Job description

Job responsibilities

You will undertake advanced, holistic physiotherapy assessments and formulate comprehensive treatment plans for service users with complex mental health and physical health problems across several specialities and settings. You will need to be confident in your ability to complete musculoskeletal and neurological assessments while clinically reasoning your decisions.

You will have the responsibility for leading and managing the older people exercise class. You will also be involved in data collection and service improvement.

It is essential that the successful candidate have a high level of physiotherapy experience and knowledge gained through rotations at band 5 and 6 level in a variety of physiotherapy specialities. You will work in a setting where the demand can fluctuate and so will need to be highly organised and self-motivated to manage during these times. A high level of resilience will be required to handle some of the social and emotional components the role can entail. You will be supported during these times by the Head of Physiotherapy and the Wider Trust.

This is a wonderful opportunity to further develop your therapeutic, communication and clinical reasoning skills. We encourage informal visits and would be happy to discuss any questions that you may have.

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If you have used AI to support the preparation of your application, please briefly indicate how it was used within your supporting statement or application form.

Please remember, your application is your opportunity to tell us about your skills, experience and motivation for the role. We encourage applicants to complete their application and supporting statement in their own words wherever possible. We recognise that AI tools can be helpful in supporting accessibility, and for improving spelling, grammar and structure.

Applications that rely heavily on AI-generated content can become generic and fail to accurately reflect an applicant's individual experience. Applications that clearly demonstrate your own voice, reflections and experiences are often the most effective and help us better understand your suitability for the role.

Please be aware that information provided in your application and supporting statement may be explored further during the selection process. It is important that all applications accurately represent your own knowledge, skills and experience.

Person Specification

Training & Qualifications

Essential

• Physiotherapy degree.
• Full HCPC registration.
• CSP registered.

Desirable

• Postgraduate training courses relevant to Mental Health.

Experience

Essential

• Significant experience as a junior grade in a broad range of clinical rotations including MSK, older people, neurology, respiratory care and rehabilitation.
• Experience of working with service users presenting with mental health conditions.
• A good understanding of issues facing service users with mental health conditions.
• Successful team working.
• Previous involvement in clinical audit or research.
• Previous experience of supervising students &/or physiotherapy assistants.

Desirable

• Previous experience of working within an NHS hospital setting.
• Previous experience of working in a mental health setting.
• Previous experience working as a band 6 physiotherapist.
• Experience working with hearing impairment/deafness.
• Experience working within eating disorders.

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 West London and St Georges Mental Health NHS Trust

Address

Springfield University Hospital / Tolworth Hospital

Springfield Drive

London

SW17 0YF

United Kingdom

Employer's website

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

Job description

Job responsibilities

To promote and ensure highly specialist psychological services and skills to the team and schools

To collaboratively work with schools to implement a whole school approach to mental health, including staff consultation and training as appropriate.

To provide advice and consultation on clients psychological care. To work within Trust and professional guidelines, to a clear CAMHS job plan.

To offer clinical supervision to the EWPs and the band 6 & 7 posts, with a focus on CBT models and parenting approaches. Providing clinical input to supervisees PADRs.

Within supervision, team meetings and other fora, to support and promote the use of measures to evolve clinical practice and enhance user experience.

To offer direct interventions with 5 to 11 year olds and their parents in primary schools plus 11 to 18 year olds in secondary schools, including those who may have experienced trauma and who exhibit behaviours that may be challenging

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If you have used AI to support the preparation of your application, please briefly indicate how it was used within your supporting statement or application form.

Please remember, your application is your opportunity to tell us about your skills, experience and motivation for the role. We encourage applicants to complete their application and supporting statement in their own words wherever possible. We recognise that AI tools can be helpful in supporting accessibility, and for improving spelling, grammar and structure.

Applications that rely heavily on AI-generated content can become generic and fail to accurately reflect an applicant's individual experience. Applications that clearly demonstrate your own voice, reflections and experiences are often the most effective and help us better understand your suitability for the role.

Please be aware that information provided in your application and supporting statement may be explored further during the selection process. It is important that all applications accurately represent your own knowledge, skills and experience.

Person Specification

Training & Qualifications

Essential

• Qualified Clinical, Counselling or Educational Psychologist registered with the HCPC as a Practitioner Psychologist
• Evidence of continuing professional development.

Desirable

• Training as part of a CYP IAPT collaborative in a recognised evidenced based approach.
• Formal training in the supervision of a psychotherapeutic modality.
• Further training in a recognised evidence based psychological therapy.

Experience

Essential

• Consolidated experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of clients across the full range of care settings, including outpatient, community, primary care, and in-patient settings.
• Consolidated experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse.
• Demonstrate further specialist training and experience by having received a minimum of 50 hours of clinical supervision of working as a specialist psychologist or psychotherapist over a minimum of 18 months.

Desirable

• Experience of teaching, training and/or supervision
• Experience of service development or of a leadership role.
• Experience of working within a school setting

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 West London and St Georges Mental Health NHS Trust

Address

CAMHS MHST - Sutton

Wallington

SM6 0EX

United Kingdom

Employer's website

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

Job description

Job responsibilities

YJS is a multi-agency service, requiring good coordination between professionals in order to deliver high-quality services to young people with complex needs. The YJS

CAMHS psychologist within Kingston and Richmond will offer mental health assessments and psychological treatments to service users and their carers/families who meet the referral criteria of the disciplines within the team and will provide:

specialist assessment and intervention services

training and consultation to staff within Kingston and Richmond Youth Justice Service and other adjacent services) as appropriate and in agreement with Kingston and Richmond YJS Managers and the CAMHS Clinical/Professional Lead for Psychology & Psychotherapies with responsibility for Youth Justice Services (YJS-CAMHS).

will attend relevant meetings in relation to cases open to Kingston and RichmondYouth Justice Service caseload for example, risk strategy panels such as the Multi Agency Child Risk of Harm (MACROH) panel.

CAMHS clinicians operating in this environment need to retain a distinct child mental health professional identity and also work as a cooperative member of a service comprising colleagues with different, but complementary, roles.

The primary clinical record, through which the post holder is held accountable, is within CYP IAPTUS. However, information will be shared in accordance with a local information-sharing agreement, and in accordance with Trust policies. This will require additional entry into the YJS system.

The postholder will be working within a multi-disciplinary context to deliver creative and adapted evidence-based care, including direct psychological assessment and treatment to young people and families. This would include cases where there are risks of contextual harm such as child criminal exploitation. These are often complex cases that require engagement and support from several agencies and provide opportunities for creative multi-agency joint working.

Alongside direct clinical work, there will be opportunities to provide consultancy and training to partner agencies such as Pupil Referral Units, the wider Youth Justice Service, Childrens Social Care and Police to embed psychological and trauma informed care. There will also be opportunities to contribute to policy work, wider servicedevelopment, and become involved in co-produced projects within the local authority including a psychology-led team formulation pathway for complex cases.

The postholder will have the opportunity to provide clinical supervision to band 7 clinicians and Trainee Psychologists.

The skills of a CAMHS clinician are crucial in the early identification of mental health needs, working with difficult-to-engage young people in order to improve motivation, and the delivery of effective treatments that reduce distress and improve wellbeing.

In addition, the clinician is expected to contribute to good decision-making, better quality information for decision-makers, and the construction of suitable packages of care that improve young peoples life-chances.

Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in job applications

If you have used AI to support the preparation of your application, please briefly indicate how it was used within your supporting statement or application form.

Please remember, your application is your opportunity to tell us about your skills, experience and motivation for the role. We encourage applicants to complete their application and supporting statement in their own words wherever possible. We recognise that AI tools can be helpful in supporting accessibility, and for improving spelling, grammar and structure.

Applications that rely heavily on AI-generated content can become generic and fail to accurately reflect an applicant's individual experience. Applications that clearly demonstrate your own voice, reflections and experiences are often the most effective and help us better understand your suitability for the role.

Please be aware that information provided in your application and supporting statement may be explored further during the selection process. It is important that all applications accurately represent your own knowledge, skills and experience.

Person Specification

Training & Qualifications

Essential

• Qualified Clinical Psychologist (or equivalent) registered with the HCPC as a Practitioner Psychologist.
• Evidence of continuing professional development.
• Post qualification training in the clinical supervision of trainees.

Desirable

• Training as part of a CYP IAPT collaborative in a recognised evidenced based approach.
• Formal training in the supervision of a psychotherapeutic modality.
• Further training in a recognised evidence based psychological therapy.

Experience

Essential

• Consolidated experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of clients across the full range of care settings, including outpatient, community, primary care, and in-patient settings.
• Consolidated experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse.
• Demonstrate further specialist training and experience by having received a minimum of 50 hours of clinical supervision of working as a specialist psychologist over a minimum of 18 months.

Desirable

• Experience of teaching, training and/or supervision.
• Experience of service development or of a leadership role.

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 West London and St Georges Mental Health NHS Trust

Address

Richmond Royal Hospital

Kew Foot Road

Richmond

TW9 2TE

United Kingdom

Employer's website

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

Job description

Job responsibilities

Utilise a wide variety of clinical skills appropriate to the needs of individual patients and the clinical setting in which they are required to be seen.

Take direct responsibility for providing specialist care and treatment for a small caseload of patients, not exceeding six at any one time.

Carry out specialist assessments, develop, implement, evaluate and document specialist care.

Provide a consultation-liaison service to clinicians and clinical teams within the general hospital. This will include giving specialist advice on a range of care, treatment and patient management issues.

Demonstrate a high standard of record keeping and documentation with adherence to trust policy and an understanding of professional guidelines and application of confidentiality.

Work with colleagues to develop and promote the services philosophy, framework of care delivery and strategic objectives, taking responsibility for specific areas of policy and strategy delivery

Work with colleagues to develop clinical expertise and high standards of clinical practice, as defined by the Nursing & Midwifery code of professional conduct and the equivalent for Occupational Therapy.

Deliver care that is evidence based, reflecting current best practice and research.

Participate in structured clinical supervision in accordance with Trust policies and procedures.

You will also be expected to take responsibility for the supervision of nurses and others in non-mental health settings working with patients with mental health problems.

Demonstrate clinical excellence and high standards of nursing practice to other staff.

Demonstrate sound understanding of the legal and ethical issues in caring for the mentally ill. In particular, demonstrating sound understanding of the Mental Health Act (1983) and its use in a non-mental health setting.

Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in job applications

If you have used AI to support the preparation of your application, please briefly indicate how it was used within your supporting statement or application form.

Please remember, your application is your opportunity to tell us about your skills, experience and motivation for the role. We encourage applicants to complete their application and supporting statement in their own words wherever possible. We recognise that AI tools can be helpful in supporting accessibility, and for improving spelling, grammar and structure.

Applications that rely heavily on AI-generated content can become generic and fail to accurately reflect an applicant's individual experience. Applications that clearly demonstrate your own voice, reflections and experiences are often the most effective and help us better understand your suitability for the role.

Please be aware that information provided in your application and supporting statement may be explored further during the selection process. It is important that all applications accurately represent your own knowledge, skills and experience.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• Demonstrable experience of post qualifying work in psychiatry, with evidence of experience at Band 6
• Experience of working with people who have experienced serious ongoing mental health problems
• Experience of assessing and managing crisis with those with a severe mental illness
• Experience of recruitment and selection of staff
• Experience of managing and monitoring budgets
• Experience of working as a Clinical Supervisor
• Experience of implementing and monitoring standards of care
• Experience of working within a multidisciplinary team
• Experience of supervising junior staff within own and/or other disciplines

Desirable

• Other relevant post registration experience.
• Audit and research experience
• Experience of teaching/training in a formal or informal setting
• Experience of working in a Liaison Psychiatry/ Crisis settings

Training & Qualifications

Essential

• NMC Registration or Occupational Therapy Professional Registration
• Significant experience at Band 6
• Educated to degree or Diploma level Nursing or Occupational Therapy and other courses relevant to Liaison Psychiatry.

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 West London and St Georges Mental Health NHS Trust

Address

St Helier Hospital

Wrythe Ln, Sutton

Carshalton

SM5 1AA

United Kingdom

Employer's website

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

Job description

Job responsibilities

To develop and provide a specialist occupational therapy service focusing on sensory assessment/ intervention/ education and awareness for identified young people under the care of ARC in the Adolescent Outreach Team

To manage clients with complex needs, using evidence based, client-centred principles to assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions with a sensory focus.

To provide OT flexibly across a variety of treatment programmes including groups and individual work in a variety of settings including the ward and home.

To manage clients with a range of complex needs, using evidence based, client-centred principles to assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions

To participate in and contribute to local service development and strategy.

Liaision with colleagues in Adult Mental Health Services and Early Intervention Services to ensure that effective transition arrangements exist for clients who are likely to require ongoing support afterthe age of 18

To contribute to the Trustwide occupational therapy strategy (Model of Human Occupation and Specialist forums).

To supervise OT students on fieldwork placements.

To offer specialist supervision around Sensory assessment/intervention and education to more occupational therapy staff in the ARC service line, and inpatient services.

To undertake regular audit and R&D activities.

To provide training and support for families, staff and wider network professionals as required.

Person Specification

Education, Training & Qualifications

Essential

• Diploma or degree in Occupational Therapy
• Registration to practice in the UK
• Evidence of post registration training relevant to mental health practice
• Training in the theory and application of the model of human occupation within the first 4 months of appointment

Desirable

• Masters degree in subject relevant to clinical post
• Practice placement educators course within one year of appointment
• Leadership training

Experience

Essential

• Experience of carrying a caseload of service users with complex and diverse needs in a mental health setting
• Post-graduate clinical experience highly related to clinical field
• Experience of working in an inter-professional team.
• Experience of working within a multi-agency environment.
• Experience of working in a range of mental health settings
• Experience of working in a multi-cultural context
• Experience of maintaining a written record of continual professional development
• Experience of individual and groupwork
• Active involvement in service change/development
• Experience of writing specialist occupational therapy reports
• Experience of clinical audit

Desirable

• Experience of supervising junior staff
• Experience of being a practice placement educator
• Experience of using mental health services as a service user, or carer, relative, friend of a service user.
• Experience of publishing own work
• Post-registration research activity

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 West London and St Georges Mental Health NHS Trust

Address

Springfield University Hospital

15 Springfield Drive

London

SW17 0YF

United Kingdom

Employer's website

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