Job summary
- Main area
- CAMHS Crisis Line
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Combination of shift work and 9 to 5)
- Job ref
- 334-NUR-6105625-MU-A
- Employer
- South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Maudsley Hospital
- Town
- London
- Salary
- £51,488 - £57,802 per annum inclusive of HCAS
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 09/05/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Team Leader SLP CAMHS Crisis Line
NHS AfC: Band 7
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
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced CAMHS clinician who would like to be considered for the team leader role of the SLP CAMHS Crisis Line.
About the team:
Be part of an innovative team which is vital to our plans to transform Child & Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) Tier 4 services across South London. The service will work in collaboration with the South London Partnership (SLP) Crisis service.
The CAMHS Crisis Line aims to provide short-term, targeted telephone interventions to support young people in distress, as well as providing advice and support for parents and carers who have concerns about their child or young person’s mental health.
The SLP objectives are to support family life and community care. We acknowledge that there are times when talking to a CAMHS professional can change the pathway of the forth coming events. It is a privileged position to join a young person and family in a moment of crisis and therefore the team leader will place high importance on the value of structured systems and reflective engagement. The suitable candidate will value staff wellbeing and support clinical development.
We are seeking clinicians who currently have band 6 or 7 experience within CAMHS. This opportunity is open to staff from a nursing clinical background. Prospective candidates will need to be able to balance clinical expertise with an ability to empower lead and support a front-line clinical service.
Main duties of the job
Main duties of the job
The Nurse Team Leader role is suitable for Registered Nurses who have successfully completed preceptorship and have registered as an approved NMC mentor.
The post holder will deliver, or advise on the delivery of, high quality safe nursing care, ensuring consistently high standards of practice and clinical excellence which comply with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) code of professional conduct.
As Nurse Team Lead you will promote and develop clinical leadership and clinical practice and be a positive role model to junior members of the
team through the practice of evidence-based care. You will be expected to support professional development through clinical appraisal and supervision and contribute to the ongoing educational programme for staff, fostering a positive learning environment.
In addition, the post holder will model high quality clinical skills whilst responding to out of hours calls to the Crisis Line by children and young people in significant distress offering immediate advice, support and guidance, ensuring interventions where possible are underpinned by intervention models (CBT, DBT and mentalization).
You will be aware of, and ensure that, the care team support the holistic needs of all children and young people, such as psychological, social, physical, recreational and spiritual needs
Working for our organisation
Working for your organisation
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 are valued and appreciated and that is why we have a comprehensive benefits package on offer.
Some of our benefits are highlighted here:
- Generous pay, pensions and leave, we offer a comprehensive pay, pensions and leave package which is dependent on the role and length of service.
- Work life balance, flexible working and support a range of flexible options, such as: part-time working and job sharing.
- Career development, there are plenty of opportunities to progress your career and we support your development through a number of programmes such as mentoring, coaching, positive people management, collective leadership and other talent programmes
- Car lease, our staff benefits from competitive deals to lease cars
- Accommodation, our staff benefits from keyworker housing available which is available on selected sites
- NHS discounts, with discounts up to 10% from a variety of well-known retail brands though Health Service Discounts website.
Other benefits include
- Counselling services
- Wellbeing events
- Long service awards
- Cycle to work scheme
- Season ticket loan
- Childcare vouchers
- Staff restaurants
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
Essential
Essential criteria
- Professional Registration RMN/RN/RNMH/RCN
- Mentorship qualification
Desirable criteria
- Masters Degree
Essential
Essential criteria
- • Experience of working within a CAMHS service; assessing needs of service users planning and implementing care; experience of research based reflective practice; knowledge of key legislation relevant to CAMHS setting; working in collaboration with MDT and other services; good understanding of clinical governance and audit
Desirable criteria
- • Experience of working in a community setting; specific training in CBT, DBT and family interventions; working with families in a multi-racial urban environment
Essential
Essential criteria
- • ability to plan and implement a treatment intervention; skills in mental health assessment ; skills in risk assessment; risk management and crisis management; approachable, able to problem solve; forms good working relationships; advocates for service users
- • Skilled in supervision of others and able to provide constructive and critical feedback
- Good understanding of safeguarding procedures including reporting of incidents
Desirable criteria
- additional qualification in DBT/CBT
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
- Victoria Slater
- Job title
- General Manager SLP CAMHS Crisis Services
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Additional information
Jessica Dawson Interim Team Leader SLP CAMHS Crisis Line
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