Mental Health Practitioner

NHS Professionals Limited

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Job summary

Job Title: Mental Health Practitioner

Grade: Band 6 or 7

Trust: South London & Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust

Location: Christopher Wren House, Croydon, CR0 1QG (Hybrid working is permitted but some presence is required in office)

Hours: Monday Friday 9.00am 17.00pm

Pay rate: £21.97 an hour band 6 and £27.05 an hour band 7

Main duties of the job

About the Trust:

The South London & Maudsley NHS Trust provides a full range of mental health services to people of Southwark, Lewisham, Lambeth, and Croydon as well as substance misuse services for people in Bexley, Greenwich, and Bromley. The Trust provides specialist services to people from across the UK.

It has approximately 4,800 staff and a budget of £300 million. The trust also works closely with the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience (IoPPN), King's College London and are part of King's Health Partners Academic Health Sciences Centre. There are very few organisations in the world that have such wide-ranging capabilities working with mental illness. Their scope is unique because it is built on three major foundations: care and treatment, science and research, and training.

About us

Here at NHS Professionals, we run England's largest NHS staff bank and are experts at putting people in places to care. Every year we help thousands of dedicated and highly skilled NHS workers enjoy better career opportunities, more flexible shifts, and a healthier work-life balance across our partnered Trusts.

Career Progression access to Learning & Development opportunities, so that you can take on new roles and challenges

Work-life Balance flexible shifts, committed shifts, wellbeing resources and build paid annual leave

Opportunity & Access over 50 partner NHS Trusts to give you the flexibility of choice to work how and where you want

Date posted

17 April 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

Depending on experience

Contract

Bank

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

M0042-72963

Job locations

Christopher Wren House

Croydon

CR0 1QG


Job description

Job responsibilities

Applicants will be required to triage referrals coming into Croydon CAMHS. They will also be given support to signpost or redirect referrals if they do not meet threshold for the service.

Triage will involve looking through referrals, contacting the families if needed and gathering further information. It will also include discussing complex cases with senior staff to ensure best decisions are made so applicants must be able to formulate cases as well as have experience of assessment and triage preferably of you

Job description

Job responsibilities

Applicants will be required to triage referrals coming into Croydon CAMHS. They will also be given support to signpost or redirect referrals if they do not meet threshold for the service.

Triage will involve looking through referrals, contacting the families if needed and gathering further information. It will also include discussing complex cases with senior staff to ensure best decisions are made so applicants must be able to formulate cases as well as have experience of assessment and triage preferably of you

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

  • Knowledge of conditions and challenges facing young people is a must as well and Neurodevelopmental presentations

Qualifications

Essential

  • Need to have a core profession (i.e be a qualified nurse, social worker, OT registered appropriate body. Registration number to be provided)

Desirable

  • In addition to experience, all Qualified roles will be required to provide evidence of:
  • Relevant Qualifications
  • Registration with the relevant Registration Body
Person Specification

Experience

Essential

  • Knowledge of conditions and challenges facing young people is a must as well and Neurodevelopmental presentations

Qualifications

Essential

  • Need to have a core profession (i.e be a qualified nurse, social worker, OT registered appropriate body. Registration number to be provided)

Desirable

  • In addition to experience, all Qualified roles will be required to provide evidence of:
  • Relevant Qualifications
  • Registration with the relevant Registration Body

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information

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

NHS Professionals Limited

Address

Christopher Wren House

Croydon

CR0 1QG


Employer's website

https://www.nhsprofessionals.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

NHS Professionals Limited

Address

Christopher Wren House

Croydon

CR0 1QG


Employer's website

https://www.nhsprofessionals.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

For questions about the job, contact:

Robert Buckingham

robert.buckingham@nhsprofessionals.nhs.uk

03330144370

Date posted

17 April 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

Depending on experience

Contract

Bank

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

M0042-72963

Job locations

Christopher Wren House

Croydon

CR0 1QG


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