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Job summary

Main area
Community Services
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 7
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week (9am to 5pm)
Job ref
395-HV589-24
Employer
NELFT NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Petersfield
Town
Romford
Salary
£43,742 - £50,056 plus HCAS per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
Today at 23:59
Interview date
25/04/2024

Employer heading

NELFT NHS Foundation Trust logo

Clinical Lead Havering MH&W Team

NHS AfC: Band 7

Joining #TeamNELFT means you’ll become part of a welcoming and supportive working environment. We’re CQC rated Good, and we want you to join us on the journey towards an Outstanding rating. NELFT has sites across North East London, Essex, Kent and Medway. We provide community and mental healthcare services to adults and children within these areas.

The Trust has award winning equality and diversity initiatives and staff health and wellbeing activities. We invest heavily in your development, because when you are valued and supported, we provide the best care to our patients. We are a Level 3 Disability Confident Leader, have been featured in the Working Families Top 10 Employers benchmark for three consecutive years, and we have achieved a Carers UK Level 1 Accreditation. Along with our staff networks and training opportunities, we work hard to embed a just and compassionate culture here at NELFT.

Find out more about NELFT careers and what makes our Trust a great place to work, in this video

Job overview

The 6 month secondment opportunity has arisen to become Clinical lead in the North Mental Health and Wellness teams in the Community Mental Health Transformation.

The successful candidate will be a strong team player with at least three years post qualifying experience in a mental health setting. The post holder will deputise for the team manager and be able to autonomously oversee clinical systems and staff. It is essential that applicants have excellent organisational skills and are competent with using computer programmes and databases.

NELFT is currently in year 2 of a 3 year Community Mental Health Transformation programme and the teams will evolve into mental health and wellness teams - they will be needs led and focus on placed based care - moving to locality teams around the Primary Care Networks.

Main duties of the job

Experience of undertaking assessment of complex case, including risk assessments .

Experience of undertaking complex evidence based interventions that manage high risk.

Ability to demonstrate excellent interpersonal skills working with service users and staff within a demanding multi-disciplinary environment.

Ability to provide clinical supervision and undertake appraisal and performance reviews with staff.

Able to deputise for the team manager and work autonomously when appropriate.

The Havering Mental Health Teams are evolving into the mental Health and Wellness Team  in the Community Mental health Transformation. The focus is very much on  a team approach with ensuring co production  with service users.

Working for our organisation

Starting with NELFT
NELFT place a great deal of importance on new starters being properly welcomed and inducted into the Trust. All new starters will join the Trust on the first Monday of each month and will undertake a comprehensive induction of up to two weeks which will include mandatory training, systems training and the allocation of equipment. As part of the process new starters will have the opportunity to also meet the executive team, senior managers and attend a number of drop in sessions focusing in engagement, health and wellbeing and key processes. The induction will be held at our head office in Rainham, Essex.

COVID-19 Vaccination
We continue to encourage all staff to ensure that they have been double vaccinated and received their booster. We recognise that taking the vaccine provides the best defence against COVID 19 for our patients, our staff and their families.


Probationary Period
This post will be subject to a probationary period. Internal applicants are exempt from the probationary period (unless you are an internal applicant currently part way through a probationary period or currently a bank member of staff).

High Cost Area Supplement – London
This post also attracts payment for High Cost Area Supplement of 15% of the basic salary (minimum payment of £4,313 and a maximum payment of £5,436 per annum pro rata).


Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Assist the Team Manager in the delivery of recovery orientated interventions and evidence based practice by working with a caseload and supervising staff.

Oversee clinical systems within the team.

Attend meetings and forums as required by the team manager.

Work with other seniors on a rota basis to oversee new and urgent referrals to the team.

Please see the attached job description and person specification for further details on this vacancy.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • NVQ level 2
  • RMN
  • Teaching and assessing qualification
  • Evicence of CPD

experience

Essential criteria
  • Working with Adults who have complex mental health needs
  • working with dual diagnosis
  • experience of senior leadership
  • experience of working/liaising with MDT. internal and external agencies
  • experience of assessing, care planning and initiating care
  • undertaking audits
  • ability to work under pressure

knowledge

Essential criteria
  • awareness of NHS plan and clinical governance priorties
  • understanding of NICE,CQC and DoH guidance
  • understanding of Social Care act
  • awareness of MHA
  • Awareness of IPC

Skills

Essential criteria
  • basic IT skills
  • interpersonal skills
  • robust assessment of mental health
  • confidentailty

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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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

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Taiwo Odukoya
Job title
Service Manager
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
07548161272