Job summary
- Main area
- Mental Health Primary Care
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 6
- Contract
- Secondment: 11 months (Fixed term end date - determined from start date)
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Mon- Friday 9-5pm)
- Job ref
- 334-NUR-7189997-LF
- Employer
- South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Maudsley Hospital
- Town
- Southwark
- Salary
- £44,806 - £53,134 per annum inclusive of HCAs
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 03/06/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Enhanced Treatment Service CAMHS Practitioner
NHS AfC: Band 6
South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust has a rich history, well-established community links and an international reputation. We deliver specialist services in the London boroughs of Croydon, Lambeth, Lewisham and Southwark, Bexley, Bromley, Greenwich, Wandsworth and Richmond.
We are committed to provide a high quality and specialist care to our service users and we are recognised for our care and treatment we provide. The Care Quality Commission already rates our services as ‘good’.
We launched our five-year strategy, Aiming High; Changing Lives in 2021 together with Our Care Improvement System as our quality management system methodology to make a positive impact on patient care, outcomes and staff experience. By joining SLaM, all staff will get the opportunity to be part of this exciting improvement journey supported with learning and development to harness everyone’s potential as change makers.
The trust recognises the unique and valuable contribution that people with lived experience of mental illness can bring to a role. We therefore welcome applications from people with lived experience and consider them as an asset to the Trust.
Our Values
We take pride in providing specialist care to our service users where our Trust values and our promise to be caring, kind, polite, prompt, honest, listen and do what I say I’m going to do is at the heart of everything we do. When you join us, you’ll be part of something special.
As a Trust we are happy to talk flexible working.
Job overview
We have an exciting opportunity become available in the CAMHS Enhanced Treatment Service (ETS) , we are looking for a band 6 CAMHS practitioner. We would welcome applications from Nurses or other allied health professionals .
About the team:
ETS is for young people aged 12-18 who are presenting with a serious mental illness. We offer an alternative pathway for young people who have been admitted for inpatient treatment, as well as offering a supported discharge package for young people leaving hospital.
We aim to reduce A&E presentations and hospital admissions and offer the least restrictive interventions to provide consistent access to rapid, effective interventions, support and recovery – including crisis services. This includes better use of resources and investing to develop more local, community-based services and support. The service has both an outreach, and community day service model.
This varied role offers excellent opportunities to gain experience and therapeutic skills in a variety of different settings. As a team we are passionate about learning and staff development and wellbeing.
The post will be based at the Maudsley Hospital in Camberwell and will be moving to the new PEARs Building when it opens at the Maudsley Site.
We are looking to appoint someone who is confident, responsive and has a passion for young-person and family-centred improvements; you will be enthusiastic and resilient and be able to respond to young people’s needs flexibly.
Main duties of the job
- To assume a Care-Coordinator role, involving the personal responsibility and professional accountability for a caseload as part of the Enhanced Treatment Service, Co-ordinating care, communicating with other professionals involved in the care and ensuring regular CPA reviews are held as required
- Recognising and addressing concerns about the physical health needs of service users with long term conditions (e.g. diabetes, asthma etc.); escalating these concerns as necessary to senior members of the multi-disciplinary
- Recognising and responding appropriately to risk incidents, urgent situations, emergencies or crisis including “self-harm and suicide prevention” with particular regard to the risks in community settings, in line with Trust policies and training
- Understanding and implementing safeguarding procedures in a community setting; recognise, report and investigate safeguarding issues and raise safeguarding alerts if you suspect that a service user and/or carer has been exposed to harm or
- Administering and monitoring the side effects of medication according to NMC professional
- Demonstrate leadership skills within the clinical context of the community, showing particular awareness of the challenges facing staff working in a community setting and supporting junior staff as appropriate.
Working for our organisation
About the location:
Our Trust headquarters is located at Denmark Hill less than 5 minutes from the train station (zone 2). We also provide services and operate across other locations, such as London boroughs of Croydon, Lambeth, Lewisham and Southwark; and substance misuse services for residents of Bexley, Lambeth, Greenwich and Wandsworth.
Benefits:
We are committed to ensuring our staff get the most out of their benefits package and understand the importance of a healthy work life balance. There is an extensive range of excellent benefits for you and your family. We want you to feel like you are part of a close knit team at SLaM. It’s important to us that you valued and appreciated and that are why we have a comprehensive benefits package on offer.
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. For both overviews please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. For both overviews please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.
Person specification
Education and Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Registered Adult Nurse and/or Registered Mental Health Nurse and/or Registered Learning Disabilities Nurse or other allied health professionals.
- Mentorship or supervisor qualification
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of continuing professional development
Expereince and Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Experience of research based/reflective practice, e.g., understanding and ability to use supervision to reflect on skills, attitude and knowledge and develop these by using evidence-based practice.
- Significant relevant Clinical experience.
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working in the community
Skills and Abilities
Essential criteria
- Ability to plan and implement an approved evidence-based treatment intervention
- skills in risk assessment and risk management and crisis management
- Ability to provide quality care that is responsive to Service-users needs without close supervision
- Skills in clinical assessment/baseline mental health assessment
Desirable criteria
- Awareness/knowledge of the issues surrounding social inclusion for mental health service users.
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
- Elise Gait
- Job title
- Team Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 02032283493
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