 Lifeline Project Ltd 2014
JOB DESCRIPTION
JOB IDENTIFICATION
Job Title
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Length of contract
Salary
Date Updated
Clinical Lead - Non-Criminal Justice and Long Term in Treatment Services (Hull)
Services Manager (Operational Management) and Lifeline Clinical Director (North)
(Clinical Supervision)
Specialist Prescribers (sessional GPwSIs)
Hull
Up to 28 hours/week
Permanent
To be agreed
August 2014
JOB PURPOSE
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To provide clinical leadership to the implementation development and clinical governance of Lifeline’s
Non-Criminal Justice and Long Term in Treatment Services, Hull
To provide expert clinical support and guidance to Lifeline Hull’s team of medical prescribers, nonmedical prescribers and prescribing managers
To lead development and support of shared care delivery within the Long Term in Treatment Service, Hull
To provide regular clinical supervision for medical prescribers within the service and the service MAR
coordinator
To ensure continuity of care during the transition to the new Lifeline Clinical Service, including direct
provision of recovery-oriented clinical interventions
To assess, review and manage complex clients, in line with national and locally agreed guidance
To provide clinical leadership on behalf of Lifeline project at strategic and developmental forums relating
to the Non-Criminal Justice and Long Term in Treatment Services (Hull)
To provide expert clinical guidance to pharmacies and health partners within the Hull treatment system
To share learning and good practice in the Hull service, with a view to extending best practice to other
Lifeline clinical services
ORGANISATIONAL POSITION
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See service model attached.
MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Service delivery:
 To lead a process of transition to asset-based recovery-oriented clinical practice, including driving cultural
change within the staff team
 To develop and implement the operational structures required for safe, effective and high quality
recovery-oriented clinical services, including developing, ratifying and reviewing clinical protocols and
procedures
 To ensure continuity of clinical care during the transition to the new Lifeline Non-Criminal Justice and
Long Term in Treatment Services (Hull), including direct delivery of recovery-oriented medically assisted
recovery interventions
 To ensure delivery of clinical interventions is in line with appropriate national guidance and frameworks,
and is in line with Lifeline’s Medically Assisted Recovery Framework.
 Liaise with GPs, provide timely prescribing updates for GPs, obtain relevant information on prescribed
medication and provide assistance with GP registration for those without a GP.
 To assess, review and manage complex clients, in line with national and locally agreed guidance
 To provide guidance for and clinically supervise prescribing within the Non-Criminal Justice and Long
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Term in Treatment Services (Hull), including non-medical prescribing
To ensure that service delivery is cost-effective, whilst adhering to highest standards of quality and safety
To take a lead role in local clinical governance structures and processes, including taking a lead role in
investigating and responding to serious untoward incidents, near misses and complaints
Contribute to the maintenance of client clinical databases; ensure clinical entries provide clear and
concise clinical information and adhere to information requirements for reporting and monitoring purposes
To support the recruitment, retention and continuing professional development of high quality clinical and
non-clinical employees
To contribute to organisational learning and improvement relating to clinical recovery services
To liaise with clinical partners on behalf of Lifeline project to ensure effective multi-agency working
To liaise with commissioners and clinical partners regarding contractual targets for clinical delivery, Key
Performance Indicators and clinical governance arrangements
Performance and people management:
 To take responsibility for their own personal performance and professional development, within an assetbased recovery-oriented framework
 Maintain GMC registration and appropriate professional indemnity cover
 To clinically supervise medical prescribers and the MAR coordinator within the Non-Clinical Justice and
Long Term in Treatment Services (Hull)
 To provide leadership to reflective processes of quality and safety improvement within the services
including governance processes and clinical audit
 To take a lead role in ensuring that all clinical staff are continuously developing within an asset-based
recovery oriented framework
Service and business development:
 To identify best practice and areas for improvement from the Non-Clinical Justice and Long Term in
Treatment Services (Hull), to be shared with other Lifeline services
 To take a lead role in ensuring that continual improvement in quality and safety takes place within the
clinical service
 To develop positive links within the wider health economy in Hull, including agencies who provide
additional services to Lifeline clients (including primary care, accident and emergency, hepatolgy), and
training organisations with a view to developing a knowledgeable future workforce within Hull health and
drug treatment services (including HYMS, local GP training schemes)
GENERAL DUTIES
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To personify a positive, collaborative and recovery-focused work ethic.
To present a professional appearance, help maintain an orderly working environment and act at all times
to uphold the good reputation of Lifeline Project.
To ensure that all visitors to the service (including service users, families/carers, professionals and the
general public) are welcomed in a responsive, helpful and professional manner.
To ensure service users’ and professionals’ experience of Lifeline is positive including by taking personal
responsibility for answering ringing telephones and promptly dealing with inappropriate behaviour by staff,
volunteers or service users.
To not disclose to anyone other than in the proper course of your employment or where required by law,
any information of a confidential nature relating to Lifeline, its business or customers. This duty will
continue to apply after termination of your employment. Guidance on standards expected can be found in
the Confidentiality Policy.
To attend meetings at appointed times, maintain professional personnel and service user records and
meet deadlines.
To work flexibly across the whole service, including providing duty, late working and weekend cover as
required and agreed.
To proactively maintain professional knowledge and practice and attend, use and contribute to
governance, supervision and team meetings effectively.
Raise drug and alcohol and recovery awareness within the community, sharing your knowledge and
experience by developing packages that train and educate community and other interested groups.
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To assess risk and safeguarding issues, undertake risk and need assessments when appropriate and
report any potential risk and safeguarding issues to ensure staff, service users and children are
protected.
To work within professional boundaries maintaining safety and appropriate confidentiality at all times.
To contribute to organisational initiatives as required.
To demonstrate commitment to Lifeline’s statements of Mission, Vision and Values and strategy, ensuring
that they inform, and are embedded within, service delivery and practice.
To ensure services and duties are delivered in compliance with the law and relevant national and local
policies, standards and guidance, including the CQC, PHE, NICE and other quality standards.
To read and comply with all published Lifeline policies and procedures, at the start of your employment
and again whenever they are added to or changed, as available on the Lifeline staff website.
To work flexibly to undertake such other reasonable duties and responsibilities, at any location within
reasonable daily travel from your main place of work.
To carry out responsibilities with clear regard to Lifeline’s Equal Opportunities, Health and Safety,
and other relevant employee focused policies and procedures.
JOB DESCRIPTION AGREEMENT
This is an outline job description and may be subject to change according to the needs of the job, in
consultation with the post holder.
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Clinical Lead Non-Criminal Justice and Long Term in Treatment Services
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Person Specification
All criteria are Essential unless otherwise indicated
Experience (through paid or voluntary work)
 Experience of providing evidence-based and recovery-oriented pharmacological treatment in a specialist
alcohol and/or drugs setting (including shared care)
 Experience of managing the complex needs of dependent drug/alcohol users, including working with
clients with higher-risk co-morbidities, and providing the full range of prescribed treatment options
 Experience of set-up or restructure of treatment systems, including leading processes of cultural change
 Experience of taking a lead role within clinical governance frameworks
 Experience of using clinical audit and other assessment methodologies to implement quality improvement
and risk management activity
 Experience of taking a lead role in assessing and managing clinical risk
 Experience of liaison, consultation, motivation and negotiation with service users, carers/family, and staff
at all levels (from senior managers to front line workers)
 Experience of working across organisational boundaries in partnership with public, private and voluntary
organisations, especially the criminal justice system
Knowledge
 Specialist knowledge of the evidence base, good practice and clinical guidelines specific to drug and
alcohol misuse related needs and pharmacological treatment
 Knowledge of the developing recovery agenda within the substance misuse field, including knowledge
and understanding of asset-based community development
 Knowledge of psychosocial interventions utilised in specialist drug/alcohol treatment
 Knowledge of the range of complex issues relevant to problematic use of drugs including poly-substance
use, offending behaviour, and family dynamics
 Knowledge of the wider support and intervention services and systems that interface with drug and
alcohol treatment provisions
 Knowledge of Safeguarding policies and procedures
 Knowledge of the quality frameworks and standards (including Models of Care, SfBH and Care Quality
Commission Standards)
 Knowledge and understanding of strategic and political developments relating to the drug and alcohol
treatment and the wider health and social care economies
Qualifications and Training
 Primary medical degree
 Full registration with the General Medical Council, current license to practice
 Completion of vocational training in General Practice, with certificate of prescribed or equivalent
experience from the JCPTGP, PMETB or written evidence of exemption from the need for such
experience [OR Equivalent training in Psychiatry]
 Specific training/certification in substance misuse (RCGP drug level 1 and 2 or equivalent, RCGP alcohol
level 1)
 Evidence of continued personal development including recent appraisal
Skills and abilities
 Ability tocommunicate effectively in particularly challenging situations
 Ability to lead effectively through processes of cultural change
 Strong records management skills
 Ability to work to deadlines and effectively prioritise work
 Self motivated, able to work independently on own initiative
 Ability to manage personal performance and support others using quality standards, frameworks,
milestones and targets
 Ability to contribute constructively to strategic goals and objectives
 Ability to work within an asset-based recovery orientation
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Strong analytical skills with the ability to assess new ideas, knowledge, guidance, policy and legislative
changes for impact, implementation on own area and wider
Ability to manage change, problem solve and innovate
Ability to work effectively within and facilitate a care coordination approach
Ability to develop and maintain effective networks and partnerships across all levels within organisations
and problem solving across agencies.
Presentation skills and the ability to effectively deliver teaching and training in a range of forums and
environments
Ability to clinically supervise staff or willing to undertake training
Leadership skills
Additional Factors
 A commitment to equality of opportunity and anti-discriminatory practice that is reflected in professional
relationships with service users, colleagues and the general public.
 A desire to work within, and contribute to, a culture that is positive, dynamic, forward thinking and
outcomes-focused.
 Willing and able to work flexibly to cover evening and weekend duties to meet the demands of the service.
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