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 overviews please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Relevant professional qualification- Mental Health Nursing, Social worker, Occupational Therapist with affiliated professional registration NMC, HCPC
• Mentorship qualification/assessor

Desirable

• Master's degree

Experience

Essential

• Experience of Interagency of working
• Experience of managing a caseload
• Significant relevant clinical experience
• Experience of working with diverse groups of patients and staff

Desirable

• Experience of working in the community
• Experience of supporting practice development in clinical areas

Skills and Abilities

Essential

• Knowledge of CPA, Community Care Act, Carers Act, Mental Health Act and other relevant legislation as application to practice
• Skills in mental health and risk assessments
• Understanding of Care Coordination and CPA
• Skills in being responsive to service user's and carers' needs
• Understanding of recovery in Mental Health
• Very good understanding of care plan and holistic care

Desirable

• Problem solving, ability to identify problems, review options and make decision
• Skilled in supervision of others, and in providing critical and constructive feedback
• Knowledge of clinical governance and audit

Other Requirments

Essential

• Empathy for service users including individuals who have experienced mental health problems.
• Ability to fulfil all the requirements of the role (including physical)
• Loyal and able to advocate for and show pride in the work area and organization and demonstrates values of trust and expectations

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

South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Jeanette Wallace House

1 Edridge Road

Croydon

CR0 1FE

United Kingdom

Employer's website

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

Job description

Job responsibilities

Clinical Skills1. Working autonomously within the parameters of the role leading and supporting junior staff and wider care team to implement the delivery of quality nursing care, contributing to the physical, psychological, social, recreational and spiritual care in a recovery-focused way through therapeutic engagement and activities, and taking steps to address any issues that arise.2. Leading on and undertaking activities to ensure that the fundamentals of care are met - nutrition, hydration, hygiene, comfort, emotional and social support: Co-ordinating and evaluating collaborative patient centred care; gettingfeedback and improving plans with the multi-disciplinary team (MDT). Providing accurate information about care in an accessible format to patients and their relatives / carers. Liaising and working positively with members of the multi- disciplinary team and partner organisations. Administering, and monitoring the side-effects of, medication; monitoringservice user compliance. Safety; safe custody of medicines, sharps, clinical equipment, report allincidents following trust policy.3. Leading and supporting/teaching junior staff on risk assessment and riskmanagement that involves making decisions based on knowledge of theresearch evidence, knowledge of the individual service user and their socialcontext, knowledge of the service users own experience and clinical judgment.4. Supporting and supervising junior staff to develop the management of care needs

Producing reports and in-care reviews5. Coordinating junior staff and the wider care team in providing hands-on care to service users and evaluating processes of care delivered. This will include: Undertaking 1-1 engagement with service users in an honest, open and non-judgmental way. Recognising and valuing service users as individuals, acknowledging theimportance of maintaining the service users respect and dignity at all timesand ensure that the care provided respects equality and diversity. Developing care plans that reflect service user needs and relevant patientcare documentation working in partnership with service users, wider MDT and family/carers.6. Escorting service users, as required, in line with Trust policies.7. Advocating for service users needs and rights within Trust policy. Encouraging and empowering service users to have an optimum level of responsibility for their individual programme of care.Knowledge and Frameworks:8. Demonstrating an enhanced understanding of Mental Health signs andsymptoms and an understanding of how these may present in practiceincluding recognition of impact on patient presentation and behaviourincluding risk factors. Supporting and teaching junior staff to developunderstanding of mental health signs and symptoms and develop appropriate responses to these in practice.9. Recognising and responding appropriately to challenging behaviour in line with Trust policies and training. Leading and coordinating junior staff and the wider care team in the management of difficult situations and de-escalation and developing resilience and strategies to manage, including on leading staff and patient de-briefing sessions.

10. Demonstrating a depth of knowledge and understanding of the fundamentals of the Mental Health Act, Mental Capacity Act and Deprivation of Liberty and other legislation applicable to the practice area and how they are implemented in practice ensuring adherence to legislation at all times. Teaching junior staff to understand the legal frameworks that support their practice.Communication:11. Contributing to an effective communication process with appropriate and accurate information to patients, carers, family, friends and colleagues.Engaging and listening carefully and actively, and responding using appropriate language and accessible communication methods and skills. Developing communication skills to enable and support difficult conversations,acknowledging cultural differences and professional boundaries.12. Demonstrating effective clinical communication and documentation to internal and external stakeholders ensuring: effective verbal and written handover of relevant and objective information. Demonstrating ability to determine key information, ability to recognise and describe effectively symptoms of mental illness, distress or of a deteriorating patient, and ability to escalate issues of concerns effectively and in a timely manner.13. Contributing towards the on-going quality of service and care by managing the patient caseload, organising care including delegating tasks and duties appropriately to staff with relevant competency, identifying and mitigating any risk issues in relation to the service users health and social care. Informing the relevant Health care professionals if there are any significant:Changes in the service users physical or mental stateFactors relevant to the service user

Incidents related to the service user

14. Maintaining timely and accurate service user written/electronic records in line with Trust policy. Use care plans, pathway documents andInformationSystem progress notes appropriately and in a timely manner.15. Reporting, without delay, any safety or security concerns to maintain the safety of service users, carers, staff and others in line with Trust policy.16. Understanding and contributing to the Trust risk assessment policy, including being aware of the need to follow all safeguarding procedures; being aware of the necessity to safeguard and promote the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults at all times when working with service users. Supporting junior staff to respond appropriately if there are any significant factors, or incidents relating to the safeguarding service user.17. Maintaining confidential information in accordance with Trust Policies.

Teamworking and Professional development:18. Protecting service users, self and others by maintaining a clean and healthy environment in accordance with health and safety and infection control policies. Ensuring safe working practices and working environment including monitoring and maintaining cleanliness of the service area and report, without delay, all hazards - real and potential. Leading audit and compliance activities and reports.19. Working in ways that support shared responsibility within the team:demonstrating support, respect and courtesy towards colleagues; working in a professional manner and with Trust values always in mind, respecting the boundaries of the relationship with service users/patients, carers and staff.20. Leading, attending and participating in team meetings and contributing ideas to multi-professional team discussions.21. Leading sessions on reflective practice for the wider care team to ensure effective patient care is based on evidence based practice and with Trust values in mind. Leading staff training and meetings including reflective practice groups and activities including the development of reflective portfolio.22. Participating in supervision by nominated senior staff member, including annual review of performance as part of the appraisal (or PADR) system. Providing and coordinating and overseeing the supervision to Bands 2 5 nursing staff.23. Demonstrating and promoting a clear leadership role to others and acting as role model to others at all times in accordance with Trust values.24. Undertaking mandatory training as required by Trust policy plus support junior staff to complete Care Certificate, Trust Level 2 Apprenticeship if appropriate and other CPD training related to the role or area of work.25. Supporting the team manager to conduct clinical or governance reviews of the teams activity and the monitoring of performance and collating anddisseminating the information to the appropriate individual. Contributing to relevant audit practice development on research activity that may be taking place in the work area.26. Contributing in training and development programmes of staff and supporting the clinical placements of student nurses.27. Supporting Band 5 nurses to lead for the assessment and co-ordination of the Care Certificate for all Healthcare Support Workers in the clinical area, particularly if reasonable adjustments need to be made to complete training and learning.

Leadership and Management:28. Developing the clinical practice of junior members of staff, including newly qualified band 5 nurses.29. Acting as a point of contact for all enquiries, working in partnership with the team manager and the wider MDT to coordinate the activities of the unit.30. Deputising for the team manager in their absence and be accountable for the nursing care and management of team, including maintaining communication with the modern matron and senior nursing staff.31. Assisting the team manager in ensuring the team is safely staffed, prioritising and deploying resources within budgetary parameters and escalating concerns to senior nursing staff where appropriate in accordance with HR policies and procedures.32. Supporting the team manager to investigate incidents and complaints:compile reports and disseminate this information to senior management.33. Recognising nursing practice that needs improvement and to work inpartnership with the team manager to ensure appropriate action is taken toaddress it.34. Supporting the team manager to ensure mandatory and statutory training are up to date for all staff.35. Linking with Higher Education Institutes (HEIs) to ensure delivery of care is in line with current teaching standards for both pre-registration and post registration nursing.36. Demonstrating awareness and engagement with the SLMH&CP programme to develop the band 2-5 clinical workforce. This will include support of junior staff to undertake and complete apprenticeships as part of their career progression and development.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Relevant professional qualification- Mental Health Nursing, Social worker, Occupational Therapist with affiliated professional registration NMC, HCPC
• Mentorship qualification/assessor
• Relevant continuous inhouse or external training

Desirable

• Qualification/training in relevant psycho-social intervention
• Master's degree

Experience

Essential

• Experience of working with people experiencing severe and enduring illness

Desirable

• Experience of working in the community
• Experience of supporting practice development in clinical areas

Skills and Abilities

Essential

• Knowledge of CPA, Community Care Act, Carers Act, Mental Health Act and other relevant legislation as application to practice
• Very good understanding of care plan and holistic care

Desirable

• Knowledge of clinical governance and audit

Other requirements

Essential

• Empathy for service users including individuals who have experienced mental health problems.
• Ability to fulfil all the requirements of the role (including physical)
• Loyal and able to advocate for and show pride in the work area and organization and demonstrates values of trust and expectations

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

South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Jeanette Wallace House

1 Edridge Road

Croydon

CR0 1FE

United Kingdom

Employer's website

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

Job description

Job responsibilities

Key Responsibilities (Clinical):

• To undertake direct patient care at least 70% of working hours. To practice at an advanced level, demonstrating a high level of autonomy and clinical decision making.

• The post holder will liaise proactively with external organisations to provide and promote seamless patient-centred care.

• Identify safeguarding concerns and report via agreed channels and seek advice through the safeguarding leadership structure

• To develop a detailed knowledge of services and agencies in the borough which can support people with dementia with a range of needs and effectively signpost patients, carers and GPs to these services and build professional links.

• To work alongside the voluntary sector organisations to provide expert clinical advice and guidance where there are concerns for their attendees and the services lack clinical expertise or direct access to this.

• To ensure that appropriate, consistent and realistic information is provided to patients and relatives.

• To provide support to carers of people with dementia

• To adhere with clinical care pathways for patients with dementia.

2) Practice and Service Development:

• To act as a clinical dementia expert to primary care , supporting GP practice nurses and others with practical advice, signposting to relevant community services. To actively involve service users in providing feedback of their experience of the current service and suggestions for improvements.

3) Education and Training

• To educate professionals in Southwark on the range of services available for people with dementia and effective care planning, through carrying out joint work and feeding back actions from reviews

• To attend meetings and conferences, locally and nationally to maintain own specialist knowledge ensuring that the post holder is fully conversant with current issues.

• To participate in the training and education of nursing, medical and AHP staff within the Trust and Primary Care as required.

4) Quality Improvement and Service Evaluation

• To collect and present high quality data on the effectiveness of the service.

• To collect key outcome measures including rates of completed care planning for people with dementia, referral and re-referral rates, and patient experience and carer experience data.

5) Other

• To undertake any other reasonable duties as requested by line manager.

Person Specification

Qualifications / Education

Essential

• RMN or RGN (A)
• BA/BSc degree or working towards - in nursing or health-related subject (A)
• Clinical supervision or Mentoring course (A)

Desirable

• Dual registration RGN and RMN (A)
• Nurse prescribing course (A) (I)
• Teaching qualification (A)
• Master's degree or working towards a Master's degree (A)

Experience

Essential

• Substantial evidenced experience and knowledge of working within the area of dementia (A) (I)
• Substantial evidenced experience at band 6 level or equivalent (A) (I)
• Evidence of working closely with all those within a patient's care network, including physical health care and social care professionals (A) (I)
• Evidence of recent significant expert clinical skills and ability to work outside traditional boundaries (A) (I)
• Ability to influence and enhance patient care (A) (I)
• Ability to work safely as an autonomous practitioner (A) (I)
• Evidence of leadership and ability to implement change (A) (I)
• Evidence of leadership in standard setting and auditing (A) (I)
• Evidence of experience in service delivery and development (A) (I)
• Evidence of working across organisational boundaries (A)(I)
• Evidence of implementing evidence/research-based practice (A) (I)
• Evidence of publication or ability to write to this standard (A) (I)
• Working in a consultancy capacity (A) (I)

Desirable

• Experience of Quality Improvement (A) (I)
• Evidence of multi-professional research including a track record in applying research to advance practice (A) (I)

Skills

Essential

• A passion for improving outcomes for older people living with dementia and provide well organised and responsive patient-focused care (A) (I)
• Ability to complete holistic and comprehensive assessments of patients' needs exploring the psychosocial aspects of their health.
• Ability to manage own caseload with the responsibility of formulating effective risk assessments, care plans and medication reviews.
• Ability to analyse complex issues / problems, gather relevant information and exercise sound judgement in reaching the most appropriate conclusions (A) (I)
• Ability to keep clear, timely and accurate records of all care and decisions made guided by the NMC Code.
• Ability to build and maintain high standards of communication with a variety of personnel and agencies at all levels (A) (I)
• Evidence of a flexible and sensitive approach to care and service provision (A) (I)
• Ability to negotiate and reach compromises in verbal discussions in a manner which inspires confidence and respect from others (A) (I)
• Excellent oral and written communication skills (A) (I)
• Excellent clinical leadership skills and ability to enthuse others, co-ordinate and work collaboratively in a team (A) (I)
• Excellent inter-personal and influencing skills (A) (I)
• Able to interact well with all members of professional teams as and when needed (A) (I)
• Integrity and resilience (A) (I)
• Ability to present ideas with clarity and effectively to a diverse audience (A) (I)
• Able to provide clinical supervision / mentoring (A) (I)
• Evidence of ability to think strategically (A) (I)
• Ability to influence policy at local level (A) (I)

Desirable

• Recognition of own limitations, strengths and weaknesses and an ability to seek advice when necessary (A) (I)

Knowledge

Essential

• Sound knowledge of current issues in the care of older people with dementia and acute mental health problems within the community
• In-depth knowledge of dementia and appropriate therapeutic interventions (A) (I)
• Sound knowledge of the physical health problems older adults may face and the impact on their mental health (A) (I).
• Knowledge of the implications of the national dementia strategy and NICE guidelines for Dementia care (A) (I)
• Awareness of current professional nursing and NHS issues (A) (I)
• Research Awareness (A) (I)
• Continuing professional development (A)
• Awareness of Healthcare Governance issues and implications for practice (A) (I)
• Reflective approach to practice (A) (I)
• Maintaining audits to provide assurance of high-quality care. 1

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

South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust

Address

151

Blackfriars Road

London

SE1 8EL

United Kingdom

Employer's website

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

Job description

Job responsibilities

Clinical

To lead the provision and delivery of the ADHD clinics provided by Lewisham CAMHS, and be a highly specialist practitioner within the assessment, treatment, and pharmacological management of CYP with ADHD and co-morbid mental health and/or neurodiverse difficulties, assuming responsibility for own caseload.To work as an independent and autonomous professional within professional guidelines and the policies and procedures of the service, taking full responsibility for own work.To coordinate ADHD medication review and titration clinics in conjunction with the medical staff and other non-medical prescribers.To work as a non-medical prescriber (working in line with the Trust Medication Prescribing Policy), undertaking ADHD medication initiations and reviewsIn collaboration with the client/carer to update care and treatment plans.Monitoring and assessing patients physical health needs within their sphere of competence and provide interventions for these needs.Offer support to parents/carers and clients seeking help between clinic appointments or when in crisis with support from team.Liaison with schools in relation to children and adolescents progress at school and response to medicationTo Facilitate ADHD psychoeducation workshops for parents/carers and young people.To support the development of a Nurse-led ADHD medication clinic.To provide CAMHS assessments, using self-report measures, as appropriate, structured observations, clinical interviews, and to interpret and integrate this highly complex data to identify and diagnose the cause of emotional and behavioural problems in C&YP.To assess and monitor risk and draw up appropriate risk management plans in conjunction with the C&YP, parents/carers and other services as appropriate.To formulate mental healthcare and crisis treatment plans that are specific to each C&YP and family, based upon an analysis of complex factors concerning historical and developmental processes contributing to the presentation. To assess safeguarding issues for each case, consulting with other professionals and referring concerns to the appropriate safeguarding team as required.To deliver evidence-based treatments, monitoring outcome and modifying and adapting interventions drawing on a range of theoretical options.To communicate skilfully, sensitively highly complex, sensitive and potentially distressing information with CYP, parents, carers and colleagues taking account of sensory and cultural barriers to communication.To maintain the highest standards of clinical record keeping and report writing, according to professional and Trust guidelines, including electronic data entry and recording.To ensure that all services provided are acceptable and accessible to the diverse communities which make up the catchment area of the service.To act as named worker/care co-ordinator for a range of cases including high risk and extremely complex, ensuring the provision of a care package appropriate for the client needs, coordinating the work of others involved, and to monitor progress in the course of multidisciplinary interventions.

Professional leadership

To provide strategic nursing input at senior level across Lewisham CAMHS, supporting the Lead Nurse, Matrons, Service manager & Lead Clinician.To liaise with Lead Nurse to ensuring standards of nursing are consistent.

Supervision, Teaching and Training

To receive regular clinical and management supervision from a clinician according to Trust guidelines. This will include fortnightly moving to monthly ADHD prescribing supervision with a consultant psychiatrist.To provide clinical supervision as well as managerial supervision to qualified nursing staff and students for all aspects of their work where appropriate.To provide placements to student as required and where appropriate.To provide advice, consultation, training and supervision to staff and parents/carers within CAMHS and other agenciesSupporting ADHD multidisciplinary complex clinic.

Management, Recruitment, Policy, and Service Development

To provide Leadership and management support to the ADHD team to ensure access and flow are prioritised while maintaining own caseload.To facilitate ADHD pathway development, working closely with the senior leadership team and key staff to support further development of the ADHD pathways and ensuring better access and reduce waiting times.To promote clinical excellence by complying with nationally agreed, Trust and statutory policies and clinical guidance, while maintaining own clinical competencies in this role.To identify any aspects of the service which need to be improved and to advise service and professional managers on appropriate changes.To assist in the short-listing and interviewing of multidisciplinary staff as required.To participate in clinical governance initiatives as agreed by the Trust and clinical governance committee.To deputise for senior managers when required and to represent the team at borough and SLAM level when neededTo undertake Serious Incident investigations as required by the Directorate.

Research and service evaluation

To contribute to the development of services for Lewisham CAMHS through initiating and undertaking service evaluation and audit.To undertake computer-based literature reviews and carry out research relevant to the service in general and provide advice and supervision to other staff undertaking these.To contribute to the development of outcome measurement and participate in the implementation of the use of same.To disseminate research and service evaluation findings through service feedback, presentations, and published articles.To undertake computer-based literature reviews and carry out research relevant to the service in general and provide advice and supervision to other staff undertaking these.To participate in agreed audit projects and to participate in service improvement based on the findings.

General

To maintain an up-to-date knowledge of current developments in professional and clinical practice with children and families, and of relevant legislation and policies.To examine independently and critically all aspects of work to ensure they comply with recognised professional standards and Trust policies and procedures.To maintain record keeping as required by professional codes of practice as well as Directorate policies and procedures.To participate fully and implement standards devised from Trust's clinical and research governance activity.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• First level nursing qualification RMN, RLDN or RSCN with NMC current registration with CAMHS/ADHD experience or equivalent
• Non-medical prescriber with appropriate NMC registration

Desirable

• MSc level qualification or equivalent with evidence of a comprehensive portfolio of post-registration professional development in child and adolescent mental health
• Additional, recognised therapeutic qualification.

Experience

Essential

• Experience working as an independent non-medical prescriber within a CAMHS service and ability to demonstrate continuing professional development in this area.
• Experience of clinical leadership and providing clinical support for practitioners across disciplines including recruitment, supervision, and appraisal
• Experience of CAMHS assessment and ADHD assessments
• Experience of consultation to, and clinical supervision of, other staff.
• Experience of working with children and families from diverse cultural backgrounds.
• Experience of managing complex and high-risk cases.
• Experience of providing teaching and training to multidisciplinary groups.
• Experience of multi-agency collaboration and integrated working.

Desirable

• Significant experience working as an independent non-medical prescriber with a CAMHS service and ability to demonstrate continuing professional development in this area.
• Experience of use QI methodology
• Experience of developing and carrying out research projects

Knowledge/Skills/Abilities

Essential

• Highly specialist knowledge of childhood disorders including emotional and behavioural disorders, relationship difficulties and attachment disorders and theories of child development.
• Knowledge of legislation and national policy in relation to Looked After Children, The Mental Health Act, and safeguarding children.
• Highly developed verbal and written communication skills including communicating complex, highly technical and sensitive information to children, young people, families, and colleagues.
• Ability to work independently as an autonomous practitioner with appropriate level of clinical and managerial supervision.
• Ability to work effectively within a multi-disciplinary team, contributing to effective team functioning and holding team roles.
• Evidence of continuing professional development.
• Awareness of racial and diversity issues and their impact on service access, through attendance of relevant training.
• Ability to supervise qualified clinical staff having completed relevant training.
• Ability to identify and employ mechanisms of clinical governance as appropriate.
• Ability to teach and train others, using a variety of complex multi-media materials suitable for presentations within public, professional and academic settings.

Desirable

• Post graduate level knowledge of CAMHS research methodology and complex statistical analysis.

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

South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Lewisham CAMHS

Lewisham CAMHS Kaleidoscope Child Development Centre, 32 Rushey Green, Catford, London, Se6 4jf

London

SE6 4JF

United Kingdom

Employer's website

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

Job description

Job responsibilities

Clinical: To support Psychologists/Psychological Therapists with assessments and interventions (e.g. risk assessments, neuropsychological tests, self-report measures, rating scales, direct and indirect observations and semi-structured interviews) of service users, family members and others involved in the service users care, as appropriate to level of training, competence and under live or regular supervision from a qualified Psychologist/Psychological Therapist. To formulate and deliver care, training or research plans within settings where there may be a hostile atmosphere, challenging behaviour or high levels of expressed emotion. To support the delivery of evidence based psychological interventions for service users. To assist in the development of psychologically based frameworks of understanding and care to the benefit of all service users of the service. To conduct literature searches, collate audit and outcome evidence, analyse relevant data and produce reports to inform and enhance care delivered by the service. To work with other team members to improve care, training and research practices and the quality of life of service users. To attend and contribute to multi-disciplinary meetings. To carry out other clinical and administrative tasks as appropriate to the post holders grade. To prepare and manage materials for clinical groups and evaluation projects.

Teaching, training and supervision: To receive regular supervision and line management from a Psychologist/Psychological Therapist. To gain wider experience of professional psychology and psychosocial interventions and management, within the principal service area where the post holder is employed. To develop skills and competencies that assist in the delivery of current duties. To contribute to the training and support of other staff in psychological care.

IT responsibilities: To develop and manage systems for efficient administration and co-ordination of care, training or research. To establish and maintain records and statistics concerning the service. To be acquainted with, implement and maintain all relevant Trust and Psychology and Psychological Therapies policies and procedures. To report immediately any incidents affecting staff, users or visitors on health and probation service property in accordance with Trust and HMPPS policies. To manage diaries, work plans and project plans as required. To carry out other administrative tasks as appropriate to the post holders grade.

Research and service evaluation: To initiate, implement and contribute to the evaluation, monitoring and development of the service, including audit and service evaluation, with colleagues within and across the service, to help develop and improve services. To undertake data collection, analysis, the production of reports and summaries, using IT and statistical programmes. To undertake searches of evidence-based literature and research in order to promote evidence based clinical practice. This will contribute to the clinical work of Psychologists/Psychological Therapists and other team members. To assist in the design and implementation of service development projects with the service as required. To attend meetings in which service developments are planned and discussed.

General: To contribute to the development and maintenance of the highest professional standards of practice, through active participation in internal and external CPD training and development programmes, in consultation with the post holders professional and service manager(s). To contribute to the development and articulation of best practice across the service, by continuing to develop relevant professional skills, taking part in regular professional supervision and appraisal and maintaining an active engagement with current developments in the relevant disciplines. To maintain the highest standards of clinical record keeping including electronic data entry and recording, report writing and the responsible exercise of professional self-governance in accordance with professional codes of practice and Trust/LPP/HMPPS policies and procedures. To maintain up to date knowledge of legislation, national and local policies and issues in relation to both the specific client group and mental health. To maintain confidentiality and information governance in line with Trust and HMPPS policy.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• A lower second class (2.2) honours degree or higher in psychology
• Entitlement to graduate membership of the British Psychological Society

Desirable

• Further post graduate training in a relevant area of professional psychology, health and social care practice and / or research design and analysis

Experience

Essential

• Experience of working with service users with complex needs/mental health problems and/or learning disabilities and/or forensic histories
• Experience of working with people from diverse backgrounds and with a range of cultural experiences
• Experience of group work and/or individual therapeutic contact
• Experience of working as part of a team
• Experience with databases, research and methodology

Desirable

• Experience of using psychometric tests and/or risk assessments
• Experience using computers for databases or data-analysis and good working knowledge of statistical packages
• Experience of providing teaching or training to other professionals
• A desire to explore a career in Professional Psychology
• Personal or lived experience that is relevant to understanding of the work and issues faced by service users

Skills

Essential

• Ability to work well within a team and foster good working relationships, as well as work autonomously to manage own workload and time
• Ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, complex, sensitive and potentially distressing information to service users and other professional colleagues
• Ability to assimilate complex information and use reflective/analytic thinking to apply psychological perspectives in work in a healthcare setting
• Ability to be reflective in therapeutic practice and use clinical supervision appropriately and effectively
• Ability to be flexible and cope with multiple demands

Desirable

• Skills in providing low intensity psychological interventions
• Ability to apply existing psychological knowledge to mental health and criminal justice contexts
• High standard of report writing

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).

Employer details

Employer name

South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Blue Star House

234-244 Stockwell Road

London

SW9 9SP

United Kingdom

Employer's website

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

Job description

Job responsibilities

To offer specialist occupational therapy within the multi-disciplinary team, including offering assessment and intervention to children and young people with highly complex presentations, their families and wider networks, using evidence based / client centred principles to assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions and liaising with professional networks to offer specialist occupational therapy consultation. To participate in the planning, development and evaluation of clinical services using advanced clinical skills and knowledge. To regularly supervise band 6 occupational therapist and occupational therapy students on practice placement. To provide specialist advice on the assessment and intervention of occupational needs for children/young people with a neurodevelopmental profile To develop occupational therapy interventions in this specialty undertaking regular audit and R&D activities. To provide training and consultancy for occupational therapy within the specialty. To work flexibly as needed across settings offering outreach assessment and intervention when needed.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Qualified and registered Occupational Therapist with HCPC (A)

Desirable

• Postgraduate in sensory integration, other postgraduate training relevant to CAMHS
• Membership of OT professional body and / or special interest group (A)
• Specialist training and/or experience in autism assessment measures, including the Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule (ADOS-2) (A/I/)
• Management qualification, management training course completion or line management experience (A/I)

Experience

Essential

• Substantial post registration experience as an occupational therapist (A/I)
• Leadership experience and line management experience
• Significant post registration experience working with Mental Health service users (A/I)
• Experience assessment and treatment of clients with a range of occupational needs of a complex nature in children with autism spectrum disorders and associated neurodevelopmental conditions, intellectual disabilities and comorbid mental health difficulties (A/I)
• Extensive clinical experience including individual and group work (A/I)

Desirable

• Experience of working with people with challenging behaviours (A/I)
• Experience of specialist Mental Health settings (A/I)
• Specialised training and/or experience in the diagnosis and treatment of children with autism spectrum disorder. (A/I)

Knowledge/Skills

Essential

• Theoretical knowledge of psychopathology and the evidence base for the relevant treatment of children with autism spectrum disorders and associated neurodevelopmental conditions intellectual disabilities and comorbid mental health difficulties (A/I)
• Specialist knowledge and application of occupational therapy assessments, interventions, and outcome measures for children and young people with autism and other neurodevelopmental difficulties (A/I)
• To communicate skilfully, accessibly and sensitively complex and sensitive information with clients, carers and colleagues overcoming barriers to communication including, sensory and emotional difficulties, cultural differences and hostility to or rejection of information.(A/I)
• Ability to work autonomously and determine priorities for the occupational therapy/team service (A/I)
• Ability to work effectively within a multi-disciplinary team, contributing to effective team functioning and holding team roles (A/I)

Analytical and Judgemnetal skills

Essential

• Strategic comprehension: ability to recognise key and underlying issues in complex situations, the immediate long-term implications of decisions to make the interconnections.
• Analytical ability: capacity to process detailed information rapidly
• Ability to translate complex issues into meaningful actions and to develop others to do so.
• Cultural flexibility: ability to develop an in-depth understanding of a wide range of organisational and community cultures, developing plans and strategies with all stakeholders.

Result orientated and motivation

Essential

• Focused on improvement: acts to improve performance and establish high standards of quality.
• Experience of setting objective measurements and developing and monitoring systems for performance management and improvement
• Has high capacity for concentration and activity and is outcome-orientated.
• Develops others to grow their capacity and potential.
• Inclusivity and cultural sensitivity

Other

Essential

• Ability to work creatively as a leader or a member of a team with internal and external colleagues and stakeholders.
• Ability to relate to other people and bring the best out of them.
• Willingness to work flexibly (I)

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

South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Pears Maudsley Centre for Children and Young People (PMCYP)

Maudsley Hospital

Denmark hill

SE5 8AZ

United Kingdom

Employer's website

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

Job description

Job responsibilities

• To develop and support the provision of family interventions at LEIS, particularly in facilitating the teams work with families where a member is experiencing psychosis.
• To deliver a variety of family interventions, including FI, Cognitive-Behavioural Interventions, or Open Dialogue, Cognitive- Behavioural and Systemic family interventions and psycho-education. To contribute to support for family members such as the carers support group.
• To provide supervision/consultation to the team in family interventions.
• To contribute to enabling other staff, service users and carers from diverse backgrounds to flourish by working to create a psychologically safe environment.
• To be involved in the development of treatment protocols, audit tools and outcome measures to ensure the service meets national standards.
• To contribute to Borough and Trust service developments for FI for Psychosis as required.
• To work as an autonomous professional within established professional guidelines and codes of conduct, and guided by the policies and procedures of the service, taking responsibility for ownwork including treatment and discharge decisions with support of clinical supervisor.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Qualifications and Professional Registration in relevant professional area
• Willingness to undertake further training in family intervention.

Desirable

• Experience of working within an Early Intervention for Psychosis service

Experience

Essential

• Experience of receiving clinical supervision across a range of client needs.
• Experience of assessment and intervention for families affected by psychosis under supervision
• Experience of providing clinical supervision.
• Experience of working in a community setting.

Knowledge and skills

Essential

• To deliver family interventions across cultural and other differences.
• To communicate skilfully and sensitively complex and sensitive information with clients, carers and colleagues overcoming barriers to communication including sensory, and emotional difficulties, cultural differences and hostility to or rejection of information.
• To plan and schedule assessment and interventions for families and carers, and for meetings such as CPA and case reviews.
• Ability to work effectively within a multidisciplinary team, contributing to effective team functioning and holding team roles
• Ability to identify and employ mechanisms of clinical governance as appropriate.

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

South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Lewisham Early Intervention Service

59 Cordwell Road

London

SE13 5QY

United Kingdom

Employer's website

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

Job description

Job responsibilities

• To provide a specialist psychological interventions for the STEP team including specialist assessment, treatment, planning, implementation and monitoring of outcomes.
• To contribute to enabling other staff, service users and carers from diverse backgrounds to flourish by working to create a psychologically safe environment.
• To provide clinical supervision and consultation as appropriate, functioning as a specialist for the STEP team.
• To promote service evaluation, audit, research and policy development.
• To work as an autonomous professional within registration body guidelines and codes of conduct, and guided by principles and policies or procedures of the service, taking responsibility for interpreting policies within defined parameters.
• To agree outcomes/results with clinical/professional lead and to decide how they are best achieved.
• To support staff support initiatives within their area, working with senior colleagues and, Corporate Psychology and Psychotherapy, where appropriate, to support colleagues and ensure staff in SLaM have access to evidence based support. To participate, as a recipient, in staff support work when appropriate.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Entry-level qualification in applied psychological therapy/mental health/social welfare profession or equivalent and demonstrable practice in this field (professional Doctorate, or combination of MSc plus PG Diploma level/supervised practice/additional training) that has been accepted for the purposes of professional registration
• Registered with the HCPC as Practitioner Psychologist (or with other professional body appropriate to discipline, e.g. APC/BPC/UKCP/BACP/BABCP), and evidence of required continuing professional development

Desirable

• PG Dip or Cert in CBT for psychosis

Experience

Essential

• Experience of receiving clinical supervision across a range of client needs
• Experience of psychological assessment and treatment of clients with a range of psychological needs of a complex nature, including clients with psychosis and people who have experienced trauma
• Experience that supports working with, and addressing issues of, diversity within local communities. This may have been gained through work, research, volunteering and / or lived experience
• Experience of developing and carrying out research, audit or service evaluation projects

Desirable

• Experience of working in an Early Intervention in Psychosis service

Knowledge

Essential

• Theoretical knowledge of psychopathology and the evidence base for the relevant treatment of first episode psychosis
• Knowledge of psychological assessment and clinical psychometrics for psychosis
• Knowledge of legislation in relation to the client group and mental health issues, child and adult protection, and equalities
• Knowledge of factors affecting acceptability and accessibility of mental health care

Desirable

• Knowledge of CBT for psychosis models through formal training

Skills

Essential

• To deliver psychological therapy across cultural and other differences
• To select and administer specialist psychological assessments, interpreting and integrating complex data that require analysis, interpretation and comparison, drawn from several sources
• To communicate skilfully and sensitively complex and sensitive information with clients, carers and colleagues overcoming barriers to communication including sensory, and emotional difficulties, cultural differences and hostility to or rejection of information
• To be skilled in the administration of psychometric and neuropsychological tests, including those that require complex manipulation of test materials
• Well-developed IT skills including entry and analysis of research data

Abilities

Essential

• Ability to work effectively within a multi-disciplinary team, contributing to effective team functioning and holding team roles
• Ability to identify and employ mechanisms of clinical governance as appropriate
• Ability to maintain concentration and to remain in restricted positions for long periods during observations, assessments and psychological interventions, and to deal with unexpected interruptions or changes during these
• Ability to manage emotionally stressful situations such as working with victims of abuse or trauma, or with people who engage in severe self-harming or aggressive behaviour
• Ability to manage verbal aggression and hostility directed at self

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

South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust

Address

St Giles House

1 St Giles Road

London

SE5 7UD

United Kingdom

Employer's website

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

Job description

Job responsibilities

Direct clinical: To provide specialist psychological assessments of clients referred to the team based upon the appropriate use, interpretation and integration of complex data from a variety of sources including psychological and neuropsychological tests, self-report measures, rating scales, direct and indirect structured observations and semi-structured interviews with clients, family members and others involved in the clients care. To formulate and implement plans for the formal psychological treatment and/or management of a clients mental health problems, based upon an appropriate conceptual framework of the clients problems, and employing methods based upon evidence of efficacy, across the full range of care settings. To be responsible for implementing a range of psychological interventions for individuals, carers, families and groups, within and across teams employed individually and in synthesis, adjusting and refining psychological formulations drawing upon different explanatory models and maintaining a number of provisional hypotheses. To evaluate and make decisions about treatment options taking into account both theoretical and therapeutic models and highly complex factors concerning historical and developmental processes that have shaped the individual, family or group. To exercise autonomous professional responsibility for the assessment, treatment and discharge of clients whose problems are managed by psychologically based care plans. To provide specialist psychological advice, guidance and consultation to other professionals contributing directly to clients formulation, diagnosis and treatment plan. To contribute directly and indirectly to a psychologically based framework of understanding and care to the benefit of all clients of the service, across all settings and agencies. To undertake risk assessment and risk management for individual clients and to provide advice to other professions on psychological aspects of risk assessment and risk management. To communicate in a skilled and sensitive manner, information concerning the assessment, formulation and treatment plans of clients under their care and to monitor progress during the course of both uni- and multi-disciplinary care.

Indirect clinical: To support probation practitioners in screening caseloads managed by PSL using the recognised OPD screening tool. To monitor referrals to treatment interventions and third sector organisations and report back monthly to the quadrant lead. To monitor attendance and adherence to local CORE PD training and report to LPP workforce development team. To provide both individual and group consultation to probation officers and other members of multidisciplinary team contributing directly to the formulation of clients risk management plans, including advice on psychological aspects of risk assessment, personality difficulties and risk management, across outpatient and community settings. To provide specialised Offender Personality Disorder training to all PSL staff, Approved Premises (AP) staff and allied agencies (e.g. police), including the National Core PD Pathway modules; KUF Basic Awareness Training and Womens KUF training. To provide a psychological perspective and a specialist psychologically based framework for understanding clinical care, service/team dynamics, or service/team organisational systems in various teams and groups of which the psychologist is a member, to benefit the clients served by the service/team. To develop and maintain up to date knowledge of legislation, national and local policies and issues in relation to forensic and general mental health services and the criminal justice system. To develop and maintain knowledge of local resources and relationships with relevant statutory, voluntary and community groups and organisations.

Teaching, training and supervision: To receive regular clinical professional supervision from a senior psychologist and, where appropriate, other senior professional colleagues, as well as line management from the identified line manager. To continue to gain wider post-qualification experience of clinical psychology over and above that provided within the principal service area where the post-holder is employed. To develop skills in the area of professional post-graduate teaching, training and supervision and to provide supervision to other MDT staffs psychological work, as appropriate. To provide professional and clinical supervision of assistant/graduate psychology staff, and to contribute to the supervision of individual cases for trainee psychologists, as appropriate.

Management, recruitment and service development: To contribute to the development, evaluation and monitoring of the teams operational policies and services, through the deployment of professional skills in research, service evaluation and audit. To advise both service and professional management on those aspects of the service where psychological and/or organisational matters need addressing. To help manage the workloads of assistant psychologists, within the framework of the team/services policies and procedures. To be involved, as appropriate, in the shortlisting and interviewing of assistant psychologists/graduate psychology staff. To be involved in service development projects as agreed by the professional lead.

IT responsibilities: To be proficient in the use of IT for email, intranet and clinical record purposes. To be familiar with word processing, database and statistical packages, and to use such packages for complex data analysis as necessary. To use appropriate computer software to develop and create clinical or other service-related reports or documents. To maintain the highest standards of clinical record keeping including electronic data entry and recording, report writing and the responsible exercise of professional self-governance in accordance with professional codes of practice of the British Psychological Society and Trust/HMPPS policies and procedures.

Research and service evaluation: To utilise theory, evidence-based literature and research to support evidence-based practice in individual work and work with other team members. To undertake research as appropriate within the service, Directorate or multi-centred research across Trusts and to supervise research and audit projects. To initiate, implement and contribute to the evaluation, monitoring and development of the service, including complex audit and service evaluation, with colleagues within and across the service, to help develop and improve services to clients and their families. To contribute to the evaluation, monitoring and development of the multi-disciplinary team. To contribute to the development, implementation, evaluation and monitoring of the Directorates and Trusts operational policies and services.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Entry-level qualification in applied psychology (Doctorate or MSc + Diploma) or Entry-level qualification in psychotherapy
• Registered with relevant professional body

Desirable

• Formal/informal post-qualification training in treatment modality and/or trauma and/or PD

Experience

Essential

• Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment
• Experience of managing distressing situations effectively
• Experience of working with PD and/or history of trauma and/or self harm
• Experience of working effectively in multidisciplinary settings
• Experience of having clinical responsibility over SU care/treatment

Desirable

• Experience of working within criminal justice/forensic settings
• Experience of working with SU's as part of service development
• Experience of teaching and/or training
• Experience of offering supervision

Knowledge

Essential

• Doctoral level knowledge of research methodology

Desirable

• Knowledge of theory/practice of 2 specialised psychological therapies

Skills

Essential

• Skills in delivering psychological intervention (1:1 and group)
• Skills in oral and verbal communication to service users and other professionals
• Skills in providing consultation and advice to other professionals
• Ability to conduct risk assessment and management as part of forensic work
• Ability to work with complexities in SU's including violent and/or self-harming behaviours

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

South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Blue Star House

234-244 Stockwell Road

London

SW9 9SP

United Kingdom

Employer's website

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

Job description

Job responsibilities

At South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, we believe in providing excellent care which is delivered with pride and compassion. Everything we do is to improve the lives of the people and communities we serve and to promote mental health and wellbeing for all.

Access to information extracted from electronic health records is essential to support day-to-day clinical decision making through clinical decision support tools and clinical research. The Clinical Entity and Natural Language Programming (NLP) Service Lead is responsible for defining and managing a service to extract essential clinical information from clinical text and / derived from across the record for use in SLAM by clinical services through LUCi and for research via CRIS. As well as managing services for use within the Trust, this role includes the design and management of the externally facing and commercial Mental Health Text Analytics Cloud service (MH-TAC), by which other NHS Trusts and Universities can access and use NLP pipelines developed in SLAM safely and securely to extraction information from local clinical text. .

To that end the successful applicant will be someone with advanced technical knowledge and experience using cutting edge techniques and AI methodology in NLP and cloud infrastructure as well as excellent management, supervision and communication skills. They will have extensive knowledge of all aspects of electronic health records structure and use in a secondary mental health NHS Trust and experience working with both clinical and academic partners and customers.

Communications and Working Relationships: [FW1]

Internal:

Senior clinicians including clinical directors and service lead

Senior academics, including professors

SLaM Digital Services Technical Teams

SLaM Business Intelligence Team

SLaM Clinical Systems Team

SLaM and BRC Clinical Informatics Teams

Other Clinical and Administration staff

Other ICT staff

External:

SLaM service users and the general public

External suppliers and contractors

Colleagues in other academic institutions, Health Authorities, NHS Trusts, and other organisations (e.g. the Office for National Statistics)

Social Services departments

Government departments (e.g. the Ministry of Justice, the Department for Work and Pensions), etc.

Other NHS organisations (e.g. NHS Digital)

Kings Health Partners

Key Responsibilities:

To actively manage the SLAM Clinical Informatics Entity and NLP Service, establishing how professional and administrative policies should be interpreted and implemented

Responsible for managing service operations including development of a written service models to ITIL standards.

Line management of the services technical developer and service administrator

Initiate and lead discussions with senior clinicians in SLAM and IoPPN academics to identify information extraction requirements from clinical records to support best clinical practice, to evaluate technical options and feasibitliy and design effective, cost-effective solutions

Lead on the development of new technical pipelines to extract complex entities out of clinical data, using the most up-to-date technical processes including the latest AI techniques.

Supervise and train junior staff in the use of novel technical processes to extract information from text.Design and deploy an effective service DevOps and change management processes in line with highest industry standards and existing SLAM Digital Services policies and processes.

Actively manage the deployment of novel pipelines into routine operational services and processes, including monitoring and routine reporting of performance.

To ensure all services and solutions are cost effective and meet continue to meet budget requirements

Communicate effectively about the design, availability, definitions and performance of service outputs in response to enquiries from internal and external stakeholders and service users.

Co-ordinate and oversee continuous performance testing of service outputs in line with their usage in day-to-day clinicai practice and academic research use.

Ensure the SLAM cloud-based NLP technical infrastructure is operational and effective.

Work directly with and lead communications with all relevant SLAM Technical teams, and third-party system suppliers providing 4th line technical support, communicating complex technical requirements and deployment, ensuring the technical infrastructure is able to support all operational requirements efficiently and cost-effectively

Design and manage all elements of the SLAM MH-TAC service, enabling commercialisation of information extraction pipelines to other NHS Trusts and UK universities, including complex negotiation, contractual, costings and budget management and governance elements.

Lead on relationships with commercial partners and customers of MH-TAC

To develop and lead on the delivery of training, awareness and promotional resources to support MH-TAC

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Degree level in relevant area

Desirable

• ITIL Foundation Version 3 or equivalent
• Prince II project management

Experience

Essential

• Relevant service management experience
• Extensive experience proven track record of NLP development and deployment, using a range of cutting-edge methods including AI, to extract information from mental health clinical text
• Extensive experience in SQL Server, including t-SQL and SQL Programming (jobs and stored procedures etc.).
• Direct and extensive experience working with NHS Mental Health clinical data
• Experience working in clinical and academic environments, including writing of articles and/or conference presentations
• Experience working directly and effectively with a range of different professions, including technical, clinical, academic, management etc.
• Direct experience developing and deploying technical services including devops / change management and operational processes to ITIL standards
• Understanding of performance testing of clinical entity extraction, including the precision/recall trade-off

Desirable

• Line management experience

Knowledge and Skills

Essential

• oKnowledge of high level of specialist technologies and infrastructure related to information extraction from text, including cutting edge AI, machine learning and manual coding.
• oExcellent standard or written and spoken English
• oAbility to investigate and solve complex technical challenges in novel areas
• oTeam Leadership skills, ability to motivate team members
• oThe facilitation of a customer focussed culture within a team.
• oThe ability to communicate with all levels of staff within the Trust and university both verbally and in writing.
• oA logical and sensible approach to problem solving.
• oPro-active and self-motivated in completing work to a high standard in conjunction with other staff

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).

Employer details

Employer name

South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust

Address

IOPPN

Decresigny Park

London

SE5 8AF

United Kingdom

Employer's website

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

Job description

Job responsibilities

KEY RESULT AREAS:

• To oversee the development, delivery and evaluation of EPR communications and engagement plans and support the Trusts strategic objectives and build the Trusts reputation as a leading organisation within the NHS, ensuring that activity is in line with the Trusts overall communications and engagement strategy.
• To ensure that relationships with key stakeholders are maintained and proactively developed.
• To work with the EPR programme team to identify and develop communications campaigns to support the organisation in meeting its strategic objectives, providing strategic advice and expertise to enable opportunities for feedback, involvement and contribution to decision-making.
• To ensure that all communications materials and channels help build the Trusts reputation as a leading organisation within the NHS, that they are correctly tailored for the appropriate target audiences, including hard to reach audiences, and are in line with the Trusts overall communications strategy.
• To ensure the Trust brand and visual identity are protected, including supporting other staff in the correct application of corporate style guidelines, ensuring compliance and addressing inconsistencies.
• To ensure the organisational internal and external channels are kept uptodate with the relevant information from the EPR programmes and workstreams.
• To understand the internal environment, organisational development, and principles of culture change to ensure best practice is brought into internal programmes.
• To be responsible for the development and implementation of protocols to ensure the Trusts patient information complies with best practice guidance.
• To ensure organisational compliance with NHS and Trust Brand and Identity.
• The post holder will need to maintain a good knowledge of emerging policies and guidance from government departments such as DHSC, NHSE, ICB interpreting the guidance, assessing any impact and ensuring effective communication to the organisation.

See the Job Description for full details

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Educated to Masters level in relevant subject or equivalent level qualification or significant experience of working at a similar level in specialist area
• Evidence of continuing professional and personal development

Desirable

• Professional qualification in marketing, journalism or public relations (CIM, CAM, IPR or similar)
• Prince 2 practitioner
• CIPR diploma or advanced certificate

Experience

Essential

• Experience of working on EPR communications programmes.
• Demonstrable experience of working in a communications/ PR/senior journalist role preferably within a large and complex organisation
• Experience of working in NHS communications
• Demonstrated experience of managing communications projects including development, planning, implementation and evaluation
• Experience of successfully delivering communications strategies and implementing communications programmes
• Experience of successfully operating in a politically sensitive environment
• Experience of drafting briefing papers and correspondence at senior level
• Experience of managing/supervising staff
• Experience of managing stakeholder events, launches and campaigns

Desirable

• Experience of working in mental health

Knowledge and skills

Essential

• Good understanding of the national government and the NHS, how it works, the issues it faces and how to communicate within it
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• In-depth knowledge and understanding of current PR practice and theory
• Knowledge and understanding of digital communications including public websites and intranets
• Ability to prepare and produce concise yet insightful communications for dissemination to senior stakeholders and a broad range of stakeholders as required
• The ability to identify the target audience for any given issue, understand their needs and the best channels to reach them, adapting writing styles to suit and developing copy with speed and accuracy
• Experience of creating and giving presentations to a varied group of internal and external stakeholders

Other

Essential

• Empathy for individuals who have experienced mental health problems

Desirable

• Personal experience of mental health problems

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).

Employer details

Employer name

South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Maudsley Hospital, Denmark Hil

Denmark Hill

London

SE5 8AZ

United Kingdom

Employer's website

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

Job description

Job responsibilities

To provide psychological assessments for clients in the Eating Disorders Day Service under the close supervision of a practitioner psychologist.

To provide protocol based individual psychological interventions for clients in the Eating Disorders Day Service including guided self-help, CREST and CRT.

To arrange, schedule and provide protocol-based group psychological interventions for clients in the Eating Disorders Day Service.

Toassistthe psychologists in the development of individual or group clinical materials or training materials.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• 2:1 (Hons) in Psychology

Desirable

• Entitlement to graduate membership of the British Psychological Society
• Postgraduate training relevant to mental health

Knowledge

Essential

• Graduate level knowledge of psychological research methodology and statistical analysis.
• Awareness of racial and diversity issues
• Good theoretical knowledge of the problems experienced by and needs of people with eating disorders and of methods of assessment and treatment.

Desirable

• Paid experience in a service providing psychological therapies

Skills & abilities

Essential

• Skills in relevant psychological assessment and interventions that enable working as a pre-qualified practitioner with close clinical supervision.
• Well-developed verbal and written communication skills including communicating complex, information to clients, families and colleagues.
• Skills in providing supporting teaching and training provided by psychologists or others to other professional groups.
• Well-developed IT skills including entry and analysis of research data.

Experience

Essential

• Sufficient post-graduate experience of psychological assessment and treatment of clients with a range of psychological needs in mental health to be able to work clinically with close direct supervision.
• Experience that supports working with, and addressing issues of, diversity within local communities. This may have been gained through work, research, volunteering and / or lived experience.
• Post-graduate experience of conducting research projects or audits.

Desirable

• The Trust encourages and welcomes applications from people with lived experience of mental health challenges. We see this as valuable and recognise the positive impact this experience can have on the work we do.

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).

Employer details

Employer name

South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Maudsley Hospital

Denmark Hill

London

SE5 8AZ

United Kingdom

Employer's website

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

Job description

Job responsibilities

1. CLINICAL

1.1. Screening incoming referrals to consider suitability for the service based on established criteria

1.2. Proactively engaging service users to help them access treatment by initiating contact and responding to queries

1.3. Conducting telephone triage assessment calls to gather clinical information and progress referrals

1.4. Managing waiting lists for a specific care pathway, booking service users in to appointments, ensuring co-ordination with clinicians and team leads

1.5. Acting as the first point of contact for service users and professionals by phone, email and other mediums

2. ADMINISTRATIVE

2.1. To be responsible for workshop admin tasks, including contacting clients who have not attended, reviewing clients post-workshop and following the service procedures

2.2. To collect and analyse data such as performance figures or service user feedback

2.3. To assist in the design and management of electronic spreadsheets and databases as required

2.4. To deal professionally with telephone/email enquiries, using initiative to take follow up actions when appropriate and help to reassure service users, who may be distressed and confused, in a tactful manner

2.5 To manage the reception of service users coming for treatment

2.6 To support the admin team in administrative tasks such as entering new referrals onto the system, checking triage data for accuracy and data cleansing

3. TEACHING, TRAINING AND SUPERVISION

3.1. Ensure the maintenance of standards of practice according to Trust guidelines, and keep up to date on new recommendations/guidelines set by the department of health (e.g. NHS plan, National Service Framework, National Institute for Clinical Excellence)

3.2. To receive regular supervision in accordance with professional practice guidelines.

3.3. Where possible, to gain wider experience of professional psychology within the NHS through attending some training and team meetings.

4. PROFESSIONAL

4.1 The post-holder will work with people with different cultural backgrounds and ages, using interpreters when necessary and should be committed to equal opportunities.

4.2. Ensure that client confidentiality is protected at all times.

4.3. Be aware of, and keep up to date with advances in the spheres of treatment for common mental health problems.

4.4. Ensure clear objectives are identified, discussed and reviewed with senior therapists on a regular basis as part of continuing professional development.

4.5. Attend supervision on a regular basis as agreed with Manager.

4.6. Participate in individual performance review and respond to agreed objectives.

4.7. Keep up to date all records in relation to Continuing Professional Development and ensure personal development plan maintains up to date specialist knowledge of latest theoretical and service delivery models/developments.

4.8. Attend relevant conferences / workshops in line with identified professional objectives.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• oUndergraduate Degree in a related field (Psychology, Mental health, information sciences, or other health or social sciences

Desirable

• oPostgraduate training relevant to mental health

Experience

Essential

• Experience working with a mental health population - voluntary or paid
• oDemonstrated experience in a fast-paced role that required advanced organisation and communication skills and use of initiative to autonomously troubleshoot and resolve varied problems
• oExperience of working with service users (either in person, phone or email) to de-escalate feelings of anxiety, confusion, or frustration

Desirable

• Experience in a psychological therapies service
• Experience completing advanced administration tasks in a work or learning setting, such as producing written reports or synthesising data

Knowledge/Skills

Essential

• Theoretical knowledge of the problems experienced by and needs of primary care patients with common mental health problems
• Theoretical knowledge of methods of assessment and treatment of primary care patients with common mental health problems
• Awareness of diversity issues
• Well-developed verbal skills including telephone skills. Written communication skills that enable communicating complex or sensitive information to clients, families and colleagues
• Ability to manage emotionally stressful situations such as working with victims of abuse or trauma, or with people who engage in self-harming behaviour

Desirable

• Understanding of NHS Talking Therapies/IAPT stepped care services
• Theoretical knowledge of the problems experienced by, and needs of patients with more complex mental health problems such as bipolar disorder, personality disorder and psychosis

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).

Employer details

Employer name

South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Lewisham Talking Therapies

Lewisham

SE6 4RU

United Kingdom

Employer's website

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

Job description

Job responsibilities

The Department of Dermatology is seeking a part-time (7.25 PA) consultant for a substantive appointment. It includes tertiary paediatric services in genetics and epidermolysis bullosa in addition to general paediatric dermatology clinics at St Thomas. The post also contains tertiary adult hidradenitis suppurativa services, tertiary adult genetics clinic as well as general adult dermatology clinics. The post may have a requirement for flexible working across other South East London dermatology sites depending on service demand. We are looking for a dynamic applicant who is committed to excellence in patient care and who is forward-looking as we explore innovative ways of delivering our services.

As an organisation, we are committed to developing our services in ways that best suit the needs of our patients. This includes asking certain groups of staff to work more flexibly so that we can offer services to patients in the evenings and at weekends. We regard this flexibility as essential if we are to continue to provide first class patient care in the future. As a result, any offer of employment to a consultant post will be subject to you agreeing to work a new more flexible pattern of working in the future if required and in accordance with the provisions of the new Guys and St Thomas NHS Foundation Trust consultant contract.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Eligible for full UK GMC registration and a Licence to Practise.
• MRCP
• On GMC Specialist Register or within six months of attaining CCT

Clinical Experience

Essential

• Comprehensive clinical experience in Dermatology.
• Experience at post-CCT level working in community-based dermatology services.
• Broad based professional training in general medicine

Clinical skills

Essential

• Ability to work as an effective member of a multidisciplinary team.
• Good organisation and communication skills.
• Understanding the principles of clinical governance and its implications.

Desirable

• Extensive clinical experience in the diagnosis and management of complex skin conditions.

Audit management & IT

Essential

• Evidence of a depth of understanding of audit.
• Understanding of principles of audit.
• Evidence of understanding of the role of clinical management.
• Evidence of understanding of and adherence to the principles of Good Medical Practice set out by the General Medical Council.
• Evidence of contribution to effective clinical audit and clinical risk management.

Desirable

• Management training or qualification.
• Evidence of leadership in the development of clinical services, notably community dermatology services.
• Experience in clinical guideline development.
• Appraisal training.

Research, Teaching skill & experience

Essential

• Understanding of the principles and applications of clinical research.
• Experience of teaching and training undergraduates, postgraduates and junior medical staff.

Desirable

• Research experience in dermatology.
• Higher research degree (e.g. PhD qualification)
• Post-graduate teaching qualification (e.g. PG Cert Ed.)
• Commercial trial experience.

Leadership/management skills

Essential

• Ability to communicate with clarity and intelligently in written and spoken English; ability to build rapport, listen, persuade/ negotiate.
• Ability to take responsibility, lead, make decisions and exert appropriate authority.
• Empathy, understanding, listening skills, patience and ability to work co-operatively with others.
• Able to change and adapt, respond to changing circumstances and to cope with setbacks or pressure.
• Ability to work as part of a team.
• Staff Management; Experience of performance management, developing and motivating staff.
• Knowledge of finance and budgets.

Desirable

• Relevant departmental management/leadership experience at consultant level (e.g. service / specialty lead).
• Management/leadership experience at Regional or National level.

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

Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Guy's Hospital

Great Maze Pond

London

SE1 9RT

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.guysandstthomas.nhs.uk/careers/careers.aspx (Opens in a new tab)

Job description

Job responsibilities

Key Responsibilities:

1. Management of Care and Practice

• Ensure that all clinical practice is developed using up to date evidence base, ensuring that all staff have the appropriate skill base and supporting mechanisms to access training to work with the service user group.
• Oversee a service user's care pathway, utilising available resources and Patient Journey framework and lead the team in its implementation.
• Ensure systems are in place to support user and carer-centred involvement in the planning and provision of care.
• Ensure that staff receives regular supervision and appraisal and are offered essential and developmental training in accordance with their personal development plans, and the needs of the service.
• Ensure that all service users are made aware of, encouraged, and assisted to use all services available to them.
• Ensure that the requirements of all mental health legislation are met

1. Management of Clinical Standards

• Set, monitor and evaluate overall standards of care and practice in the team in liaison with the centre lead, Professional Advisors, and other agencies.
• Ensure that all practices and interactions in the team are based on the preservation and respect of service users dignity, individual and cultural identity, wishes (whenever possible) and are in accordance with the maintenance of individuals independence.
• Ensure that all staff is aware of the standards of professional behaviour expected by the Trust.
• Ensure that the service provides continuity out of hours, appropriately relating to the senior manager on-call and out of hours medical team.
• Work closely with the centres integrated workforce and involve them in all relevant day to day decisions.

1. Management of Human Resources

• Maintain the efficient use of staffing resources in the team, ensuring that staffing levels are safe, appropriate and contain the necessary skill mix, but recognising and supporting Improving Working Lives within the confines of a safe service.
• The post-holder will ensure that each member of staff is fully aware of their responsibilities and has a personal development plan which is based on a balance between the needs of the individual and the service.
• Manage the overall development of the team, encouraging staff to contribute their views and ideas as appropriate.
• Implement all Trust policies and Human Resource Management, and ensure staff are aware of how to access this information.
• Delegate duties and responsibilities to other staff as appropriate to assist in the operation of the unit and to aid the development of individual staff.

1. Management of Information and Communication

• Develop and maintain procedures that result in good communication between the integrated team and other agencies.
• Arrange and in some instances chair relevant meetings involving other agencies, patients and carers when necessary to facilitate good communication.
• The post-holder will lead the team in setting, implementing and monitoring realistic and achievable objectives in accordance with the aims and objectives of the service.
• Attend meetings and forums, representing the team at various levels both within the Trust and with external agencies, ensuring that all staff is kept fully briefed on any new developments etc.
• The post-holder may be required to participate in specific inter-agency work relevant to the service.
• Ensure that all communication (verbal or written) between the team and other departments or agencies is of a high standard both in its content and presentation.
• Ensure that all written and electronically stored information is accessible only to authorised personnel and is stored in accordance with the Data Protection Act.
• Ensure that administrative staff is aware of the importance of the collection of statistical data and ensure that this is collected and stored in an accurate and timely fashion.

1. Management of the Environment

• Ensure that the Health and Safety at Work Act is adhered to by all staff.
• The post-holder will have particular responsibility for ensuring that all staff receives any training necessary in order to meet the requirements of the Act. (eg. fire training, first aid, etc.).
• The post-holder will be responsible for taking immediate action to deal with any problem which might affect service user, visitor or staff safety. This will involve liaison with the relevant Health and Safety Co-ordinator.
• Ensure local response in managing incidents by using the Trust Incident Policy and implementation outcomes to change and improve practice.

1. Personal Development and Freedom to Act. The post-holder will:

• Be prepared to physically move between sites as needed.
• Ensure that they are fully aware of current developments and practice in their clinical area.
• Acknowledge their own limitations and discuss/identify their training and development needs with their line manager.
• Make effective use of supervision with their line manager on a regular and agreed basis. Be aware of the need to reflect on their practice both as clinician and manager.
• Manage own time efficiently.
• Be aware of and adhere to all Trust Policies and act as a role model to other staff.
• Meet the required professional standards for ongoing registration.
• Recognise emotional and mental effort required to fulfil the post.

1. Other responsibilities. The post-holder will also be responsible for:

• Deputising for the centre lead as required.
• Establishing and building on excellent working relationships between other services within and external to the Directorate.
• Ensuring that systems are in place which invite service users and their carers to comment on the quality of services they receive.
• Implementation of the complaints procedure including investigation, response, and resolution.
• Ensuring that their line manager is kept informed of all developments and changes within the team.
• The safe storage and administration of medications.
• The creation and maintenance of an environment which is conducive to learning and which meets the educational standards required by Educational Institutions whose students are placed on the ward.
• The post-holder will be expected to facilitate actively the teams involvement in the training and education of staff from a variety of disciplines.
• Participating in projects, within the team and Trust as required by the senior management of the Directorate.

1. Other duties as delegated by the Clinical Service Lead.

Person Specification

Qualification/Education

Essential

• Registered Nurse (Mental Health/Learning Disability) or other professional registration e.g. Social Work, Occupational Therapy.
• Mentorship Course (or other relevant teaching/assessment course)
• Evidence of continuing professional development
• Master's degree or equivalent experience

Desirable

• Management course

Experience/Knowledge

Essential

• Substantial experience of managing clinical practice in a mental health service
• Experience of implementing and monitoring standards of care
• Experience of providing clinical and managerial supervision
• Specialist clinical knowledge relevant to the service, including evidence-based practice.
• Working knowledge of all relevant legislation associated with acute mental health care, including relevant statutory and regulatory frameworks
• Experience of working in a multi-cultural environment and knowledge of methods to develop culturally sensitive practice.

Desirable

• Experience of working with different client groups and of using a variety of models and approaches to care
• Experience of managing non-clinical staff and other professionals
• Experience of staff performance management
• Experience of implementing significant changes in working practices
• Experience of project management

Skills and Abilities

Essential

• Skills in developing and changing clinical practice
• Ability to build and maintain high standards of professional links and communications channels with a variety of personnel and agencies
• Ability to analyse complex issues/problems, gather relevant information and exercise sound judgement in reaching the most appropriate conclusions
• Ability to organise and plan ahead effectively
• Ability to enthuse others, co-ordinate and motivate a team

Desirable

• Proven ability to maintain a balance between strategic and operational management
• Ability to support, manage and advise the team through difficult and challenging situations
• Ability to build and lead effectively, a large multi-skilled team
• Ability to manage conflict effectively.
• Ability to manage effectively a revenue budget in the region of £700,000.
• Advanced computer skills and use of spread sheets.

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

South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Lambeth South East Living Well Centre

312 Brixton Road

London

SW9 6AA

United Kingdom

Employer's website

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