Job summary

Health Visitor, Specialist Community Public Health Nurse

Do you want to work as a Health Visitor, Specialist Community Public Health Nursein one of the most vibrant, diverse and rewarding areas in West London? Joining Central and North-West London NHS Foundation Trust in Hillingdon can offer you the opportunities and experiences you are looking for. At CNWL we are fully committed to improving the health of all families living in Hillingdon and helping to ensure that all children fulfil their potential.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be a qualified Health Visitor. You will work autonomously as part of the Integrated Early Years Service (Health Visiting & Family Support) managing a designated caseload of children and families, in order to improve their health and enable them to reach their full potential.

You will work collaboratively with other agencies to provide high quality care to children and families. Child protection work will involve gathering and analysing information to make informed assessments, appropriate referrals and participating and contributing at case conferences and core group meetings.

You will support public health initiatives in line with local and national priorities which promote, protect and improve the health of the population and reduce health inequalities.

About us

Your experience as a new starter in CNWL is extremely important to us and you can find out how your journey from your first day to the end of your first year will be supported by clicking onto "New Starter Roadmap" which is attached with the job description. Across our organisation we have a thriving set of active staff networks to promote inclusion and communication with our diverse workforce (BAME, LGBTQ+, 50+, Disabled Employees, Women's, Carers and Lived Experience of Mental Health) and staff will have access to a range of personal, financial and wellbeing benefits.

As well as talking to one of our managers we would be delighted to put you in touch with a recently recruited member of staff in one of our services who can answer any questions that you might have about their experience as a new starter and of the culture in our services.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Health Visitors contribute to the provision of safe and reliable services by:

• Using their clinical judgement and risk assessments to keep the people using our services as safe as possible

• Safeguarding people by recognising and responding when an adult or child might be at risk from abuse but also recognising their own limits and asking for help and escalate concerns when necessary.

• Escalating safety concerns and by doing so acting as effective advocates for those who use our services

• Being open and transparent about their own practice.

• Supervising the work of others.

• Reflecting on everyday practice toidentifyareas where improvements in safety or quality can be made.

• Working with others to create a culture of continuous improvement.

• Maintainingaccurate, legible, comprehensive records.

• Maintainingcompliance with their mandatory training requirements.

  Health Visitors often work with children and families who have complex needs and contribute to the effectiveness of services by:

  • Providingskilled,evidencebasedcarewhich adheres to agreed policies and procedures.

  • Working with children and families in all stages of the care planning process including assessing risks and needs.

  • Working as autonomous practitioners and taking responsibility for the care they give tochildren and familiesbut also work as teammembers.

  • Contributing to creating andmaintaininghigh performing teams by:

  • communicating well with all members of the team

  • understandingtheir role in the team and how they help the team achieve itsobjectives.

  • reflecting on their own practice regularly and encouraging the whole team to reflect on their practices in team meetings

  • encouraging the team to learn from adverse events or respond to data analysis from audits or benchmarking exercises and implement sustainable initiatives which improve clinical outcomes

  Being confident, autonomous practitioners who take responsibility for the care they give to families but also take responsibility for overseeing the work of others in the team.

Person Specification

Skills and Knowledge

Essential

• Able to communicate with the multi-disciplinary team, present cases, take note of actions, update others in the team and use handover effectively. Speaking face to face but also by telephone and writing letters and reports.
• Maintaining accurate, timely, concise and legible clinical records both electronic and handwritten which adhere to the CNWL policies and be competent in using Word, Teams, Zoom, Outlook and other electronic systems
• Work well with other members of the team including communicating effectively, being kind and considerate, reliable and enthusiastic
• Mentor, teach and support others in the team

Desirable

• Supervision and appraisal training.

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered Nurse [NMC Registered]
• Registered Specialist Practitioner Public Health Nurse (Health Visitor)
• Evidence of relevant Continuous Professional Development

Desirable

• Mentorship Preparation Module/ ENB 998/ Practice Assessor
• Degree or Master's level study in a relevant field (e.g. Public Health, Child Health)
• Nurse Prescriber qualification (V100/V300)

Previous Experience

Essential

• Experience of working with children, families, and/or vulnerable groups
• Ability to work autonomously while recognising limits and seeking support appropriately.
• Knowledge of safeguarding children, including current legislation and local procedures
• Experience of delivering the Healthy Child Programme
• Experience of multi-disciplinary and multi-agency working
• Knowledge of infection prevention and control standards
• Knowledge of risk assessment and risk management
• Awareness of current public health priorities (e.g. health inequalities).
• Knowledge of information governance and confidentiality requirements (e.g. GDPR).
• Experience in community settings
• Ability to work flexibly and respond to changing service demands and methods of working both individually and within a team.

Attitudes, aptitudes, personal characteristics

Essential

• Caring for the people who use our services, their families and carers, and other staff
• Respectful of others and genuinely treating them how you would want to be treated
• Able and willing to work with service users, family and carers, and other staff in a way which empowers and supports others and makes them feel better about themselves
• Able and willing to work in partnership with service users, their friends and family as well as other health care professionals

Additional information

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Job summary

We have an exciting opportunity for a General Adult Consultant Psychiatrist to join our West Sussex Division. The post is based at New Park House in Horsham, West Sussex which forms part of our newly formed Horsham Neighbourhood Mental Health team (NMHT).

West Sussex Community services are divided into two main areas: North West Sussex and Coastal Sussex. North West Sussex has three NMHTs located in Crawley, Horsham and Mid Sussex. Each NMHT covers a geographical area aligned with GP surgeries to facilitate liaison with Primary Care colleagues. There are two other consultant posts in Horsham NMHT.

Psychiatrists are integral for driving change and influencing service development. As a Trust we welcome positive transformation and using each other's experiences to shape this. The Trust has ambitious aims to continuously improve for the good of our patients and we welcome clinical and non-clinical views in order to achieve this together.

Main duties of the job

We are a large multi-disciplinary community mental health team, which provides specialist assessments and treatment to patients presenting with a range of complex and unstable mental health and social needs.

As a consultant psychiatrist in our team, your main duties will be to:

• Provide specialist medical /psychiatric assessment and evidence-based treatment to patients referred to the service
• Provide clinical supervision to trainees and informal advice and supervision to non-medical members of the team
• Fulfil the duties of Responsible Clinician for patient's subject to Community Treatment Orders including attendance at Managers Hearings and Tribunals.
• Mental Health Act assessments for patients on the team caseload
• Liaison with inpatient Responsible Clinicians
• Liaison with the forensic team/drug and alcohol services and risk panel as required

About us

Not only will you be working in a county with areas of outstanding beauty such as the south downs, and the 137 miles of coastline, along with exciting cities such as Brighton & Hove - the Trust also offers:

Recruitment & retention package of up to£45,000.00 subject to role and policy requirements (please liaise with Medical HR for more details - 0300 304 0393)

Relocation expenses of up to £8,00.00 subject to role and policy requirements

Excellent pension contributions of 23.7%

Flexible working opportunities

Bespoke, flexible job plans

30 days of study leave over a 3-year period supported by a study leave allowance each year

Opportunities to become a medical appraiser

Opportunities to become a clinical/educational supervisor

Monthly Medical Advisory Committees (MACs) which offer further peer support

Responsibility allowances for specific roles and responsibilities

A variety of wellbeing support and tools, such as an Employee Assistance Programme, financial wellbeing, Occupational Health etc

Free parking spaces available at New Park House

8 Staff Networks such as, ethnic minority, LGBTQIA+, neurodivergent, women's network, to name a few

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please review the Job Description and Person Specification for full details of the role.

You will be part of a friendly and supportive multidisciplinary team that consists of Nurses, Psychologist, Occupational Therapists and more.

Wed love to hear from you! For an informal discussion or to arrange a visit, please see our contact details below.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• MB BS or equivalent medical qualification.

Desirable

• Qualification or higher degree in medical education, clinical research or management.
• MRCPsych
• Additional clinical qualifications.

ELIGIBILITY

Essential

• Fully registered with the GMC with a licence to practise at the time of appointment.
• Included on the GMC Specialist Register OR within six months.
• Approved clinician status OR able to achieve within 3 months of appointment
• Approved under S12 OR able to achieve with 3 months of appointment

Desirable

• In good standing with GMC with respect to warning and conditions on practice

CLINICAL SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE & EXPERIENCE

Essential

• Excellent knowledge in specialty
• Excellent clinical skills using bio-psycho-social perspective and wide medical knowledge
• Excellent oral and written communication skills in English

Desirable

• Wide range of specialist and sub-specialist experience relevant to post within NHS or comparable service

ACADEMIC SKILLS & LIFELONG LEARNING

Essential

• Able to deliver undergraduate or postgraduate teaching and training
• Ability to work in and lead team
• Demonstrate commitment to shared leadership & collaborative working to deliver improvement.
• Participated in continuous professional development
• Able to use and appraise clinical evidence.
• Has actively participated in clinical audit and quality improvement programmes

Additional information

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Job summary

We are delighted to introduce occupational therapy across our all age Home Treatment Teams as part of the service delivery model designed to enhance comunity based crisis care and improve outcomes for people over 18 years who are experiencing an mental health crisis.

This is a unique opportunity to shape and develop occupational therapy provision within a dynamic multidisciplinary team, bringing an occupational perspective to crisis intervention, recovery-focused care, and admission avoidance pathways. As a newly established role, the successful candidate will have the opportunity to influence service development, strengthen occupational therapy leadership within the team, and contribute to the future direction of home treatment services.

As the Highly Specialist Occupational Therapist within the team you will be providing expert occupational therapy assessment, formulation and interventions for people who are experiencing acute mental health crisis and their families. Your occupationally focused interventions will support recovery, independence and participation in meaningful occupations. You will work collaborative within a multi-disciplinary team to support people to remain at home during a crisis and support timely discharges from hospital.

Main duties of the job

My job makes better lives by promoting health and independence for people who use our services and their families/carers/support staff by delivering high quality occupational therapy assessments, interventions, formulation, and consultation. Provision of clinical leadership, supervision, and guidance to the team and others as required. These will be undertaken within an accessible, non-stigmatising, service that contributes to the specialist needs of the individuals referred.

About us

Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is the leading provider of mental health, learning disability, neurodevelopmental and drug and alcohol services in Surrey and North East Hampshire. We support people of all ages and are passionate about providing high quality care that is delivered at the right time as close to home as possible to help people recover and stay well.

We are one of the top 10 mental Health, Learning Disability and Community Trust to work for nationwide. Our Trust is an inclusive and supportive employer that offers a wide range of staff networks, flexible working, free parking and excellent health and wellbeing support. We also provide a wide range of opportunities to help staff develop and progress.

Surrey is a beautiful county lying just 30 minutes away from Central London and from the South Coast. Our historic market towns and bustling districts are enveloped in wonderful countryside, and our excellent road and rail networks bring the rest of the country within easy reach. For international travel, both Gatwick and Heathrow airports are nearby.

Please note that we reserve the right to close posts as soon as sufficient applications are received.

Regrettably, due to UK Home Office requirements we cannot offer sponsorship for all our job roles.

Applicants must have the right to work in the UK for the duration of the role.

We look forward to receiving your application!

Job description

Job responsibilities

• To provide high quality and evidence -based occupational therapy assessment, formulation, intervention and consultation to people with complex needs who access services and their carers/supporters/family members, in line with occupational therapy and service pathways.
• To communicate effectively with a range of clinicians, managers, directors, associate directors, people who access services, carers/supporters/family members, stakeholders, and agencies.
• To provide compassionate and effective leaderships to junior staff including support staff.
• To strengthen and actively contribute to the overall leadership of the service.
• To support the team managers and clinical leads in the development and delivery of effective services.

Please see the attached job description for full details.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Occupational Therapy professional qualification
• A driving license suitable for driving in the UK and access to a vehicle for work purposes

Desirable

• Additional academic clinical qualification relevant to area of work
• Leadership training or relevant leadership experience
• Clinical supervision training

Registration

Essential

• HCPC registered Occupational Therapist

Experience

Essential

• Experience of leading clinical practice service development or project work
• Extensive experience of applying occupational frames of reference and approaches
• Highly specialist knowledge of relevant occupational therapy assessment and treatment models
• Demonstrates evidence of highly effective clinical reasoning skills

Additional information

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Job summary

6 MONTH FIXED TERM CONTRACT

We are looking for a 6 month Locum Consultant to cover a vacancy we have within the Diabetes/Endocrine Department.

This is a locum post and has been created to cover the maternity leave of one of the consultants. The post is for 10 Programmed Activities.

Following the implementation of the Barnet, Enfield and Haringey clinical strategy, the department has also seen significant expansion in workload. We are seeking a highly motivated consultant colleague to provide excellent acute care and develop new service pathways for this cohort of patients.

Main duties of the job

Each of the diabetes/ endocrinology consultants will be in charge of in-patients (we work a ward based system and look after a 22 bedded ward and allocated outliers) for 2 weeks for every 8 weeks (1:4 rota, shared with 3 other consultants), during which period, he or she is expected to do three full ward rounds a week, as well as daily review of new patients transferred to the ward and those who need senior review. The consultant in charge of the wards is also expected to take part in daily board rounds as well as facilitate timely discharge of patients.

The balance of 6 weeks out of 8 is on the non-wards rota described below. The acute medical share of workload may overlap and will need clinic cancellations to reflect the same.

About us

North Mid is part of North Central London integrated care system - consisting of the NHS and Local authority organisations in Camden, Islington, Barnet, Enfield and Haringey. As with other ICS's, we are working increasingly closely with partners and indeed many of our financial and performance objectives are measured at this system level. Whilst all organisations remain as standalone, statutory bodies we have an ICS infrastructure for making shared decisions and agreeing shared approaches.

We are proud of our staff and want to ensure their training allows them to provide excellent clinical care. We are also a training unit for medical students from UCL and St George's University Grenada, and for nursing and midwifery students from Middlesex and City Universities.

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Job description

Job responsibilities

See detailed job plan attached

Please see detailed Job Description & Person Specification attached to this advert.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• MRCP or Equivalent
• CCST/CCT or equivalent in Diabetes and Endocrine and acute or general medicine and on the specialist register
• Ability to take full and independent responsibility for clinical care of patients with acute and chronic rheumatic diseases

Desirable

• Post Graduate degree

Skills and Abilities

Essential

• Ability to communicate effectively with staff, patients and relatives
• Potential to develop leadership skills
• Excellent interpersonal and organisational skills
• Experience of service development and quality improvement initiatives
• Ability to work in a pressurised environment

Desirable

• Training/qualification in leadership and management
• Experience of service development and quality improvement initiatives
• Posters/Presentations at Regional and National meetings Publications in peer-reviewed journals

Knowledge

Essential

• Knowledge and participation of clinical audit
• Understanding of Clinical Governance
• Experience on providing high quality training and education to undergraduates and postgraduates

Desirable

• Posters/Presentations at Regional and National meetings

Other Requirements

Essential

• Excellent communication skills, both oral and written, and an ability to relate to staff and patients.
• Knowledge of resource management issues.
• Ability to stay calm under pressure.
• Computer literate
• Willingness to work flexibly as part of a team
• GMC Registration

Desirable

• Ability to support and motivate staff during periods of pressure.

Additional information

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Job summary

We are looking for an trainee psychotherapist with experience working with children under 5 years of age and their families to work in the CAMHS Inner London Under 5s Team.

The post holder will be embedded within our community services' multi-disciplinary teams responsible for the support of children and their families through initial assessment, consultation and intervention. The post holder will work alongside and assist with the clinical management of clients as agreed by the MDTs:

By assisting with the planning of clients' treatment/care & support by undertaking psychological assessments for psychological interventions offered in groups and individually.

By assisting with the implementation of aspects of clients' care & support plans by providing psychological interventions of a routine nature, under the clinical supervision of a qualified professional psychotherapist drawing on their supervisor's expertise and intervention as and when advised and directed.

By providing time limited assistance and support using psychotherapeutic approaches to enable service users overcome practical and psychological difficulties/barriers impacting on their individual recovery,

Undertaking clinically related administration, conduct of audits, collection of statistics, and development of audit and/or research projects, teaching and project work.

Main duties of the job

The post involves seeing children and their families in family hubs and in the CAMHS clinic, as well as supporting the clinical work completed by the team.

You should be interested in offering focussed psychodynamic work to cases where there is a degree of complexity, as well as providing consultations to the networks supporting children and their families. You will receive supervision from experienced psychotherapists to support ou in your role.

Some of the responsibilities of the role include:

1. To undertake, under the clinical supervision of a qualified psychotherapist protocol based psychological assessments of patients applying psychological, self-report measures, rating scales, direct and indirect structured observations and semi-structured interviews with patients, family members and others involved in the patient's care.

2. To assist in the formulation and delivery of care plans involving the psychological treatment and/or management of a client's problems, clinically supervised by a qualified psychologist.

3. To Hellp promote team cohesiveness, multidisciplinary working and at all times work collaboratively with colleagues in all parts of the Trust and other agencies to achieve healthy and effective working relationships and care provision.

About us

Kensington and Chelsea CAMHS is well established multi-disciplinary team. We aim to provide an accessible, flexible and responsive local service for patients and professionals working with children in the area. We use a diverse range of therapeutic interventions, including Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, systemic and family therapies, psychotherapy, psychoeducation and therapy groups and multi-family work. Kensington and Chelsea CAMHS consists of five main sub-teams: Emotional Disorders Team; Neurodevelopmental Team; Enhanced Treatment Team; Duty team; and under 5s Team.

The Inner under 5s team is composed of psychotherapists and CAMHS practitioners. The team is based in the Kensington and Chelsea CAMHS clinic as it is part of the larger CAMHS families, which is comprised of psychotherapists, Psychologists, Behaviour Analysts, Psychiatrists, CBT practitioners, DBT practitioners, Nurses and Art Psychotherapists.

Job description

Job responsibilities

The post involves working with children and their families and this is primarily a face to face role given the nature of the work and the age of the children.

You will receive supervision from experienced clinicians in the service.

This post involves liaising with psychological therapy and community hubs and family centres as well as third sector partners in the Borough.

We meet monthly for clinical meetings. You will attend MDT referral meetings and contribute across the board to our work.

Person Specification

Education/ Qualifications

Essential

• Enrolled, or planning to be enrolled in Masters ACP regulated Child and Adolescent pre-clinical training programme course seminars (M7, Tavistock Clinic, and other ACP accredited Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy pre-clinical programmes, pre-requisite for ACP Child & Adolescent Psychotherapists in doctoral training).
• Evidence of ability to study successfully at Masters level or equivalent

Desirable

• .Other undergraduate or postgraduate degree
• Previous professional training in nursing, social work, education, occupational therapy, counselling or training within a specific psychological therapy

Experience

Essential

• Evidence of working with children/young people/ families with mental health difficulties in mental health or related services

Desirable

• Worked in a service where agreed targets in place to demonstrating outcomes
• Ability to manage own caseload and time

Skills and Competencies

Essential

• Ability to translate theory to effective practice
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including telephone skills
• Able to develop good therapeutic relationships with clients
• Excellent time management skills

Knowledge/ Understanding

Essential

• Demonstrates an understanding of anxiety and depression and how it may present in children & young people
• Demonstrates a keen interest and knowledge of infant mental health

Desirable

• Demonstrate a knowledge of the issues & context surrounding the work and how this can impact on children & young people's mental health
• Demonstrate an understanding of evidence based practice

Other Requirements

Essential

• High Level of enthusiasm & motivation
• Advanced Communication Skills
• Ability to work within a team and foster good relationships
• Ability to use clinical supervision and positively & effectively
• Ability to be self-reflective, whilst working with service users, in own personal and professional development and in supervision

Additional information

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Job summary

A development opportunity has arisen for a part time Health Promotion Outreach Worker within the Surrey Sexual Health Outreach Team whose role is to extend the provision of sexual health services into the wider communities.

This is a development post for a Sexual Health Promotion Outreach Worker. The post holder will follow an individual training programme to develop their sexual health promotion knowledge from Band 4 Sexual Health Promotion Outreach Worker to Band 5 Sexual Health Promotion Outreach Worker through practical, real time, on the job experience training.

The health promotion model has been developed in conjunction with Public Health to ensure it targets Surrey communities and populations most at risk of sexual ill health including young people under 25, Black and minority ethnic communities, Sex workers, Men who have sex with men including ChemSex, People with disabilities and transgender communities.

We're passionate about delivering first-class patient-centred, safe and effective care, whether it is in a hospital setting, in a community clinic or in the patient's own home. Patients are at the heart of everything we do. Providing top quality care depends on our ability to employ the best people.

With a diverse culture and equally diverse range of opportunities across mental health, community services, addictions, eating disorders, learning disabilities and more - whatever stage of your career you're at, there's always a place for you.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be responsible for delivering health promotion, outreach services, Surrey Chlamydia and Gonorrhoea screening programme and Condom Distribution Service for under 25s. This post is permanent, based in Woking and providing outreach services across Surrey.

The service operates in partnership with other commissioned community sexual health support in Pharmacies, General Practice and the Third Sector and complements clinic based work. The post holder would provide training sessions to groups of staff and other professionals and awareness raising sessions to young people.

Candidates should have experience in Health Promotion and or Sexual Health Services. The post holder would work regular hours with flexibility to work very occasional evenings and weekends (to cover specific events).

Please ensure you have the appropriate skills and experience as described in the Job Description prior to application or your application will not be shortlisted.

The post holder will be expected to travel across the County of Surrey as part of their work.

About us

Please note: This vacancy does not meet the criteria for Skilled Worker sponsorship, unless you meet the criteria by temporary exemption from current changes to immigration rules put in force on 22/07/2025. "Separate provisions are applied to workers who have been sponsored and continuously held a Skilled Worker visa since prior to 04/04/2024."

As such, if you don't meet the Transitional Provision (above) we are unable to consider your application unless you can provide documentary evidence of your right to work in the United Kingdom. If you believe you are eligible for sponsorship or already hold a valid right to work in the UK, please ensure you provide full details of your immigration status in the Pre-Screening Immigration section of your application form.

Please note role eligibility also depends on whether the role meets the salary threshold for the relevant occupational code (SOC CODE).

For further info please visit: Skilled Worker visa: Overview - GOV.UK

Job description

Job responsibilities

• Manage the Surrey Chlamydia/gonorrhoea screening programme and Condom Distribution Scheme
• Promote condom use and personal sexual health strategies
• Offer advice and information about sexual health and signposting to clinical services
• Provide asymptomatic STI screening kits to target groups
• Provide support in terms of safer sexual practices
• Help clients to assess their sexual health needs and referring them to appropriate clinics and other services.
• To increase the number of vulnerable and young people tested and to support vulnerable clients in to mainstream services if applicable.
• Provide training sessions to groups of staff or other professionals who work with targeted client groups, in various settings.
• To participate in the planning, preparation and delivery of training and outreach sessions.

Person Specification

Skills

Essential

• Excellent organisational & prioritising skills
• Proficient IT skills Microsoft Office (Word/Excel/Powerpoint)

Desirable

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills with range of individuals, including hard to reach client groups.

Experience

Essential

• Experience of having worked with relevant client groups

Desirable

• Experience of working within a sexual health environment
• Experience of working with young people including safeguarding measures
• Preparing, planning and delivering of training and workshops to various groups
• Working effectively with different agencies in the community, voluntary or statutory sectors

Education

Essential

• Knowledge of sexual health, acquired through training, extended courses and experience to Degree level equivalent

Knowledge

Essential

• Knowledge of sexual health or the willingness to learn

Abilities

Essential

• Good communication skills and ability to relate to others in a sensitive, confident and relaxed manner
• Ability to work effectively as part of a team and on own initiative
• Ability to deliver on agreed objectives
• Ability to be flexible and respond to changing demands

Job summary

The successful applicant will join an innovative and expert team within the Royal Free NHS Foundation Trust, the post holder will be based at the echocardiography service at North Middlesex University hospital which has recently achieved departmental BSE TTE and training accreditation where candidate will participate in delivering the echo service.

The individual must hold a BSE TTE level 2 accreditation or equivalent and has relevant NHS experience in cardiacphysiology field. The individual will work alongside the team of 7 other accredited echocardiographers and with the wider cardiac physiology team to performtransthoracic echocardiograms as well as assist with stress andtransoesophageal echocardiograms.

As a teaching hospital the successful candidate will be expected to support ourtrainee echocardiographers to achieve their BSE accreditation. The echo service is open from 8am to 6pm on weekdays and also provides inpatient/outpatient weekend service. The individual will be expected to participate in this comprehensive servicewhilst a flexible working pattern can be supported.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be expected to:

Demonstrate expertise in echocardiography ensuring that the service model provides demonstrably high-quality patient care within clinical gudielines.

Closely liaise with medical staff to assist patients management if required based on echo findings.Participate in the local echo MDT discussions.Provide educational presentations in the field of echo to colleaguesAssist clinicians in running the advanced echo services such as stress, TOE, contrastand bubbles echocardiograms

Demonstrate working knowledge of the full range of investigations.

Demonstrate leadership qualities, provide support to junior team members and carry out organisational and supervisory duties.

Demonstrate a professional approach to patient care and be able to communicate with patients clearly. Effectively communicate with other colleagues.

About us

The Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK's biggest and most innovative trusts. Across three main hospitals, our dedicated army of staff care for over 1.6million patients, treat more than 200,000 in A&E, deliver over 8,000 babies and carry out more than 17million tests.

Our size, scale and influence offer you unrivalled career opportunities and a forward-thinking approach to working that works around your lifestyle. From flexible hours and generous benefits, to next level training, we make it easier to take your career to the top

For more information please follow linkhttps://www.royalfreelondonjobs.co.uk/

Details

Date posted

02 September 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£55,524 to £62,652 a year per annum inclusive of HCAS

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

6 months

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

391-NMUH-8176616

Job locations

NORTH MIDDLESEX UNIVERISITY HOSPITAL

STERLING WAY

LONDON

N18 1QX

United Kingdom

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see attached job description for more information about this role and working at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust.

Job description Job responsibilities Please see attached job description for more information about this role and working at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust.

Person Specification

Education

Essential

• BSc Cardiac science/physiology (or equivalent Life Sciences subject)
• BSE or equivalent qualification in echocardiography
• Registered with ACHS/PTP equivalence

Desirable

• Postgraduate qualification (MSc)/ eligible for STP equivalence

Experience

Essential

• Substantial (+2yrs) post BSc qualification experience as a Cardiac Physiologist/echocardiographer
• Good understanding of echocardiography techniques with independent ability to report scans to a high standard. Up to date with latest relevant clinical guidelines
• Exposure to complex cases and ability to accurately assess their management.
• Good knowledge/experience using 3D and strain imaging
• Possession of audit process knowledge and outcome

Desirable

• Working knowledge of other cardiology investigations carried out in the CIU

Skills and aptitudes

Essential

• Perform Transthoracic Echo independently, in accordance with BSE guidelines and department standards.
• Ability to effectively work and interact as part of a team
• Able to work calmly under pressure, maintaining a flexible approach.
• Aptitude for learning and teaching new procedures
• Ability to process and communicate complex information.

Personal qualities & attributes

Essential

• Professional knowledge is enhanced by the ongoing development of echocardiography skills through daily scanning in a variety of clinical settings.
• Flexible approach to working Evidence of CPD
• Ability to deal with potentially upsetting situations
• Very good time management skills
• Good organizational skills

Royal Free World Class Values

Essential

• Demonstrable ability to meet the Trust Values

Person Specification Education Essential BSc Cardiac science/physiology (or equivalent Life Sciences subject) BSE or equivalent qualification in echocardiography Registered with ACHS/PTP equivalence Desirable Postgraduate qualification (MSc)/ eligible for STP equivalence Experience Essential Substantial (+2yrs) post BSc qualification experience as a Cardiac Physiologist/echocardiographer Good understanding of echocardiography techniques with independent ability to report scans to a high standard. Up to date with latest relevant clinical guidelines Exposure to complex cases and ability to accurately assess their management. Good knowledge/experience using 3D and strain imaging Possession of audit process knowledge and outcome Desirable Working knowledge of other cardiology investigations carried out in the CIU Skills and aptitudes Essential Perform Transthoracic Echo independently, in accordance with BSE guidelines and department standards. Ability to effectively work and interact as part of a team Able to work calmly under pressure, maintaining a flexible approach. Aptitude for learning and teaching new procedures Ability to process and communicate complex information. Personal qualities & attributes Essential Professional knowledge is enhanced by the ongoing development of echocardiography skills through daily scanning in a variety of clinical settings. Flexible approach to working Evidence of CPD Ability to deal with potentially upsetting situations Very good time management skills Good organizational skills Royal Free World Class Values Essential Demonstrable ability to meet the Trust Values

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions. Certificate of Sponsorship Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab). From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab). UK Registration Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust

Address

NORTH MIDDLESEX UNIVERISITY HOSPITAL

STERLING WAY

LONDON

N18 1QX

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.royalfreelondonjobs.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust

Address

NORTH MIDDLESEX UNIVERISITY HOSPITAL

STERLING WAY

LONDON

N18 1QX

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.royalfreelondonjobs.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Job summary

We are seeking a skilled and compassionate Band 6 Registered Mental Health Nurse to join the Regents Health Primary Care Network in the North Westminster Mental Health Hub.

You will be an integral member of a multidisciplinary community mental health team, providing assessment, treatment and psychosocial interventions to people with a range of mental health needs, supported through recovery focused community care. The role involves holding a defined caseload and working collaboratively with service users, carers and partner agencies to promote recovery, reduce risk and support people to live well in the community.

This is an opportunity to work within a supportive, forward thinking hub environment that values clinical autonomy, professional development and high-quality, person-centred care.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will take responsibility for the assessment, collaborative formulation, treatment and ongoing review of a defined caseload of people with mental health needs, working in a person centred and recovery focused way.

You will deliver psychosocial interventions, or be supported and trained to develop these skills, and contribute to the wider clinical aspects of care including assessment, physical health monitoring, health promotion and healthy lifestyle advice. The role may also include facilitating or co facilitating therapeutic and wellbeing focused groups as part of the hub's offer.

You will undertake comprehensive psychosocial and risk assessments, develop and implement risk management and crisis plans, and work proactively with service users and carers to manage distress, reduce relapse and support people to remain well in the community.

You will support medication management, including depot clinics where required, and promote holistic care that recognises the importance of both mental and physical health.

You will work closely with multidisciplinary colleagues, inpatient services, Home Treatment Teams, GPs, social care and voluntary sector partners to ensure coordinated and compassionate care.

About us

At the Regents Health PCN Community Mental Health Hub, we are committed to creating a supportive, inclusive and reflective working environment where people feel valued, listened to and able to do their best work.

You will be part of a multidisciplinary team that prioritises recovery focused, person centred care and values collaboration, curiosity and compassion. We recognise that high-quality care depends on staff wellbeing, and we actively support flexible working, regular supervision and protected space for reflection and learning.

We are committed to developing our nurses and supporting career progression. This includes access to role relevant training such as psychosocial interventions, physical health skills including venepuncture and ECGs, opportunities to develop leadership capability, and pathways to broaden or specialise your practice within community mental health.

As part of CNWL, you will also benefit from a wide range of staff wellbeing resources, award winning staff networks, and an extensive NHS benefits package designed to support your work life balance and personal wellbeing.

Job description

Job responsibilities

The post holder will promote fair and equitable access to mental health services, working in a way that recognises and respects diversity, individual identity and lived experience, and supports choice, inclusion and recovery.

You will work collaboratively with people, families and carers to understand needs, strengths and goals, and to develop and review personalised, recovery focused plans that support wellbeing, stability and independence.

You will deliver evidence based psychosocial interventions and proactive risk management approaches, supporting people to manage distress, reduce relapse and minimise the impact of mental ill health on daily life.

You will demonstrate strong safeguarding practice, ensuring safeguarding children and adults procedures are understood and followed, and taking timely and appropriate action when risk or vulnerability is identified.

You will provide psychoeducation and health promotion, supporting understanding of mental and physical health, medication, wellbeing and self management, and promoting healthy lifestyle choices.

You will work with people who have co occurring mental health and substance use needs, liaising closely with partner services to ensure coordinated, holistic support.

You will actively contribute to multidisciplinary working, participating in team meetings, clinical reviews, supervision and service development, and maintaining accurate and timely clinical records in line with Trust policy and professional standards.

You will uphold the NMC Code of Professional Conduct and work within relevant legislation, including the Mental Health Act, Mental Capacity Act, Children Act and Care Act.

Person Specification

Education and Qualifications

Essential

• Current Professional Qualification in mental health nursing Registration must be live with professional body NMC Evidence of post registration training and CPD.

Desirable

• Training in Psychosocial Interventions (DBT skills, Motivational Interviewing Skills, CBT skills); Other relevant training, e.g. substance misuse, group facilitation skills or experience
• Physical Health Assessment Skills Venepuncture ECG and interpretation skills

Experience

Essential

• Significant post-registration experience Experience of working in multidisciplinary mental health team with clients with acute/severe and enduring mental health problems

Desirable

• Work with clients with acute/severe and enduring mental health problems who are homeless/rootless
• Supervision of students and junior staff.
• Audit and QI; Teaching. Working with people who use substances
• Work with people experiencing mental health crisis.

Skills and knowledge

Essential

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including report writing and presentations / IT skills.
• Ability to assess, plan, implement and evaluate a comprehensive care package for the identified client group, using a wide range of resources.
• Able to develop a comprehensive programme of intervention and support for the identified client group and their families
• Can demonstrate understanding of the needs of diverse groups, e.g. residents of inner city; black and minority ethnic groups, and skills in engaging with them.
• Able to build constructive relationships with clients and carers using warmth and empathy, using good communication skills
• Skills in risk assessment and management.
• Knowledge of current legislation and guidance applicable to this client group
• Skills in psychosocial interventions
• Can demonstrate understanding of psychosis and its impact on service users and carers.

Desirable

• Skills in leadership: ability to motivate others, use initiative and manage change.
• Dual diagnosis/substance misuse
• Basic counselling and group work skills.

Other

Essential

• The post-holder must have the ability to understand and implement the Equal Opportunities Policy at a level appropriate to the job.

Additional information

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced clinician looking to work at the front door of urgent mental health services in CNWL.

The SPA/OOHCR Senior Practitioner will play a crucial role in delivering urgent mental health support to people in mental health crisis.

The SPA is CNWL's 24/7 crisis line and urgent referral service where clinicians work primarily over the telephone to conduct clinical triages and support callers to access crisis support in a timely manner, and to remain in the community.

The service also provides face to face crisis assessments between 8pm and 8am across Brent, Harrow, Hillingdon, K&C and Westminster. Within these hours clinicians will travel to peoples' homes and conduct assessments in order to provide an alternative to attending A&E.

We believe that the best care is delivered by enthusiastic and skilled healthcare professionals who are passionate about crisis support and understanding of the social stressors that can contribute to people feeling distressed. The service values those with a wealth of experience of mental health conditions and their treatment.

You will also be prepared to work nights and be involved in the clinical supervision of the staff undertaking the OOHs crisis assessment role.

Main duties of the job

The key elements of this post are:

-Overseeing and conducting rapid engagement with service users over the telephone and in-personby conducting face to face assessment in their homes.

-Delivering care and training/supervising others to ensure a high level of triage, assessment andsignposting of service users to statutory and non-statutory support services.

-Working closely with our Bed management services, home treatment teams and psychiatric liaison teams and the Mental Health Crisis assessment services as well as having an excellent understanding of CNWL referral pathways in secondary care

-Using excellent clinical assessment and risk formulation skills and being able to confidently communicate to the team and to stakeholders both verbally and in writing.

About us

The Single Point of Access service sits within the Urgent Care directorate and is uniquely situated as an access point into crisis support and mental health services across the whole trust.

If successful in post you will have the unique opportunity to expand and grow your knowledge of the organisation and the support it offers, and play a pivotal part in service users first contact with mental health services, or at the point of crisis and in need of urgent support. You will also be their lifeline in a time of crisis when they need professional support the most.

This is an excellent opportunity for a clinician looking to develop their management and leaderships skills, and expand their experience within a urgent care, with opportunities to work both in SPA undertaking both clinical telephone work but also face to face assessments; but also to work alongside our bed management and liaison service.

The service is committed, along with the Trust, to developing its workforce by delivering a robust package of education and training and ensuring the service delivers a trauma informed-based interventions at all times.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Main duties and responsibilities: To provide strong and effective clinical leadership to the 24/7 SPA team and the Out of Hours Crisis Response Service between 8pm and 8am.

To provide day to day clinical leadership, management and co-ordination focusing on delivering high quality mental health support services.

To actively work as part of the team as required answering calls and arranging urgent mental health support for patients in crisis.

To undertake assessments in patients homes that are referred to the OOHCR Team, to formulate risk, arrange care and support people in crisis. Providing an alternative to assessment in A&E.

To undertake clinical screening of all referrals coming into the service the other Senior Practitioners in post.

To participate in setting standards of care in the team and ensure that those experiencing mental health issues are given fair access to treatment and services.

To ensure a robust training and support programme is in place for both SPA and peer support staff.

To work in conjunction with the Service manager of SPA to ensure that all aims, goals and targets are met, and clinical quality is maintained.

To support the Service Manager in regular reviews of the team and performance and adapting practice or the service in collaboration with other key professionals.

To participate in multi-agency meetings internal and externally to ensure that regular callers and high intensity users of the service have a good quality care plan.

Support the service manager to ensure that the team is adequately staffed month on month, through use of HealthRoster and Loop.

To work some night shifts in negotiation with the service manager

The SPA/OOHCR Senior Practitioner will contribute to the provision of safe and reliable services by:

Using supervision and clinical audits to ensure that their supervisees are maintaining high quality during calls and assessments

Providing expert safeguarding advice to the team and seeking support from trust safeguarding leads in complex cases

Undertaking risk formulation with the support of the SPA Consultant Psychiatrists and ensuing that risk concerns are acted on promptly.

Providing clinical and management supervision to the SPA Practitioners

All SPA/OOHCR Practitioners expected to be registered with their respective regulatory body and to adhere to their Regulatory Bodys Code of Conduct.

Person Specification

Education and Training

Essential

• RMN or SW or OT equivalent
• Live first level registration

Skills, Knowledge and Abilities

Essential

• Knowledge of recent legislation affecting Crisis Services
• Ability to demonstrate in depth knowledge of Crisis interventions
• Knowledge of the process necessary for effective risk assessment and management.
• Knowledge of the supervision process and effective people management

Desirable

• An understanding of Clinical Governance.
• Knowledge and use of research methodology

Previous experience

Essential

• Significant clinical experience in the community and/or hospital based services. Demonstrable experience at Band 6 or equivalent
• Evidence of ability to effectively manage an acute service or crisis service
• Experience of delivering training to different disciplines and professions
• Experience in the management of psychiatric emergencies
• Experience of the Supervision process and the ability to offer effective supervision to staff at different levels (I)
• Previous experience of working using telephone support
• Proven skills in conflict management and ability to have difficult conversations
• Working understanding of trauma informed approach

Desirable

• Understanding of the principles of financial management.
• Experience of implementing service improvement/development

Attitudes, Aptitudes & Personal Characteristics

Essential

• Ability to demonstrate a creative and flexible approach to managing a front line team and in delivering a high standard of care.
• Ability to assess, plan, implement and evaluate care plans to meet needs of patients.
• Ability to set, monitor and evaluate standards for quality within the service.
• Knowledge of and ability to work as part of a multi professional team as a lead clinician and role model.
• Ability to work effectively in crisis situations in order to maintain the safety of both staff and patient.
• Ability to provide advice and support to other agencies/professionals.
• Experience of effective communication with other agencies at a variety of levels.
• Ability to manage resources effectively and be creative in developing both staff and services
• Ability to use IT systems and adapt to IT clinical change

Other

Essential

• The post holder must have the ability to understand the equal opportunities policy at a level appropriate to the job
• Ability to promote anti-discriminatory practices

Desirable

• UK Registered Driving License

Additional information

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Job summary

We are looking for an enthusiastic colleague to join our dynamic team providing inpatientcare across our medical specialties at Royal London Hospital.This is a fixed term contract ending August 2027.Successful applicants will be allocated to the Gastroenterology and Hepatology department.Within this specialty their role will be to deliver inpatient medical care on a ward basedsystem and covering medical wards on the 13th Floor out of hours as per the oncall rota of 1in 3 weekends, there will be no night shifts or acute medical admissions shifts associatedwith these roles. The medical teams are committed to supporting medical education, and within the medicaldepartments there are lunchtime teaching sessions as well as M&M meetings once amonth. Consultants within the departments are willing to supervise and support successfulcandidates with audits and QIPs.

Main duties of the job

5. Main duties, responsibilities and results areasThe requirements of the post include:o Take a history and examine a patiento Identify and appropriately manage clinical problemso Prescribe safelyo Keep an accurate and relevant medical recordo Manage time and clinical priorities effectivelyo Communicate effectively with patients, relatives and colleagueso Use evidence, guidelines and audit to benefit patient careo Act in a professional manner at all timeso Manage ethical and legal issues which occur during the management of patients withgeneral medical problemso Educate patients effectivelyo Become life-long learners and teachers.

About us

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers.

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.

We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.

Details

Date posted

02 September 2026

Pay scheme

Hospital medical and dental staff

Grade

Doctor - other

Salary

£51,931 to £69,976 a year Per Annum

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

12 months

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

259-MED8269324RLH

Job locations

Royal London Hospital

Whitechapel Rd

London

E1 1FR

United Kingdom

Job description

Job responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.

Job description Job responsibilities The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• Foundation Programme experience and competencies or equivalent
• Work experience within the NHS
• An understanding of the importance of the patient as the central focus of care
• The ability to prioritise tasks and information appropriately.

Skills

Essential

• Competent to perform Venepuncture, IV Cannulation, ABG, Urinary Catheterisation, and NG tube insertion.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and Clinical leadership skills
• Adaptable and able to deal with changing workloads.

Desirable

• Independent competency in any of: - Ascitic fluid aspiration - Pleural aspiration - Lumbar Puncture.

Knowledge

Essential

• Is consistent with their level of understanding, culture, background and preferred ways of communicating.
• Is appropriate to the purpose of the communication and the context in which it is taking place.
• Encourages the effective participation of all involved.
• Is proactive in seeking out different styles and methods of communicating to assist longer term needs and aims.
• Provides feedback to other workers on their communication at appropriate times.
• Takes a proactive role in producing accurate and complete records of communication consistent with legislation, policies and procedures.

Desirable

• Quality focussed approach
• Recognises and reflects on barriers to effective communication and modifies communication in response.

Qualifications

Essential

• Full GMC Registration
• MBBS or equivalent

Desirable

• MRCP Part 1.

Other

Essential

• Positive attitude and ability to work under pressure. Takes responsibility for own learning.
• Enthusiasm for medical speciality.

Desirable

• Completed and presented Audits and QIPs.

Person Specification Experience Essential Foundation Programme experience and competencies or equivalent Work experience within the NHS An understanding of the importance of the patient as the central focus of care The ability to prioritise tasks and information appropriately. Skills Essential Competent to perform Venepuncture, IV Cannulation, ABG, Urinary Catheterisation, and NG tube insertion. Excellent verbal and written communication skills. Excellent interpersonal skills and Clinical leadership skills Adaptable and able to deal with changing workloads. Desirable Independent competency in any of: - Ascitic fluid aspiration - Pleural aspiration - Lumbar Puncture. Knowledge Essential Is consistent with their level of understanding, culture, background and preferred ways of communicating. Is appropriate to the purpose of the communication and the context in which it is taking place. Encourages the effective participation of all involved. Is proactive in seeking out different styles and methods of communicating to assist longer term needs and aims. Provides feedback to other workers on their communication at appropriate times. Takes a proactive role in producing accurate and complete records of communication consistent with legislation, policies and procedures. Desirable Quality focussed approach Recognises and reflects on barriers to effective communication and modifies communication in response. Qualifications Essential Full GMC Registration MBBS or equivalent Desirable MRCP Part 1. Other Essential Positive attitude and ability to work under pressure. Takes responsibility for own learning. Enthusiasm for medical speciality. Desirable Completed and presented Audits and QIPs.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions. Certificate of Sponsorship Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab). From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab). UK Registration Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Barts Health NHS Trust

Address

Royal London Hospital

Whitechapel Rd

London

E1 1FR

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.bartshealth.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Barts Health NHS Trust

Address

Royal London Hospital

Whitechapel Rd

London

E1 1FR

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.bartshealth.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)

Job summary

We are seeking motivated Band 6 practitioners to join our Assertive Outreach Team (AOT), a new, high-impact service designed to support individuals with severe mental illness who are at risk of disengaging from services and require intensive, proactive, community-based care.

This is a dynamic, community-facing role, focused on engaging patients in their homes and local environments to stabilise their mental health and reduce crisis presentations.

The Assertive Outreach Team (AOT) role is fundamentally a patient-facing position, focused on engaging and managing individuals who are often reluctant to engage with services. Given the nature of this work, requiring proactive outreach, direct contact, and consistent face-to-face intervention, the role is not suitable for remote or hybrid working arrangements.

Main duties of the job

As a Band 6 AOT Practitioner, you will:

• Deliver intensive assertive outreach, including regular home visits and community-based engagement
• Work with individuals who are difficult to engage or do not attend appointments, using persistent and flexible approaches
• Undertake clinical assessments, risk management and care planning for a high-risk cohort
• Act as care coordinator/keyworker, ensuring continuity of care
• Deliver clinical interventions and support treatment, not just engagement
• Work within a model based on:
• Persistent engagement and relationship-building
• No discharge due to non-attendance (DNA)
• Proactive, flexible support to prevent crisis
• Collaborate closely with CMHT/CMHH, Crisis Teams, inpatient services and partner agencies

About us

Central and Northwest London Mental Health NHS Trust is committed to involve staff at all levels in the development of the organisation. TheTrust is committed to the principles of Improving Working Lives, and all managers are encouraged to follow Improving Working Lives practices.

The Assertive Outreach Team (AOT) role is fundamentally a patient-facing position, focused on engaging and managing individuals who are often reluctant to engage with services.

The Team is committed to delivering safe, compassionate and high-quality care.

The Assertive Outreach Team offers:

• The opportunity to work in a new, innovative model of care
• A strong focus on patient safety, engagement and recovery
• A supportive MDT environment with clear leadership and development opportunities

Job description

Job responsibilities

Essential:

• Registered mental health professional (RMN, OT, Social Worker or equivalent)
• Experience working with complex mental health needs and high-risk service users
• Strong skills in risk assessment, care planning and community-based working
• Ability to engage hard-to-reach individuals

Desirable:

• Experience in assertive outreach, crisis or urgent care services
• Driving Licence and access to a vehicle for work

Person Specification

Education & Qualifications

Essential

• Registered mental health professional qualification (e.g. RMN, OT, Social Worker or equivalent relevant professional qualification)
• Current professional registration with the relevant professional body
• Evidence of post-registration experience in mental health practice

Experience

Essential

• Experience of working with people with complex mental health needs
• Experience of working with high-risk service users
• Experience of risk assessment, formulation and safety planning
• Experience of working with hard-to engage or disengaged individuals
• Experience of community-based working, including home visits or outreach
• Experience of care coordination / caseload management
• Experience of MDT and multi-agency working

Desirable

• Experience in Assertive Outreach, Crisis, HTT or urgent care settings

Skills, Abilities & Knowledge

Essential

• Knowledge of mental health conditions and treatment approaches
• Understanding of Assertive Outreach principles, including persistent engagement and no discharge for DNA
• Knowledge of risk management and safeguarding frameworks
• Understanding of community mental health pathways and system interfaces
• Knowledge of care planning and documentation standards
• Ability to deliver autonomous clinical assessment and decision-making
• Strong risk assessment and management skills
• Ability to engage and sustain relationships with difficult-to-engage individuals
• Ability to deliver persistent, proactive and flexible outreach
• Ability to develop and implement care plans and safety plans
• Ability to work independently in community settings
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to prioritise and manage a complex caseload
• Ability to work effectively within an MDT and across agencies

Desirable

• Awareness of wider system partners such as housing, social care or substance misuse services

Personal Qualities

Essential

• Compassionate and non-judgemental approach
• Persistent, proactive and solution focused
• Resilient and able to work with complexity, uncertainty and disengagement
• Commitment to recovery-focused and person-centred care

Other Requirements

Essential

• Ability to travel across the borough and undertake regular home visits
• Willingness to work flexibly, including evening/weekend outreach where required locally
• IT literacy and ability to use clinical systems and documentation platforms

Additional information

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Job summary

Are you passionate about mental health care?

Do you have creative talents that can inspire and engage patients in a mental health setting?

If so, we have an exciting opportunity for you to join our dedicated team as an Activity Co-ordinator at the Riverside Centre in Hillingdon Hospital.

We welcome individuals who can draw on their unique creative strengths to design engaging, recreational experiences that support and motivate patients throughout their recovery.

As part of your role, you will:

Receive regular supervision from an Occupational Therapist

Be invited to attend the Healthcare Support Worker Community of Practice forum

Access ongoing training through CNWL Learning and Development and the Recovery & Wellbeing College

Be encouraged to reflect, learn, and develop professionally in a supportive environment

You will work across two open acute mental health wards and one Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit, as part of a team of six Activity Co-ordinators. You may occasionally be asked to provide cover on additional wards as needed.

The role involves planning and delivering a varied programme of social, creative, and skills-based activities, both in group settings and on an individual basis. These activities promote social inclusion, recovery, and a sense of purpose, and are offered both on the wards and within the local community.

*We revere the right to close this post early*

Main duties of the job

The Activity Co-ordinator role is a dynamic and rewarding patient-facing role, central to delivering holistic care and supporting the smooth operation of an inpatient acute mental health ward.

You will need to be creative and possess determination to continually improve / adapt and mould the offers of therapeutic, recovery and skill-based groups in order to promote recovery and independence amongst our service users.

We are looking for someone who has:

• Good communication skills: verbal and written, English to GCSE or equivalent
• Experience in facilitating groups and individual activities
• Experience of working in a multi-cultural environment
• Demonstrate an understanding of the needs and experiences of individuals with severe and enduring mental health conditions

About us

Central and North West London (CNWL) NHS Foundation Trust is one of England's largest NHS Trusts.

With great size, comes fantastic opportunities, to develop, innovate and progress.

Please note: This vacancy does not meet the criteria for Skilled Worker sponsorship, unless you meet the criteria by temporary exemption from current changes to immigration rules put in force on 22/07/2025. "Separate provisions are applied to workers who have been sponsored and held continuously Skilled Worker visa since prior to 04/04/2024."

As such, if you don't meet the Transitional Provision (above) we are unable to consider your application unless you can provide documentary evidence of your right to work in the United Kingdom. If you believe you are eligible for sponsorship or already hold a valid right to work in the UK, please ensure you provide full details of your immigration status in the Pre-Screening Immigration section of your application form.

Please note role eligibility also depends on whether the role meets the salary threshold for the relevant occupational code (SOC CODE).

For further info please visit: Skilled Worker visa: Overview - GOV.UK

Job description

Job responsibilities

• To provide interventions with personal recovery principles in order to improve the service users quality of life and to support them to do the things they want to do and live the life they want to lead.
• To facilitate a programme of social, creative and skills-based activities to both individuals and groups which promotes social inclusion for service users.
• To work closely with the Multi Disciplinary Team (MDT) in leading on the facilitation of client centred activities.

Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification on this advert for further info.

Person Specification

Education and Qualifications

Essential

• Level 2 Functional Skills (e.g. GCSE Mathematics and English Language Grade C/4 or above)

Desirable

• Experience of health/social/ care services (either as a worker or as a service user/carer)
• Experience of working within mental health
• Possession of an appropriate Level 3 vocational qualification (e.g. Level 3 Diploma in Mental Health or Health and Social Care)

Previous Experience Paid/ Unpaid relevant to job

Essential

• Ability to initiate and facilitate social, recreational, creative and leisure activities with service users on both an individual and group basis
• Experience of working within a team.
• Experience of working with a multi cultural environment.

Desirable

• Previous experience of working in a mental health setting.
• Provision of activities in health services.
• Experience of Facilitating Groups
• Voluntary experience
• Ability and experience of forming positive therapeutic relationships with service users and carers whilst maintaining appropriate boundaries

Job summary

We are delighted to introduce occupational therapy across our all age Home Treatment Teams as part of the service delivery model designed to enhance comunity based crisis care and improve outcomes for people over 18 years who are experiencing an mental health crisis.

This is a unique opportunity to shape and develop occupational therapy provision within a dynamic multidisciplinary team, bringing an occupational perspective to crisis intervention, recovery-focused care, and admission avoidance pathways. As a newly established role, the successful candidate will have the opportunity to influence service development, strengthen occupational therapy leadership within the team, and contribute to the future direction of home treatment services.

As the Highly Specialist Occupational Therapist within the team you will be providing expert occupational therapy assessment, formulation and interventions for people who are experiencing acute mental health crisis and their families. Your occupationally focused interventions will support recovery, independence and participation in meaningful occupations. You will work collaborative within a multi-disciplinary team to support people to remain at home during a crisis and support timely discharges from hospital.

Main duties of the job

Promoting health and independence for people who use our services and their families/carers/support staff by delivering high quality occupational therapy assessments, interventions, formulation, and consultation.

Provision of clinical leadership, supervision, and guidance to the team and others as required.

These will be undertaken within an accessible, non-stigmatising, service that contributes to the specialist needs of the individuals referred.

About us

Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is the leading provider of mental health, learning disability, neurodevelopmental and drug and alcohol services in Surrey and North East Hampshire. We support people of all ages and are passionate about providing high quality care that is delivered at the right time as close to home as possible to help people recover and stay well.

We are one of the top 10 mental Health, Learning Disability and Community Trust to work for nationwide. Our Trust is an inclusive and supportive employer that offers a wide range of staff networks, flexible working, free parking and excellent health and wellbeing support. We also provide a wide range of opportunities to help staff develop and progress.

Surrey is a beautiful county lying just 30 minutes away from Central London and from the South Coast. Our historic market towns and bustling districts are enveloped in wonderful countryside, and our excellent road and rail networks bring the rest of the country within easy reach. For international travel, both Gatwick and Heathrow airports are nearby.

Please note that we reserve the right to close posts as soon as sufficient applications are received.

Regrettably, due to UK Home Office requirements we cannot offer sponsorship for these job roles.

Applicants must have the right to work in the UK for the duration of the role.

We look forward to receiving your application!

Job description

Job responsibilities

• To provide high quality and evidence -based occupational therapy assessment, formulation, intervention and consultation to people with complex needs who access services and their carers/supporters/family members, in line with occupational therapy and service pathways.
• To communicate effectively with a range of clinicians, managers, directors, associate directors, people who access services, carers/supporters/family members, stakeholders, and agencies.
• To provide compassionate and effective leaderships to junior staff including support staff.
• To strengthen and actively contribute to the overall leadership of the service.
• To support the team managers and clinical leads in the development and delivery of effective services.

Please see the attached job description for full details.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Occupational Therapy professional qualification
• A driving license suitable for driving in the UK and access to a vehicle for work purposes

Desirable

• Additional academic clinical qualification relevant to area of work
• Leadership training or relevant leadership experience
• Clinical supervision training

Registration

Essential

• HCPC registered Occupational Therapist

Experience

Essential

• Experience of leading clinical practice service development or project work
• Extensive experience of applying occupational frames of reference and approaches
• Demonstrates evidence of highly effective clinical reasoning skills
• Experience of providing supervision

Additional information

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Job summary

The Royal Free NHS trusts consist of four hospitals providing world class service to its patients in North London and beyond. This post will be based at North Middlesex hospital.

The North Middlesex Hospital cardiology department offers a range of invasive and non invasive investigations. There is a cath lab that offers pacemaker implantation, ILRs and angiography service. There is physiologist led a cardiac device follow up service supported by our 3 EP/CRM consultants.

The post holder will be an invasive / devices accredited highly specialised cardiac physiologist, independently performing and reporting to BHRS standards at Advance Specialist level in Cardiac Rhythm Management (CRM). Applicants must hold full accreditation with BHRS or equivalent and have relevant experience at a senior cardiac physiologist level.

Main duties of the job

• Deliver physiologist led cardiac devices follow up clinics
• Deliver Physiologist-led remote clinics
• Implantation of cardiac devices- pacemakers, ILRs
• Working autonomously in the cardiology cath-lab
• Familiar with all non-invasive procedures with good ECG interpretation skills
• Support junior staff in the department
• Participate in the education programme

About us

The Royal Free NHS trusts consist of four hospitals providing world class service to its patients in North London and beyond. This post will be based at North Middlesex hospital.

NMUH North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Hospital Trust (NMUH) is one of London's busiest healthcare providers, providing hospital care and community services for the 350,000 people living in Enfield, Haringey and beyond. Our specialist services include HIV, cardiology, blood disorders, diabetes, fertility, sickle cell and thalassemia. In addition to a full range of cancer diagnosis and treatment services, the Helen Rollason Cancer Support Centre is based on-site and provides services to support cancer patients' wellbeing. We also provide community services and have a dedicated 0-19 service for children and young people in Enfield so that they can get the best possible start in life.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Involved both in non-invasive and invasive procedures within the centre.

To provide training and advice for other staff and trainees within non-invasive cardiology to help and maintain an efficient, professional and patient cantered service

To ensure adequate monitoring of patients during CRM and angiography procedures.

Assist in the delivery of remote pacing and implantable loop recorder remote clinics.

To analyse and report investigations acting appropriately in the event of significant adverse findings.

To treat all patients with respect and understanding and ensure the comfort and satisfaction, as far as possible, of all patients attending or communicating with the Department.

To offer specialist advice and guidance to consultants leading the case in the field of CRM

To be responsible for ensuring the day-to-day care and quality assurance of any equipment used.

To have responsibility for providing letters/reports relating to CRM in a timely and appropriate way.

To keep up to date with advances in CRM and implement advances in service provision as and when appropriate.

Person Specification

Education & Qualifications

Essential

• BSc in cardiac physioloy of equivalent
• BHRS accreditation or equivalent
• AHSC Registered
• LS/ALS Resuscitation certified

Desirable

• Masters in Cardiac Science

Personal attributes

Essential

• Able to work under own initiative and without direct supervision within responsibilities of role.
• Demonstrates an empathetic, caring and sensitive approach to patients, relatives and carers.
• Aligns with Trust values

Desirable

• Excellent timekeeping and a flexible approach to work.

Experience

Essential

• Highly specialist knowledge of Clinical Physiology in CRM
• Carry out and take responsibility for the full range of Cardiac Investigations to advanced level and be able to provide detailed clinical reports.
• Detailed knowledge of all invasive techniques including highly specialised procedures e.g. devices implantation/follow-up or advanced PCI.
• Understand and interpret routine and advanced specialist Cardiac Investigation results and analyse clinical data

Desirable

• 2 years of Band 6 experience or equivalent

Skills and aptitudes

Essential

• Excellent written communication and attention to detail.
• Demonstrates sound clinical knowledge and up to date physiologist practice with evidence of critical thinking and problem solving.
• Excellent verbal and non -verbal communication skills
• Ability to actively listen to and hear peoples issues and concerns.
• Ability to communicate difficult, complex and contentious information in a way that is heard and understood
• Demonstrates sound understanding of personal and professional accountability. Able to manage own and others' workload within a framework of competing priorities

Additional information

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Job summary

To play a key role in the important 'Early Days in Custody' of prisoners, working closely with other departments to ensure that all risks are assessed and managed, providing a presence, with other team members.

o To function fully within the Integrated Mental Health Team, assessing and treating patients through their journey in prison.

o To accept referrals and triage patients with the team.

o To undertake comprehensive assessments alone or with colleagues andfeedback to the Multi-disciplinary Team, ensuring that planned care is individual and appropriate to the needs of the patient.

o To provide effective case management to a defined caseload in accordance with the Care Programme Approach, in conjunction with the team, appropriate prison departments and external health, social care and probation services.

o To ensure effective pre-release care planning

Main duties of the job

Promote the health and well-being of patients and maintain a safe, caring and therapeutic environment based on an individualised approach. Working with the Mental Health Nurse Lead to provide an environment that promotes training and development among the workforce.

To work under the direction of the Deputy Head of Healthcare (Mental Health Lead) and Mental Health Nurse Lead to ensure that clinical priorities are clearly understood and met to an agreed standard.

o To assess health and social care needs and negotiate care plans with Patients and staff teams.

o To undertake risk assessments including the formulation of a comprehensive plans developed jointly with the Patients and staff teams.

o To work within the Prison Service safer custody framework for managing Suicide and self-harm (SASH procedures) to support Patients requiring this.

o To provide a service sensitive to age, culture, ethnicity and gender, sexuality and disability.

o To contribute to the effective multi-disciplinary team working within the team and the rest of the Prison.

o To participate in the reception/induction process, and any other model that the local team adopts, in order to identify individuals with mental health problems at the earliest opportunity.

About us

We're passionate about delivering first-class patient-centred, safe and effective care, whether it is in a hospital setting, in a community clinic, in the patient's own home or in a Prison. Patients are at the heart of everything we do.Providingtop quality caredepends on our ability to employ the best people.We're always looking torecruit outstanding peoplewho will go the extra mile to support our patients, colleagues, teams and the Trust. With every new employee we're hoping to find our future leaders and we'll support our staff by providing opportunities to develop your career.With adiverse culture and equally diverse range of opportunities across mental health, community services, addictions, eating disorders, learning disabilities, Health & Justice and more - whatever stage of your career you're at, there's always a place for you at CNWL.

Details

Date posted

02 September 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£39,959 to £48,117 a year per annum (pro rata if P/T)

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

333-D-HJ-2037-B

Job locations

HMP Woodhill

Milton Keynes

MK4 4DA

United Kingdom

Job description

Job responsibilities

To have an active presence and act as a resource for all staff and prisoners, in addition to those patients under your care, in the Segregation unit and Clinical Assessment Unit.

To work with the agreed Core Assessment Tool within all relevant Prison Departments

To carry out duties in accordance with Prison / NOMS policies.

To undertake comprehensive assessment of individuals: to include all areas of need and information gathering from all relevant Prison Departments and external agencies.

To case manage an identified caseload of clients, in conjunction with the multidisciplinary team and relevant agencies and carers. To include the planning and implementation of effective care plans, regular review meetings, timely referral to external agencies, within the framework of the CPA, to ensure effective pre-release planning.

To communicate effectively with all relevant internal departments and external agencies regarding clients, within the restrictions of a prison environment.

To work closely with the MDT and identify and facilitate an effective range of therapeutic interventions for this particular client group.

To respond to urgent referrals and to assess whether input from the team is indicated/appropriate.

To offer a range of evidence based interventions and proactive risk management approaches to help the patient reduce and manage symptoms, high risk behaviour and other disabling effects of their conditions and enable, as far as possible, full and sustained recovery.

To ensure that both CNWL Safeguarding Adults and Children Guidelines and procedures are fully understood and to ensure the safety needs of adults and children involved are met at all times and take appropriate action when either the adult or/and child is felt to be at risk or in need.

Job description Job responsibilities To have an active presence and act as a resource for all staff and prisoners, in addition to those patients under your care, in the Segregation unit and Clinical Assessment Unit. To work with the agreed Core Assessment Tool within all relevant Prison Departments To carry out duties in accordance with Prison / NOMS policies. To undertake comprehensive assessment of individuals: to include all areas of need and information gathering from all relevant Prison Departments and external agencies. To case manage an identified caseload of clients, in conjunction with the multidisciplinary team and relevant agencies and carers. To include the planning and implementation of effective care plans, regular review meetings, timely referral to external agencies, within the framework of the CPA, to ensure effective pre-release planning. To communicate effectively with all relevant internal departments and external agencies regarding clients, within the restrictions of a prison environment. To work closely with the MDT and identify and facilitate an effective range of therapeutic interventions for this particular client group. To respond to urgent referrals and to assess whether input from the team is indicated/appropriate. To offer a range of evidence based interventions and proactive risk management approaches to help the patient reduce and manage symptoms, high risk behaviour and other disabling effects of their conditions and enable, as far as possible, full and sustained recovery. To ensure that both CNWL Safeguarding Adults and Children Guidelines and procedures are fully understood and to ensure the safety needs of adults and children involved are met at all times and take appropriate action when either the adult or/and child is felt to be at risk or in need.

Person Specification

Education and Qualifications

Essential

• Registered Nurse (RMN)
• Mentorship or supervisor qualification
• Evidence of professional development since registration

Desirable

• Post registration qualification that enhances clinical work: CBT, DBT, Dual Diagnosis, etc.

Previous Experience

Essential

• Substantial post registration experience
• Experience of working as part of a multidisciplinary team
• Experience of care co-ordinating within CPA framework
• Experience of working in community setting
• Experience of mentoring or supervising students

Desirable

• Experience of working in a Prison or forensic environment

Skills and knowledge

Essential

• Risk assessment and management skills
• Ability to engage in evidence based practice, with an understanding of care quality (clinical governance).
• Ability to work effectively as part of a team and independently as appropriate
• Expert in engaging with people with mental health problems, assessing their needs, designing and delivering appropriate interventions and evaluating the effectiveness of the process.
• Excellent communication skills both verbal and written
• Proven ability to work patients to increase their level of self-determination and resilience.
• Knowledge of CPA, Mental Health Act, MAPPA, legislation and policies relevant to prison mental health.
• Knowledge of current challenges / developments in Prison health.
• Knowledge of safeguarding frameworks

Attitudes, aptitudes, personal characteristics

Essential

• Motivated to maintain the highest standards possible in the service
• Able to ask for support where required.
• Compassionate & non-judgmental approach.

Person Specification Education and Qualifications Essential Registered Nurse (RMN) Mentorship or supervisor qualification Evidence of professional development since registration Desirable Post registration qualification that enhances clinical work: CBT, DBT, Dual Diagnosis, etc. Previous Experience Essential Substantial post registration experience Experience of working as part of a multidisciplinary team Experience of care co-ordinating within CPA framework Experience of working in community setting Experience of mentoring or supervising students Desirable Experience of working in a Prison or forensic environment Skills and knowledge Essential Risk assessment and management skills Ability to engage in evidence based practice, with an understanding of care quality (clinical governance). Ability to work effectively as part of a team and independently as appropriate Expert in engaging with people with mental health problems, assessing their needs, designing and delivering appropriate interventions and evaluating the effectiveness of the process. Excellent communication skills both verbal and written Proven ability to work patients to increase their level of self-determination and resilience. Knowledge of CPA, Mental Health Act, MAPPA, legislation and policies relevant to prison mental health. Knowledge of current challenges / developments in Prison health. Knowledge of safeguarding frameworks Attitudes, aptitudes, personal characteristics Essential Motivated to maintain the highest standards possible in the service Able to ask for support where required. Compassionate & non-judgmental approach.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions. Certificate of Sponsorship Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab). From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab). UK Registration Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust

Address

HMP Woodhill

Milton Keynes

MK4 4DA

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.cnwl.nhs.uk/work (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust

Address

HMP Woodhill

Milton Keynes

MK4 4DA

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.cnwl.nhs.uk/work (Opens in a new tab)

Job summary

Band 3 Receptionist/Assistant Clinic

Coordinator within the Paediatric Administration Team. The post holder will be expected to provide flexible support across paediatric services at both Chase Farm Hospital and Barnet Hospital when required, including Galaxy Ward and Galaxy Outpatients Reception.

Main duties of the job

The Receptionist/Assistant Clinic Coordinator is responsible for delivering a high standard of administrative and customer service support to paediatric patients, families and the wider multidisciplinary team across paediatric services.

The post holder must play a proactive role in collecting, investigating, verifying and recording a high standard of patient demographic and treatment data. The post holder must accurately and in a timely manner enter such information on the Trust's patient administration systems to ensure data quality, support service delivery and maintain compliance with national NHS targets and Trust standards.

The post holder must undertake effective forward planning to ensure the administrative needs of the service are met and carry out a range of effective administrative processes to support the delivery of high-quality patient care.

The post holder will work as part of the wider Paediatric Administration Team and will be expected to provide flexible cross-cover across paediatric services at Barnet Hospital and Chase Farm Hospital, including support to Galaxy Ward and Galaxy Outpatients Reception, to maintain service continuity and operational resilience during periods of annual leave, sickness absence and increased service demand.

The post holder will be responsible for managing and prioritising their own workload and working independently to meet the operational requirements of the service.

About us

The Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK's biggest and most innovative trusts. Across three main hospitals, our dedicated army of staff care for over 1.6million patients, treat more than 200,000 in A&E, deliver over 8,000 babies and carry out more than 17million tests.

Our size, scale and influence offer you unrivalled career opportunities and a forward-thinking approach to working that works around your lifestyle. From flexible hours and generous benefits, to next level training, we make it easier to take your career to the top

For more information please follow linkhttps://www.royalfreelondonjobs.co.uk/

Job description

Job responsibilities

For more information regarding the main responsibilities of the role, please refer to the attached Job Description.

Person Specification

Education & professional Qualifications

Essential

• NVQ Level 3 or Equivalent

Experience

Essential

• Previous work experience in a healthcare setting
• Experience of working in a public/patient facing role

Desirable

• Experience of working with Cerner, or similar electronic Patient Administration Systems

Skills and aptitudes

Essential

• Clear and concise verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to use initiative and problem solve, in a busy clinical environment
• Good level of computer literacy skills in Microsoft Word, Excel and databases
• Ability to work within a multidisciplinary team

Additional information

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Job summary

UNLOCK YOUR BEST WORK LIFE

+ MAKE A DIFFERENCE TO EVERY LIFE

We have an exciting opportunity for a Paramedic to join our Unscheduled Care team at HMP Bullingdon, a category B Prison located in Bicester, Oxford.

Free parking, free gym, a great reputation for new starter inductions offering supportive, hands on and in-depth training! Easily commutable by bus.

Hours

37.5 hours a week, working 5 nights in a 4 week period, 7.30-19.30. and then the rest a mixture of main, long shifts, between Monday to Sunday 7.30.17.30. Every other weekend working 19.30-07.30.

Salary

This position is full time, youll receive an annual salary up to £48,951 per annum FTE - depending on experience.

How will we support you?

Bespoke induction, including our Introducing Health in Justice training course

Competency framework

Regional and national career development opportunities

Our bespoke Learning Management System to address your learning needs

Support from the wider team

Candidates are required to have a Legal right to work in the UK and due to the nature of the role, offers of employment will be subject to additional vetting and security checks.

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Main duties of the job

As a Paramedic, your responsibilities will vary. You will

• Provide outstanding evidence based case to our patients seeking out, listening to and acting on their feedback so that care is personalised and informed by what matters to them - focussing on emergency and unplanned care to patients with both primary care and acute care needs.
• Daily shift co-ordination responsibilities
• Deliver non-judgemental care, building therapeutic relationships and promoting professional boundaries.
• Playing an active part in the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of the patients care following our policies, procedures and always considering safeguarding.

If you are interested in career development, we have a wide range of opportunities for you to develop your skills and experience, which include both internal and external options for development and learning.

It doesnt stop there we also offer:

• Discounts on shopping and leisure activities
• Support to grow in your role and continue your professional development
• 24/7 employee assistance helpline and financial assistance when you need it

About us

The Health in Justice team at Practice Plus Group makes a real difference across over 53 prisons, young offenders and immigration removal centres. Were the UKs leading independent provider of NHS services to over 40,000 patients in secure environments, always putting their needs first, regardless of their background.

Practice Plus Groups purpose is to Unlock your best work life and we stand by our core values:

• we treat patients and each other as we would like to be treated
• we act with integrity
• we embrace diversity
• we strive to do things better together

We are looking for caring, compassionate but also driven professionals who can help us drive our vision for a fair and inclusive healthcare access to all.

• Qualified Paramedic
• Current professional registration (HCPC)
• Proven post-registration ambulance experience - 3 years post- qualified
• Evidence of continued professional development
• A non-judgmental and compassionate approach
• Proven experience in either: Accident & Emergency, Primary Care environments or Minor injuries / illness

Although not essential ideal applicants would have experience in a hospital, community or prison environment.

Secure environments are one of the most challenging, yet rewarding places for healthcare professionals to work. If youre looking for a role where you can develop your existing healthcare skills and learn something new every day in an environment that never stands still, then this could be the right opportunity for you.

Job description

Job responsibilities

UNLOCK YOUR BEST WORK LIFE

+ MAKE A DIFFERENCE TO EVERY LIFE

We have an exciting opportunity for a Paramedic to join our Unscheduled Care team at HMP Bullingdon, a category B Prison located in Bicester, Oxford.

Free parking, free gym, a great reputation for new starter inductions offering supportive, hands on and in-depth training! Easily commutable by bus.

Hours

37.5 hours a week, working 5 nights in a 4 week period, 7.30-19.30. and then the rest a mixture of main, long shifts, between Monday to Sunday 7.30.17.30. Every other weekend working 19.30-07.30.

Salary

This position is full time, youll receive an annual salary up to £48,951 per annum FTE - depending on experience.

How will we support you?

Bespoke induction, including our Introducing Health in Justice training course

Competency framework

Regional and national career development opportunities

Our bespoke Learning Management System to address your learning needs

Support from the wider team

Candidates are required to have a Legal right to work in the UK and due to the nature of the role, offers of employment will be subject to additional vetting and security checks.

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Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

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Desirable

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Experience

Essential

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Desirable

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Additional Criteria

Essential

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Desirable

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Additional information

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Job summary

Band 5 -Rotational Occupational Therapist

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a newly qualified and motivated Occupational Therapist to join our adult acute in-patient Band 5 rotation based at NMUH which covers the following clinical areas:

Medical Specialities

Orthopaedic/surgery

Acute Medicine for Older people

Acute Stroke Unit

Admission Avoidance Team - covering Emergency Department and 0-48 hours length of stay.

Candidates will need the skills and ability to cope with a challenging and fast paced environment.

The Occupational Therapy Service is part of the integrated Therapies Service and staff benefit from a supportive environment and excellent learning opportunities though collaborative care team working.

The successful post holder will be required to participate in seven day working rota.

Main duties of the job

To provide occupational therapy assessment and intervention to all patients referred in the area of work.

To be an active member of the multidisciplinary team. To participate in clinical projects, service developments, audits and service reviews as agreed and supported by the Clinical Services Lead OT

To actively participate in the available rotations.

To communicate effectively with the members of the multidisciplinaryTeam and other agencies on assessments, treatment plans,interventions and progress of patients

To be responsible for an allocated clinical caseload and provideOccupational Therapy (OT) assessment, treatment and plannedintervention for those patients as a part of the multidisciplinary team.

To administer specialist, standardised and or/ or structuredassessments with patients on allocated caseload and interpret theresults, to facilitate effective treatment and care planning by themultidisciplinary team.

About us

The Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK's biggest and most innovative trusts. Across three main hospitals, our dedicated army of staff care for over 1.6million patients, treat more than 200,000 in A&E, deliver over 8,000 babies and carry out more than 17million tests.

Our size, scale and influence offer you unrivalled career opportunities and a forward-thinking approach to working that works around your lifestyle. From flexible hours and generous benefits, to next level training, we make it easier to take your career to the top

For more information please follow linkhttps://www.royalfreelondonjobs.co.uk/

Job description

Job responsibilities

For full job description please refer to detailed job description and personal specification documents

Person Specification

Education and professional qualifications

Essential

• BSc in Occupational Therapy or equivalent.
• Evidence of CPD portfolio
• Registration with HCPC

Desirable

• Membership of RCOT

Experience

Essential

• Undergraduate experience of working in a variety of healthcare settings.
• Experience of OT assessment and intervention with patients in a physical acute, rehab and/or community setting (e.g., medical, surgical, orthopaedic or neurological patients across the lifespan).
• Experience of continuing professional development. Knowledge of the occupational therapy process and application for clinical practice.
• Knowledge of models of OT practice and practical application.
• Knowledge and understanding of evidence-based practice.

Skills and aptitudes

Essential

• Competent IT skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to actively contribute to, and work within an MDT.
• Ability to organise, prioritise and delegate.
• Ability to work at a moderate to high levels of physical activity including the involvement in manual therapy, therapeutic handling of patients and the assessment, demonstration, and provision/installation of specialist equipment and/or minor adaptations.
• Ability to work within Trust and Department guidelines and policies including equal opportunities and Health and Safety to meet the needs of the patients and colleagues.

Personal qualities and attributes

Essential

• Commitment to lifelong learning.
• Willingness to work flexibly.

Additional information

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Job summary

We are delighted to introduce psychology across our all-age Home Treatment Teams as part of the service delivery model designed to enhance community-based crisis care and improve outcomes for people over 18 years who are experiencing a mental health crisis.

This is a unique opportunity to shape and develop psychology provision within a dynamic multidisciplinary team, bringing a psychological perspective to crisis intervention, recovery-focused care, and admission avoidance pathways. As a newly established role, the successful candidate will have the opportunity to influence service development, strengthen psychological leadership within the team, and contribute to the future direction of home treatment services.

As the Senior Psychologist within the team, you will be providing expert psychological assessment, formulation, and interventions for people who are experiencing an acute mental health crisis and their families. Your psychologically informed interventions will support recovery, resilience, and wellbeing, helping individuals to better understand and manage their difficulties. You will work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team to support people to remain at home during a crisis and facilitate timely discharges from hospital where appropriate.

Main duties of the job

My job makes better lives: by promoting health and independence for people who use our services and their carers/support staff by delivering high quality psychology assessments, formulation and interventions; providing consultation, supervision and guidance to band 7, trainee,assistant psychologists and others as required.

About us

Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is the leading provider of mental health, learning disability, neurodevelopmental and drug and alcohol services in Surrey and North East Hampshire. We support people of all ages and are passionate about providing high quality care that is delivered at the right time as close to home as possible to help people recover and stay well.

We are one of the top 10 mental Health, Learning Disability and Community Trust to work for nationwide. Our Trust is an inclusive and supportive employer that offers a wide range of staff networks, flexible working, free parking and excellent health and wellbeing support. We also provide a wide range of opportunities to help staff develop and progress.

Surrey is a beautiful county lying just 30 minutes away from Central London and from the South Coast. Our historic market towns and bustling districts are enveloped in wonderful countryside, and our excellent road and rail networks bring the rest of the country within easy reach. For international travel, both Gatwick and Heathrow airports are nearby.

Please note that we reserve the right to close posts as soon as sufficient applications are received.

Regrettably, due to UK Home Office requirements we cannot offer sponsorship for all our job roles.

Applicants must have the right to work in the UK for the duration of the role.

We look forward to receiving your application!

Job description

Job responsibilities

• To assess, plan, implement and evaluate the psychological needs of people using our services.
• To promote a psychological perspective both within teams and sharing with other colleagues.
• To lead on complex and challenging cases and develop expertise within area of specialism.
• To work collaboratively with team managers/ Clinical leads in the development and delivering of effective services.
• To mentor, supervise and teach qualified and unqualified staff including students.
• To leading on a specific service development projects.

See attached job description for full details.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Doctorate in Clinical or Counselling Psychology qualification or equivalent
• Completion of an appropriate clinical supervision course to enable supervision of trainees (or completion within 6 months of commencement in post)
• Holds a drivers lincense and has access to a vehicle for work purposes

Registration

Essential

• HCPC registered Practitioner Psychologist

Experience

Essential

• Experience across a range of psychological models including systemic, behavioural and individual therapeutic.
• Demonstrable post registration/clinical experience and competency relevant to this care group.
• Experience of contributing to clinical practice/service development / project work.
• Experience of supervising assistant and trainee clinical psychologists.

Additional information

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Job summary

We are delighted to introduce psychology across our all-age Home Treatment Teams as part of the service delivery model designed to enhance community-based crisis care and improve outcomes for people over 18 years who are experiencing a mental health crisis.

This is a unique opportunity to shape and develop psychology provision within a dynamic multidisciplinary team, bringing a psychological perspective to crisis intervention, recovery-focused care, and admission avoidance pathways. As a newly established role, the successful candidate will have the opportunity to influence service development, strengthen psychological leadership within the team, and contribute to the future direction of home treatment services.

As the Senior Psychologist within the team, you will be providing expert psychological assessment, formulation, and interventions for people who are experiencing an acute mental health crisis and their families. Your psychologically informed interventions will support recovery, resilience, and wellbeing, helping individuals to better understand and manage their difficulties. You will work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team to support people to remain at home during a crisis and facilitate timely discharges from hospital where appropriate.

Main duties of the job

Promoting health and independence for people who use our services and their carers/support staff by delivering high quality psychology assessments, formulation and interventions; providing consultation, supervision and guidance to band 7s, trainees, assistant psychologists and others as required.

About us

Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is the leading provider of mental health, learning disability, neurodevelopmental and drug and alcohol services in Surrey and North East Hampshire. We support people of all ages and are passionate about providing high quality care that is delivered at the right time as close to home as possible to help people recover and stay well.

We are one of the top 10 mental Health, Learning Disability and Community Trust to work for nationwide. Our Trust is an inclusive and supportive employer that offers a wide range of staff networks, flexible working, free parking and excellent health and wellbeing support. We also provide a wide range of opportunities to help staff develop and progress.

Surrey is a beautiful county lying just 30 minutes away from Central London and from the South Coast. Our historic market towns and bustling districts are enveloped in wonderful countryside, and our excellent road and rail networks bring the rest of the country within easy reach. For international travel, both Gatwick and Heathrow airports are nearby.

Please note that we reserve the right to close posts as soon as sufficient applications are received.

Regrettably, due to UK Home Office requirements we cannot offer sponsorship for these job roles.

Applicants must have the right to work in the UK for the duration of the role.

We look forward to receiving your application!

Job description

Job responsibilities

• To assess, plan, implement and evaluate the psychological needs of people using our services.
• To promote a psychological perspective both within teams and sharing with other colleagues.
• To lead on complex and challenging cases and develop expertise within area of specialism.
• To work collaboratively with team managers/ Clinical leads in the development and delivering of effective services.
• To mentor, supervise and teach qualified and unqualified staff including students.
• To leading on a specific service development projects.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Doctorate in Clinical or Counselling Psychology qualification or equivalent
• Completion of an appropriate clinical supervision course to enable supervision of trainees (or completion within 6 months of commencement in post)
• Holds a drivers lincense and has access to a vehicle for work purposes

Registration

Essential

• HCPC Registered Practitioner Psychologist

Experience

Essential

• Experience across a range of psychological models including systemic, behavioural and individual therapeutic
• Demonstrable post registration/clinical experience and competency relevant to this care group
• Experience of contributing to clinical practice/service development / project work.
• Experience of supervising assistant and trainee clinical psychologists

Additional information

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Job summary

We are delighted to introduce psychology across our all-age Home Treatment Teams as part of the service delivery model designed to enhance community-based crisis care and improve outcomes for people over 18 years who are experiencing a mental health crisis.

This is a unique opportunity to shape and develop psychology provision within a dynamic multidisciplinary team, bringing a psychological perspective to crisis intervention, recovery-focused care, and admission avoidance pathways. As a newly established role, the successful candidate will have the opportunity to influence service development, strengthen psychological leadership within the team, and contribute to the future direction of home treatment services.

As the Senior Psychologist within the team, you will be providing expert psychological assessment, formulation, and interventions for people who are experiencing an acute mental health crisis and their families. Your psychologically informed interventions will support recovery, resilience, and wellbeing, helping individuals to better understand and manage their difficulties. You will work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team to support people to remain at home during a crisis and facilitate timely discharges from hospital where appropriate.

Main duties of the job

Promoting health and independence for people who use our services and their carers/support staff by delivering high quality psychology assessments, formulation and interventions; providing consultation, supervision and guidance to band 7, to trainees,assistant psychologists and others as required.

About us

Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is the leading provider of mental health, learning disability, neurodevelopmental and drug and alcohol services in Surrey and North East Hampshire. We support people of all ages and are passionate about providing high quality care that is delivered at the right time as close to home as possible to help people recover and stay well.

We are one of the top 10 mental Health, Learning Disability and Community Trust to work for nationwide. Our Trust is an inclusive and supportive employer that offers a wide range of staff networks, flexible working, free parking and excellent health and wellbeing support. We also provide a wide range of opportunities to help staff develop and progress.

Surrey is a beautiful county lying just 30 minutes away from Central London and from the South Coast. Our historic market towns and bustling districts are enveloped in wonderful countryside, and our excellent road and rail networks bring the rest of the country within easy reach. For international travel, both Gatwick and Heathrow airports are nearby.

Please note that we reserve the right to close posts as soon as sufficient applications are received.

Regrettably, due to UK Home Office requirements we cannot offer sponsorship for these job roles.

Applicants must have the right to work in the UK for the duration of the role.

We look forward to receiving your application!

Job description

Job responsibilities

• To assess, plan, implement and evaluate the psychological needs of people using our services.
• To promote a psychological perspective both within teams and sharing with other colleagues.
• To lead on complex and challenging cases and develop expertise within area of specialism.
• To work collaboratively with team managers/ Clinical leads in the development and delivering of effective services.
• To mentor, supervise and teach qualified and unqualified staff including students.
• To leading on a specific service development projects.

See job description for full details.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Doctorate in Clinical or Counselling Psychology qualification or equivalent
• Completion of an appropriate clinical supervision course to enable supervision of trainees (or completion within 6 months of commencement in post)
• Holds a drivers lincense and has access to a vehicle for work purposes

Registration

Essential

• HCPC registered Practitioner Psychologist

Experience

Essential

• Experience across a range of psychological models including systemic, behavioural and individual therapeutic
• Demonstrable post registration/clinical experience and competency relevant to this care group
• Experience of contributing to clinical practice/service development / project work.
• Experience of supervising assistant and trainee clinical psychologists

Additional information

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Job summary

UNLOCK YOUR BEST WORK LIFE

+ MAKE A DIFFERENCE TO EVERY LIFE

We have an exciting opportunity for an SMS Clinical Lead to join our Substance Misuse team at HMP Leeds, a category B Prison located in Gloucester Terrace in the Armley area of Leeds in West Yorkshire.

Free on site parking, free gym, lots of opportunity for additional training and development.

Hours

37.5 hours, Monday to Friday 8-4pm, some weekend work may be required.

Salary

This position is full time, youll receive an annual salary up to £58,012 per annum FTE.

How will we support you?

Bespoke induction, including our Introducing Health in Justice training course

Competency framework

Regional and national career development opportunities

Our bespoke Learning Management System to address your learning needs

Support from the wider team

Candidates are required to have a Legal right to work in the UK and due to the nature of the role, offers of employment will be subject to additional vetting and security checks.

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Main duties of the job

As an SMS Clinical Lead, your responsibilities will vary. You will

• Provide clinical leadership/management to the registered nurses and care teams.
• Deputise on behalf of the Deputy/Head of Healthcare when required.
• Coach, line manage and develop clinician staff; support/contribute in undertaking audits and governance, contribute to developing and reviewing clinical/non clinical Local Operating Protocols
• Chair and facilitate specific healthcare meetings with the team and different partners, provide clinical supervision (training available) and carry out investigations locally and for the wider region.
• Deliver workshops to develop the teams learning in various areas such as clinical processes, documentation, patient care and joint Healthcare & HMPPS processes
• Support the process of patient concerns, attend, contribute and progress actions from HMPPS/partnership meetings, oversee local patient engagement strategy
• You will lead and support team with safeguarding, rota's and manage shortage, sign off agency nurses hours/ staff payroll

If you are interested in career development, we have a wide range of opportunities for you to develop your skills and experience, which include both internal and external options for development and learning.

It doesnt stop there we also offer:

• Discounts on shopping and leisure activities
• Support to grow in your role and continue your professional development
• 24/7 employee assistance helpline and financial assistance when you need it

About us

The Health in Justice team at Practice Plus Group makes a real difference across over 53 prisons, young offenders and immigration removal centres. Were the UKs leading independent provider of NHS services to over 40,000 patients in secure environments, always putting their needs first, regardless of their background.

Practice Plus Groups purpose is to Unlock your best work life and we stand by our core values:

• we treat patients and each other as we would like to be treated
• we act with integrity
• we embrace diversity
• we strive to do things better together

We are looking for caring, compassionate but also driven professionals who can help us drive our vision for a fair and inclusive healthcare access to all.

Qualifications required

• Registered Nurse Adult
• Current professional qualification (NMC)
• Evidence of Continued Professional Development
• Understanding of the complexities of multi-disciplinary and multi-agency working
• Prescribing would be advantageous
• Existing line management experience and student nurse mentorship
• Understanding of clinical governance, health and safety, QOF, EBP and national standards

Secure environments are one of the most challenging, yet rewarding places for healthcare professionals to work. If youre looking for a role where you can develop your existing healthcare skills and learn something new every day in an environment that never stands still, then this could be the right opportunity for you.

Job description

Job responsibilities

UNLOCK YOUR BEST WORK LIFE

+ MAKE A DIFFERENCE TO EVERY LIFE

We have an exciting opportunity for an SMS Clinical Lead to join our Substance Misuse team at HMP Leeds, a category B Prison located in Gloucester Terrace in the Armley area of Leeds in West Yorkshire.

Free on site parking, free gym, lots of opportunity for additional training and development.

Hours

37.5 hours, Monday to Friday 8-4pm, some weekend work may be required.

Salary

This position is full time, youll receive an annual salary up to £58,012 per annum FTE.

How will we support you?

Bespoke induction, including our Introducing Health in Justice training course

Competency framework

Regional and national career development opportunities

Our bespoke Learning Management System to address your learning needs

Support from the wider team

Candidates are required to have a Legal right to work in the UK and due to the nature of the role, offers of employment will be subject to additional vetting and security checks.

#LI-EJ1

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Please click apply to view job description and personal specification

Desirable

• Please click apply to view job description and personal specification

Experience

Essential

• Please click apply to view job description and personal specification

Desirable

• Please click apply to view job description and personal specification

Additional Criteria

Essential

• Please click apply to view job description and personal specification

Desirable

• Please click apply to view job description and personal specification

Additional information

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Job summary

We are delighted to introduce psychology across our all-age Home Treatment Teams as part of the service delivery model designed to enhance community-based crisis care and improve outcomes for people over 18 years who are experiencing a mental health crisis.

This is a unique opportunity to shape and develop psychology provision within a dynamic multidisciplinary team, bringing a psychological perspective to crisis intervention, recovery-focused care, and admission avoidance pathways. As a newly established role, the successful candidate will have the opportunity to influence service development, strengthen psychological leadership within the team, and contribute to the future direction of home treatment services.

As the Senior Psychologist within the team, you will be providing expert psychological assessment, formulation, and interventions for people who are experiencing an acute mental health crisis and their families. Your psychologically informed interventions will support recovery, resilience, and wellbeing, helping individuals to better understand and manage their difficulties.

You will work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team to support people to remain at home during a crisis and facilitate timely discharges from hospital where appropriate.

Main duties of the job

Promoting health and independence for people who use our services and their carers/support staff by delivering high quality psychology assessments, formulation and interventions; providing consultation, supervision and guidance to band 7s, to trainees,assistant psychologists and others as required.

About us

Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is the leading provider of mental health, learning disability, neurodevelopmental and drug and alcohol services in Surrey and North East Hampshire. We support people of all ages and are passionate about providing high quality care that is delivered at the right time as close to home as possible to help people recover and stay well.

We are one of the top 10 mental Health, Learning Disability and Community Trust to work for nationwide. Our Trust is an inclusive and supportive employer that offers a wide range of staff networks, flexible working, free parking and excellent health and wellbeing support. We also provide a wide range of opportunities to help staff develop and progress.

Surrey is a beautiful county lying just 30 minutes away from Central London and from the South Coast. Our historic market towns and bustling districts are enveloped in wonderful countryside, and our excellent road and rail networks bring the rest of the country within easy reach. For international travel, both Gatwick and Heathrow airports are nearby.

Please note that we reserve the right to close posts as soon as sufficient applications are received.

Regrettably, due to UK Home Office requirements we cannot offer sponsorship for these job roles.

Applicants must have the right to work in the UK for the duration of the role.

We look forward to receiving your application!

Job description

Job responsibilities

• To assess, plan, implement and evaluate the psychological needs of people using our services.
• To promote a psychological perspective both within teams and sharing with other colleagues.
• To lead on complex and challenging cases and develop expertise within area of specialism.
• To work collaboratively with team managers/ Clinical leads in the development and delivering of effective services.
• To mentor, supervise and teach qualified and unqualified staff including students.
• To leading on a specific service development projects.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Doctorate in Clinical or Counselling Psychology qualification or equivalent
• Completion of an appropriate clinical supervision course to enable supervision of trainees
• Driving license which can be used in the UK, and access to a car for work purposes

Registration

Essential

• HCPC registered Practitioner Psychologist

Experience

Essential

• Experience across a range of psychological models including systemic, behavioural and individual therapeutic
• Demonstrable post registration/clinical experience and competency relevant to this care group.
• Experience of contributing to clinical practice/service development / project work.
• Experience of supervising assistant and trainee clinical psychologists

Additional information

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Job summary

Join Evolve Psychology as a Specialist Neurodevelopmental Practitioner and make a real difference in the lives of children, young people, and their families. This hybrid role allows a mix of clinic-based and remote work, with full-time or part-time applications considered (minimum three days per week). Youll work within a supportive, multidisciplinary team delivering high-quality autism and ADHD assessments via NHS-funded referrals and private pathways. This is your chance to combine clinical excellence with compassionate care, using evidence-based tools to provide accurate diagnoses and meaningful feedback. Opportunities to contribute to training, research, and service development are also available within our values-led organisation committed to staff wellbeing and professional growth.

Main duties of the job

You will conduct structured observations and developmental history interviews, contribute to multidisciplinary diagnostic discussions, and produce accurate, evidence-based clinical reports. You will provide clear, compassionate feedback to families, deliver clinical supervision where applicable, and work efficiently to meet service KPIs. The hybrid role involves a combination of remote assessments and travel to clinic for face-to-face sessions. Digital workflows and in-house systems streamline admin, supported by dedicated IT and operational teams.

About us

Evolve Psychology is a clinician-led, award-winning independent service specialising in neurodevelopmental assessments for autism, ADHD, dyslexia, and dyscalculia. Founded in 2014,by Dr Laura Powling, Consultant Clinical Psychologist, we combine clinical excellence with compassion and a values-led culture. Our team of over 100 experts delivers high-quality care across the UK, working collaboratively to improve outcomes for children, young people and adults. We provide generous leave, private healthcare, professional development, and opportunities to contribute to research and training through our Evolve Skills & Research Academy. Our approach prioritises clinical quality, staff wellbeing, and sustainable growth. Copy and paste the url to apply with a CV: https://evolveps.bamboohr.com/careers/43?source=aWQ9OQ%3D%3D

Details

Date posted

02 September 2026

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

Depending on experience £30,000 to £55,000

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time

Reference number

E0309-26-0172

Job locations

Windsor House

Cornwall Road

Harrogate

HG1 2PW

United Kingdom

Job description

Job responsibilities

About Evolve Psychology

At Evolve Psychology, we do things differently. Founded in 2014 by Dr Laura Powling, Evolve Psychology began with a bold aim to redefine what clinical and neurodevelopmental psychology means in practice. Lauras vision was simple yet powerful: to bring care, connection, empathy, and clinical excellence together, with no compromise.

What started as a small practice delivering expert witness and neurodevelopmental assessments has grown into an international independent psychology and neurodevelopmental service providing services across the UK, Ireland and beyond. In the UK, we provide services through the NHS and private, specialising in a variety of pathways, including:

NHS-funded neurodevelopmental assessments via Right to Choose (online when clinically appropriate and in-person)

• Private neurodevelopmental assessments (online when clinically appropriate and in-person)
• SpLD assessments, including dyslexia and dyscalculia
• Intellectual disability assessments, including cognitive

We are clinician-founded and clinician-led. Our clinicians are proudly registered with HCPC, NMC, GMC and Social Work England or affiliated with the British Psychological Society. Globally, we are an award-winning, multidisciplinary team of over 100 experts, committed to delivering high-quality, expert services.

What sets Evolve Psychology apart?

• Expert leadership: Founded and led by Dr Laura Powling, a Consultant Clinical Psychologist with 20+ years experience across mental health, neurodevelopmental, psychological and forensic services, bringing deep clinical insight and hands-on leadership to everything we do.
• NHS-accredited provider: Recognised for delivering high-quality services regionally and nationally across the UK.
• Dedicated clinical leadership: Across all of our clinical pathways.
• Gold-standard Assessments: We are compliant with NICE, BPS, and other national and international assessment standards.
• Access to digital tools: Supporting assessment delivery, including electronic health record systems.
• Comprehensive CPD and discipline-specific clinical supervision.
• Person-centred approach: We prioritise clinical quality and real impact, not speed or scale at the expense of care. Our assessments are evidence-based, multidisciplinary, and designed to support the whole person, not just produce a diagnosis.
• Beyond assessments: Clinicians can contribute to the Evolve International Skills & Research Academy - developing training, shaping neuroinclusive content, or collaborating on research to raise awareness and improve support for neurodivergent individuals, educational institutions, and workplaces.
• Values-led culture: Compassion, clarity, and integrity guide everything we do, from team interactions to family support.
• Sustainable growth: With clinics across the UK, a growing digital presence, and a multidisciplinary team of 100+ experts, Evolve is expanding with care, always keeping quality at the centre.

The role

At Evolve Psychology Services, we equip our clinicians with cutting-edge tools and support to help them focus on what matters most: delivering exceptional care to children, young people and their families.

Youll join a passionate and supportive multidisciplinary team dedicated to making a meaningful difference in the lives of children and young people. Our service specialises in high-quality, evidence-based assessments for autism and ADHD, delivered through both NHS-funded referrals and private pathways. As a Specialist Neurodevelopmental Practitioner, youll contribute to comprehensive neurodevelopmental assessments, helping ensure timely, accurate diagnoses that lead to appropriate support and improved outcomes for families.

You will be responsible for:

• Conducting face-to-face structured observations as part of the neurodevelopmental assessment process.
• Conducting remote developmental history interviews with parents and carers via Zoom
• Participating collaboratively in peer MDT diagnostic discussions, supported by senior clinicians where needed
• Delivering clear, compassionate feedbackto families
• Producing accurate clinical reports,including diagnostic formulations, with the help of our smart tools
• Working efficiently to meet service Key Performance Indicatiors (KPIs)
• Delivering clinical supervision (where applicable)
• Able to travel to a clinic base to conduct in-person assessments, (hybrid only)

Our Ways of Working:

• Digital workflows and smart report-writing reduce admin time and enhance clinical impact.
• A custom-built electronic health record system, developed in-house using market leading research
• Continuously enhancing internal systems, based on employee feedback to improve efficiency
• Ongoingtraining and onboarding to ensure confidence in all tech and systems
• In-house IT and operational support, so you're never left troubleshooting alone

Qualifications and experience

• Minimum of 1 years' professional registration with one of the following regulatory bodies: HCPC, NMC, GMC or Social Work England. Such as:

• HCPC Clinical Psychologist, Counselling Psychologist, Educational Psychologist, Speech and Language Therapist, Occupational Therapist
• NMC Mental Health Nurse, Learning Disability Nurse, General Nurse, Childrens Nurse
• GMC Medical Practitioners
• Social Work England Social Worker

• Minimum of 1 years experience conducting diagnostic assessments for autism and/or ADHD in children and young people
• Strong understanding of differential diagnosis in neurodevelopmental presentations
• In-depth knowledge of DSM-5 diagnostic criteria for autism and ADHD
• Trained and experienced in the use of diagnostic tools such as ADOS-2, ADI-R, etc
• Effective time management and caseload organisation skills, with the ability to manage competing demands and meet clinical deadlines
• Ability to work effectively within a multidisciplinary team and participate in collaborative diagnostic discussions.
• Highly developed written language skills used to produce high-quality clinical reports
• Well-developed communication skills with children, young people, and their families, ensuring compassionate, clear, and professional interactions throughout the assessment process
• Must be eligible to work in the UK

Why work with Evolve?

Be part of a supportive, purpose-driven team dedicated to transforming neurodevelopmental care across the UK. At Evolve, we offer:

• A values-led culture where clinical excellence, compassion, and staff wellbeing come first.
• Continued professional development, clinical supervision, and reflective practice to support the ongoing development of your clinical skills.
• Competitive salary based on experience, with annual salary reviews and pension contributions.
• Generous leave entitlement, including 28 days annual leave plus bank holidays - and a day off for your birthday.
• Private healthcare to support your physical and mental health.
• A company laptop and on-call IT support to enable seamless remote working.
• Opportunities to contribute beyond clinical work through the Evolve Skills & Research Academy, including training and research.
• Company events
• Access to a collaborative, multidisciplinary team passionate about improving outcomes for neurodivergent individuals and their families.

Job description Job responsibilities About Evolve PsychologyAt Evolve Psychology, we do things differently. Founded in 2014 by Dr Laura Powling, Evolve Psychology began with a bold aim to redefine what clinical and neurodevelopmental psychology means in practice. Lauras vision was simple yet powerful: to bring care, connection, empathy, and clinical excellence together, with no compromise.What started as a small practice delivering expert witness and neurodevelopmental assessments has grown into an international independent psychology and neurodevelopmental service providing services across the UK, Ireland and beyond. In the UK, we provide services through the NHS and private, specialising in a variety of pathways, including: NHS-funded neurodevelopmental assessments via Right to Choose (online when clinically appropriate and in-person) Private neurodevelopmental assessments (online when clinically appropriate and in-person) SpLD assessments, including dyslexia and dyscalculia Intellectual disability assessments, including cognitive We are clinician-founded and clinician-led. Our clinicians are proudly registered with HCPC, NMC, GMC and Social Work England or affiliated with the British Psychological Society. Globally, we are an award-winning, multidisciplinary team of over 100 experts, committed to delivering high-quality, expert services.What sets Evolve Psychology apart? Expert leadership: Founded and led by Dr Laura Powling, a Consultant Clinical Psychologist with 20+ years experience across mental health, neurodevelopmental, psychological and forensic services, bringing deep clinical insight and hands-on leadership to everything we do. NHS-accredited provider: Recognised for delivering high-quality services regionally and nationally across the UK. Dedicated clinical leadership: Across all of our clinical pathways. Gold-standard Assessments: We are compliant with NICE, BPS, and other national and international assessment standards. Access to digital tools: Supporting assessment delivery, including electronic health record systems. Comprehensive CPD and discipline-specific clinical supervision. Person-centred approach: We prioritise clinical quality and real impact, not speed or scale at the expense of care. Our assessments are evidence-based, multidisciplinary, and designed to support the whole person, not just produce a diagnosis. Beyond assessments: Clinicians can contribute to the Evolve International Skills & Research Academy - developing training, shaping neuroinclusive content, or collaborating on research to raise awareness and improve support for neurodivergent individuals, educational institutions, and workplaces. Values-led culture: Compassion, clarity, and integrity guide everything we do, from team interactions to family support. Sustainable growth: With clinics across the UK, a growing digital presence, and a multidisciplinary team of 100+ experts, Evolve is expanding with care, always keeping quality at the centre. The roleAt Evolve Psychology Services, we equip our clinicians with cutting-edge tools and support to help them focus on what matters most: delivering exceptional care to children, young people and their families. Youll join a passionate and supportive multidisciplinary team dedicated to making a meaningful difference in the lives of children and young people. Our service specialises in high-quality, evidence-based assessments for autism and ADHD, delivered through both NHS-funded referrals and private pathways. As a Specialist Neurodevelopmental Practitioner, youll contribute to comprehensive neurodevelopmental assessments, helping ensure timely, accurate diagnoses that lead to appropriate support and improved outcomes for families.You will be responsible for: Conducting face-to-face structured observations as part of the neurodevelopmental assessment process. Conducting remote developmental history interviews with parents and carers via Zoom Participating collaboratively in peer MDT diagnostic discussions, supported by senior clinicians where needed Delivering clear, compassionate feedbackto families Producing accurate clinical reports,including diagnostic formulations, with the help of our smart tools Working efficiently to meet service Key Performance Indicatiors (KPIs) Delivering clinical supervision (where applicable) Able to travel to a clinic base to conduct in-person assessments, (hybrid only) Our Ways of Working: Digital workflows and smart report-writing reduce admin time and enhance clinical impact. A custom-built electronic health record system, developed in-house using market leading research Continuously enhancing internal systems, based on employee feedback to improve efficiency Ongoingtraining and onboarding to ensure confidence in all tech and systems In-house IT and operational support, so you're never left troubleshooting aloneQualifications and experience Minimum of 1 years' professional registration with one of the following regulatory bodies: HCPC, NMC, GMC or Social Work England. Such as: HCPC Clinical Psychologist, Counselling Psychologist, Educational Psychologist, Speech and Language Therapist, Occupational Therapist NMC Mental Health Nurse, Learning Disability Nurse, General Nurse, Childrens Nurse GMC Medical Practitioners Social Work England Social Worker Minimum of 1 years experience conducting diagnostic assessments for autism and/or ADHD in children and young people Strong understanding of differential diagnosis in neurodevelopmental presentations In-depth knowledge of DSM-5 diagnostic criteria for autism and ADHD Trained and experienced in the use of diagnostic tools such as ADOS-2, ADI-R, etc Effective time management and caseload organisation skills, with the ability to manage competing demands and meet clinical deadlines Ability to work effectively within a multidisciplinary team and participate in collaborative diagnostic discussions. Highly developed written language skills used to produce high-quality clinical reports Well-developed communication skills with children, young people, and their families, ensuring compassionate, clear, and professional interactions throughout the assessment process Must be eligible to work in the UKWhy work with Evolve?Be part of a supportive, purpose-driven team dedicated to transforming neurodevelopmental care across the UK. At Evolve, we offer: A values-led culture where clinical excellence, compassion, and staff wellbeing come first. Continued professional development, clinical supervision, and reflective practice to support the ongoing development of your clinical skills. Competitive salary based on experience, with annual salary reviews and pension contributions. Generous leave entitlement, including 28 days annual leave plus bank holidays - and a day off for your birthday. Private healthcare to support your physical and mental health. A company laptop and on-call IT support to enable seamless remote working. Opportunities to contribute beyond clinical work through the Evolve Skills & Research Academy, including training and research. Company events Access to a collaborative, multidisciplinary team passionate about improving outcomes for neurodivergent individuals and their families.

Person Specification

Knowledge, Skills and Other Requirements

Essential

• Knowledge of DSM-5 diagnostic criteria for autism and ADHD
• Highly developed written and verbal communication skills
• Strong organisational and time-management skills
• Commitment to person-centred, evidence-based practice
• Travel to clinic for face-to-face assessments (hybrid role)

Qualifications

Essential

• Professional registration with HCPC, NMC, GMC, or Social Work England (e.g., Clinical Psychologist, Counselling Psychologist, Educational Psychologist, Speech and Language Therapist, Occupational Therapist, Mental Health Nurse, Learning Disability Nurse, General Nurse, Childrens Nurse, Medical Practitioner, Social Worker)
• ADOS-2 or ADI-R certification
• Eligible to work in the UK

Experience

Essential

• Minimum 1 year post-registration experience conducting diagnostic assessments for autism and/or ADHD in children and young people
• Strong understanding of differential diagnosis in neurodevelopmental presentations
• Experience producing high-quality clinical reports and diagnostic formulations
• Experience delivering feedback to families in a clear and compassionate manner
• Ability to work effectively within a multidisciplinary team and participate in collaborative diagnostic discussions
• Experience managing a caseload and meeting clinical deadlines

Desirable

• Experience delivering clinical supervision
• Experience contributing to research, training, or service development

Person Specification Knowledge, Skills and Other Requirements Essential Knowledge of DSM-5 diagnostic criteria for autism and ADHD Highly developed written and verbal communication skills Strong organisational and time-management skills Commitment to person-centred, evidence-based practice Travel to clinic for face-to-face assessments (hybrid role) Qualifications Essential Professional registration with HCPC, NMC, GMC, or Social Work England (e.g., Clinical Psychologist, Counselling Psychologist, Educational Psychologist, Speech and Language Therapist, Occupational Therapist, Mental Health Nurse, Learning Disability Nurse, General Nurse, Childrens Nurse, Medical Practitioner, Social Worker) ADOS-2 or ADI-R certification Eligible to work in the UK Experience Essential Minimum 1 year post-registration experience conducting diagnostic assessments for autism and/or ADHD in children and young people Strong understanding of differential diagnosis in neurodevelopmental presentations Experience producing high-quality clinical reports and diagnostic formulations Experience delivering feedback to families in a clear and compassionate manner Ability to work effectively within a multidisciplinary team and participate in collaborative diagnostic discussions Experience managing a caseload and meeting clinical deadlines Desirable Experience delivering clinical supervision Experience contributing to research, training, or service development

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions. UK Registration Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Evolve Psychology Services

Address

Windsor House

Cornwall Road

Harrogate

HG1 2PW

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://evolvepsychology.org (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Evolve Psychology Services

Address

Windsor House

Cornwall Road

Harrogate

HG1 2PW

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://evolvepsychology.org (Opens in a new tab)

Job summary

We are delighted to introduce occupational therapy across our all age Home Treatment Teams as part of the service delivery model designed to enhance comunity based crisis care and improve outcomes for people over 18 years who are experiencing an mental health crisis.

This is a unique opportunity to shape and develop occupational therapy provision within a dynamic multidisciplinary team, bringing an occupational perspective to crisis intervention, recovery-focused care, and admission avoidance pathways. As a newly established role, the successful candidate will have the opportunity to influence service development, strengthen occupational therapy leadership within the team, and contribute to the future direction of home treatment services.

As the Highly Specialist Occupational Therapist within the team you will be providing expert occupational therapy assessment, formulation and interventions for people who are experiencing acute mental health crisis and their families. Your occupationally focused interventions will support recovery, independence and participation in meaningful occupations. You will work collaborative within a multi-disciplinary team to support people to remain at home during a crisis and support timely discharges from hospital.

Main duties of the job

Promoting health and independence for people who use our services and their families/carers/support staff by delivering high quality occupational therapy assessments, interventions, formulation, and consultation.

Provision of clinical leadership, supervision, and guidance to the team and others as required.

These will be undertaken within an accessible, non-stigmatising, service that contributes to the specialist needs of the individuals referred.

About us

Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is the leading provider of mental health, learning disability, neurodevelopmental and drug and alcohol services in Surrey and North East Hampshire. We support people of all ages and are passionate about providing high quality care that is delivered at the right time as close to home as possible to help people recover and stay well.

We are one of the top 10 mental Health, Learning Disability and Community Trust to work for nationwide. Our Trust is an inclusive and supportive employer that offers a wide range of staff networks, flexible working, free parking and excellent health and wellbeing support. We also provide a wide range of opportunities to help staff develop and progress.

Surrey is a beautiful county lying just 30 minutes away from Central London and from the South Coast. Our historic market towns and bustling districts are enveloped in wonderful countryside, and our excellent road and rail networks bring the rest of the country within easy reach. For international travel, both Gatwick and Heathrow airports are nearby.

Please note that we reserve the right to close posts as soon as sufficient applications are received.

Regrettably, due to UK Home Office requirements we cannot offer sponsorship for these job roles.

Applicants must have the right to work in the UK for the duration of the role.

We look forward to receiving your application!

Job description

Job responsibilities

• To provide high quality and evidence -based occupational therapy assessment, formulation, intervention and consultation to people with complex needs who access services and their carers/supporters/family members, in line with occupational therapy and service pathways.

• To communicate effectively with a range of clinicians, managers, directors, associate directors, people who access services, carers/supporters/family members, stakeholders, and agencies.

• To provide compassionate and effective leaderships to junior staff including support staff.

• To strengthen and actively contribute to the overall leadership of the service.

• To support the team managers and clinical leads in the development and delivery of effective services.

Please see the attached job description for full details.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Occupational Therapy professional qualification
• Driving license suitable for driving in the UK and access to a vehicle for work purposes

Desirable

• Additional academic clinical qualification relevant to area of work
• Leadership training or relevant leadership experience
• Clinical supervision training

Experience

Essential

• Extensive and relevant post qualification experience with people who have complex mental health needs
• Experience of leading clinical practice service development or project work
• Highly specialist knowledge of relevant occupational therapy assessment and treatment models
• Experience of providing supervision

Desirable

• Experience of representing occupational therapy within a service and Trust

Registration

Essential

• HCPC registered as an Occupational Therapist

Additional information

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).