About this role
Job summary
An exciting opportunity has come up for Advanced Practitioner position on a temporary 6-month basis in the Walworth Community mental health team. This will be to cover the current staff in post, who is taking off 6 months to pursue education training.
This is an opportunity for anyone interested to enhance their leadership skills and have a pivotal role leading a busy and dynamic team. The Advanced Practitioner will support the clinical team leader in providing clinical leadership and managerial oversight for the allocated CMHT. They will support transfers across the community mental health teams (CMHTs). This includes taking a lead in clinical decision making, supporting the referral pathway in an out of the CMHT, as well as deputizing for the team leader. We are looking for dynamic and enthusiastic candidates, with strong leadership skills and a commitment to delivering high standards of care.
Main duties of the job
You will be expected to work with the service lead, team leader and team members.
You will also provide support to care coordinator's with complex cases using evidence based/client centered principles, as well as supervision and appraisal for staff in the team. You will oversee the referral pathway within locality CMHT, this includes: helping to ensure that the team consistently meet the Waiting Time Standards, having oversight of referrals coming into the team, and helping to ensure that clients are discharged from the service per agreed care plan. To develop and maintain good communication between the multidisciplinary team and other agencies, those referring to the team such as GPs, other community teams, ward services and home treatment teams.
To apply for this post you must be a registered Nurse, Occupational Therapist or Social Worker.
About us
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 valued and appreciated and that are 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.
Job description Job responsibilities
Mental Health Nursing qualification , with professional registration NMC, Evidence of continuing professional development e.g. relevant training Additional qualification /diploma in related field e.g. Mental Health, leadership, coaching, mentorship, family workExperience Extensive post registration experience in adult mental health in a variety of Mental health setting Experience of undertaking a leadership role Experience of working with people experiencing severe and enduring mental illness Experience of providing supervision in a clinical setting Experience in managingsafeguarding concerns and risk Ability to analyse complex issues/problems, provide guidance and make decisions (A/I) Skills in mental health and risk assessments (A/I) Skills in crisis management (A/I) Ability to provide care that is sensitive to the needs of minority groups (A/I) Effectively manage a clinical caseload, complete outcomesmeasures routinely, update clinical records in line with team, serviceand Trust requirements Excellent verbal and written communication skills (A/I) Skilled in the use of ICT, particularlyMicrosoft Office Knowledge of CPA, Community Care Act, Carers Act, Mental Health Act and other relevant legislation as application to practice Knowledge of race and gender issues as they pertain to people with serious mental health problemsExcellent knowledge & experience of assessment and risk assessment tools.
Person Specification
Qualifications/Education Essential
Registered Nurse, Occupational Therapist of Social worker Evidence of continuing professional development
Desirable
Management course Additional qualification /diploma - in related field e.g. Mental Health, leadership, coaching, mentorship
Experience/Knowledge Essential
tensive post registration experience in adult mental health in a variety of Mental health setting (A) Experience of undertaking a leadership role Experience of working with people experiencing severe and enduring mental illness Experience of providing supervision in a clinical setting Experience in managing safeguarding concerns and risk
Desirable
Experience of working in a community setting Experience of undertaking a service improvement/evaluation project Experience of recruitment and selection of staff
Skills and Abilities Essential
Ability to analyse complex issues/problems, provide guidance and make decisions Skills in mental health and risk assessments Skills in crisis management Ability to provide care that is sensitive to the needs of minority groups Effectively manage a clinical caseload, complete outcomes measures routinely, update clinical records in line with team, service and Trust requirements Excellent verbal and written communication skills Skilled in the use of ICT, particularly Microsoft Office
Desirable
Experience of Change management Experience of Clinical Governance and Evidence Based Practice
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).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details Employer name South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
Address Walworth Community Mental health Team
13 Ann Moss Way, Rotherhithe
London
SE16 2TH
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.slam.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)