Senior Specialist Clinician

Are you ready for a role that genuinely stretches your clinical expertise while giving you the space to shape how community mental health services evolve? Were looking for an experienced, forward thinking practitioner to join us. Working across three of our specialist teams: the Specialist Outreach Recovery Team (SORT), Insight (First Episode Psychosis),and Community Mental Health Services. You will work with people with complex mental health needs;

you will need excellent clinical skills. Assertively supporting discharges, transition across teams, and working with a caseload. You will work closely with family and carers, providing both direct support and working withstaff to ensure safe and effective care. You will have excellent clinical leadership skills, not only in terms of managing a caseload, but overseeing other caseloads and driving forward best practice within the services.

This is an opportunity to step into a position where your clinical leadership, creativity and professional judgement will directly influence the quality of care we deliver across the city.

You will be part of a senior leadership team that drives high quality,recovery focused mental health care. Your work will span direct clinical practice, staff development, service improvement and the implementation of evidence based approaches.

You will also play a key role in embedding the Community Mental Health  Framework, supporting teams to meet CQC standards, and ensuring that our services remain safe, effective and responsive.

This role may not be eligible for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker route; please refer to the Direct Gov website for more information with regards to eligibility.

Please note that Livewell may close the job advertisement earlier than the specified deadline if a high number of applications are submitted. Therefore, we recommend you submit your application at the earliest opportunity.

All Livewell staff are expected to be able and willing to work across a 7 day service.

Livewell Southwest is an independent, award-winning social enterprise delivering integrated health and social care services across

Plymouth, South Hams, and West Devon, with specialist services in parts of Devon and Cornwall. Our teams work in community hospitals, GP practices, sports centres, and health hubs.

As an organisation with a strong social conscience we are guided by our values,kindness, respect, inclusivity, ambition, responsibility, and collaboration. We focus on transforming services to ensure sustainability, while empowering staff and those we serve.

We involve the people we care for, along with their families and carers, inshaping the care they receive, striving to deliver the right care at the righttime and place. Centering our work on individual needs helps people lead healthy, independent lives.

We prioritise employees' development, offering protected CPD time, training pathways, leadership programs, and funding for qualifications like the Care Certificate and Nurse Training Scholarships. Our induction and preceptorship programs ensure a smooth transition into our organisation.

Livewell Southwest values diversity and encourages applications from all sections of the community, including those with armed forces experience, lived experience of mental health, neuro-diverse conditions and learning disabilities. If you need assistance or reasonable adjustments during the application process, contact the Recruiting Manager listed in the job advert.

The role works across multi-disciplinary teams whoproactivelyprovidea range ofevidencebasedinterventions,including therapies and recovery orientated support for those with a diagnosis of a complex psychosis withthecommunity. Therole hasbeen developed as part of the evolving provision of the Community Mental Health Framework.

This role links directly into three services:
Specialist Outreach Recovery Team, Insight (first presentation psychosis) and Community Mental Health Services.

The three services are made of up various mental healthprofessionalswho work with people to support recovery.

Offering various therapeutic interventions to support individuals.

This role exists to make sure people receive the right support at theright time by coordinating care, strengthening communication between teams, and keeping a clear focus on safety and continuity. The postholder will work closely with partner agencies, families, andother professionalstoensure plans arejoined upand responsive to changing needs.

Dimensions and Context ofRole

The roleworks across multi-disciplinary teams who proactively provide a range of evidence based interventions, including therapies and recovery orientated support for those with a diagnosis of a complex psychosis with the community.

The role has been developed as part of the evolving provision of the Community Mental Health  Framework.

The roleis designed to complement the clinical teams and contributes to decision making forums across the service to enhance the quality of…