Job summary
- Main area
- Early Intervention in Psychosis
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 363-TH7228758
- Employer
- East London NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Tower Hamlets Early Intervention Service
- Town
- Bethnal Green
- Salary
- £54,320 - £60,981 per annum Inc HCA
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 22/06/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Senior Practitioner
Band 7
ELFT has long been recognised as a centre of excellence for mental and health care, innovation and improvement. So it is a very exciting time for you to come and work for us. Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive – so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations.
Job overview
THEIS is responsible for the delivery of services to adults aged 18 –65 with a recent onset of psychosis who are residents of Tower Hamlets. In 2022 the service has expanded to offer assessments and interventions for those with psychosis up until the age of 65 years. THEIS offers a range of psychosocial interventions working in collaboration with service users, carers and other relevant agencies.
THEIS helps clients to regain confidence, maximise quality of life and avoid relapse by offering support and counselling during the critical three-year period following the first episode.
Goals are agreed to meet clients’ individual needs including education, employment, independent housing, social participation, physical health and finances. Support is offered in individual and group contexts and in collaboration with other services as appropriate.
The service objective is to enable the service users to recover rapidly and fully, avoiding a pattern of recurring relapse or loss of social functioning, traumatic hospitalisation and social exclusion. The service is fully compliant with The National Service Framework Guidelines relating to Early Intervention in Psychosis and NICE guidelines for Psychosis.
Main duties of the job
- Provide visible clinical leadership to staff members in THEIS, ensuring that the service provided is high quality and person-centred.
- Along with the Operational Lead, to provide day-to-day operational management of THEIS.
- Along with the Operational Lead to ensure continued professional development within THEIS.
- To manage a protected caseload of service users with complex needs.
- To jointly take a lead and coordinate the referral and assessment pathway in THEIS.
Working for our organisation
Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving the quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive – so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
- To ensure the operation of an efficient, responsive and equitable referral and allocation system for all multi-disciplinary staff.
- To be involved in the education and induction of all new staff members.
- To ensure that effective mechanisms are in place for clinical and professional supervision of all team members.
- To offer support to the allocated EIS care coordinators in the 4 CMHT’s around EIS systems, case discussions, traffic light protocols and the EIS model.
- To ensure that all team members have an appraisal underpinned by the knowledge and skills framework and that training needs and recommendations are implemented.
- To conduct regular reviews of caseloads for all multi-disciplinary staff.
- To ensure that team members have the skills and expertise required to engage with service users when providing assessment, advice and support.
- To ensure multi-disciplinary staff understand the psychological and social factors that can affect mental health problems and to offer a culturally sensitive service to all clients, meeting Trust standards fair access, equality of opportunity and anti-discriminatory practice.
- To notify the THEIS Operational Lead regarding any serious incidents, environmental risk or complaints regarding the service, ensuring that any complaints or serious incidents are dealt with sensitively and in accordance with Trust Policy.
- To deputise for the Operational Lead in his/her absence including authorising necessary financial spend set at an agreed limit.
- To act as duty senior on a regular basis providing practice leadership for all practitioners within the team. In this capacity to oversee referrals and manage the team response to requests for urgent assessment.
- To work alongside the Operational Lead, team members to develop practice and joint working across the service including service users and carers.
- To supervise the placement of pre and post registration students within the team liaising with tutors and colleges as required.
- To chair weekly clinical meetings and take responsibility for allocation of service users to multi-disciplinary team.
- To undertake serious untoward incident investigations throughout the trust preparing detailed report with findings and recommendation.
- To take a lead within the team for the continuing development and adherence to code of conduct of own professional group.
Person specification
Education/ Qualification/ Training
Essential criteria
- • RMN, DipSW, Diploma Degree in OT (equiv)
- • Mentorship training, Practice Assessor or equivalent
- • Recognised post graduate qualifications in care of the adult with mental health problems
Desirable criteria
- • First or Masters degree level
Experience
Essential criteria
- • At least 4 years’ experience in a field of Mental Health, 2 years of which must be band 6
- • Experience of working with people with psychosis
- • Experience of working in a community setting
- • Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary team
Desirable criteria
- • Experience of working in an Early Intervention Service
Knowledge and Skills
Essential criteria
- • Knowledge of the presentation of mental health problems in adult mental health
- • Knowledge of current best practice within Early Intervention in psychosis services in order to support adults & young people with mental health problems.
- • Understanding of current mental health legislation and knowledge of the Mental Health Act 2007, Care Act 2014, NICE Guidelines for Psychosis.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Katibun Monaf
- Job title
- Operational Lead THEIS and THEDS
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 02034871310
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