Job summary
- Main area
- Mental Health
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Shift work, Early, Late and Long Day shifts 7 days per week)
- Job ref
- 333-D-MK-MH-1271
- Employer
- Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- CRHTT
- Town
- Milton Keynes
- Salary
- £47,810 - £54,710 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 25/09/2025 23:59
- Interview date
- 01/10/2025
Employer heading
Senior Practitioner/Shift Co-ordinator
NHS AfC: Band 7
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. For more information on these and other benefits of working for us, see our Benefits, Reward and Wellbeing page
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.
Job overview
We have an exciting opportunity to appoint to Band 7 Senior Practitioner to support the Crisis and Home Treatment team in Milton Keynes.
We are looking for a qualified Mental Health practitioner with significant experience of working in SPA, crisis or community services. If you have the equivalent experience, then we would welcome your application.
Main duties of the job
The successful applicant will have highly developed clinical leadership skills and expert knowledge in the care of mental health crisis. The post holder will lead and provide day to day management in the team reporting to the Crisis and Home Treatment manager.
You will use your management skills and experience to provide operational support to a team flexibly, efficiently and within allocated resources to ensure that the highest quality of service is provided to users.
The successful candidate will be supported and line managed by the Team Manager and will work alongside the members of the MDT including Consultants, Nurses, Social Worker, support worker, OT's and Psychological services, to support service users.
We can provide training and supervision and can offer you a great learning environment where you can continue to develop your therapeutic skills.
Working for our organisation
We're passionate about delivering first-class patient-centred, safe and effective care, whether it is in a hospital setting, in a community clinic or in the patients own home. Patients are at the heart of everything we do. Providing top quality care depends on our ability to employ the best people.
We're always looking to recruit outstanding people who will go the extra mile to support our patients, colleagues, teams and the Trust. With every new employee were hoping to find our future leaders and well support our staff by providing opportunities to develop your career.
With a diverse culture and equally diverse range of opportunities across mental health, community services, addictions, eating disorders, learning disabilities and more whatever stage of your career you're at, there's always a place for you at CNWL.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The Senior Practitioner will provide expert advice, line management, clinical leadership, caseload management, supervision and training to the team and will be responsible for ensuring the consistent provision of high quality mental health care to people in mental health crisis in the community.
The post holder will work closely with the Team Manager to ensure the effective management and development of the service.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- UK Professional qualification in nursing, occupational therapy or social work. Valid and current registration with governing body HCPC/NMC.
- Evidence of further professional development
- Teaching (clinical practice) qualification/certificate or equivalent experience
Desirable criteria
- Leadership/ management qualification
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Evidenced based clinical interventions relevant to the service.
- Relevant specialist clinical courses/training.
- Models of care and treatment relevant to working with people in mental health crisis.
- Evidence of continuing professional development. Sound knowledge of ➢ Mental Health Act ➢ Care Act ➢ Mental Capacity Act
Desirable criteria
- Clinical examination, history taking, pharmacology, pathophysiology etc.
Experience
Essential criteria
- Demonstrable post registration experience at Band 6 or above in a mental health setting relevant to service.
- Demonstrable experience of managing staff
- Demonstrable senior clinical/clinical management experience in a mental health setting
- Multi agency working/working across interfaces
- Demonstrable experience of undertaking teaching, training and clinical supervision and appraisal for other staff.
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working with housing associations and landlords Project management experience
- Experience of placement reviews
- Knowledge of housing benefits, LA housing systems and processes
Skills & Abilities
Essential criteria
- Assessing, formulating and working with people presenting in heightened state of distress.
- Communicating (oral and written) complex/highly technical and clinically sensitive information to patients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS.
- Clinical risk assessment and contingency planning
- Promote meaningful user/carer involvement
- Recognise own abilities and limitations and be willing to engage in & learn from reflective practice
Desirable criteria
- Advanced computer skills
- Brief psychological interventions/ strategies for managing crisis
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
- Lindsey Higgins
- Job title
- Team Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07707296469
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