Band 7 MHCAS Senior Clinician
Cardiff and Vale University Health Board
Job at a glance
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Band 7 Senior Clinician within the newly developed Mental Health Crisis and Assessment Service (MHCAS) at Lakeside Mental Health Unit. This is a 10-month fixed-term contract/secondment opportunity and offers an exciting chance to play a key role in the ongoing development of an innovative crisis service. This senior clinical role will provide visible frontline leadership, supporting the Team Manager in the delivery and ongoing development of a high-quality, responsive crisis service for individuals experiencing acute mental health difficulties.
The post holder will lead by example, maintaining a strong clinical presence within the service and providing expert support and guidance to staff managing complex presentations, high-risk situations, and challenging clinical decisions. They will be responsible for coordinating clinical activity, ensuring safe and effective patient flow, promoting best practice, and supporting the delivery of evidence-based, person-centred care across the service.
Working alongside the Team Manager, the post holder will contribute to clinical governance, workforce development, service improvement, and quality assurance initiatives. They will provide supervision, mentorship, and professional leadership to nursing and multidisciplinary colleagues, fostering a culture of continuous learning, reflective practice, and excellence, The Band 7 MHCAS Senior Clinician will provide senior clinical leadership within the Mental Health Crisis Assessment Service (MHCAS), maintaining a visible frontline presence and supporting the Team Manager in the delivery of a safe, responsive, and high-quality 24-hour crisis service.
The post holder will lead on complex assessments, risk management, crisis intervention, patient flow, and clinical decision-making, ensuring evidence-based, recovery-focused, and least restrictive care. They will coordinate multidisciplinary working, provide expert advice to colleagues, and support staff through supervision, appraisal, coaching, and professional development. Working proactively with service users, carers, and partner agencies, the post holder will promote engagement, holistic assessment, and early intervention, meeting people at the point of crisis and supporting plans to reduce future episodes of crisis.
They will contribute to service development, quality improvement, audit, governance, and pathway transformation, while fostering strong partnerships across acute, community, emergency, and third-sector services to improve outcomes and reduce unnecessary admissions and A&E attendances., The Candidate Pack provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required.
Please view as attached Registered Mental Health Nurse (RNMH) or other professional qualification Registered on the NMC register or Social Work England or HCPC Recognised teaching qualification, eg; ENB 998, Mentorship, PGCE, Cert.Ed., Master's Degree in a relevant subject area Or equivalent level of knowledge and experience An NVQ assessor or willing to work towards accreditation Leadership or management qualification NMP/AMHP/CBT/DBT qualifications, To be band 6 for at least 1 year post qualification Demonstrable experience at band 6 or equivalent Significant experience in a variety of MH settings as a qualified nurse/OT/Social Worker, (which include HBPoS ,Crisis Team , Liaison, Inpatient ) Experience of undertaking clinical assessments, which include formulation and independent decision making.
Delivering Clinical supervision/ reflective practice to nursing as well as other professionals. Multi-disciplinary team working Experience of managing and supervising staff, Experience of undertaking audit, research and quality improvement Experience of contributing to policy and procedure development and implementation, Demonstrate a wide range of knowledge of the Mental Health