Senior Practitione

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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

1. To manage and supervise B6 PCP workers and ARRS roles.
2. To providing support and consultation for patients with complex presentations. This may take the form of supporting colleagues (PCP and GP) or providing interventions.
3. To hold a caseload of patients in a specified clinic, undertaking psychosocial assessments and identifying appropriate interventions for new patients
4. To deputise for the Team Manager in their absence.
5. To forge a culture of partnership between primary care, specialist mental health services, social care and the third sector to enable a better understanding and links to all services available
6. To promote recovery and facilitate self-management skills for Service Users
7. To work with the primary care to enable them to develop skills and confidence in assessment and treatment of mental health disorders. To advise on further management where necessary. To ensure appropriate onward referral as required.
8. To participate in regular Clinical and Management Supervision to maintain safe practice and high standards in Service User care.
9. To participate in the team's duty screening rota, assessing referrals for suitability and redirecting where necessary
10. To develop and provide short-term, time-limited and outcome-focused interventions and specialist programs of care to Service Users suitable for management in a primary care setting.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Registration with NMC / HCPC
• RMN / OT / Social Worker

Knowledge and Skills

Essential criteria

• To communicate effectively in English, both verbally and in writing

Other

Essential criteria

• Current clean full driving licence and access to a car which can be used for work.

Experience

Essential criteria

• Substantial post qualification experience in mental health - assessment and treatment of clients across a range of care settings including CPA.
• 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 distressing problems.
• Experience of multidisciplinary working and liaising with referrers from a variety of professions including primary and secondary care.

Desirable criteria

• Experience of either developing or contributing to the development of mental health services.

Knowledge and Skils

Essential criteria

• Well-developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS.

Knowledge and Skills

Essential criteria

• Knowledge and understanding of national and local policies and legislation relating to mental health and its impact on local services.
• Ability to work effectively with a large number of organisations, managing communications and maintain good relationships.

CNWL (Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust) has almost 8,000 staff providing integrated healthcare to a third of London's population, Milton Keynes and areas beyond. We involve service users, carers, the public, staff and partner organisations in the way that we are run.

Our catchment area spans diverse communities, with over 100 first languages spoken. It contains areas of great affluence as well as areas of much deprivation. We are committed to providing services that meet the needs of the people who use them, and we actively encourage involvement from local people who can help make a difference. We're proud of our diversity and we continue to undertake new initiatives to advance equality for LGBT+, BME and people with disabilities to promote good relations and understanding between our staff.

We are recognised locally, nationally and internationally for providing high quality, innovative healthcare. We aim to employ only the best people, and our experts are frequently called upon to contribute to national health strategy and policy, and many models of our care have been adapted for use in other countries.

We offer a generous relocation package (subject to eligibility assessment) and flexible working options, including bank assignments for most roles. See attached Staff Reward and Wellbeing Handbook detailing our benefits, discounts and wellbeing initiatives for staff.

Become part of our team. We care for you as much as you care for others.

CNWL NHS Foundation Trust are committed to safeguarding all children and vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We follow safe recruitment practices to protect children and vulnerable adults.

Due to the high response levels we receive for some vacancies, we may expire any of them prior to the advertised closing date and advise you to submit your application as soon as possible.

Our Agenda for Change employment contracts are subject to a contractual 13 week probationary period.

If you are offered a job, information will be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system.

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

• Job Description & Person Spec (PDF, 161.1KB)
• CNWL Staff Networks (PDF, 320.0KB)
• CNWL Values (PDF, 182.9KB)
• CNWL Reward and Wellbeing Handbook 2020 (PDF, 1.1MB)