Clinical Team Leader - Ferneley Ward

at  Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust

Despite these challenging times in the health sector the team at Northwick Park Hospital are more determined than ever to offer progressive opportunities to their staff and this position is no different. Ferneley ward is looking for a new Band 6 Clinical Team Leader and in return we will offer you an extensive development package to further your career. This will include;
Career mapping to ensure continuous professional development
Training opportunities such as CBT, DBT, Venepuncture and more
Our innovative Trauma Informed Approaches (TIA) staff training program
Support to become an in-house Physical Intervention Trainer
The successful candidate will work within a dedicated team of different disciplines to assess and treat a range of mental health conditions, challenging behaviour and severe and enduring mental illnesses.
Nursing practice continuously develops with time and at Northwick Park so do we. If we want to understand the reasons for mental health problems, it often makes more sense to ask “ What has happened to you ?” rather than “What is wrong with you?” This method forms the basis of Trauma-Informed Approaches (TIA), where we acknowledge the relationship between people’s life experiences and the development of mental health difficulties. Northwick Park are front-runners in developing Trauma Informed Approached (TIA) to patient care in CNWL.
The CTL post is based at Northwick Park Mental Health Centre, which is based 5 minutes’ walk from Northwick Park underground station .
The post holder will take up the responsibility of being the Unit/Site Coordinator at least four times a month. You will provide unit management support and co-ordinate and facilitate patient flow (bed management) out of hours. In addition, the unit co-ordinator will provide senior nursing support, professional leadership and advice to all clinical areas within the unit, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
We are looking for an individual who has effective communication skills not only when engaging with services users, but also with their carers and any other professional(s) involved with the service users care.

Please refer the Job description for details