Willingness to engage in Reflective practice
- Self-motivated with the ability to think laterally to problem solve
- Willing to engage in and use peer and group supervision.
CNWL (Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust) has almost 8,000 staff providing integrated healthcare to a third of London's population, Milton Keynes and areas beyond. We involve service users, carers, the public, staff and partner organisations in the way that we are run.
Our catchment area spans diverse communities, with over 100 first languages spoken. It contains areas of great affluence as well as areas of much deprivation. We are committed to providing services that meet the needs of the people who use them, and we actively encourage involvement from local people who can help make a difference.We’re proud of our diversity and we continue to undertake new initiatives to advance equality for LGBT+, BME and people with disabilities to promote good relations and understanding between our staff.
We are recognised locally, nationally and internationally for providing high quality, innovative healthcare. We aim to employ only the best people, and our experts are frequently called upon to contribute to national health strategy and policy, and many models of our care have been adapted for use in other countries.
We offer a generous relocation package (subject to eligibility assessment) and flexible working options, including bank assignments for most roles. For more information on these and other benefits of working for us, see our Benefits, Reward and Wellbeing page
Become part of our team. We care for you as much as you care for others.
CNWL NHS Foundation Trust are committed to safeguarding all children and vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We follow safe recruitment practices to protect children and vulnerable adults.
Due to the high response levels we receive for some vacancies, we may expire any of them prior to the advertised closing date and advise you to submit your application as soon as possible.
Our Agenda for Change employment contracts are subject to a contractual 13 week probationary period.
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