Senior Community Practitione
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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
An exciting opportunity has arisen for nurses, occupational therapists and social workers within the primary care mental health team situated at Chaucer Resource Centre.
This will be a full time position as a permanent senior practitioner (Band 7) starting ASAP
You will be working in a Primary Care Mental Health team (PCMHT) along with
Band 7 senior practitioners
B6 CPN's
Occupational therapy
CAMHS transitional practitioners
Medical team (2 x consultants and 2 junior doctors)
Lived experience workers
Psychology and psychotherapy staff
You will engage in short term care co-ordination within an MDT working environment with support from the above professions.
This is a fast paced service with a dynamic multi disciplinary team
We look forward to viewing applications
Main duties of the job
CLINICAL To offer comprehensive initial assessments and formulations to service users To manage the provision of appropriate psychological interventions to a small case load of service users experiencing transitional mental health problems To exercise autonomous professional autonomy (under supervision) for the assessment, coordination and transfer to the relevant treatment team of a designated caseload. To provide comprehensive on-going assessment and outcome monitoring of all caseload clients To participate in the team assessment and duty rota To liaise closely with crisis services and emergency out of hours services. To provide evidence based care as outlined in NICE guidance.
TRAINING & SUPERVISION To attend regular clinical and management supervision and appraisal To contribute to the teaching and training of mental health professionals and other staff working in the service. To undertake the mentorship of students working in the service
Working for our organisation
South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust (SLaM) provide the widest range of NHS mental health services in the UK as well as substance misuse services for people who are addicted to drugs and alcohol. We work closely with the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience (IoPPN), King's College London and are part of King's Health Partners Academic Health Sciences Centre. There are very few organisations in the world that have such wide-ranging capabilities working with mental illness. Our scope is unique because it is built on three major foundations: care and treatment, science and research, and training.
SLaM employ around 5000 staff and serve a local population of 1.1 million people. We have more than 230 services including inpatient wards, outpatient and community services. Currently, provide inpatient care for approximately 5,300 people each year and treat more than 45,000 patients in the community in Croydon, Lambeth, Lewisham and Southwark; as well as substance misuse services for residents of Bexley, Bromley and Greenwich.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Demonstrates an understanding of how mood, anxiety and personality difficulties manifest itself and the impact on mental well-being.
Transferable psychological skills and knowledge relevant to work with working age adults with severe and enduring & psychotic disorders in secondary care.
Knowledge of models of therapy. An understanding of the relationship between primary and secondary care services.
Knowledge of the theory and practice of psychological therapies, particularly DBT and CBT.
Theoretical knowledge of psychopathology and the evidence base for the relevant treatment.
Knowledge of key legislation and guidelines in relation to statutory mental health responsibilities, including Adult Safeguarding and Child Protection. Understanding of Clinical Governance
Ability to work as an autonomous practitioner with an appropriate level of clinical and managerial supervision. Ability to manage own time and workload.
Engage and maintain healthy relationships in and outside of the team
To give and receive feedback in a constructive way. Demonstrates high standards in written communication skill in clear letter/report writing. Effective skills.
Ability to work within a team and foster good relationships.
Ability to work under pressure and to use clinical supervision effectively.
Give, receive and respond to feedback
Clinical skills relevant to the post applied for. Skilled in the communication of sensitive issues. Skilled in supervision of others, and in providing and receiving critical and constructive feedback.
Commitment to continuing professional development, to partnership working and to reflective clinical practice.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Recognised qualification in one of the core mental health professions.
- Mentorship Training /998 Other professional development, particularly within psychological modalities.
- Degree standard or professional equivalent.
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience relevant experience at Band 6/7 in PCMHT, Psychiatric Liaison Service, Home Treatment Team or Community mental health team.
- Experience of using clinical and managerial supervision to effectively provide safe, evidence based psychological interventions across a range of interventions
- Experience of supervising and mentoring junior staff and students
Knowledge and Skills
Essential criteria
- Demonstrates an understanding of how mood, anxiety and personality difficulties manifest itself and the impact on mental well-being.
- Transferable psychological skills and knowledge relevant to work with working age adults with severe and enduring & psychotic disorders in secondary care.
- Knowledge of models of therapy. An understanding of the relationship between primary and secondary care services. Knowledge of the theory and practice of psychological therapies, particularly DBT and CBT
Desirable criteria
- Willingness to contribute to research and evaluation
- IT skills
- Group work experience
The Trust is committed to providing services which embrace diversity and that promote equality of opportunity. We are a Disability Confident Employer, we welcome applicants from all sections of the community and people of all protected characteristics. We provide reasonable adjustments for candidates with a disability and are committed to treating people fairly with compassion, respect and dignity and in promoting equality and human rights. We aim to put this commitment into practice by:
- Embedding our commitment to tackling inequality, eliminating discrimination and harassment; promoting equality of opportunity and fostering good relations in our everyday practice
- Ensuring that all our services and all staff understand and support our commitment
- We believe that people who use our services, their carers and our staff, should be treated with compassion, respect and dignity
Please note:
- That all applications for this post will need to be made online
- That you read and understand the Job Description and Personal Specification attached to the role. Your Statement in Support should reflect the requirements specified as your application will be judged against these criteria
- That the closing date listed is a guide only and that the vacancy may close earlier should sufficient number of applicants have been received. We advise that you submit your application as early as possible
- That once you have submitted your application you agree to your application being transferred to a 3rd party e-recruitment system. All subsequent information regarding your application will be generated from apps.trac.jobs
- That should you not have heard from us within three weeks from the closing date your application has not successful
- That priority consideration for applications may be given to at-risk NHS employees
- That should you be successful and appointed, you authorise South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust to confirm your previous NHS service via an Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) process
- That we are a smoke-free Trust
SLaM is a Stonewall Diversity Champion , Stonewall is the largest Lesbian, Gay, Bi and Trans (LGBT) rights charity in Europe'
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
- Senior Prac Band 7 PCMHT (PDF, 440.6KB)
- SLaM Staff Benefits (PDF, 1.1MB)
- Happy to Talk Flexible Working (PDF, 680.1KB)