Job summary
12 Month Fixed Term to Cover Maternity Leave
We are looking to appoint a Team Leader/Senior Practitioner to work within the Community Mental Health Single Point of Access Team.
The post is offered for a fixed term period to cover Maternity Leave.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be a Team Leader with highly developed clinical leadership skills and expert knowledge in the care of people requiring secondary mental health services. The post holder will lead and provide day to day supervision, clinical leadership and management in The Milton Keynes Single Point of Access reporting to management team.
You will assist in the operational management of a multi-disciplinary team flexibly, efficiently and with allocated resources to ensure that the highest quality of service is provided to users
This post will take on a deputising role for the team manager where appropriate.
About us
We are 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.
As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage and support vaccination as this remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients and service users when working on our healthcare settings.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To be an experienced qualified mental health professionals (Social Worker / Nurse / Occupational Therapist) with relevant experience in adult community mental health.
- To provide treatment to service users and offer clinical leadership where required
- To provide clinical leadership on a daily basis to the multi disciplinary team.
- To manage a caseload of service users with complex needs, using evidence based/client centred principles to assess, plan, implement and evaluate evidence based therapeutic interventions.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To be an experienced qualified mental health professionals (Social Worker / Nurse / Occupational Therapist) with relevant experience in adult community mental health.
- To provide treatment to service users and offer clinical leadership where required
- To provide clinical leadership on a daily basis to the multi disciplinary team.
- To manage a caseload of service users with complex needs, using evidence based/client centred principles to assess, plan, implement and evaluate evidence based therapeutic interventions.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Mental Health Qualification
- Registered with the NMC / HCPC
Desirable
Experience
Essential
- Significant demonstrable post qualified experience in Mental Health
Skills and Knowledge
Essential
- Skills and Knowledge in listening to adults with complex needs
- Knowledge of risk management and evaluation of complex information in high risk situations
- Experience of acting on initiative and respond to emergency and crisis situations
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Mental Health Qualification
- Registered with the NMC / HCPC
Desirable
Experience
Essential
- Significant demonstrable post qualified experience in Mental Health
Skills and Knowledge
Essential
- Skills and Knowledge in listening to adults with complex needs
- Knowledge of risk management and evaluation of complex information in high risk situations
- Experience of acting on initiative and respond to emergency and crisis situations
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.
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).
Additional information
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
Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Westcroft Health Centre
1 Saville Lane, Westcroft, Milton Keynes
Milton Keynes
MK4 4EN
Employer's website
https://www.cnwl.nhs.uk/work (Opens in a new tab)
