Manager, Enhanced Care Referral Team

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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For further information on the advertised role, please refer to the job description located under the Supporting Documents heading. The full person specification can be accessed under the 'About You' Section of the document.

Person specification

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Essential criteria

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills enabling good working relationships with others across professional boundaries

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Essential criteria

• Ability to inspire others and lead collaboratively. • Interpersonally calm and able to defuse difficult situations..• Maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of conflicting priorities and agendas.

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Essential criteria

• Works well under pressure and is proactive, willingness to work flexibly including non-social hours, good organisational and time management skills, ability to plan and prioritise own workload.

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Essential criteria

• Relevant Core Professional qualification in mental health care • Evidence of continuing professional development in a related area • Postgraduate Short Courses and experience • Evidence of professional registration • Training in one or more additional specialised areas of practice including children and young people • Educated to Masters' Degree or PG Dip in relevant field or able to demonstrate equivalent skills and abilities to work at this level

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Essential criteria

• Experience of working as a senior clinician in clinical settings which meet the core competencies of the post • Experience of managing complex cases within a mental health service • An extensive range of clinical experience within the speciality or within a care pathway

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Essential criteria

• Experience of teaching, training and/or professional and clinical supervision. • Experience of supervision of less experienced practitioners within the MDT • Skills in service evaluations and service relevant research

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Essential criteria

• Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration. • Well-developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, highly technical and clinically sensitive information to patients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS. • Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups • Experience of assessing and treating patients across the full range of care settings.

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Essential criteria

• High level of working knowledge of the policy guidance and legislation specifically relating children and young people • Knowledge of legislation in relation to the patient group and mental health, including the Mental Health Act and issues of capacity and consent • Detailed knowledge of child safeguarding procedures

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Essential criteria

• Understanding of the principles of capacity management and bed management procedures • Well-developed knowledge in the practice of specialist therapies in Children and Young People within a stepped model of care • Extensive knowledge of evidenced based psychological therapies from a range of modalities, including systemic working • Understanding of the acuity and demands of CYP inpatient services

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Essential criteria

• Problem solving skills and ability to respond to sudden unexpected demands • Ability to analyse complex facts and situations and develop a range of options • Able to anticipate and resolve problems before they arise • Effective organiser, influencer and networker • Ability to work across boundaries and look for collective success, listens, involves and respects and learns from the contributions of others

Important Information

By completing an application you are giving authorisation for the transfer of your data. In submitting an application form, you authorise us to confirm any previous NHS service details via the Electronic Staff Record (ESR) Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) process. Including factual reference, occupational health clearance and statutory and mandatory training records and full service history.

You must ensure that your application, including supporting statements and behaviour examples, are truthful and factually accurate. Please note plagiarism can include presenting the ideas and experience of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own.

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Please submit your application as soon as possible; due to the high volumes of applications we receive we reserve the right to close any adverts before the closing date once we have received sufficient applications.

We are an equal opportunities employer, which aims to employ a workforce that reflects the diverse communities we serve. We welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons from all backgrounds.

All roles are subject to the home office immigration rules and therefore eligibility must meet certain requirements for any sponsorship to be considered. Please visit the government website for more information regarding eligibility,

At NHFT we support many of our colleagues to work flexibly and we will consider requests for flexible working from day one. For this role, we are open to discussing a range of options including flexible hours, agile/home working, compressed hours and part time hours. Please have a conversation with the recruiting manager about the flexibility you need and we will promise to explore what is possible with you.

Applicants who have a disability and meet the essential criteria for the job will be considered under the Guaranteed Interview Scheme. If you require a reasonable adjustment at any stage of the recruitment process please make the recruitment services team aware as soon as possible.

All posts that are engaged in a regulated activity will be subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check and a DBS re-check on a three yearly basis whilst employed in such a role. Staff employed in these posts will therefore be asked to register with the DBS Automatic Update Service upon receipt of their DBS certificate and must update yearly , the annual fee will be reimbursed subject to Trust policy. For further information please visit: DBS Update Service: applicant guide - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

Please note if a DBS is applicable for the position then a charge will be deducted from your first salary or upfront cost if a staff bank position.

Please note that all new starters to the trust are subject to a probationary period.

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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

• ECRT manager JS and PS (PDF, 600.5KB)
• Benefits (PDF, 570.7KB)