About this role
Job summary
Band 7 Senior Clinician - Place of Safety
We are seeking to recruit a Senior Clinician to our centralised Place of Safety service within North London NHS Foundation Trust.
The Place of Safety operates as a specialist, 24/7 service providing assessment and care for individuals detained under Section 136. As a centralised service for the Trust, it works closely with The Police, the Mental Health Crisis Assessment Line, and ED's.
The Senior Clinician will be an experienced acute crisis practitioner, demonstrating strong clinical decision-making skills and providing visible, consistent leadership within the service. They will be based at the Place of Safety and will act as the Clinician in Charge for each shift, ensuring the effective day-to-day management of the unit.
Key responsibilities will include overseeing patient flow, managing and responding to incidents, maintaining patient and staff safety, and leading on complex mental health assessments. The post holder will also play a key role in coordinating care, supporting staff through clinical supervision, and ensuring that high standards of care are maintained in line with the specialist nature of the service.
In addition, the role will support effective working across the wider system, liaising with key stakeholders including Police, LAS, Emergency Departments, and the pan-London network, ensuring a responsive and well-coordinated service at all times.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will work as part of the Hospital Division to support clinicians and managers in developing quality mental health services, whilst meeting the Trusts Clinical Governance standards.
The role involves the provision of clinical expertise, professional leadership, educational/research as well as operational managerial responsibilities. The post holder will ensure that there is senior clinical presence as part of a 24-hour roster, ensure high standards of care and will provide coaching to staff around best practice.
As such, therefore, the post holder must be a Registered Mental Health Nurse or have substantial experience in an acute setting.
The post holder will work in collaboration with service users and carers; ensuring nursing and professional practice is guided by the principles of least restrictive care outcomes, recovery and good clinical practice. Act as an exemplar and professional role-model in embracing core values of dignity, respect, care and compassion.
Please review the Job Description document.
About us
North London NHS Foundation Trust (NLFT) is committed to improving mental health care across North London to deliver excellent services to our local people. Our Five-Year Strategy:
- 1. We will provide consistently high-quality care closer to home.
- 2. With our partners in North London and each borough we will ensure equity of outcome for all
- 3. We will offer great places to work, providing staff with supportive environment to deliver outstanding care.
- 4. We will be more effective as an organisation by pioneering research, quality improvement and technology.
Why NLFT?
We develop and retain our staff through leadership behaviours and managers programme and many more opportunities.
We promote flexible working and support staff with a range of health and wellbeing initiatives.
NHS Discounts, generous annual leave and NHS pension scheme
Excellent internal staff network
In order to meet the needs of the Trust you may be required from time to time to work at different locations to your normal place of work. This may mean that you are required to work at any location that fall under Barnet, Camden, Enfield, Haringey or Islington.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The purpose of this post is to maintain clinical presence in the service, monitor standards of practice and safe staffing levels as well as to support and coach staff around expectations, risk and polices. The post holder must be a Registered Mental Health Nurse or have substantial experience in an acute service, preferably with liaison or crisis team experience in addition to this. The post holder is expected to establish and maintain positive interpersonal relationships with other staff members characterised by trust, mutual respect,Operational ServiceManagerClinical TeamManagerSeniorClinician SeniorClinicianClinical SpecialistClinical SpecialistClinical Specialistand open, honest communication. These would be at team level, Trust wide and with external stakeholders (e.g other MH Trusts and EDs)
The post holder will work as part of the Acute Division Service to support clinicians and managers in developing quality mental health services, whilst meeting the Trusts Clinical Governance standards. The post holder will ensure that there is senior clinical presence as part of a 24-hour roster, ensure high standards of care and will provide coaching to staff around best practice.As such, therefore, the post holder must be a Registered Mental Health Nurse or have substantial experience in an acute setting. Act as an exemplar and professional role-model in embracing core values of dignity, respect, care and compassion
This is not an exhaustive list, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification for more information on the role requirements and duties.
Person Specification
Knowledge & Experience
Essential
- Diploma or degree leading to professional registered qualification in Mental Health or equivalent qualification/ experience
- Evidence of Continued Professional Development
- Extensive knowledge base in provision of mental health services and preferred treatment methods
- Experience of working with service users in acute mental health crises
Leadership
Essential
- Experience in liaison or community setting
- Significant post qualifying experience
Skills & Abilities
Essential
- Ability to communicate both verbal and written form at a high level and complex case management skills
- Evidence of leadership skills
- Excellent risk assessment Skills
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Employer details
Employer name
North London NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Highgate West Mental Health Centre
Highgate Mental Health Centre
London
N19 5NX
United Kingdom
Employer's website
https://www.northlondonmentalhealth.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)