Total 433 job vacancies by CNWL NHS Foundation Trust

Physician Associates, Crane Ward
12 Months Fixed Term, Full Time



We are looking for a Physician Associates to join our Adult Mental Health Team based at Crane ward, Riverside Centre, to play a key role in the management of patients and to support the effective functioning of inpatient services.



The post holder will be accountable for ensuring that high quality patient care is delivered at all times. The Physician Associate will be supervised by a designated consultant with regular meetings to support on-going development within the role. The Physician Associate will attend regular CPD sessions to support on-going development.



The postholder will be based at the Riverside Centre site situated in the London borough of Hillingdon. This team looks after women aged 18+ who are acutely unwell from their mental illness admitted to the ward as voluntary (informal) or detained patients under the Mental Health Act. Physician Associate will work as an integral part of the MDT in delivering the care to the patient and will receive active support from all the team members.

The post holder will be expected to work flexibly and co-operatively with other members of the clinical team and will be required to cover for colleagues during periods of absence. They will complement other roles and strengthen the multi-disciplinary team. They will have continuing responsibility for patients in association with others in the clinical team. They will ensure accurate records are maintained.

They will be supported to undertake mandatory training and other training specific to their role in conjunction with the Medical Education Department and will undergo an annual PDR or appraisal.

The Physician Associate will be provided with a weekly timetable outlining fixed clinical commitments. They will have time for undertaking roles related to their skill set in the clinical setting as detailed below. They will respond to clinical demands and play a role in prioritising clinical and other needs.

Physician Associates will be required to register with the Physician Associate Managed Voluntary Register (PAMVR) until regulation with the GMC is in place and will be expected to keep up to date with necessary professional development

Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust (CNWL) is one of the largest trusts in the UK, caring for people with a wide range of physical and mental health needs. We have approximately 7,000 staff that provide healthcare to a third of London's population and across wider geographical areas, including Milton Keynes, Kent, Surrey and Hampshire.

Our catchment area spans diverse communities, with over 100 first languages spoken. It contains areas of great affluence as well as areas of much deprivation. We are committed to providing services that meet the needs of the people who use them, and we actively encourage involvement from local people who can help make a difference.



Hilllingdon Adult Mental Health Service provides a range of services for adults within community and hospital settings. Our community services have recently transformed to improve the quality of care received by people with mental health needs in their local community in line with the NHS Long Term Plan, towards provision of more integrated, personalised and place-based care.




1. Clinical Duties
• Practice under the supervision of a Consultant Psychiatrist
• Provide direct clinical care to patients using established clinical guidelines, involving consulting with and referring patients to medical specialists and other health professionals as indicated.
• Conduct psychiatric and physical assessments, taking medical and psychiatric histories from service users, performing physical examinations, establishing differential diagnoses and making appropriate treatment plans under supervision of a consultant psychiatrist.
• Respond in a timely way to requests to assess or review patient’s physical and / or mental health.
• Participate in multidisciplinary team meetings, handovers and other relevant clinical meetings.
• Assist the consultant by writing letters, chasing referrals/treatments, preparing medical notes and summarising patient notes to contribute to discharge summaries and reports.
• Work collaboratively with the multidisciplinary team i.e: Psychiatrists, Junior Doctors, Senior Nurses, Nursing Staff, Support Workers, Occupational Therapists, Psychologists to ensure good working relationships.
• Liaise with external (community teams, primary care and relevant secondary health care providers) and internal teams/departments relating to a service users care or treatment needs.
• Undertake assessment and assistance to ward staff in the event of medical emergencies.
• Support proactive screening and interventions with regard to the physical health of patients.
• Provide health promotion and disease prevention advise to service users, including those relating to smoking, drugs and alcohol.
• Provide psycho-educational support to patients and carers / families.
• Liaise with pharmacy regarding issues relating to medication.
• Communicate sensitive health information and treat patients and families with a high degree of empathy and advanced communication skills.
• Carry out procedures which will include (but not be limited to): • ECG
• Venepuncture
• IV cannulation
• Interpretation of blood results
• Mental state examination
• Cognitive assessment
• Physical health examinatio

Research and Service Development
• The successful candidate will be encouraged to participate in relevant audit, quality improvement opportunities and other governance activities within the service.
• Support the delivery of policy and procedures.
• Contribute to the achievement and maintenance of key performance indicators for the trust.
• Contribute to the development of service care pathways and the ongoing development of the service.
• Support the development of skills and physical health competencies in the wider team and organisation.

Undertake any necessary training requirements to fulfil the objectives of the post and to enhance personal knowledge and development.


This advert closes on Tuesday 19 Nov 2024

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We are looking to recruit a motivated clinical psychologist to join the Liaison Psychiatry service. This post would suit a psychologist who thrives in the inpatient setting and is looking for an opportunity to develop a new service for people attending the acute Trust with complex mental health needs.

The Liaison Psychology service will provide specialist input to the Liaison Psychiatry service, while being embedded in a large Clinical Health Psychology service, including specialities in Bariatric Surgery, Burns, HIV & Sexual Health, Intensive Care, Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Pain and Staff Psychology. The CHP service has a strong commitment to embedding core values of equality, diversity and inclusion at the core of our work.

We are committed to improving access to services, striving for equity for all. Continuing professional development is actively supported, as well as hosting trainees from the North Thames Doctoral courses.

We especially welcome applications from candidates with the valuable experience of the diverse social and cultural communities the Trust serves, as we are seeking to ensure our psychology staffing has greater diversity and better represents local communities.

The postholder will be supported to develop their career and flourish as a valued member of the psychology staff group. There are also a number of support systems within the Trust including staff peer networks.

The postholder will take a lead in designing the Liaison Psychology service. This is a newly created post, welcomed by the Liaison Psychiatry team, as well as the wider Clinical Health Psychology service. The role will be on site, although hybrid models of working could be explored.

The postholder will provide specialist psychological assessment and brief therapeutic interventions in the acute setting. The postholder will offer advice and consultation on service users’ psychological care.

Clinical responsibilities include provision of highly specialised psychological assessments and interventions for service users and specialist consultation for psychiatric and hospital based staff. The postholder will be responsible for systematic governance of psychological practice within Liaison Psychiatry.

Education responsibilities will be a key component, including leading on engaging hospital based staff with education of how to deliver psychologically informed care in the acute setting.

The postholder will contribute to enabling other staff, service users and carers from diverse backgrounds to flourish by working to create a psychologically safe environment.

The postholder will utilise research skills for audit, policy and service development and research within the areas served by the team/service.

The post holder will work autonomously within BPS and HCPC guidelines and codes of conduct, and Trust policies.

Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust (CNWL) is a great place to work for Psychological Professions. We employ a wide range of Psychological Professions. We value the rich, diverse contributions to our services that our great staff make. We offer our Psychological Professions opportunities across a range of clinical services, in the most diverse areas in London.

As a Trust, we are committed to investing in our staff through a range of initiatives, both profession-specific and organisation wide. We have partnered with Bespoke and Contextual Consulting to provide some of the profession specific CPD, alongside additional CPD sessions we commission as part of CNWL CPD programme for Psychological Professions. CNWL also has seven established staff networks supporting a range of individual needs.

The successful applicant may have contact with patients or service users. 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.

Key Responsibilities:
KR 1 Clinical and Client Care
• To provide highly specialist psychological assessments, formulations and interventions for clients under the care of the Liaison Psychiatry service, often in busy departments, such as Accident and Emergency.
• To provide brief psychological interventions with distressed service users, whilst waiting for allocation of an admission bed.
• To provide culturally appropriate psychological interventions with carers or families of referred clients when required.
• To assess and monitor risk and draw up appropriate risk management plans, including supporting the ward based team to implement effective safety planning.
• To provide limited outpatient follow-up for service users attending Accident and Emergency, who might benefit from a more detailed psychological assessment and brief therapeutic interventions.
• Where appropriate, to act as named worker and take responsibility for initiating planning and reviewing of care plans and co-ordination of multi-professional meetings.
• To communicate in a skilled and sensitive manner, information concerning the assessment, formulation and treatment plans of clients under their care and to monitor progress during the course of both uni- and multi-disciplinary care.
KR 2 Contributing to team or service clinical functioning
• To contribute to the effective working of the team or service and to a psychologically informed framework for the service.
• To contribute to the team or service’s delivery of accessible and acceptable services to diverse local communities.
• To be proactive in challenging discrimination and support the development of culturally competent services.
• To advise other members of the service on specialist psychological care of clients, including drawing on formulation skills.
• To liaise with referrers, GPs and other professionals concerned with clients in order to develop and review care plans.
• To utilise theory, evidence-based literature and research to support evidence-based practice in individual work and work with other team members.
KR 3 Policy and service development
• To implement policies and procedures in own area of work, and to propose improvements or beneficial changes.
• To contribute to service development through undertaking and participating in appropriate projects.
• To contribute to the consultation and engagement of service users in planning and delivering services which meet the needs of local communities.
KR 4 Care or management of resources
• To take care of, and use carefully, the Trust’s equipment and physical resources.
• To ensure that the postholder has sufficient resources by estimating future needs and requesting or ordering supplies as needed.
KR 5 Management and supervision
• To supervise trainee psychologists within own area of specialism.
• To provide supervision for the psychological work of other multi-disciplinary staff as appropriate.
KR 6 Teaching and Training
• To co-design with inpatient teams a psychoeducation package for ward based teams, on how to embed psychologically informed and trauma informed care. This could include a range of psychological areas, according to clinical need.
• To contribute to the development of the knowledge and skills base within the Liaison Psychiatry service by maintaining an active awareness of current developments in psychology and acute mental health, and by implementing knowledge gained in practice.
• To disseminate research and service evaluation findings through presentations and published articles.
KR 7 Record-keeping and Information Governance
• To ensure that all information generated by own work is recorded as required by Trust policies and local procedures.
• To maintain the highest standards of clinical record keeping and report writing, according to professional and Trust guidelines, including electronic data entry.
KR 8 Research and development
• To initiate, undertake, support and supervise regular complex service evaluation and audits.
• To develop a highly specialist follow-up clinic for service users presenting to Accident & Emergency.
• To provide expertise in a specialist research area which will contribute to the Liaison Psychiatry service.
• To initiate and implement the development of outcome measurement and assessment and assist other staff in the implementation of same.
KR 9 Maintaining professional standards and continuing professional development
• To receive regular clinical and professional supervision from a more senior psychologist according to HCPC and Trust guidelines.
• To ensure own Continuing Professional Development in line with BPS and Trust Personal Development Plan requirements and the HCPC ‘Standards for Continuing Professional Development’.
• To maintain an up-to-date knowledge of current developments in professional and clinical practice and of relevant legislation and policies.
• To comply with the HCPC ‘Standards of Conduct, Performance and Ethics’ and ‘Standards of Proficiency’, and ensure professional development in line with these.
• To adhere to the BPS’s Professional Practice Guidelines and Trust policies and procedures.
KR 10 General
• To travel across the Trust when required.
• To be aware of risk relating to aggressive and challenging behaviour amongst the client group, and follow trust policies relating to its management.
• To respond appropriately and professionally to emotionally distressing situations and to support others involved in such situations.


This advert closes on Monday 18 Nov 2024

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An opportunity has arisen for an experienced Core CAMHS Occupational Therapist (Band 7) with generic CAMHS experience to work within our pathway.

Milton Keynes CAMHS is a very busy & friendly service which welcomes new skills and new ideas. It is part of Central & North West London (CNWL) Foundation Mental Health Trust. We are committed to collaborative multi-disciplinary work and there are very good links with partnership agencies in the borough.

The successful applicant may have contact with patients or service users. 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.

The post will include professional and practice development and ensuring high quality client centred care is delivered. The post holder will lead by example to maintain high standards of care and practice and to empower colleagues to take on a greater range of clinical tasks to improve client care in the CAMHS service. The post holder will be a highly visible presence in clinical practice and be accessible to clients and their families. They will provide advice and expertise in the management of complex cases.

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 patient’s own home. Patients are at the heart of everything we do. Providing top quality care depends on our ability to employ the best people. Were 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 are at, there is always a place for you at CNWL.

To develop and carry out a robust Occupational Therapy service within the home treatment pathway within Core CAMHS developing OT pathways and processes that meet the Core CAMHS service needs.

Providing specialist Occupational Therapy (OT) assessment and intervention to children and young people of the Core CAMHS pathway across Milton Keynes, using evidenced based practice to assess, plan, implement, and evaluate interventions.

To provide intensive home treatment support for up to eight weeks to children/young people and their families in a time of crisis, and equip them with skills and confidence, through solution and function focused interventions to enable a safe discharge from the service.

To provide a range of highly skilled short-term interventions that will be delivered on both an individual or group basis and share those skills with other team members.


This advert closes on Friday 15 Nov 2024

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The ideal candidate for this role will be experienced in,and enthused by, working in a fast paced, customer focused senior administrative role within the public sector/Healthcare.



The Digital Project Delivery Officer will provide essential administrative support to Digital project and programme managers, ensuring the smooth operation and successful delivery of digital transformation initiatives. The ideal candidate will be proficient in utilizing Monday.com (or similar workflow management software) to track project and programme progress and possess excellent communication and organizational skills.

Working within the CNWL ICT Service you will be part of an enthusiastic team dedicated to new ways of working and improving services within the NHS through Digital Transformation.

The successful applicant may have contact with patients or service users. 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.

- Coordinate project activities, ensuring deadlines are met and deliverables are achieved.

- Maintain and organize project documentation, including project plans, reports, and other relevant materials.

- Use Monday.com to track project and programme progress, update status reports, and generate insights for the management team.

- Facilitate effective communication within the project team and with external stakeholders, ensuring that all parties are informed and aligned.

- Assist Digital project and programme managers with day-to-day administrative tasks, including scheduling meetings, preparing agendas, taking minutes, and following up on action items.

- Assist in the allocation and monitoring of resources, including personnel, equipment, and budgets.

- Identify potential issues and risks, escalating them to project and programme managers as necessary.

- Ensure all projects adhere to internal policies and external regulations, maintaining high standards of quality and governance.


This advert closes on Thursday 14 Nov 2024

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Despite these challenging times in the health sector the team atNorthwick Park Hospital are more determined than everto offer progressive opportunities to their staff and this position is no different. Ferneley Ward and Eastlake Ward are looking for a newBand 6 Clinical Team Leader and in return we will offer you anextensive development packageto further your career. This will include;
• Career mappingto ensure continuous professional development
• Training opportunities such asCBT, DBT, Venepunctureand more
• Our innovativeTrauma Informed Approaches (TIA)staff training program
• Support to become anin-house Physical Intervention Trainer

The successful candidate will work within a dedicated team of different disciplines to assess and treat a range of mental health conditions, challenging behaviour and severe and enduring mental illnesses.

Nursing practice continuously develops with time and at Northwick Park so do we. If we want to understand the reasons for mental health problems, it often makes more sense to ask “What has happened to you?” rather than “What is wrong with you?” This method forms the basis of Trauma-Informed Approaches(TIA), where we acknowledge the relationship between people’s life experiences and the development of mental health difficulties. Northwick Park arefront-runnersin developing Trauma Informed Approached (TIA) to patient care in CNWL.

The CTL post is based at Northwick Park Mental Health Centre, which is based 5 minutes’ walk from Northwick Park underground station.

The post holder will take up the responsibility of being the Unit/Site Coordinator at least four times a month. You will provide unit management support and co-ordinate and facilitate patient flow (bed management) out of hours. In addition, the unit co-ordinator will provide senior nursing support, professional leadership and advice to all clinical areas within the unit, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

We are looking for an individual who has effective communication skills not only when engaging with services users, but also with their carers and any other professional(s) involved with the service users care.

The successful candidate will have:
• Excellent communication skills and a caring, compassionate approach to patient care.
• Motivation to drive improvement in the care of Inpatients within a mental health setting.
• Be committed to continuous professional development and to working as part of a team.
• Ability to provide strong clinical leadership and role model to others best practice on both the ward as well as the wider unit

Successful candidates must be able to engage in full physical intervention/PMVA training and techniques.

Working at Northwick Park will provide you with the following;
• Working around ourSafety Pledgeto reduce restrictive interventions
• Innovative Trauma Informed staff training program including practise of Team Formulation
• ImplementingSensory modulationinto the care pathway
• Coaching and development sessions including; wound care treatment, forms of dementia treatment, Mental State Examination skill sessions, administering ACE assessments
• On-site shadowing opportunities for you with our HTT, CMHT, Psych Liaison services
• Commitment to career mapping to ensure continuous professional development including opportunities such as CBT, DBT, ECG and venepuncture training
• Flexible shift working hours to provide a healthy work-life balance
• Training package (inc sponsorship for post-graduate studies up to masters)
• Hidden Gem, annual award ceremonies and award-winning Staff Networks that have thousands of members and exciting events.
• Excellent staff benefits:our benefit packages are amongst the best in London and include: childcare vouchers, health and wellbeing services, season ticket loans and cycle to work scheme.

The successful applicant may have contact with patients or service users. 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.

Central and North West London NHS Trust is committed to providing safe, effective services and providing patients and families with a positive experience.

Patient Safety

Band 6 nurses contribute to the provision of safe and reliable services by:

• Using their clinical judgement and risk assessments to keep the people using our services as safe as possible

• Safeguarding people by recognising and responding when an adult or child might be at risk from abuse but also recognising their own limits and asking for help and escalate concerns when necessary

• Escalating safety concerns and by doing so acting as effective advocates for those who use our services

• Being open and transparent about their own practice

• Supervising the work of others

• Reflecting on everyday practice to identify areas where improvements in safety or quality can be made

• Working with others to create a culture of continuous improvement

• Maintaining accurate, legible, comprehensive records

• Maintaining compliance with their mandatory training requirements.

The NMC plays an important role in safeguarding the public by regulating the work of nurses and all nurses, including Band 6 nurses, are expected to register with the NMC each year and adhere to the NMC Code of Conduct.

Clinical Outcomes

Band 6 nurses often work with people who have complex needs and contribute to the effectiveness of services by:

• Being confident, autonomous practitioners who take responsibility for the care they give to patients but also take responsibility for overseeing the work of others in the team including less experienced nurses and staff without a professional qualification

• Providing skilled, evidence-based nursing care which adheres to agreed policies and procedures

• Working with patients and families in all stages of the care planning process including assessing risks and needs

• Acting as patient advocates in the multi-disciplinary team and overseeing the work of others to ensure that they are also responding to the needs of patients and providing clinically effective care

• Working as autonomous practitioners and taking responsibility for the care they give to patients but also work as team members

• Contributing to creating and maintaining high performing teams by communicating well with all members of the team

• Understanding their role in the team and how they help the team achieve its’ objectives

• Reflecting on their own practice regularly and encouraging the whole team to reflect on their practices in handovers and team meetings

• Encouraging the team to learn from adverse events or respond to data analysis from audits or benchmarking exercises and implement sustainable initiatives which improve clinical outcomes

Patient Experience

Band 6 nurses contribute to the people using our services feeling respected and empowered to make decisions about their health and wellbeing by:

• Working in partnership with patients and their families and carers

• Gaining consent and, as far as possible, involving people in all decision making

• Signposting patients and carers to the courses provided by the Recovery and Wellbeing College or services provided by the local authority or voluntary sector

• Reassuring people by being professional, responsive, knowledgeable and confident

• Demonstrating clinical leadership and challenging any poor behaviour to patients, families or other staff members and creating a positive, inclusive culture in which everyone is treated with kindness and respect and the trust’s values are embedded in all practice

• Responding to complaints or concerns effectively and quickly in line with the Trust policy

You will need to be an excellent team player with an ability to facilitate collaborative working, ensuring high standards of assessment, care and treatment for patients within the ward and wider unit. In addition, they will possess leadership skills in order to lead the nursing team on the ward as well as the wider unit when working as the unit co-ordinator.

Specification.


This advert closes on Thursday 14 Nov 2024

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A Vacancy at Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust.


Welcome to CNWL Mental Health Inpatient Services for Children and Young People. Collingham Child and Family Centre is one of six National 7 Day Inpatient settings, that work in partnership with Chelsea Hospital Schools for children aged 5 - 13 years old. We are currently recruiting for an exciting CAMHS Clinical Team Leader (RCN, RMN, RNLD).

Nestled between High Street Kensington & Earls Court, Collingham is a Tier 4 Children’s Mental Health Unit which provides acute inpatient and schooling for young people with a range of with complex mental health needs and behavioural problems.

The role consists of a flexible shift pattern: Early 07:30 - 15:30, Late 12:30 - 20:30, Nights 20:00 - 08:00. This is a 24/7 service.

We’re passionate about young people’s mental health outcomes, and strive to deliver first-class patient-centred, safe and effective care. At Collingham you will be supporting children and their families to build resilience, better coping strategies and healthy relationships through therapeutic intervention and structured meaningful activity. We appreciate that not everyone has provided care for young people in an inpatient setting, but if you’re a Registered Paediatric, Mental Health or Learning Disabilities Nurse, we’d love to hear from you.

“When I first was introduced to Collingham as a student nurse almost 3 years ago and loved it so much that I kept coming back for bank shifts as a band 3 support worker. I felt part of the family and fully involved and when I qualified as an RMN I became a permanent band 5 staff nurse on the unit. From there I've progressed onto becoming a band 6 Clinical Team Leader. And it hasn't stopped there! I've continued to develop and grow within Collingham and the CNWL CAMHS family and have had opportunities to act up into a band 7 managerial role for a few weeks as I continue my career progression path”

An account from one of our staff team nurses, sharing their story.

Who are we?

The team consists of nursing, psychology, occupational therapists, systemic psychotherapists, support workers, ward manager, matron and psychiatry. We are expanding into developing nurses to the Advanced Clinical Practitioner level, and apprenticeships for support workers. The leads of the service are a Clinical Unit Manager, Lead Nurse, Consultant Psychiatrist, and is linked to the CAMHS service line which is overseen by Head of Tier 4 services as well as Clinical and Service Directors for CAMHS and Eating Disorders. More recent developments are better links with the ED Inpatient service, development of opportunities for cross-unit working where appropriate and agreed.

To find out more about working in CAMHS pleaseCLICK HERE for one of our CAMHS video.

CNWL have a pioneering history improving health outcomes, by providing physical and mental health services at GPs, clinics, hospitals, and in the community. To find out more about CAMHS inpatients please CLICK HERE

“Staff are the heartbeat of ourorganisationand we offer Inpatient Nurses a £2,000 Post Probation Bonus, followed by £1,000 paid 12 months later”.

Our team boast a Professional Nurse Educator to develop your skills and knowledge through CPD. Staff have Protected monthly clinical supervision & training time, accompanied by a weekly teaching session, and reflective practice slots. We support training in Positive Behaviour Support (PBS), Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) and Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT). We develop your experience for both Leadership and Clinical roles. If you are interested please contact us, or see our “Staff rewards and wellbeing handbook”.

We take flexible working seriously and are open to discussion to best meet our workforce’s work life needs.

Our lovely site in Kensington is a 10-minute walk from High Street Kensington tube and 10-minute walk from Earls Court Station.

As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage and support vaccination as this remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues, and patients when working on our healthcare settings.

Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification

What do we do?

The team provides intensive assessment and treatment for children with complex emotional, behavioural and psychological difficulties, offering intensive work with families/parents and carers to develop their parenting skills.

Our highly experienced and dedicated multidisciplinary team is committed to offering the highest standards of care to help children and families regain their self-confidence. Adopting a solution focused approach for hard to manage problems and steer a course towards optimism, newly realised potential and a positive future for the child and their family network.

Typical tasks for this role?
• To support the ward manager in leading day-to-day running of the ward.
• To lead on nursing feedback in ward round and other professional meetings
• To take on the Primary Nurse role for individual young people.
• To assist in the development of junior staff and act as a role model to them.
• To ensure the provision of excellent, evidence-based nursing care for the children, young people (CYP) and their families at all times.
• To put children, young people, their families and carers at the centre of everything we do.
• To ensure the provision of a welcoming, caring, clean and safe environment for the CYP and their families.
• Recognising escalation in behaviour or shift in ward dynamics and proactively address this with staff or young people.
• Monitoring observations and ensuring safe practice and act appropriately and in line with unit procedure.
• Supervising junior staff and students to ensure the delivery of safe and effective care.




This advert closes on Monday 11 Nov 2024

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Job Summary:

Band 5 MHST EMHP/CWP Practitioners work closely with young people and families, parents and carer's and staff in schools and play an important contribution in how people experience our services. Band 5 Practitioner are expected to be kind and responsive but professional and informative and contribute to the quality of the services we provide by:

· keeping the people who using our services as safe as possible through the use of sound clinical skills and effective risk assessments

· ensuring the best possible clinical outcomes by using up-to-date skills and adhering to evidence-based policies and procedures

· ensuring the people using our services have a good experience by respecting, empowering and working in partnership with people throughout the care planning process

We believe that the best health care is delivered by multi-disciplinary teams working well together and in partnership with other teams and services to provide seamless care.

As a Band 5 Practitioners you will work alongside more experienced mental health practitioners, other health professionals and EMHP/CWP peers delivering a service to schools.

As a team you will work together to ensure that the team is working to the standards which the people using our services deserve.

To find out more about working in CAMHS pleaseCLICK HEREfor video

Applicants must be a qualified Education Mental Health Practitioner (EMHP) or CYP Wellbeing Practitioner (CWP) or an equivalent qualification with experience of working with Children and Young People in Mental Health Services or Schools in the provision of individual and group treatments.

Brent Mental Health Support Team is looking for qualified EMHP, CWP, Wellbeing Practitioners with experience of working with Children and Young People in Mental Health Services in the delivery of individual and group treatments in school settings. We are seeking to appoint enthusiastic and dynamic practitioners who are creative in their approach and passionate about improving health outcomes for children and young people.

You will work alongside EMHPs, Mental Health Practitioners and a Senior Clinical Leads to support the wellbeing and mental health of children and young people based in participating schools in Brent.

Brent MHST works with children and young people with mild to moderate mental health presentations attending schools in the area.

CNWL are committed to progressing and supporting their staff with career development and training, and ensuring staff health and wellbeing and job satisfaction.

For an informal discussion please contact Amanda Pegrum (Team Lead) apegrum@nhs.net/07701294484 or Marta Krajewska (Senior Supervisor)m.krajewska1@nhs.net/07725497102

Central and North West London NHS Trust expects all Band 5 Practitioners to act in a way which shows you understand our core values and are willing to put them into practice with young people, their friend’s family, carers, teachers and other staff members.

As a Band 5 Practitioner we expect you to show COMPASSION, contribute to a caring and kind environment and recognise that what you do and say helps can make the lives of others better

We expect you to RESPECT everyone and acknowledge and welcome people’s differences rather than ignore them or see them as problematic.

We expect you to EMPOWER others and continually try to provide information, resources and support to help others make their own decisions and meet their own needs.

We expect you to work in PARTNERSHIP and behave in a way that shows that you recognise that commissioners and users of our services are the people who generate and pay for our work.

Key Deliverables:

To allow the post holder, with appropriate supervision, to work as an autonomous and responsible practitioner as their training affords and within the scope of their local job description, to engage in:

· Delivering low intensity evidence-based intervention for children and young people in education setting with mild to moderate mental health problems.

· Helping children and young people within these settings who present with more severe problems to rapidly access more specialist services.

· Supporting and facilitating staff in education settings to identify and where appropriate manage issues related to mental health and wellbeing.

· Working with and within education environments to afford better access to specialist mental health services.

· Group/Whole school approach implementation/Consultation on referrals.

And to use the acquired skills, knowledge and abilities to deliver a service based within education settings that builds on and reinforces but does not replace those initiatives that already exist within these environments.








This advert closes on Friday 15 Nov 2024

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Are you already a Team Lead or Manager looking for your next step?

We are seeking a skilled and experienced individual to become the Clinical Lead for Harrow 0-19 years service.

The post holder will be familiar with the full offer within the Healthy Child Programme and core mandated contacts.

With responsibility for supporting, supervising and developing the team to promote the universal health service to improve physical and emotional health outcomes for all children.

The post holder will work closely with the Children's Clinical Service Managerin the delivery of 0-19 services, ensuring an integrated approach with specialist services, focused on meeting the needs of children and their family/carers in Harrow

They will also be committed to the CNWL values of compassion, respect, empowerment and partnership

Informal visits are encouraged.
• To provide leadership, overall management and service delivery of the Children’s 0-19 Universal Service.
• The post holder will work closely with the Team Leads, other Service Leads and with the Senior Manager’s to ensure delivery of the Healthy Child Programme and associated Key Performance Indicators are met.
• To ensure delivery of the highest quality to all children and families within contracted performance levels
• Provision of leadership, supervision, training and support to staff in the service with oversight of relevant training and support to professionals working with children and young people across Harrow.
• Works with the Senior Manager’s in the development of the 0-19 Service, identifying where improvements in the service can be made or redesigned.
• Lead and develop service Policy and Guidelines and contribute to Organisational policies and guidelines
• Work with the Professional Development and Leadership Groups and ensuring quality assurance issues are identified/addressed through robust auditing and monitoring of standards.
• Maintain registration with the NMC and work within all its guidelines at all times.
• Adhere to all CNWL and Local policies and procedures

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.

Operational Management

· Take responsibility on behalf of the Clinical Service Manager for the operational management and continuity of children’s 0-19 services.

· Provide leadership to and be responsible for team leaders in the day to day running of the teams, promoting multidisciplinary working and ensuring organisational and divisional barriers do not prevent the development and functioning of integrated care pathways and high-quality patient care.

· Undertake regular audit of adherence to associated local and national policies, guidance (e.g. NICE) and standards of care

· Contribute to the achievement of standards within the areas of responsibility, working effectively with other service managers and clinical staff to ensure agreed standards are maintained

· Prepare and deliver service reviews as agreed, reporting on the performance of services within area of responsibility.




This advert closes on Friday 8 Nov 2024

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An excitingopportunity has arisen within the Camden Community Integrated Adult Service for a Band 6 Occupational Therapists to join our physical health community rotation.

This nine-monthly rotational post based within the diverse London Borough of Camden consists of five rotational posts consisting of inpatient rehabilitation, community rehabilitation, Rapid Access Service, Reablement flats/supported transition and community neurology and stroke. This post offers varied clinical experience and opportunities for development.

We recognise the importance of cultivating clinical excellence and supporting career progression. You will receive excellent clinical and managerial supervision throughout your rotations. You will have opportunities to supervise staff, educate and will have access to both internal/external training.

Vaccination

The successful applicant will have contact with patients or service users. 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

The inpatient rehabilitation post is based at St Pancras Rehab Unit (SPRU) and will be based on the multi-pathology wards. The caseload offers a mix of complex rehabilitation and disability management. You will develop skills in kay working and complex case management. The reablement flats/supported transition post is linked to SPRU supporting seamless transfer of care and intensive rehabilitation immediately after discharge at home or at our reablement flats in Hampstead.

The community rehab post is based with Gospel Oak Integrated Community Healthcare team and you will be working alongside physiotherapists, nurses and a range of AHPs providing home & community-based rehab programs with a strong emphasis on falls. There are also opportunities to be involved in community group work, local GP practice based MDT meetings and developing integrated working with other community partners.

The Rapid Access Service is a 7-day community service based at St Pancras Hospital comprising of three pathways (Rapid Response, Discharge to Assess and the Camden Accelerated Discharge Service) which work together alongside physiotherapists, highly skilled nurses and paramedics to prevent admission to hospital for acutely unwell patients or facilitate early discharge home using home first principles.

If you join us you will be one of the 300 friendly and supportive Occupational Therapists (OTs) within CNWL. We work in many different teams in both physical and mental health. You could maintain your dual skills while working with us.

We actively support the next generation of OTs through apprenticeships, student placements and the promotion of the profession as a career in schools. We are proud of the diversity in our workforce and have invested time in supporting and developing this further through our BAME OT group. We have strong and active Staff Networks whom we encourage staff to link in with, such as the LGBTQ+, BAME, Disabled Employees, Lived Experience of Mental Health, 50+ years, Carers, Youth, Neurodivergent and the Women's Network.

OT in CNWL is very fortunate in having a long-established professional structure and this includes an AHP director, Trust wide Professional Head of OT, borough and specialist Lead OTs.

Personal and professional development is a high priority for the profession and is underpinned by our OT R&D strategy, R&D specialist groups and OT clinical networks. We invest in the development of our staff by providing excellent internal training and commissioning specialised external training as well as providing quality supervision. We want to ensure that all our OTs reach their full potential at every stage of their career.

Henderson Court Reablement/ St Pancras Pathway 1 – the Reablement service is a Camden social work led pathway where the Occupational Therapist and Physiotherapist provide in-reach therapy to support service users to work on reablement goals and support with discharge planning.

The Pathway 1 service supports Camden patients who are at St Pancras Rehabilitation Unit and ready to leave the hospital setting but would benefit from daily (Mon-Fri) therapy and NHS Carelink support work intensity within the first week returning home. The therapists provide input for discharge planning and working on community-based goals within the first 5 days of returning home.

The Camden Stoke and Neuro service is a neurological community rehabilitation team providing time limited input to clients with a neurological diagnosis and providing Early Supported Discharge for stroke intervention.

You will be part of a team where your proven ability to make high level clinical decisions will aid patient recovery. This will include having a direct link to the patient’s medical and therapy team for liaison and support where necessary and with the patient’s GP or other health care professional as required.

You will provide complex assessments and interventions and will make high impact clinical decisions. You will be work autonomously whilst drawing assistance from other colleagues in primary and secondary care.

You will promote, maintain and further develop a high quality, efficient and effective Neurological and Complex rehabilitation Physiotherapy Service, within a multi-disciplinary context and in accordance with the philosophy and operational policies for the Unit and Organisation.

Your exceptional caseload management and communication skills will enable you to prioritise patient care. You will also work closely with senior nurses, social workers, therapists and other health care professionals to establish and maintain a whole systems approach for your patients.

You will be responsible for the supervision and monitoring of junior staff, including Band 5 OT’s, Rehabilitation Health Care Assistants and PT students.

The teams work a mixture of Monday to Friday 9-5pm and 7 day working hours. Please contact the Therapy Lead for more information.


This advert closes on Thursday 7 Nov 2024

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A Vacancy at Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust.


Consultant in Community Mental Health (CMHT West)

Permanent, Full Time 10PAs

We are seeking applications for a full time Consultant Psychiatrist in our Adult CMHT in Hayes.

This is an exciting opportunity for a highly motivated consultant or newly qualified trainee to provide clinical and strategic leadership to a well functioning CMHT. Community Mental Health Services are in the midst of a transformation and thus presents a wonderful opportunity for a motivated individual to lead and drive these changes.

The candidate should be on GMC Specialist Register or be within 6 months of obtaining CCT at the time of interview.

CNWL has built on excellent links with Brunel University,successful candidate will have the option to take up an extra 1PA as an educational post.

This post attracts a generous annual leave entitlement, study leave, the NHS pension for a scheme and other financial benefits, such asGolden Hello for up to 30K (subject to eligibility, taxable and non pensionable ), Relocation package for up to 8K (subject to eligibility) and a range of staff discounts including discount on the purchase and the lease of new cars.

We are committed to providing opportunities forflexible working. If you would like to work differently or different hours to as advertised, please get in touch to discuss it.

Further Information & Arrangements to visit:

Dr Andrea Tocca, Clinical Director/AMD - Tel: 018955484795

Alastair Penman, Borough Director - Tel: 01895484795





We are looking for an individual with excellent leadership skills who is innovative, enthusiastic and most essentially, able to work integrally with the ward team and collaborate with numerous stakeholders. A commitment to personal, team and service development is essential. In Hillingdon we pride ourselves on our collaborative approach with other providers within the borough and we are proud of our recent staff survey results which showed an improvement in motivation and satisfaction levels of our staff.

This post presents a wonderful opportunity for exposure to a wide range of clinical presentations resulting in genuinely interesting and rewarding clinical practice for senior staff and excellent experience for a newly qualified consultant.

We pride ourselves on our collaborative approach with other providers within the borough and we are proud of our recent staff survey results which showed an improvement in motivation and satisfaction levels of our staff.

Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest specialist Mental Health Trusts in England, providing a wide range of mental health and physical health services. You will work in an organisation that is in the top 100 employers in the UK and prides itself on the diversity of its staff and the care it delivers. It supports flexible and remote working (where appropriate) and actively supports the well-being of its staff.

Our catchment area spans diverse communities, with over 100 first languages spoken. It contains areas of great affluence as well as areas of much deprivation. We are committed to providing services that meet the needs of the people who use them, and we actively encourage involvement from local people who can help make a difference.

Our organisation that is passionate about equality, diversity and inclusion; one that prides itself in developing the leadership capabilities of its employees, looking after their health and wellbeing, creating safe spaces for staff to speak up and providing opportunities to mentor and be mentored.

If you are interested in becoming a member of our Foundation Trust please visit our website.

www.cnwl.nhs.uk
• Providing clinical leadership to the team
• Acting as Responsible Clinician for patients on community orders, including preparing reports for and attending Hospital Managers’ and Mental Health Review Tribunal hearings
• Participating in clinical and business meetings of the multidisciplinary team
• Participating in team learning / development events
• Assessing new referrals with other MDT members
• Providing phone advice for clinical staff
• Being available for emergency and home visits at short notice, and participating as necessary in Mental Health Act assessments. This will include participating in the Section 12 rota
• Teaching and training staff, especially junior doctors and medical students, but also other clinical staff and trainees of all discipline
• Providing supervision to Junior Doctors: the team includes one CT1-3 trainee and one Specialty doctor. Supervisory roles and responsibilities are agreed in conjunction with Consultant colleagues in Hillingdon
• Providing supervision as required for the clinical work of the trainees within the team
• Providing support and advice to colleagues of different professional backgrounds as required
• Attending the local consultants meeting
• Attending the borough fortnightly Community Care Pathway meetings
• Attending the borough monthly Care Quality meetings
• Attending weekly bed management meetings


This advert closes on Thursday 7 Nov 2024

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An exciting opportunity has arisen for RMN Band 6 (Clinical Team Leader - CTL) nurses. These posts are 37.5 hours a week.

We are seeking a keen, motivated, flexible and enthusiastic CTL to join our multidisciplinary team. Applicants must possess good communication skills and can work as part of a team and use their initiative. You will be able to demonstrate a positive ‘can do’ attitude despite the difficulty of any given situation, plus be able to demonstrate the ability to weigh up situations and consider the benefits and risks before clinical decisions are made. We are looking for applicants who are friendly, approachable, compassionate and motivated.

It is an essential requirement for this role to be able to safely demonstrate and use PMVA (Prevention and Management of Violence and Aggression) training.
• Ensure nursing practice is by the NMC Code of Professional Conduct and Mental Health Legislation, which incorporates and respects differences of gender, sexuality, ethnicity, religion, culture and disability.
• Participate as an active member of the nursing team, be accountable for your practice, and work in partnership with other healthcare and non-healthcareprofessionals, patients and others in the delivery of care.
• To use a collaborative approach with other disciplines in redesigning the delivery of care by Working in New Ways guidelines. To ensure that all referrals are assessed about the likely impact upon the ward and to the safety of both staff and patients where that risk is considered unacceptable this information should be forwarded to the Ward Manager for consideration.
• Develop, promote and implement the ward philosophy, vision and values.
• To participate in the unit coordinator rota for in-patient services.
• Participate in the maintenance of general and specific patient observations, accurately recording all relevant information.
• Supervising the implementation of Trust and local risk management processes ensuring these are completed accurately within agreed time frames.
• Always act in a manner as to promote and safeguard the interests and well-being of patients, visitors and colleagues.



If you are a nurse looking for a new challenge or want to expand your expertise, then why don’t you come and join our team? We can offer you:
• An opportunity to work around the heart of London with excellent transport links into the centre of Hillingdon.
• Excellent progression through various career pathway opportunities

Support and guidance with Revalidation
• Ongoing supervision and appraisals with optional coaching available
• Tailored education and development programme from Preceptorship to PhD.
• Hidden Gem and annual award ceremonies

Excellent staff benefits: our benefit packages are amongst the best in London and include: childcare vouchers, health and wellbeing services, season ticket loans, cycle to work scheme and relocation package.

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.
• Develop, implement and evaluate programmes of care using a problem-solving approach that ensures the needs of each patient are met throughout their admission, including detailed arrangements for discharge.
• To deal with the storage and administration of drugs by legal requirements, local policies and procedures.
• Participate in rotational duties and work in alternative care settings as required.
• To undertake the role of Clinical Co-ordinator or Ward Manager during annual leave and sickness absence as required.
• To act as a suitable role model for your grade of employment.
• To be responsible for the development and implementation of clinical
supervision for nurses.
• To participate in appraisal and performance review of the team as well as individual staff and reporting to the Ward Manager.


This advert closes on Wednesday 6 Nov 2024

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Are you a driven and pro-active administrator with experience working in the NHS or similar healthcare setting? We are seeking to recruit you to our Children's Services Clinical Teams.

We are looking for you to work in our warm and friendly administrative team, to provide comprehensive, high quality administrative and information support to Camden MOSAIC Children’s Services based at Kentish Town Health Centre, Health Support Services for Vulnerable Children, based at Crowndale Health Centre. Alongside other colleagues, you would provide administration support across our integrated team.

This job offers a hybrid of on-site and virtual working.

If you are appointable but not successful in being appointed to this role, would you like to be considered for any other similar roles in Camden? If so, please add into your supporting statement.
• Taking on lead responsibility for the administration of one or more services
• Coordination of multidisciplinary clinics including maintenance of spreadsheets, team diaries, appointments, cancellations and room bookings
• High quality minutes at various service meetings
• Covering the duties of the admin manager in their absence

Your work will be a key part of the quality of our service, and the experience of our patients and their families. You will need to be a compassionate and empathetic person who has experience of dealing with members of the public as well as staff from other organisations such as Local Authorities and Hospitals. You'll be someone who embraces inclusive principles and is a good communicator. Knowledge of NHS patient record systems is desirable, previous use of SystmOne an advantage

We’re passionate about delivering first-class patient-centred, safe and effective care in our clinic at Kentish Town Health Centre and Crowndale Healthcare Centre. Patients are at the heart of everything we do.

Camden MOSAIC is a friendly, caring and stimulating place to work. We'll support you, train you and help you develop on your career journey. You will also be part of a diverse, inclusive and supportive team.

The successful applicant may have contact with patients or service users. 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.

· Taking on lead responsibility for the administration of one or more services within MOSAIC and / or health support services for vulnerable children, and delegating tasks as appropriate.

· Providing input into the development and maintenance of Standard Operating Procedures for the services for which the post holder holds the primary responsibility.

· To line manage named administrative staff as required at either Kentish Town Health Centre or Crowndale Health Centre site ensuring that staff provide the best possible level of support to clinicians. This includes managerial supervision, delegation of tasks and responsibility for appraisal, as well as first line management of disciplinary or grievance issues.

· Processing and analysing urgent and non-urgent data requests from clinicians and senior managers

· Processing multidisciplinary referrals through management of shared inboxes and on SystmOne, including preparation of appropriate paperwork for panels such as the Single Point of Referral Panel. Processing other urgent or complex referrals, including for the Child Protection Service

· Supporting with routine, urgent or complex information-gathering for areas of the service where this is required such as SPOR or CP/LAC and utilising supervisory support from a clinician as appropriate

· Processing urgent and / or complex documents on Dictate IT or other similar dictation software

· Supporting with the storage and management of prescription pads, including supporting data gathering for FP10’s

· Administrative tasks in relation to requests for charitable funds


This advert closes on Wednesday 6 Nov 2024

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We are looking to recruit a motivated clinical psychologist to join the multidisciplinary inpatient neurorehabilitation team at Willesden Junction. The successful applicant would be joining a Principal Clinical Psychologist to deliver the service.

The Neurorehabilitation Psychology service is embedded in a large Clinical Health Psychology service, including specialities in Bariatrics, Burns, HIV & Sexual Health, Intensive Care, Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Pain and Staff Psychology. The CHP service has a strong commitment to embedding core values of equality, diversity and inclusion at the core of our work.

We are committed to improving access to services, striving for equity for all. Continuing professional development is actively supported, as well as hosting trainees from the North Thames Doctoral courses.

We especially welcome applications from candidates with the valuable experience of the diverse social and cultural communities the Trust serves, as we are seeking to ensure our psychology staffing has greater diversity and better represents local communities.

The postholder will be supported to develop their career and flourish as a valued member of the psychology staff group. There are also a number of support systems within the Trust including staff peer networks.
• The postholder will provide a qualified clinical psychology service to inpatients admitted to the Neurorehabilitation Unit at Willesden Junction, including specialist assessment, treatment, planning, implementation and monitoring of outcomes.
• The postholder will provide specialist psychological assessment and therapy in the context of a multidisciplinary neurorehabilitation team.
• The postholder will offer advice and consultation on clients’ psychological care to non-psychologist colleagues and to other non-professional carers, working autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the team’s policies and procedures.
• The postholder will contribute to enabling other staff, service users and carers from diverse backgrounds to flourish by working to create a psychologically safe environment.
• The postholder will utilise research skills for audit, policy and service development and research within the areas served by the team/service.
• The postholder will work as an autonomous professional within BPS and HCPC guidelines and codes of conduct, and guided by the policies and procedures of the service, taking responsibility for own work including treatment and discharge decisions with support of clinical supervisor.

Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust (CNWL) is a great place to work for Psychological Professions. We employ qualified and pre-qualified staff from a wide range of Psychological Professions and we value the rich, diverse contributions to our services that our great staff make. We offer our Psychological Professions opportunities across a range of clinical services, in the most diverse areas in London.

As a Trust, we are committed to investing in our staff through a range of initiatives, both profession-specific and organisation wide. Psychological professions staff are able to access a range of Trust-wide CPD initiatives. We have partnered with Bespoke and Contextual Consulting to provide some of the profession specific CPD, alongside additional CPD sessions we commission as part of CNWL CPD programme for Psychological Professions. CNWL also has seven established staff networks supporting a range of individual needs.

The successful applicant may have contact with patients or service users. 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.

Key Responsibilities:

KR 1 Clinical and Client Care

· To provide specialist psychological assessments of clients referred to the team based upon the appropriate use, interpretation and integration of complex data from a variety of sources including psychological and neuropsychological tests, self-report measures, rating scales, direct and indirect structured observations and semi-structured interviews with clients, family members and others involved in the client’s care, within limits expected at Band 7.

· To formulate and implement plans for the formal psychological treatment and/or management of a client’s mental health problems, based upon an appropriate conceptual framework of the client’s problems, and employing methods based upon evidence of efficacy, across the full range of care settings.

· To be responsible for implementing a range of psychological interventions for individuals, carers, families and groups, within and across teams employed individually and in synthesis, adjusting and refining psychological formulations drawing upon different explanatory models and maintaining a number of provisional hypotheses.

· To evaluate and make decisions about treatment options considering both theoretical and therapeutic models, and highly complex factors concerning historical and developmental processes that have shaped the individual, family or group.

· To exercise autonomous professional responsibility for the assessment, treatment and discharge of clients whose problems are managed by psychologically based standard care plans.

· To provide specialist psychological advice guidance and consultation to other professionals contributing directly to clients’ formulation, diagnosis and treatment plan.

· To contribute directly and indirectly to a psychologically based framework of understanding and care to the benefit of all clients of the service, across all settings and agencies serving the client group.

· To undertake risk assessment and risk management for individual clients and to provide advice to other professions on psychological aspects of risk assessment and risk managementaccording to Trust Policy.

· To act as care coordinator, where appropriate, taking responsibility for initiating planning and review of care plans under enhanced CPA including clients, their carers, referring agents and others involved the network of care.

· To communicate in a skilled and sensitive manner, information concerning the assessment, formulation and treatment plans of clients under their care and to monitor progress during the course of both uni- and multi-disciplinary care.

KR 2 Contributing to team or service clinical functioning

· To contribute to the effective working of the neurorehabilitation serviceand to a psychologically informed framework for the service.

· To contribute to the team or service’s delivery of accessible and acceptable services to diverse local communities.

· To be proactive in challenging discrimination and support the development of culturally competent services.

· To liaise with referrers, GPs and other professionals concerned with clients in order to develop and review care plans.



KR 3 Policy and service development

· To implement policies and procedures in own area of work, and to propose improvements or beneficial changes.

· To contribute to the consultation and engagement of service users in planning and delivering services which meet the needs of local communities.

· To contribute to service development through undertaking and participating in appropriate projects.



KR 4 Care or management of resources

· To take care of, and use carefully, the Trust’s equipment and physical resources.

· To ensure that the post-holder has sufficient resources by estimating future needs and requesting or ordering supplies as needed.



KR 5 Management and supervision

· To receive regular clinical professional supervision from a senior psychologist and, where appropriate, other senior professional colleagues.

· To be responsible for the allocation and/or clinical supervision of the work of an assistant psychologist if required, under supervision from a more senior psychologist.



KR 6 Teaching and Training

· To provide occasional specialist training in psychological approaches to care to other professions as appropriate.

· To disseminate research and service evaluation findings through presentations and published articles.

· To gain additional highly specialist experience and skills relevant to clinical psychology

· and/or the service as agreed with the professional psychology manager.

KR 7 Record-keeping and Information Governance

· To ensure that all information generated by own work is recorded as required by Trust policies and local procedures.

· To maintain the highest standards of clinical record keeping and report writing, according to professional and Trust guidelines, including electronic data entry.



KR 8 Research and development

· To undertake regular complex service evaluation, audits or research relevant to service needs.



KR 9 Maintaining professional standards and continuing professional development

· To receive regular clinical and professional supervision from a more senior psychologist according to HCPC and Trust guidelines.

· To ensure own Continuing Professional Development in line with BPS guidance and Personal Development Plan requirements and the HCPC ‘Standards for Continuing Professional Development’.

· To maintain an up-to-date knowledge of current developments in professional and clinical practice and of relevant legislation and policies.

· To comply with the HCPC ‘Standards of Conduct, Performance and Ethics’ and ‘Standards of Proficiency’, and ensure professional development in line with these.

· To adhere to the BPS’s Professional Practice Guidelines and Trust policies and procedures.



KR 10 General

· To travel to South Kensington and Chelsea Mental Health Centre, 1 Nightingale Place, SW10 9NG for psychology meetings as appropriate and across the Trust when required.

· To be aware of risk relating to aggressive and challenging behaviour amongst the client group, and follow trust policies relating to its management.

· To respond appropriately and professionally to emotionally distressing situations (for example, challenging behaviours or mental health needs) and to support others involved in such situations.


This advert closes on Wednesday 13 Nov 2024

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Additionalsupport is required at Quality Trusted Solutions (QTS) to support the administration and updatingoftheComputerAidedFacilitiesManagement(CAFM) toensureitisrepresentativeofthe managed estate.

CAFM experience is essential.

The successful applicant may have contact with patients or service users. 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.

Responsibilitiesinclude:

• Ensuring that the correct asset information and retrospective PPMs are in place for all sites.

• Manages the asset register to ensure it is up to date,accurate, and complete to enable the successful delivery of planned maintenance activities. This includes for instance, and asrequired: uploading data; recording site openings or closures; adding, amending, or decommissioning physical assets.

• Produces regularly scheduled reports and dashboards to support the operational management and monitoring of the Hard FM service delivery. Further ad-hoc reports, analysis of data and/or trends relating to the CAFM system data, are also produced asrequired.

• Attends mandatory training and any other trainingappropriate tothe role. This is tomaintainexisting and develop new skills asrequiredto carry out the work.


QTSoperates asawholly ownedsubsidiaryof Central andNorthWestLondon NHS Foundation Trust (CNWL).Established in 2018,QTSprovidesa broad range of Estates and Facilitiesservices,spanning strategic operational delivery through toestates maintenance and repairs,primarily withinmental health and communityhealthcare settings.

Other responsibilitiesinclude:
• Flags areas identified as non-compliant, such as where tasks or documentation are not completed, for review to theappropriate HardFM team member.

• Supporting the management of users,rolesand accounts. This includes adding, removing, and managing permissions for users of the system, e.g., QTS staff, suppliers and contracted staff going to sites.

• Acts as a point of contact for users of CAFM within QTS. Troubleshoots and resolves issues where possible. Escalates asappropriate toCAFM system supplier to resolve any faults or errorsin a timely manner.



This advert closes on Wednesday 6 Nov 2024

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A Vacancy at Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust.


This is an exciting opportunity to join a newly commissioned Offender Personality Disorder (OPD) Service. The service provides an OPD outreach service to men within HMP High Down and a specialist residential Psychologically Informed Planned Environment (PIPE) unit for men with learning disabilities. The services form part of the national Men’s OPD pathway and will be a national first.

You will be joining a new staff team that will include Psychologists, a Neurodiversity Practitioner, Occupational Therapists, a Speech & Language therapist, Prison Officers and an Advanced Lived Experience Practitioner. We are seeking a compassionate & enthusiasticSupport Time Recovery Workerwith an interest in helping service users to develop the skills and knowledge needed to live independently on progression from the service.

This is a London Pathways Partnership (LPP) service, with CNWL as the lead provider. LPP is a consortium of 5 NHS Trusts working in partnership to deliver a network of services to complex and high-risk service users in London & the Southeast. LPP deliver integrated services, primarily within the OPD pathway across London community & within several local prisons, thus ensuring a supported prison to community pathway. LPP also have an active staff development programme which may include training & accredited supervision in specialist therapies provision. We actively support research and have close relationships with academics from several local universities.
• To assist in the day to day running of the Progression PIPE and Outreach service, including facilitating group skills and social-creative sessions and contributing to multi-disciplinary meetings.
• To work as a member of the multi-disciplinary team supporting and enhancing the psychological wellbeing of residents within the OPD services in HMP high Down.
• To support the work of occupational and psychological therapists and work as a member of the multi-disciplinary team supporting and enhancing the psychological wellbeing of residents within the OPD services in HMP High Down.
• To assist in the day to day running of the Progression PIPE and Outreach service, including facilitating group skills and social-creative sessions and contributing to multi-disciplinary meetings.

By joining LPP and CNWL you will be joining a large department of psychologists and psychological therapists that provide an array of mental health and OPD services across London and the home counties. Our staff are dynamic and welcoming and the networking and CPD opportunities are central to our services ethos. We have active research forums and promote our services and work through academic and clinical forums. All staff receive regular supervision and are supported with career aspirations and progression.

Excellent staff benefits, our benefit packages are amongst the best in London and include:
• Health and wellbeing services
• Season ticket loans
• Cycle to work scheme

The trust also values its staff and you are entitled to become a member of MyTrustBenefits. MyTrustBenefits is an online portal for all CNWL staff, as well as their family and friends. It offers over 1400 discounts at hundreds of retailers nationwide. Save money on your weekly food shops, toiletries, cosmetics, cinema, meals out, holidays, travel and entertainment. You can also access free online courses on a variety of topics, professional and personal, ranging from business management, languages, law and teaching.

HMP High Down is in easy reach of London and the surrounding areas. The prison offers free use of onsite leisure facilities and free parking for all staff.

MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Clinical:
• To support the PIPE team in the organisation and facilitation of groups and creative sessions.
• To attend and participate in relevant multi-disciplinary meetings, including formulation meetings.
• To support the day to day running of the PIPE completing relevant organisational and administration tasks
• To support referrals to the PIPE service by conducting assessment interviews of potential new residents.
• To contribute to the writing of reports on residents within the service, where appropriate and in agreement with the resident.
• To support psychological staff in service review through collection of outcome measures including questionnaires and resident self-report.
• To maintain adequate records as required by existing procedures, entering appropriate details on the service users case notes as necessary.
• To undertake other duties as may be determined from time to time within the general scope of the post.
• To report regularly to qualified staff.
• To be up to date with both de-escalation, physical breakaway and PMVA techniques appropriate to the service environment.

Professional:
• To dress and behave in a professional manner appropriate to the role.
• To be able to function effectively as a member of a multi-disciplinary team.
• To liaise effectively across agencies.
• To fully participate in the Trust’s Appraisal review and personal development planning process on an annual basis.
• To develop skills and competencies that assist in the delivery of current duties.
• To maintain appropriate levels of confidentiality, within OPD information sharing guidelines.
• Ensure residents are treated with dignity and respect.
• To contribute to a healthy and safe working environment by adhering to health and safety regulations and Trust policies.
• To participate in Clinical Governance activities and Quality Assurance initiatives.
• To be aware of your responsibilities in working within the prison environment, being mindful of security and relevant policies/procedures such as the ACCT process.

Training and supervision:
• Undertake training as necessary in line with the development of the post and as agreed with line manager as part of the personal development planning process.
• To attend HMP High Down’s induction training and complete CNWL mandatory training.
• Receive and utilise clinical supervision to develop and maintain safe practice.
• To contribute to delivery of staff awareness training as required by the PIPE team.


This advert closes on Wednesday 20 Nov 2024

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