Job description

Job responsibilities

Lead the development and delivery of operational,tacticaland long-term (1, 3 and 5-year) workforce plans aligned to Trust strategy, financial plans, and system demand.

Oversee demand and capacity modelling, activity modelling, and scenario planning to ensure workforce plans are evidence-based and future-focused.

Ensure workforce plans are fully aligned with the People Strategy, Clinical Strategy, financialplansand NHS England priorities.

Provide strategic oversight of workforce planning frameworks, tools and methodologies, ensuring consistency,capabilityand adoption across the organisation.

Act as organisational lead for integrated workforce planning across the system, collaborating with ICS partners and workforce planning groups.

Please refer to attached Job Description for full details.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Master's degree in a relevant field (e.g., Data Science, Workforce Planning, HR Management, Organisational Development) or equivalent senior level experience.
• Evidence of continued professional development in analytics, data governance, leadership and/or digital systems.

Experience

Essential

• Extensive senior leadership experience in workforce analytics, business intelligence, HR systems or related fields within a complex organisation.
• Exceptional communication, presentation and stakeholder-engagement skills.

Knowledge

Essential

• Deep knowledge of HR systems (e.g., ESR, rostering, ATS, learning systems).
• Strong understanding of data governance, audit requirements and statutory reporting.

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.

Employer details

Employer name

South Central Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Northern House

7-8 Talisman Business Centre, Talisman Road

Bicester

OX26 6HR

United Kingdom

Employer's website

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

Job description

Job responsibilities

Actively facilitates and participates in improving and enhancing the delivery of the care given to individuals with a long-term neurological condition, at a local, regional and national level.

To triage nurse specialist referrals for individuals with a long-term neurological condition, who have a GP within West Norfolk.

To provide assessment, monitoring, support and education for people with the identified neurological conditions using recognised assessment tools, evaluate findings and develop a goal plan.

To monitor drug therapies and recommend changes as appropriate in line with professional guidelines (Nursing and Midwifery Council) and local and national guidelines.

Please see job description for a more complete list of duties.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered Nurse or equivalent knowledge and experience

Desirable

• Post registration qualification

Experience

Essential

• Post registration experience in community nursing.
• Post registration experience in assessment and care of patients with neurological conditions such as Multiple Sclerosis (MS), Parkinson's Disease (PD), and Motor Neurone Disease (MND) and their families / carers.

Desirable

• Experience in working with Multi-disciplinary team.

Skills, Abilities and Knowledge

Essential

• Manage and deliver nurse led community clinics
• Ability to manage a large caseload of clients in a variety of settings
• IT competence with Microsoft 365

Desirable

• SystmOne experience

Communication

Essential

• Excellent verbal / written communication skills.
• Ability to have sensitive and emotive discussions.

Personal and People Development

Essential

• Patient education experience
• Staff education experience

Personal Attributes / Behaviours

Essential

• Analytical and diplomatic
• Motivated
• Excellent organisational skills
• Able to identify with the Trust's commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people

Other

Essential

• Must hold a full and valid driving licence and have access to a vehicle.
• Able to communicate effectively using the English language

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

East of England Community Health and Care NHS Trust

Address

St James

Extons Road

King's Lynn

PE30 5NU

United Kingdom

Employer's website

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

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details of responsibilities

To provide highly specialist psychological assessments of children and adolescents referred to the Neurodevelopmental 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, their families and others involved in the clients care (including professionals from other agencies). To individually formulate, plan, implement and evaluate plans for the formal psychological treatment and/or management of a clients mental health or other complex psychological problems based on an appropriate conceptual framework adapting/utilising several psychological models and employing methods of proven efficacy, across a range of care settings. To be responsible for implementing a range of psychological interventions for individual children and young people, families/carers, and via groups, within and across teams, adjusting and refining psychological formulations drawing on different explanatory models including developmental, cognitive, learning theory, biological, neuropsychological, and maintaining a number of provisional hypotheses. To provide specialist child neuropsychology assessments, providing advice and consultation based on this information to neurodevelopmental professionals, clients and their families and other agency professionals (especially education) as appropriate. To lead and participate in the Neurodevelopmental Service. 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 and their family and/or carers. To exercise autonomous professional responsibility for the assessment, psychological formulation, treatment and discharge of own clients, and to manage and maintain caseload in line with service requirements. To provide highly 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 serving these children and their families. To communicate in a highly skilled and sensitive manner, information concerning the assessment, formulation and treatment plans of own (caseholder) clients and/or carers and to monitor progress during the course of both uni- and multi-disciplinary care and joint work with other agencies.

Person Specification

Education / Qualifications

Essential

• Doctoral level training in Clinical, Educational or Counselling psychology
• HCPC Registered

Desirable

• Undertaken training in the supervision of trainee clinical psychologists.
• Undertaken relevant post-doctoral training.
• Specific training in models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and neuropsychology, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology as accredited by the HCPC.

Experience

Essential

• Experience of specialist psychological assessment, formulation and treatment of clients across the full range of care settings, including outpatient, community, primary care and in-patient settings.
• 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, maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse.
• Experience of exercising full clinical responsibility for client's psychological care and treatment, both as a professionally qualified clinician and also within the context of a multidisciplinary care-plan.
• Demonstrate further specialist training/experience.

Desirable

• Experience of working with children with a learning disability.
• Experience of working with people with an autistic spectrum disorder.
• Experience of the application of clinical psychology in different social and cultural contexts.

Skills & Abilities

Essential

• Able to demonstrate commitment to high quality care and service provision.
• Excellent clinical skills of psychological assessment, formulation, intervention and evaluation frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration. This requires the use of highly developed analytical and judgement skills.
• Well-developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information, including contentious and potentially highly distressing information, to clients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS.
• Skills in individual and group work and in programme planning.

Knowledge & Understanding

Essential

• Ability to identify and employ mechanisms of clinical governance, including regular supervision, to support and maintain clinical practice in the face of regular exposure to highly emotive material and challenging behaviour.
• Knowledge of legislation in relation to the client group and its implications for both clinical practice and professional management in relation to the client group.
• Doctorate level knowledge of research methodology, research design and complex, multivariate data analysis as practiced within the clinical fields of psychology.
• Highly developed knowledge of lifespan developmental psychology and models of psychopathology and learning relevant to children and young people.

Desirable

• Knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies in child and adolescent/ children with learning disability.
• High level knowledge of the theory and practice of at least two specialised psychological therapies.

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

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Newtown Centre

Nursery Road

Huntingdon

PE29 3RJ

United Kingdom

Employer's website

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

Job description

Job responsibilities

Job Summary:

Receive, assist and direct patients in accessing the appropriate service or healthcare professional in a courteous, efficient and effective way.

Provide general assistance to the Practice team and project a positive and friendly image to patients and other visitors, either in person or via the telephone

Job Responsibilities:

• Ensure an effective and efficient reception service is provided to patients and any other visitors to the Practice

• Deal with all general enquiries, explain procedures and make new and follow-up appointments according to protocol.
• Using your own judgment and communication skills ensure that patients with no prior appointment but who need urgent consultation are dealt with in a logical and non-disruptive manner.
• Explain Practice arrangements and formal requirements to new patients and those seeking temporary cover and ensure procedures are completed.
• Receive and make telephone calls as required, answering the call promptly in a polite and helpful manner, using agreed practice scripts as appropriate. Divert calls and take messages, ensuring accuracy of detail and prompt appropriate delivery.
• Ensure patient-related tasks are completed in a timely and efficient manner, e.g. pathlinks admin
• Follow procedures for the recording and handling of home visits (house calls), ensuring careful recording of all relevant details.
• Action repeat prescription requests and ensure that they are ready for collection by the patient within 72 hours, either on the computer or manually.
• When directed, prepare prescriptions for dosette boxes, liaise with pharmacies as appropriate
• Prepare lists and notes for all surgeries and clinics held, ensuring completion of all associated paperwork.
• Advise patients of relevant charges for private (non General Medical Services) services, accept payment and issue receipts for same.
• Enter patient information on to the computer as required, and obtain missing data as required
• Ensure that essential patient data is correct and up-to-date, e.g. contact details
• To liaise with hospitals in the booking of transport according to given timescales, completing appropriate documentation and following agreed procedures. To action requests for ambulance bookings are made accurately
• To undertake chaperone duties for patients when requested by clinical staff
• Retrieve and re-file records as required, ensuring strict alphabetical order is adhered to
• Ensure the reception desk and waiting areas are kept clean and tidy
• Premises:

o Open up premises at the start of the day when first to arrive and make all necessary preparations to receive patients, following required procedures

o To check lights, video screen are on and amend the touch screen information as required

o When last to leave at the end of the day, ensure that closing procedures are followed and communicate with any staff left on site.

o To receive, sign for and log deliveries to the practice, following any policies for receipt of specific goods, e.g. informing clinical staff about the delivery of vaccines so that cold chain is maintained

• Ensure that all new patients are registered onto the computer system promptly and accurately
• Undertake any other additional duties appropriate to the post as requested by the Partners or the Practice Manager.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• GCSE Grade A to C in English and Maths

Desirable

• Experience within a Medical Practice/Setting

Experience

Essential

• Experience of working within a Medical Setting is desirable, however full training will be provided

Desirable

• Experience of working within a Medical Setting is desirable, however full training will be provided

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.

Employer details

Employer name

Ravenswood Medical Practice

Address

24 Hening Avenue

Ipswich

IP3 9QJ

United Kingdom

Employer's website

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

Job description

Job responsibilities

1. Maintain the work environment in line with Trust infection control and patient safety policies

2. Maintain accurate records relating to communication with patients, relatives, and members of the Multidisciplinary team regarding all aspects of care demonstrating a range of appropriate communication skills.

3. Ensure theatre systems are utilised and updated to support the delivery of care in the perioperative setting

4. Ensuring equipment and stores are well maintained, taking appropriate action if the equipment is faulty

5. Assist in monitoring and maintaining stocks of material and equipment at appropriate levels within the theatre, as delegated by registered practitioners.

6. Work effectively as part of a team.

7. Demonstrate ability to access Trust policies and procedures and comply with those relevant to role.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Able to demonstrate literacy and numeracy skills at interview assessment.
• GCSE Maths and English Grade 4 or above or alternative qualification

Desirable

• Level 2 QCF Diploma in Clinical Healthcare support or
• Level 2 NVQ in Healthcare Health & Social Care or
• Level 2 in Health & Social care (NVQ, QCF, RQF)
• GCSE A*-D in English Language or equivalent
• GCSE A*-D in Mathematics or equivalent

Experience

Essential

• Evidence of ability to work as a member of a team
• Prior experience of providing care in a healthcare or social setting
• Evidence of ability to work as a member of a team
• Experience of time management and prioritising work.

Desirable

• Experience or working in the Perioperative Environment
• Ability to demonstrate best practice and act as a role model

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

Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Marlborough Road

Swindon

SN3 6BB

United Kingdom

Employer's website

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

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details of responsibilities

• To be responsible for the assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation of the evidence-based care required, including health promotion for a named service user/group ensuring it meets Trust timescales.
• To ensure that the requirements of the Mental Health Act 2007 are observed, adhered to, and implemented.
• To promote carer and service user involvement within the service and for its provision. To encourage recovery, discovery, and independence, taking into account risk assessment and management.
• To establish therapeutic relationships with service users, and the implementation of evidence based therapeutic interventions with appropriate boundaries in accordance with Nursing and Midwifery Councils professional code of conduct
• To demonstrate care and compassion in your work
• To be responsible for the safe custody and administration of medicines in accordance with all medicine policies
• To respect and value the different therapeutic approaches within the multidisciplinary team but ensure that the agreed philosophy approach is adopted and followed
• To ensure that accurate and timely written records are kept which comply with the Trust policy and NMC guidance, reporting on any issues as appropriate.
• Empower service users by ensuring that they receive the relevant information about their treatment, medication, available services, advocacy services, ward routines and safety procedures.

Person Specification

Education / Qualifications

Essential

• Registered Nurse Mental Health (RNMH) or Registered Nurse Learning Disability (RNLD)

Desirable

• Post graduate qualification relating to ward specialism
• Mentor qualification / ENB 998 or equivalent
• Additional qualification for specialism

Experience

Essential

• Experience of in-patient services and working as part of a multi-disciplinary team
• Basic level of dealing with service users with complex mental health needs

Desirable

• Experience of providing mentorship
• Experience relating to ward specialism
• Lived experience of mental health

Skills and Abilites

Essential

• Effective communication skills both verbally and written, including IT literacy (MS Office).
• Ability to carry out physical interventions
• Ability to use own initiative, to enable contribution to a multidisciplinary team approach

Knowledge & Understanding

Essential

• Thorough understanding of care planning.
• Awareness of safeguarding issues and responsibilities under relevant legislation
• Basic understanding of the Mental Health Act and Mental Capacity Act

Desirable

• Basic understanding of legislation relating to care including - Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards Act, Children's Act, Equality Act 2010, Health and Safety Act and the Data Protection Act

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

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Cavell Centre

Bretton Gate

Peterborough

PE3 9GZ

United Kingdom

Employer's website

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

Job description

Job responsibilities

To understand the role in more detail please read the full job description and person specification documents which are attached to this advert.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• NMC Registered Nurse with relevant experience

Desirable

• Post registration experience

Technical Skills Competencies

Essential

• Basic It skills
• Non-IV and IV administration of medication

Knowledge

Essential

• knowledge of the conditions relevant to speciality

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

University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust

Address

University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust

Long fleet Road

Bournemouth

BH15 2JB

United Kingdom

Employer's website

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

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details of responsibilities.

• Undertake specialist psychological assessments, including risk assessment, formulation, diagnosis, and treatment planning for individuals presenting with complex trauma-related difficulties.
• Develop collaborative, trauma-informed formulations that support service users in understanding the impact of developmental trauma and adverse experiences on their current difficulties.
• Deliver evidence-based psychological interventions using approaches such as Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (TF-CBT), Compassion Focused Therapy (CFT), Eye MovementDesensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR), and Schema-informed interventions.
• Provide treatment in both individual and group formats and contribute to the co-facilitation of specialist group programmes where appropriate.
• Monitor and evaluate treatment outcomes, adapting interventions in response to service user needs and progress.
• Maintain responsibility for the assessment, treatment, review, and discharge of a specialist caseload.
• Act as psychological care coordinator where appropriate, ensuring effective communication and coordination of care across agencies and professionals.

Person Specification

Education/Qualifications

Essential

• Doctorate level training in clinical or applied psychology, including specifically models of psychopathology, clinical, psychometrics, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology as accredited by the BPS, or a BPS Statement of Equivalence.
• BPS Registered
• HCPC Registration as a Clinical Psychologist

Desirable

• Eligible for BABCP accreditation

Experience

Essential

• 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 specialist psychological assessment, formulation and treatment
• Experience of maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse
• Experience of service evaluation/audits

Desirable

• Experience of working with people who have complex PTSD
• Substantial experience of working therapeutically with people who have experienced developmental trauma and present with complex mental health needs.

Skills & Abilities

Essential

• Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, psychological formulation, intervention and management frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration. This requires the use of highly developed analytical and judgement skills.
• Ability to deliver trauma informed formulation driven interventions drawing from CBT and CFT frameworks
• Ability to identify and employ mechanisms of clinical governance, including regular supervision, to support and maintain clinical practice in the face of regular exposure to highly emotive material and challenging behaviour.

Desirable

• Knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies indicated for people who have experienced developmental trauma e.g. TF-CBT, EMDR, schema therapy

Knowledge & Understanding

Essential

• An understanding of the needs and difficulties of people with mental distress and an ability to think compassionately about the lived experience of mental illness
• Good understanding of other professionals' theoretical perspectives of the adult group.
• Knowledge of legislation in relation to the client group and its implications for clinical and professional practice

Desirable

• Knowledge of current guidelines for services and service users who have complex PTSD.

Other

Essential

• Ability to exercise appropriate levels of self care and monitor own state, recognising when it is necessary to take active steps to maintain fitness to practice.

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

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Newtown Centre

Nursery Road

Huntingdon

PE29 3RJ

United Kingdom

Employer's website

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

Job description

Job responsibilities

You will be the CYP Therapist for the Healthy Families service within Your Health Oldham.

Your Health Oldham aims to empower individuals and communities towards a healthier future by promoting health awareness. The CYP Therapist integrates psychological theory with therapeutic techniques to help people overcome and deal with problematic life events and mental health issues. They engage people and their communities to help identify barriers whilst empowering them to overcome these.

Role Purpose:

The role is designed to provide support to children and young people in a variety of settings, face to face, community based, digitally and via telephone.

The role involves assessment of clients referred and provision of child and young people therapy sessions.

The role includes ensuring the therapeutic support provides a clear, evidence based, effective and consistent service for all clients.

The role will continuously develop methods and resources that result in improved/effective wellbeing and behaviours for all ages.

This is a demanding job, but you will not be on your own. ABLs highly experienced and friendly multi-disciplinary team of Health and Social Care professionals, Business Intelligence, Service Development, Governance, Finance and Business Development are there to support. Additionally, existing experienced delivery teams will work with you to drive the service forward.

Duties and Responsibilities

This post will work under the line management Your Health Oldhams deputy Head of Service. The role provides therapeutic interventions to children, young people accessing targeted and specialist family weight management programmes.

Key responsibilities will be:

To work effectively and collaboratively to ensure the successful operation of therapeutic provision within the Healthy Family programme with Your Health Oldham. This involves working at different locations to provide interventions to children and young people.

To be a part of a multi-disciplinary assessment (MDA) team. To facilitate psychological and risk assessments to aid the development of client/family formulations and care pathways.

Support children and young people to discuss and work through highly complex, sensitive and personal information related to their presentation. This will include deconstruction of current interactional patterns of behaviour and meaning around weight issues and complex relationships, creating methods for client centred analysis of change, aided by the use of assessment tools.

To prepare and participate in peer supervisions and case reviews with other therapists regularly across the organisation.

Maintain accurate and detailed case notes and client records utilising digital systems and databases.

To attend team meetings and contribute to agendas and discussions. Prepare fully in accordance with service for Multi-Disciplinary Team Meetings (MDT) and complete relevant paperwork (such as MDT proformas), updating client records as appropriate.

To provide effective individual CYP therapy interventions, with the aim of helping clients prepare to engage in the specialist weight management programme and/or physical activity interventions.

To provide systemic CYP therapy, employing methods based upon evidence. To work in ways which are sensitive to and appropriate for the needs of children and young people from a wide range of racial, cultural and religious backgrounds.

To contribute knowledge, skills and ideas with the aim of optimising the outcomes of the specialist weight management programme and/or physical activity interventions within the limits of ones trained role capacity and competency.

To participate in multiagency meetings as appropriate, child protection case conferences and reviews, etc. providing professional advice on individual care programme planning and other clinical matters as necessary.

The post holder will be expected to prioritise own workload and ensure effective time management strategies are embedded in own practice and that of others.

To be professional and legally responsible and accountable for all aspects of own work including the management of patients/service users in your care.

To undertake self-directed/lone working in a variety of locations.

To read relevant current literature and stay up to date with developments and initiatives in psychological and family therapy for obesity treatment.

To undertake supervision internally within ABL Health with a qualified approved supervisor.

Skills and Competencies Required

Be an experienced therapist in a community health environment, assisting and delivering support to children and young people.

Experience of working with diverse communities within varied cultural environments

Adept in communication; A strong communicator who adapts the message to fit the needs of the audience.

Quality driven; you naturally seek high standards and actively seek to improve them.

Value and remain open to new ideas and perspectives.

Please note that we are unable to offer sponsorship for this role

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• Experience of delivering child and young persons therapeutic interventions Experience of facilitating psychological assessments and formulating Demonstrate significant post-qualification experience. Confident in supporting / offering interventions to children and young people presenting mild to moderate risk behaviours. Knowledge of safety factors in management of self-harming behaviours. Able to work in a therapeutic way that responds to a clients needs, including a knowledge of cognitive behavioural therapy or behavioural approaches

Desirable

• More than 2 years, post qualifying, experience of delivering CYP interventions.

Job Specific Requirements

Essential

• The ability to travel independently across Oldham and as required to ABL Health HQ in Greater Manchester. Work flexibly and adapt to suit service need, including some evening and occasional weekend work.

Qualifications

Essential

• A relevant professional qualification at degree level e.g. in social work, nursing, psychology, or other relevant field, professional counselling qualification/or IAPT or similar, e.g play therapy or integrative psychotherapy
• Registered/accredited member of a professional body (such as AFT, BABCP, BPS, BACP, UKCP).

Desirable

• CBT qualification or counselling equivalent

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

ABL Health Ltd

Address

Room 419, 2nd Floor Chambers Business Centre Chapel Road

Oldham

OL8 4QQ

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.ablhealth.co.uk/work-for-us/join-our-team/ (Opens in a new tab)

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please note for this role you will be required to travel independently around the county meeting strict time deadlines. You will need to hold a full UK driving licence* and have use of a vehicle. You cannot use public transport for this role as this is not a reliable form of transport and will not allow you to meet service needs. Please confirm in your application that you meet the specified criteria.

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details of responsibilities which include:

• To keep the patient at the centre of care, ensuring patient and carer participation in decision making.
• To provide support and education to peers, junior staff, non-registered staff, and students.
• To be accountable for delegated tasks and activities undertaken by Therapy Assistant Practitioners, and Integrated Care Workers.
• To prioritise all patients according to clinical need and to allocate or signpost tasks appropriately.
• To always provide a high standard of care.
• To provide resilience and cover to other locality teams as required due to operational demands and system pressures.

*DVLA have a number of reciprocal arrangements with overseas countries, for further information please visit the DVLA website

Person Specification

Education / Qualifications

Essential

• Degree or equivalent eg. BSc, MSc or Diploma entry level qualification into the Physiotherapy profession
• Current HCPC registration
• Documented evidence of own continuing professional development

Desirable

• Member of CSP
• Fieldwork/Practice Educator qualification

Experience

Essential

• Relevant post-graduate clinical experience in a variety of settings

Desirable

• Community experience
• Equipment knowledge and provision

Skills & Abilities

Essential

• Able to demonstrate commitment to high quality care and service provision
• Ability to work flexibly as part of a team
• Good communication skills
• Able to assess plan and implement care
• To support all members of the multi-disciplinary team
• Good documentation skills.
• Proficient IT skills on various platforms and programmes

Knowledge & Understanding

Essential

• Recognises the limits of own authority within the role
• Seeks and uses professional support appropriately
• Understands the principle of confidentiality

Other

Essential

• Ability to travel independently around Cambridgeshire and Peterborough area meeting required timescales. A Full driving licence and access to a vehicle is essential.

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

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Kingfisher House

Kingfisher Way

Huntingdon

PE29 6FH

United Kingdom

Employer's website

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

Job description

Job responsibilities

Helping others improve and turn their lives around theres no better feeling. Its what we do for thousands of people at more than 150 sites across the UK. Be a part of it.

We are looking for a professional, confident Ward Manager who can lead, inspire & oversee the delivery of the very best care.

You'll be working 40 hours a week (Monday to Friday 9am - 5pm on Upper Ward) at Cygnet Acer Clinic.

Cygnet Acer Clinic is a 28 bed service providing assessment, treatment and rehabilitation for women with personality disorder and complex needs or acute mental health needs.

Upper Ward:

Acer Upper is a mental health acute service for women, based at Cygnet Acer Clinic in Derbyshire.

The ward provides assessment and treatment for women experiencing a mental health crisis who require an emergency admission.

Our team works closely and collaboratively with service users, their families and the referrer to provide a seamless pathway from referral to discharge.

Our approach is recovery focused and supported by a comprehensive multidisciplinary team, contributing to shorter lengths of stay.

We also benefit from a highly specialised personality disorder service on site, and can offer a pathway for women that may require an extended therapy programme.

Your day-to-day

• Provide suggestions, proposals & recommendations to the Hospital Manager aimed at the continued development of the ward
• Contribute & participate in planned visits to the ward by professional visitors
• Initiate & maintain a monitoring system in relation to professional nursing practice at unit level, including pin numbers & the current registration of all qualified staff
• Ensure that the evaluation of service delivery is user (i.e. patient, carer & family) based
• Advise non-clinical staff within the hospital on management of patients with mental illness
• Ensure patients rights to confidentiality are respected & that Cygnet Health Care & professional policies are adhered to.

You are

• Committed to delivering improvement strategies across all aspects of clinical service provision
• Familiar with an in-patient setting
• Experienced in managing change, leadership initiatives, motivating & developing others
• Open, compassionate, honest & resilient
• Capable of undertaking audits, developing, following-up & ensuring completion of action plans
• Well-informed of the Mental Health Act & the latest nursing practices
• Focused on patient recovery to monitor, manage & reduce risk.

Why Cygnet? Well offer you

• £58,920 Per Annum
• NHS & employee discount scheme
• Free meals on duty
• Free parking
• RCNi membership
• Bespoke career pathways
• Plus much more.

Please note, successful candidates will be required to undergo an enhanced DBS check.

What next?

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Person Specification

General Requirements

Essential

• Please refer to job description above

Desirable

• Please refer to job description above

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.

Employer details

Employer name

Cygnet Health Care

Address

Chesterfield

S43 3DN

United Kingdom

Employer's website

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

Job description

Job responsibilities

For full duties and responsibilities please refer to the attached document entitled Candidate Job Pack

Person Specification

Education and Qualifications

Essential

• Level 2 award in food safety or equivalent
• Evidence of a commitment to continuous development

Desirable

• Level 3 in Food Safety

Experience

Essential

• Proven ability to work on own initiative
• Proven ability to manage own workload and prioritise when there are competing priorities
• Evidence of experience of working and contributing in a team
• Evidence of ability to work under pressure

Desirable

• Relevant experience of working in a catering environment, however full training will be given as part of an induction plan lasting at least a few weeks

Skills and Knowledge

Essential

• Evidence of good literacy skills and the ability to understand instructions, guidance, policies and procedures
• Evidence of delivering a high level of customer service

Desirable

• Knowledge of food safety systems, HACCP, COSHH and dealing with Allergens
• Proven ability to communicate with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders including; patients, staff-members, visitors, suppliers & environmental health

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.

Employer details

Employer name

The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust

Address

The Royal Shrewsbury Hospital

Mytton Oak Road

Shrewsbury

SY3 8XQ

United Kingdom

Employer's website

http://www.sath.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please note for this role you will be required to travel independently around the county meeting strict time deadlines. You will need to hold a full UK driving licence* and have use of a vehicle. You cannot use public transport for this role as this is not a reliable form of transport and will not allow you to meet service needs. Please confirm in your application that you meet the specified criteria.

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details of responsibilities

1. To provide specialist psychological assessments of children and adolescents referred to the CAMHS team based upon the appropriate use 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, their families and others involved in the clients care (including professionals from other agencies).2. To individually formulate and implement plans for the formal psychological treatments and/or management of a clients mental health or other complex psychological problems based on an appropriate conceptual framework adapting/utilising several psychological models and employing methods of proven efficacy.3. To be responsible for implementing a range of psychological interventions for individual clients, families/carers, and via groups, adjusting and refining psychological formulations drawing on different explanatory models including developmental, cognitive, learning theory, biological, and neuropsychological, and maintaining a number of provisional hypotheses.4. To provide specialist child neuropsychology assessments, providing advice and consultation on this information to other NHS professionals, clients and their families, and other agencies as appropriate.5. To exercise autonomous professional responsibility for the assessment, treatment and discharge of own clients and manage and maintain caseload in line with service requirements.6. To provide specialist psychological advice, guidance and consultation to other professionals contributing directly to clients formulation, diagnosis and treatment plan.7. To communicate in a skilled and sensitive manner, information concerning the assessment, formulation and treatment plans of own (caseholder) clients and to monitor progress during the course of both uni- and multi-disciplinary care.8. To participate in the CAMHS multi-disciplinary on-call system for emergency referrals, including both weekday and weekend cover.9. To work in partnership and maintain effective links with the statutory and non-statutory, and primary-care agencies as appropriate.10. To regularly deal with family breakdown, serious mental illness and child abuse.

*DVLA have a number ofreciprocalarrangements with overseas countries, for further information please visit the DVLA website

Person Specification

Education/qualifications

Essential

• Postgraduate doctoral level training (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996) in clinical psychology as accredited by the BPS, including specifically models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and neuropsychology, two or more distinct therapies and lifespan development psychology.
• Registration with HCPC as a Clinical Psychologist.

Desirable

• Chartered clinical psychologist
• Undertaken post-doctoral training in one or more relevant additional specialised area of psychological practice.
• Training in psychometrics relevant to neurodevelopmental disorders and learning disability such as the ADOS, ADI and Vineland

Experience

Essential

• Experience of specialist psychological assessment, formulation and treatment of clients across the full range of care settings, including outpatient, community, primary care and in-patient settings.
• 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 ? Experience of teaching, training and/or supervision. ? Experience of working with children and young people who have a learning disability, and/or neurodevelopmental difficulties and their families distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse.
• Experience of the application of applied psychology in different contexts including CAMHS or Children's Services.

Desirable

• Experience of teaching, training and/or supervision.
• Experience of working with children and young people who have a learning disability, and/or neurodevelopmental difficulties and their families

Skills and abilities

Essential

• Able to demonstrate commitment to high quality care and service provision.
• Excellent skills of assessment, formulation, evaluation and treatment, using complex methods frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration.
• Evaluation and audit skills.
• Well-developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, verbally and in writing, complex technical and/or clinically sensitive information including contentious and highly distressing information to service users, their families, careers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS.
• Ability to identify and employ mechanisms of clinical governance, including regular supervision, to support and maintain clinical practice in the face of regular exposure to emotive material and challenging behaviour.

Knowledge & Understanding

Essential

• Highly developed knowledge of lifespan developmental psychology and models of psychopathology and learning relevant to clients in CAMHS.
• Good knowledge of psychological evidence based interventions applicable to referred clients.

Desirable

• High level knowledge of the theory and practice of at least two specialised psychological therapies.
• Knowledge of legislation in relation to children and mental health.

Personal

Essential

• Willingness to be flexible and adaptable.
• Excellent organisational skills.
• Able to contain and work with high levels of distress from clients.
• Interpersonally calm, able to diffuse difficult, volatile situations.
• Excellent interpersonal skills enabling formation of networks with professionals from other agencies to promote effective working with clients.
• An ability to interact with clients of all ages and developmental levels, with complex problems, and who may be or become highly distressed and potentially aggressive.
• Ability to travel independently around Cambridgeshire and Peterborough area meeting required timescales. A Full driving licence and access to a vehicle is essential

Desirable

• High level knowledge of the theory and practice of at least two specialised psychological therapies.
• Knowledge of legislation in relation to children and mental health.

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

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Newtown Centre

Nursery Road

HUNTINGDON

PE29 3RJ

United Kingdom

Employer's website

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

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details of responsibilities.

• Word processing of all forms of correspondence, reports and summaries that are required by the team.
• Answer all telephone calls within the defined timeframe.
• To use effective telephone techniques to healthcare professionals, patients, and other agencies in a quick and efficient manner.
• Record information in the chosen software timely and accurately.
• Manage all calls in a controlled and professional manner.
• Deal with difficult callers in a calm and professional manner.
• Any data that is taken/shared as part of a phone call or transferred electronically must be undertaken with regard to the Trust Information Governance and Information Security policies
• Provide operational support to colleagues, and supervision of Band 2 administration staff within the team, if required, as directed by Line Manager.
• Deal with staff and service user requests that may be part of a cash office function as and when required, and in accordance with Trust procedures.
• Inputting and updating service user information and service user/team activity on computerised information systems, creating service user notes where necessary and according to policy.
• Maintain filing in both paper and electronic records, ensuring that it is always kept up to date. In accordance with Trust procedures, track and receive notes in a timely manner.
• Ensure good customer service by providing a professional and effective telephone service, taking accurate messages, and providing information and signposting as requested and appropriate.
• Undertake training of new staff as directed by Line Manager and/or other managers.

Person Specification

Education/Qualifications

Essential

• Educated to GCE/GCSE standard
• RSA stage II/NVQ Level 2 in Administration or equivalent
• Good command of written English

Experience

Essential

• Experience of working in a busy and demanding office/customer facing environment
• Experience of planning and organising own workload and of staff within own span of control
• Experience of supporting a multi-disciplinary team

Desirable

• Previous experience of working in an NHS office environment
• Previous experience of working in a call handling environment

Skills & Abilities

Essential

• Excellent customer care skills
• Excellent standard of typing/audio skills using word processor (50wpm)
• Good IT skills (MS Office)
• Ability to work on own initiative
• Ability to deal with typing letters which may contain distressing information
• Ability to work as part of a team

Desirable

• Knowledge of medical terminology
• Knowledge of Data Protection Act

Knowledge & Understanding

Essential

• Understanding of confidentiality and the importance of maintaining confidentiality for patients

Other

Desirable

• Ability to travel independently and in a timely manner across Cambridgeshire and Peterborough to meet strict deadlines.

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

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Cambourne Admin Hub / 2 Phorpres House in Peterborough

South Cambridgeshire District Council

Cambourne

CB23 6EA

United Kingdom

Employer's website

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

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details of responsibilities

1. Word processing of all forms of correspondence, reports and summaries that are required by the team.2. Undertake diary management for clinicians and/or managers, as required.3. Organise team/ward meetings, take, transcribe, and distribute minutes accordingly.4. Organise clinics and associated appointments for clinics, using appropriate brought forward systems to manage work.5. Provide operational support to colleagues, and supervision of Band 2 administration staff within the team, if required, as directed by Line Manager.6. Deal with staff and service user requests that may be part of a cash office functions as and when required, and in accordance with Trust procedures.7. Inputting and updating service user information and service user/team activity on computerised information systems, creating service user notes where necessary and according to policy.8. Maintain filing in both paper and electronic records, ensuring that it is always kept up to date. In accordance with Trust procedures, track and receive notes in a timely manner.9. Ensure good customer service by providing a professional and effective telephone service, taking accurate messages, and providing information and signposting as requested and appropriate.10. Undertake training of new staff as directed by Line Manager and/or other managers.

Person Specification

Education / Qualifications

Essential

• Educated to GCE/GCSE standard.
• RSA Stage II/NVQ Level 2 in Administration or equivalent.
• Good command of written English.

Experience

Essential

• Experience of working in a busy and demanding office/customer facing environment.
• Experience of planning and organising own workload and of staff within own span of control.
• Experience of supporting a multi-disciplinary team.

Desirable

• Previous experience of working in an NHS Office environment.
• Experience in using computer programmes including health care IT systems/SystmOne

Skills & Abilities

Essential

• Excellent customer care skills.
• Excellent standard of typing/audio skills (50wpm).
• Good IT skills (MS Office).
• Good organisational skills.
• Excellent telephone manner.
• Ability to adopt an appropriate style and method of communication and deal effectively with people.

Desirable

• Knowledge of medical terminology.
• Knowledge of Data Protection Act.

Knowledge & Understanding

Essential

• Clear understanding of confidentiality and the importance of maintaining confidentiality for patients.

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

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Ida Darwin site

Block 18

Fulbourn, Cambridge,

CB21 5EE

United Kingdom

Employer's website

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