Total 433 job vacancies by CNWL NHS Foundation Trust

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


Home First & Urgent Community Response Therapist – OT

The Community Independence Service (CIS) Urgent Community Response and Home First are developing services in Intermediate Care. We aim to provide the best care to all our patients in their homes avoiding unnecessary hospital admissions and facilitate timely discharge from hospital to home utilizing team members from a variety of clinical background.

We are looking for therapists with a passion for the highest standards of patient care and excellent team work. This role would be suitable for someone who enjoys working creatively beyond the traditional boundaries of normal practice and who has a real drive to make sure their patients get the best treatment possible.

The successful applicant will be well supported by the Pathway Lead, band 7 OT and the multidisciplinary team, physiotherapists, HCA’s, nurses, paramedics and health technicians. Your role as a Home first assessor in CIS will be to work in an integrated way and provide a high quality, client-led and goal focused treatment. You will be working across Home First and Urgent Community Response caseloads.

Continuing professional development is actively supported via clinical supervision, Personal Development Reviews and in-house training. Professional development is supported by involvement in service improvement and quality improvement projects. There may be an opportunity to rotate with Rehab team within Westminster CIS.

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced Band 5 OT looking to develop further or a current Band 6 OT to diversify their scope of practice to support a small but expanding service working alongside the wider Community Independence Service Teams (CIS). We offer significant development opportunities and the chance to work in a supportive, friendly and exciting 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.

In return for your skills and dedication to the team and our patients we endeavour to provide:
• A supportive environment to learn and develop your new skills.
• Opportunities to work with Consultant Geriatricians to advance your clinical management skills of patients in their own home.
• Regular training above and beyond statutory and mandatory training.
• An emphasis on a good work life balance including meal breaks to enable staff to perform at their best.
• A management team that listens to and acts on your concerns.
• Experience helping to manage the team.
• Invitations to attend the monthly CIS Occupational Therapy forums with other colleagues from across the three boroughs.
• A full NHS benefits package plus a lease car option.
• Agenda for change pay scale band 6 + inner London weighting.

For this post, the following are essential:
• Excellent communication skills
• Strong clinical knowledge and assessment skills
• Current HCPC registration
• To identify/case find and pull potential CIS patients in partnership with acute colleagues ensuring that as soon as patients are medically stable they are transferred to the appropriate community service.
• To independently undertake assessments of health and social care needs of patients in order to plan community services required.
• To support and enable the process of safe discharge from secondary to Community Services and assist in bridging the gap from hospital to home.
• To proactively promote a seamless and multidisciplinary approach to health and social care provision.
• To proactively develop close working relationships with primary, secondary, voluntary and social care colleagues which promotes and supports effectively, utilising resources, ensuring patients receive the right service at the right time and in the right environment.
• To ensure that the patient’s individual needs, cultural beliefs, dignity and privacy are maintained at all times.
• To work in partnership with secondary care on the further development of CIS Liaison to be responsive to patient and service needs.
• To work in partnership with GPs in order to plan and provide the best care for their patients in the community.


This advert closes on Monday 16 Sep 2024

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The aim is to provide a service across ARC MK integrated drug treatment service with a focus on the homeless, rough sleepers and hostel residents that reside in the Milton Keynes.

The post holder will use their specialist foundation knowledge and skills to undertake assessment, care planning, implementing and evaluating the case and treatment of clients.

He/she will perform duty assessments to clients that are new to the service, in addition to acting as keyworker to a defined allocated caseload of clients with a low to medium degree of complexity, under the supervision of designated Senior Nurse within the team.

The post holder will be responsible for ensuring that the delivery of the care and management of this client group is done in compliance with HCC Quality Standards.

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the rough sleepers and homeless outreach team as part of the integrated drug and alcohol treatment service in Milton Keynes

We are seeking practitioners or nurses either with experience working with those with substance misuse issues or someone looking to expand their practice into a new field and embrace new a new challenge. You will join our multidisciplinary team to help engage with the homeless population who use drug and alcohol to help engage in community-based treatment to secure long-term accommodation.

The role will be part of the Addictions Recover Community, Milton Keynes (MK) team, but predominantly community-facing, working in sites across Milton Keynes.



CNWL Addictions is a well-established NHS provider offering a wide range of high-quality addictions treatment interventions to the diverse and multicultural population across Brent, Ealing, Hillingdon, Hounslow, Milton Keynes and HMP Woodhill. In addition, we have the Club Drug Clinic coving Kensington and Chelsea/Westminster as well as our National Problem Gambling Service and Gaming Clinic. CNWL also have a nurse-led homeless peripatetic nurse team as well as specialist nurses working across a number of General Hospital sites

The service is committed to a harm minimisation philosophy and to partnership working. Our main partners are primary care services, social and the third sectors.

Treatments are provided across all our clinical centres. A Care Quality Management framework is well established and the service prides itself in its continuous development and as a learning organisation.

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
• To work as a member of the multidisciplinary team which provides a range of specialist services to problem drinkers and problematic club drug takers attending the service/unit, including harm minimisation approaches, motivational interviewing, relapse prevention, care planning individual intervention, health education and detoxification programmes, mindfulness, counselling and group work.
• To make continuous assessments, under supervision, of the psychological, emotional, social and rehabilitative needs of clients, taking into account the needs of family, local community and developing care plans and evaluation of these plans.
• To be able to assess and case manage clients who inject club drugs, in particular assessing injection sites and be conversant with the precepts of harm minimisation, taking a predominant role in providing duty assessments to clients who are new to the service.
• To provide case management and direct clinical care to a defined number of clients as agreed with the Service Co-ordinator and under the supervision of a designated professional within the team. This includes assessment, planning and providing specialist care. It is expected that the caseload will consist of clients with needs of a low to medium complexity.


This advert closes on Monday 16 Sep 2024

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Triage and Referrals Mental Health Practitioner:

An exciting opportunity has arisen within the South Kensington Community Health Hub for a triage and assessment mental health practitioner.

The role is to screen referrals, undertake specialist assessments and provide brief follow up or facilitate an alternative service provision for people referred to the team. This is a front-line post which involves face-to-face work with services users’ and their carers’. The post holders will need to be able to make clear and autonomous decisions based on the complexity of the presentations due to the persons health and social care needs.

We are forward thinking, diverse and focussed on providing positive outcomes for the people we serve. Our strongly held core values are compassion, respect, empowerment and partnership which we apply to our working relationships with to those who use our services and our colleagues alike.
• To provide comprehensive, culturally appropriate, evidence-based assessments for adults with primary mental health need.
• To establish eligibility for health and social care services for adults with mental health needs in line with national and local policy; the Care Act 2014 and Section 117; and any other relevant framework
• To undertake continuous risk assessment and risk management in partnership with the service-user; their relatives and other professionals. Recording and documenting using correct tools and systems.
• To co-ordinate a multidisciplinary response to crisis situations.
• To provide direct therapeutic care to users in their own home or other community settings, using evidence-based nursing skills and psychosocial interventions.
• To co-ordinate and manage all aspects of care and support, including overseeing work carried out by statutory and non-statutory agencies. To offer supervision, training, and guidance to external agencies as required
• To assess, plan, implement and evaluate the care provided to users, in collaboration with users, carers, GP’s and other members of the multidisciplinary team.
• To identify carers and to support with referring for statutory Carers Assessments and Care Plans.
• To screen for Vocational Needs and refer on for full Vocational Needs Assessment where appropriate.
• To work in partnership with other agencies (e.g. Housing, Benefits, Social Services, etc)

Our staff are our most valued asset and we work hard to ensure that our team members feel valued and encouraged to develop both professionally and contribute to the development of our service. We are open to considering flexible working hours and endeavour to provide staff with working from home days, depending on the needs of the service. We have a good reputation which we are keen maintain and continually improve. Our service is diverse and dynamic work place . We work together to ensure we uphold trust values and to create a working environment which promotes respect and partnership.

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.

B6 – Triage and Assessment Community Mental Health Nurse

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen to work for the South Kensington & Chelsea Mental Health Hub (CMHH).

Based in Fulham Road, Chelsea, the South K & C CMHH is looking for a passionate Mental Health worker who is looking to make a difference whilst working in an environment that promotes staff development and training opportunities.



The Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea is rich with history and offers a wide range of opportunities to meet your social, shopping and other needs. Home to the annual Chelsea flower show, Kingston Palace, Notting Hill Carnival, the always fashionable Kings Road and located near the river Kensington & Chelsea is a great place to work.



There are two Community Mental Health Hubs in Kensington & Chelsea, one North and one in the South, each is aligned to a local Primary Care Networks (PCN). Working in this way allows each Hub to have a core structure and function to meet the needs of the local population, aligned with our primary care colleagues. There is good interaction between our hubs, fostering a supportive and friendly atmosphere of mutual support and trust



CNWL is passionate about developing its own staff, driving them to go on to become more established practitioners and this post is no different.

We offer a robust induction and tailored training will be given and encouraged. As an employer CNWL a wide variety training opportunitiesare pen to you to help meet your development needs

In addition, the SKC CMHH offers internal training opportunities so that the team continues to learn and evolve their practice and support of their clients and each other.



Flexible working- Our Hub operates Monday to Friday from 9.00 am to 5.00 pm however there are opportunities for this post to be tailored to suit you and your lifestyle needs with some flexible working available in a team that is dynamic and transforming the way we offer support to people in Westminster with mental health challenges. If this sounds like something that could inspire you then we want to hear from you!



We aim to provide the best support to our staff to allow them to do what they do best in a job you love.

Working for our organisation

In return we can offer you the following;

· Flexible shift working opportunities for a healthier work-life balance

· Commitment from the team to develop you by offering coaching and in-house development sessions such as, Leadership programmes, non-medical prescribing, CBT-P training and much more

· Free access to our Staff and Wellbeing service to ensure that you are always looking after yourself

· Commitment to career mapping to ensure continuous professional development including opportunities within the Trust

· Shadowing opportunities including HTT, Psych Liaison and many more

· Local Reflective Practice forums run by one of the senior leads

· An opportunity to work with a friendly, dynamic, passionate and diverse team who are committed to looking after each other as well as their patients

· 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, blue light card, discounts at Nando's and Superdrug, mobile phone contracts and much more! 

· Award-winning Staff Networks

· Hidden Gem & annual award ceremonies



Main duties of the job

The successful applicant will take the lead of a caseload of patients and be at the forefront of their care. You will also be expected to work in collaboration with the Operational Team Manager, Clinical Leads/Senior Practitioners and to have close working relationships with the Inpatient Services and Home Treatment Team.

As a case manager you will assess health and social care needs and negotiate care plans with service users and their carers, remaining objective when working with diagnostic uncertainty.

You will proactively undertake and ensure rigorous risk assessment & risk management strategies are applied, helping to identify and mitigate risks as well as encourage individual growth and development for your patients through informed positive risk taking

You will apply specialist clinical knowledge and skills to carry out evidence-based interventions, which may be individual or in groups, which are underpinned by relevant theoretical approaches and in line with the Trust’s Research and Development Strategy; to lead and supervise junior staff in this practice as required.



Requirements of the role

Current Professional Registration as a Registered Mental Health Nurse

Evidence of post registration training and CPD

Experience of working with service users presenting with a wide range of complex mental health conditions.



Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary team

Supervision of students and junior staff.

Audit and research; Teaching; Working with people who use substances

Skills and knowledge

Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including report writing and presentations / IT skills

Ability to assess, plan, implement and evaluate a comprehensive care package for the identified client group, using a wide range of resources.

Able to develop a comprehensive programme of intervention and support for the identified client group and their families





See attached Job description and Person Specification for full details and requirements of the role

Shortlisting will be within 72hours of advert closing.


This advert closes on Thursday 12 Sep 2024

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As part of the People Operation Team, the post holder will support the day to day usage of the RLDatix Optima suits of systems (Healthroster Optima, Safe care, Loop, Roster Perform and Bank Staff, etc.) by providing technical expertise to resolve frontline user issues swiftly, as well as supporting users with advice and guidance on using the system as well as effective rostering practices. Additionally, they will take on a key role in supporting system deployment and other key projects related to eRostering.



This role requires an ability to engage the Trust clinical workforce to enable understanding and adaptation to the effective use of electronic rostering including bank staffing. Successful candidates will have a full understanding and expert knowledge of roster creation regarding the shift requirements, personal working patterns, shift skill levels required and safe staffing, as well as disseminating roster best practice through the Trust by support Directors, Associates, Service Leads, Matrons, Clinicians and Ward / Service Managers in the production and analysis of effective rosters to ensure achievement of key performance indicators.





The post holder will support system setup, design, and processes to ensure optimal rostering practices across the Trust. This involves attending meetings, supervising e-Rostering solutions, and overseeing data collection for roster template creation. The role includes working with key staff to gather and input data, scrutinizing existing processes to ensure accurate workforce information, and supporting quality improvement activities.

The post holder will also be responsible for planning, developing, and evaluating methods for data analysis and presentation, and ensuring staff are trained in system usage to meet the Trust’s goals. They will design and deliver training programs, revise them as needed, and manage training requirements across the organisation. Additionally, they will embed e-Rostering to ensure appropriate staffing levels, communicate complex systems information, and maintain data confidentiality.

Other duties include troubleshooting e-Rostering issues, providing system advice, collaborating with payroll and temporary staffing teams, ensuring policy compliance, assisting with software upgrades, and maintaining communication links. The role also involves working autonomously, liaising with various departments, providing ad-hoc reporting, delivering training, participating in audits, contributing to policy development, and escalating quality issues. Finally, they are expected to carry out other delegated duties as required.









Values



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



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. 11. To carry out other appropriate delegated duties as required.

Please see attached JD&PS for full details of duties and responsibilities.



As a specialist in the field the post holder will be expected to work to support decisions regarding system set-up and design and related processes to ensure the delivery of best rostering practice across all staff groups within the Trust.

Attend appropriate Trust- and Divisional-level meetings and Supervise the support of the Trust’s E-Rostering solution to all new and existing clinical and non-clinical departments.

Oversee the collection of data from teams/departments requiring implementation or reconfiguration and the production of all required elements of new roster templates.

Work with key staff to gather data and gain the tacit knowledge they have accumulated in their experience of producing rosters in order to enter this on to the database.

Provide scrutiny of existing processes across the Trust for maintaining quality information within the systems to ensure accurate and useful workforce information is being collated.


This advert closes on Thursday 12 Sep 2024

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


Applicants must be a qualified registered Education Mental Health Practitioner (EMHP) or a Children and Young People Wellbeing Practitioner (CYP WP) with experience of working with CYP in Mental Health Services in the provision of both individual and group treatments. Mental health professionals with post graduate experience of working with young people with emotional and mental health issues and with experience of delivering evidenced-based CBT interventions for mild to moderate mental health issues such as anxiety, low mood and behavioural problems to CYP both individually and in groups may also apply.

MK MHST works with Young people with mild to moderate mental health presentations attending school.

The purpose of the team is to
• Provide evidence-based interventions for mild to moderate mental health issues.
• Support the senior mental health lead in each education setting to introduce or develop their whole school or college approach.
• Give timely advice to school and college staff, and liaising with external specialist services, to help children and young people to get the right support and stay in education.

You will be part of a successfully established Mental Health Support Team (MHST) created to increase access and availability of mental health and wellbeing support for children and young people and to play a key part in a team of people delivering low intensity interventions into schools and other settings in the north of Milton Keynes. You will work alongside other EMHPs and CYPWPs, Mental Health Practitioners and a Senior Practitioner.

The post holder will undertake assessments of children and young people and deliver evidence based low intensity group and individual interventions to children and young people with mild to moderate anxiety and depression and/or behavioural difficulties and their families and carers. You will also provide training and consultation to schools and other agencies about mental health in children and young people and support schools in identifying specific areas of need as part of the whole school approach to mental health.

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. We are 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 we will 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.

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.
• To deliver low intensity evidence-based intervention for children and young people in education setting with mild to moderate mental health problems
• To help children and young people within these settings who present with more severe problems to rapidly access more specialist services
• To support and facilitating staff in education settings to identify and where appropriate manage issues related to mental health and wellbeing
• To work with and within education environments to afford better access to specialist mental health services

Please see attached job description for more details


This advert closes on Wednesday 11 Sep 2024

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Are you caring, compassionate and committed to delivering patient-centred care?
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a nurse working as a band 6 or 7, who are looking for a new challenge or to progress to a Guided Care Matron.
In Hillingdon we are transforming our model of case management as part of the North West London - Integrated Care model.
You will work as part of a Care Connection Team (CCT) in Hillingdon, providing anticipatory care to patients to prevent escalation of their health and or social care
needs, thereby reducing the risk of emergency hospital admissions.





The service works with patients over the age of 18 years with one more or of the following conditions; COPD, Stroke, Cardio Vascular Disease, Dementia, Social Isolation and Diabetes Mellitus.
You will work to develop care plans for the patients on the CCT caseload, and proactively seek to identify at risk patients. You will
be part of a once weekly huddle meeting with each of your CCT's, to discuss patients on your caseload and formulate their care plans.
Where appropriate, you will make referrals to key stakeholders such as other community services e.g. district nurses, geriatrician, social services and third sector.

The distance nurses travel each day is considerable and you will need to use a motor vehicle to carry out domiciliary visits. You will work autonomously to provide a full range of services predominantly to house bound patients including care homes and supported living, and will be skilled in carrying out Holistic assessments. The role also involves managerial aspects such as attending key meetings and supervision of junior staff such as Care Coordinators, Healthcare Assistants and Students.

The GCM will work closely with GP’s to proactively identify patients (aged 18+) with high risk complex needs. They will provide a proactive, holistic approach to managing patient’s with long-term conditions that is centered on primary care and the prevention of avoidable hospital admissions. The focus will be on providing comprehensive assessments, individualized care plans and coordination for complex patients in their usual place of residence including care homes. The GCM will enable the patient, carers/care home staff and families to understand their disease or condition, how to recognize early symptoms and proactively manage their care decisions. The GCM will work as part of a multi- disciplinary team and will develop care plans for the patients on the Care Connection Team (CCT) caseload, supported by the CCT. GCM’s will attend once or twice weekly huddles with the CCT to discuss patients on their caseload and formulate care plans. Where appropriate, referrals will be made to key stakeholders such as other community services e.g. district nurses, geriatrician, social services and third sector. The distance nurses travel each day is considerable and the GCM nurses use of their own car to carry out their domiciliary visits. The GCM works autonomously to provide a full range of services predominantly to house bound patients including residential and nursing homes and will be skilled in carrying out Holistic assessments.


This advert closes on Wednesday 4 Sep 2024

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We are looking for two band 5 mental health nurses on Frays ward Riverside Centre. Frays ward is an 18 bedded Acute male adult mental health Unit. We would like to recruit nurses who have good strong leadership skills and be able to work independently but also above all to work collaboratively and effectively within the team. Ability to prioritise and make sound decisions sometimes under pressure. Good communication skills, able to work at times without direct supervision and problem solving skills.

As a member of our team, you'll have the unique opportunity to be part of the Frays ward team right from the start. This means you can contributeyour ideas, skills, and expertise to help shape the ward's culture, policies, and procedures. Your voice will be heard, and your impact will be significant as we work together to create a supportive and inclusive environment for our patients.

For those recruited we would like to offer them the opportunity to learn and have a chance for progression through trainings identified.

All our wards are currently engaging in Quality Improvement projects as we continually seek to improve service-user experiences and provide high quality outcomes. You will have the opportunity to engage in these projects and be supported to identify new ones as we continue to evolve. Moreover, Frays ward will provideample scope for progression into more clinical and managerial positions, enabling you to broaden your horizons and take on new challenges.

In return you will be offered:
• Development opportunities to help you progress in your career i.e. secondment opportunities, rotations, funded courses
• Career mapping with focus on your progression and development within the service

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.Join us on this ground-breaking journey as we shape the future of mental healthcare.

Key Responsibilities

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 5 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 other
• 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

The NMC plays an important role in safeguarding the public by regulating the work of nurses and all nurses, including Band 5 nurses, are expected to register with the NMC each year and adhere to the NMC Code of Conduct.

Clinical Outcomes

Band 5 nurses contribute to the effectiveness of services by:
• 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 within their own limits of competency and confidence
• 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
• identifying how care could be improved


This advert closes on Wednesday 11 Sep 2024

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Job summary



CNWL NHS Foundation Trust is delighted to have been awarded the contract for the East of England Gambling Service in partnership with Inclusion (Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust).

We are seeking 1 Assistant Psychologist to join our dynamic team. This is a fantastic opportunity to work in a unique branch of mental health at a time of unprecedented expansion and growth. The post holder will have the chance to make a significant difference to residents in the East of England and to be part of the development of the first NHS gambling service in this region.

The successful candidate will be an energetic and robust individual with sophisticated and sensitive clinical skills, and a proven track record of delivering high quality services in either the NHS, social care or the private sector.

Various working locations and remote working across the East of England.
Main duties of the job



As an Assistant Psychologist you will be expected to support qualified clinical staff in completing assessments, delivering individual and group therapy and conducting audit and evaluation. The post-holder will also have the opportunity to contribute to the delivery of the specialist psychological intervention programmes offered in the service, which are primarily motivational interviewing and CBT based. The post will also include exposure to research endeavours being undertaken.

There is a strong organisational support element to the role in the form of overseeing the referral and assessment booking process, using databases and IAPTUS, and providing administrative assistance to the team as required. Ability to work independently, reliably and consistently is essential. Supervision will be offered by qualified clinical/counselling psychologists.

The successful applicant will be an enthusiastic and committed team player with a genuine interest in mental health.

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.
About us



The working environment will be a specialist NHS gambling service staffed by a multi-disciplinary team working with outpatients. The post-holder will have a working base at Milton Keynes but the role is likely to be largely remote working. There will be an expectation of delivering services in other locations across the region to be agreed once demand is clear.

CNWL (Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust) has almost 7,000 staff providing integrated healthcare to a third of London's population, Milton Keynes and areas beyond. We involve service users, carers, the public, staff and partner organisations in the way that we are run.

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. We are recognised locally, nationally and internationally for providing high quality, innovative healthcare. We aim to employ only the best people, and our experts are frequently called upon to contribute to national health strategy and policy, and many models of our care have been adapted for use in other countries.



Please see attached JD&PS for full details of duties and responsibilities.



Clinical and administrative

To plan and undertake assessments of clients. This may include using motivational interviewing techniques, self-report measures, risk assessment, rating scales, direct and indirect observations and semi-structured interviews with clients, family members and others involved in the clients care. Assessments will involve making judgements involving complex facts or situations, which require the analysis, interpretation and comparison of a range of options, as well as requiring prolonged concentration.

Research and Clinical Governance

To utilise theory, evidence-based literature and research to support evidence-based practice in individual work.

Teaching, training and supervision

In common with all psychologists, to receive regular clinical supervision in accordance with professional practice guidelines.

Management, recruitment and service development

To assist in the design and implementation of service development projects within the service as required.

IT responsibilities

The post holder will input and maintain appropriate clinical records and statistical data using designated clinical systems

Research and service evaluation

To initiate and assist in the design and implementation of audit and research projects.

General

To contribute to the development and maintenance of the highest professional standards of practice, through active participation in internal and external CPD training and development programmes, in consultation with the postholder professional and team/operational manager(s).


This advert closes on Friday 30 Aug 2024

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Did you know that 100% of staff surveyed would recommend Hillingdon as a place to work?

Are you a highly motivated children’s nurse with a with a proactive and dynamic approach to meet the needs of our children and their families?

If so then submit an application!

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our friendly and progressive community children’s nursing team for full time post as a band 6 nurse. The post sits in a well-established friendly CCN team that delivers acute, ambulatory and chronic, complex care providing a 7 day service to children and their families living in Hillingdon Borough. You will be required to work 1:4 weekends and some bank holidays. This challenging and rewarding role offers the opportunity to meet the needs of children, young people and their families within a multidisciplinary inter agency framework.

We are looking for an enthusiastic forward-thinking children’s nurse, community experience would be an advantage but not essential. You will be a highly motivated independent practitioner with sound evidence based skills. The post holder will manage a varied caseload, act as a resource for an identified area of clinical special interest and contribute to the on-going development of the CCN team.

We're thrilled that you are thinking of joining our children’s nursing team in Hillingdon!



Hillingdon is the second largest borough in London, located 14 miles from the centre, home to Heathrow Airport. Hillingdon is also where town and country meet boasting 800 acres of woodland, country parks, fields and farms, several rivers and the Grand Union Canal.

Please note: Car owner, driver is essential.

The Children's Community Nursing Team provides clinical nursing care, training and support to children, young people (aged 0-19) and their carer's at home or other community settings, enabling them to remain safely in the community and transition to adult services where appropriate.

What we offer:
• clinical supervision, regular appraisal and support in achieving your personal development plan as well as peer support from colleagues in similar roles
• Buy & Sell Annual Leave
• an attractive pension scheme (including a tax-free lump sum on retirement and family benefits for dependants; ill health retirement benefits; and life assurance cover of twice your annual pay).
• Discounts and savings at hundreds of retailers nationwide with My Trust Benefits: You can save money on your weekly food shops, household bills, toiletries, and cosmetics, cinema tickets, meals out and holidays or weekend breaks.



Our team look after the following children and young people in the community:
• Children with acute and short-term conditions
• Children with long term conditions
• Children with disabilities and complex conditions, including neonates
• Children with life-limiting and life-threatening illness, including palliative and end-of-life-care



For further information or to arrange an informal visit please contact Diane Hart Clinical Manager Community Children’s Nursing Team on 01895 488480dianehart@nhs.net

CNWL (Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust) has almost 7,000 staff providing integrated healthcare to a third of London's population, Milton Keynes and areas beyond. We involve service users, carers, the public, staff and partner organisations in the way that we are run. 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.

You will be part of the Children’s Community Nursing Team (CCNT) in Hillingdon, working closely with the children’s nurses, school staff, other allied health professionals and medical staff at Hillingdon Hospital as well as the specialist dietitian.. You will also be part of a wider peer supervision group of children's nurses to support evidence based practice and innovation.

We are a flexible and friendly team, who are keen to provide you the working environment for you to thrive and progress in

Community Children’s’ 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 Community Children’s’ nurses, are expected to register with the NMC each year and adhere to the NMC Code of Conduct.

Clinical Outcomes

Community Children’s’ 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.

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.


This advert closes on Wednesday 11 Sep 2024

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We are seeking an enthusiastic Physiotherapist to join our Paediatric rotational scheme. This scheme offers the opportunity to gain a broad experience in Paediatrics through yearly rotations in the following areas :
• Acute/MSK
• Pre-school Special Needs & Special Schools
• Schools Services (mainstream and special schools

Interviews will be held face to face at Alexandra Avenue Clinic, Harrow


• Providing specialist Physiotherapy services children and young people with a variety of conditions within Harrow both in the community and acute settings
• Providing specialist advice, programmes and treatment plans to others regarding the management and care of CYP with physical difficulties
• To provide supervision of the work of band 5 physiotherapists, assistants and volunteers regularly on a day to day basis

You will be joining and welcomed into a diverse therapy team who actively promote and advocate for equality and diversity.

We are a large supportive, sociable and friendly MDT team of 60+ therapists. We are committed to the well-being of our staff. We are located in an easily accessible via public transport from central London and neighbouring counties.

1. To manage a specialist caseload of children with special needs including physical and learning difficulties or the acutely sick child appropriate to the specific rotation.The rotations are:

a). Preschool children (0-4) with special needs and children within primary special schools (4-12 )

b). Children in Mainstream schools (aged 4-19) and secondary special school’s (aged 11-19) with special needs and DCD service

c). Acute inpatient and musculoskeletal outpatients (children aged 0-16)

This includes:
• Gaining appropriate consent
• Comprehensive assessment and diagnosis of individual children with diverse and complex presentations/multi-pathologies using range of assessment tools (GMFM, ABC)
• Planning, delivering and evaluating specialist treatment programmes in particular in the area of physical disability/difficulties
• Carry out risk assessments and implementing recommendations such as hoisting
• Referring on to other services/professionals as appropriate including other medical professionals, social services, wheelchair services
• Demonstrating skills in dealing with complex issues to generate appropriate strategies for caseload management
• Negotiating with CYP parents/carers, and others around individual case management
• Writing reports reflecting specialist knowledge of physical disabilities/mobility needs and providing specific advice for Education Health and Care Plans.
1. To demonstrate the ability to reflect on palpatory, manual assessment techniques and analytical skills to identify appropriate strategies to facilitate, enhance, progress and alter treatment plans/programmes according to the child’s needs.
1. To demonstrate physical ability to carry out physiotherapy assessments and interventions including manual physiotherapy and therapeutic handling, including skills in handling CYP with disabilities, splinting and plastering.
1. To demonstrate highly developed dexterity, coordination and palpatory senses for the assessment, diagnosis and manual treatment of CYP, to include mobilisation and suction techniques.
1. To maintain concentration on a frequent basis in an unpredictable environment on all aspects of patient management particularly for in-depth analysis of muscle tone, strength and movement patterns.
1. To provide specialist advice, programmes and treatment plans to others regarding the management and care of CYP with physical difficulties.
1. To demonstrate clinical effectiveness by use of evidence based practice and manage clinical risk within defined caseload.
1. To assess, recommend and advise on suitable equipment for use in ward, home, or educational settings. Such equipment may include mobility aids, standing frames, special seating, sleep systems, trikes and hoisting equipment as necessary to meet individual CYP therapeutic needs. This will involve providing training to support parents, children, school and ward staff in using this equipment.
1. To demonstrate the ability to reflect on practice with peers/clinical supervisor and seek support as necessary.
2. To demonstrate the ability to target training (formal and informal) appropriately to the needs of course participants in particular parents and schools staff and evaluate training provided, including developing multi-disciplinary training packages with colleagues from other disciplines.
3. offer advise to physiotherapy colleagues on assessment and management of CYP with physical difficulties.


This advert closes on Wednesday 11 Sep 2024

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We are looking for a dedicated Physiotherapist to joint an exciting rotational post which will include working as a Senior Physiotherapist within six settings across the borough of Camden. Services in this Central-London location provide client-centred assessment, rehabilitation and disability management programmes in various settings, such as in-patient wards, patient homes, therapy gyms and community facilities.

Our Trust has a variety of staff benefits which have been detailed in the staff wellbeing attachment.

If you come and work with us, we will ensure you are able to follow your clinical and leadership development priorities identified through your personal development and appraisal plan. We will equip you for mobile working and actively support flexible working practice.

You will enjoy the rewards of working with a client group for whom you can make a significant difference every day, and you will experience the benefits of being part of a supportive multi-agency effort which includes Medical, Mental Health, Nursing, Allied Health Professional, Social care and Reablement staff.

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.

To promote, maintain and develop a high quality, efficient and effective Physiotherapy Service to clients referred to the Integrated Primary Care Service, in a multi-disciplinary context, and in accordance with the philosophy and operational policies of the

To be an active member of the multi-disciplinary team, and participate in specific clinical projects as agreed and supported by the Team Leader, and participate in service developments, audit and review of the

To provide supervision to rehabilitation assistants and students

Please read the Essential Criteria carefully - you must have NHS experience to apply or that of a similar public health economy.

The rotation scheme comprises of 9-month rotations in the following rehabilitation areas:
1. St Pancras Rehabilitation Unit – Multipathology wards.
2. CNSS Community Neurology (Long Term conditions and stroke).
3. Integrated Primary Care Teams based at Gospel Oak.
4. Virtual Ward
5. Rapid Access Services- Urgent Community Response, Discharge To Assess
6. Integrated Primary Care Teams based at Hunter Street Health Centre.

Our teams strive for inclusivity and value everyone's contribution no matter their job role or grade. We know that working in the NHS can be tough so we make sure that we work as a team and support each other through informal and formal supervision. We even have the odd social every now and then too!

You will be offered both internal and external learning opportunities and support to develop in your area of interest as well as being encouraged to take part in service development. We value clinical excellence and strive to cultivate an environment which facilitates learning and career development.

The successful candidate will rotate through the different areas providing evidence based, client goal focused rehabilitation appropriate to the different specialist areas. We are looking for a highly motivated team worker with excellent communication skills.
• To be professionally and legally accountable for all work undertaken. To work within the standards and guidelines of the team, the Trust, CSP, and HPC code of ethics
• To undertake specialist physiotherapy assessment of clients with diverse needs through subjective questioning, objective assessment and other written material available
• To prioritise factors involved in the clients presenting condition through clinical reasoning based on knowledge of current professional opinion, clients prognosis and other physical, social emotional and mental health issues
• To set goals for treatment with clients and/or their carer and ensure that care is client centred and agreed by the client and/or their carer
• To set and maintain a high standard of clinical practice which is evidence based where possible, using standardised assessment and outcome measures, where appropriate
• To independently screen and assess complex multi-disciplinary referrals from a variety of This screening requires individual responsible action when at times no other professional is currently involved. This screening will establish priority, determine needs and initiate a plan of intervention.
• To be able to identify a deteriorating patient and escalate in a timely manner


This advert closes on Wednesday 11 Sep 2024

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


To join the Multi Agency Psychological Support (MAPS) Service - which is located in the local authority (London Borough of Hillingdon) and is part of an existing NHS service. The MAPS service comprises of a team of psychologists, providing a service for children, young people and young adults who are in/leaving care and/or adopted or have special guardianship orders, or who are children in need of protection, children in need, or vulnerable children referred to the stronger families service. We work closely with our Hillingdon CAMHS service.

An additional part of role will be to provide psychological support for the ‘Staying Close’ project. Staying Close aims to provide stable accommodation and comprehensive support to care-experienced young people, aged 18+, who are leaving residential or supported living placements. This will be delivered in partnership with a range of agencies and organisations, including health, education, and employment providers. The aim is to ensure that young people receive joined-up support that meets their needs and helps them to achieve their full potential as they step out of care and transition into adulthood.

To offer advice and consultation on clients’ psychological care to colleagues from all disciplines including; social care colleagues; staying close team, and individuals external to CAMHS/ Social care working autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the team’s policies and procedures.

To provide specialist clinical psychology/ systemic input to children and young people and their foster carers, special guardians, adoptive parents and their families, young adults referred to staying close project.

To provide specialist psychological and systemic assessment and therapy including specialist assessments for neurodevelopmental concerns where appropriate (e.g. ASD and ADHD).

To support psychological/ systemic assessment and therapy provided by other professionals and to offer supervision as agreed per job plan.

Liaising with staying close team (education, employment, nursing) and adult mental health services.



To utilise research skills for audit, policy and service development and research within the areas served by the services.

This post provides the opportunity to work with a broad range of complex mental health presentations that contribute to our care pathways including complex trauma, emotional disorders, neuro developmental and enhanced treatment



The Multi Agency Psychological Support (MAPS) Service – Is a service which is located in the local authority (London Borough of Hillingdon) and is part of an existing NHS service. The MAPS service is a well-established team of psychologists, and provides a service for children, young people and young adults who are in/leaving care and/or adopted or have special guardianship orders, or who are children in need of protection, children in need, or children referred to stronger families service. We work closely with our Hillingdon CAMHS service based at Minet Clinic, Uxbridge. The CAMHS team is well established and is staffed by a multi-disciplinary team of clinicians.

Hillingdon CAMHS consists of five main sub-teams: Emotional Disorders Team; Neurodevelopmental Team; Enhanced Treatment Team; Learning Disabilities (LD-CAMHS), and; Multi-Agency Psychology Service (MAPS; for children looked after and children in need). The post holder may be required to travel to other parts of the catchment area including working within the community (e.g. schools) and / or wider network outside trust where necessary, The service operates Monday to Friday 09.00 to 17:00 with some flexibility to work extended hours to meet service need.

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

The post holder will join an established Looked After Children and Early Intervention Service, and will have the opportunity to be part of the ‘Staying Close’ project (Leaving care young adults). These services work alongside an MDT CAMHS Team and undertake the following responsibilities:

To provide specialist psychological and/or systemic assessments and interventions whilst interpreting and integrating 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, foster carers and others involved in the client’s care, including frontline workers in health, education, social services and the voluntary

To formulate and implement plans for the formal psychological treatment and/or management of children and young people with mental health difficulties, including those children who are looked after and adopted, or are children in need, children in need of protection, young adults leaving care, or vulnerable children who are part of the stronger families teams. These plans will be 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

To work to prevent placement breakdown, and far more effective rehabilitation of children and young people back into their families where appropriate.

To be responsible for implementing a range of psychological and systemic 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

To evaluate and make decisions about treatment options taking into account both theoretical and therapeutic models and highly complex factors concerning historical, environmental, biological and developmental processes that have shaped the individual, family or

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

To collaborate with colleagues in devising appropriate psychological and systemic interventions for children, young adults, families and

To provide specialist psychological/ systemic advice, guidance and consultation to other professionals who comprise of the team around the child/young adult contributing directly to clients’ formulation, diagnosis and treatment

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

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

To act as care coordinator, where appropriate, taking responsibility for initiating planning and review of care plans 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


This advert closes on Wednesday 11 Sep 2024

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Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust is a Top Employer Award Winner and works in partnership to provide responsive and dependable primary care, mental health, intellectual disability and substance misuse services to the diverse and culturally rich communities we serve.

In our quest to deliver patient-focused quality care we are looking to recruit a highly motivated, innovative and enthusiasticMental Health Practitioner to join our forward thinking, friendly and expanding Health & Justice team atHMP Send. By joining our Prisons Health Care Team, you will not only look after the healthcare needs of our patients residing in secure environments, but who also have the opportunity to have a real impact on promoting health and well-being. Our healthcare services work to a 7 day week working model, to ensure our patient's healthcare is managed and maintained to the highest of standards at all times.

JOB PURPOSE:
• To function fully within the Mental Health In-reach Team, assessing and treating patients through their journey in prison.
• To accept referrals and triage patients with the team.
• To undertake Early Days In Custody (EDIC) assessments. To ensure all new arrivals to receive a brief assessment of individual presentation and need, referring patients on to other services (GP, SMS, chaplaincy, psychology etc) and book further assessment if indicated.
• To participant in Care and Separation (Segregation) Unit (CSU) rounds with a GP and primary care nurse.
• To undertake comprehensive assessments alone or with colleagues and feedback to the Multi-disciplinary Team, ensuring that planned care is individual and appropriate to the needs of the patient.
• To provide effective case management to a defined caseload in accordance with the Care Programme Approach, in conjunction with the team, appropriate prison departments and external health, social care and probation services.
• To ensure effective pre-release care planning.

Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust offers its staff ongoing career progression through:
• Monthly supervision
• Annual personal development plans/appraisals
• Access to exciting internal and external training opportunities.

Excellent progression through various career pathway opportunities such as but not limited to:
• Preceptorship Programme
• Support and guidance with Revalidation
• Hidden Gem and annual award ceremonies

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
• Relocation package

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.

All of our sites in Surrey offer free use of the onsite leisure facilities and free parking for staff.

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.

HMP Send is situated within an acute rural area, candidates will require their own private transport to access, there is no direct public transport links to and from the establishment.https://www.google.co.uk/maps/place/HM+Prison+Send/@51.2734336,-0.4938699,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m6!3m5!1s0x4875d942aecb4c75:0xbafac6c14e683a4e!8m2!3d51.2734336!4d-0.491295!16s%2Fm%2F03c4fzs?entry=ttu

MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

Quality of Care:
• Promote the health and well-being of patients and maintain a safe, caring and therapeutic environment based on an individualised approach.
• Working with the Team Leader to provide an environment that promotes training and development among the workforce.
• To work under the direction of the Team Manager and staff in the service to ensure that clinical priorities are clearly understood and met to an agreed standard.
• To assess health and social care needs and negotiate care plans with Patients and staff teams.
• To undertake risk assessments including the formulation of a comprehensive plans developed jointly with the Patients and staff teams.
• To work within the Prison Service safer custody framework for managing Suicide and self harm (ACCT procedures) to support Patients requiring this.
• To provide a service sensitive to age, culture, ethnicity and gender, sexuality and disability.
• To contribute to the effective multi-disciplinary team working within the team and the rest of the Prison.
• To carry out duties in accordance with Prison / NOMS policies.
• To undertake comprehensive assessment of individuals: to include all areas of need and information gathering from all relevant Prison Departments and external agencies.
• To case manage an identified caseload of clients, in conjunction with the multi-disciplinary team and relevant agencies and carers. To include the planning and implementation of effective care plans, regular review meetings, timely referral to external agencies, within the framework of the CPA, to ensure effective pre-release and discharge planning.
• To communicate effectively with all relevant internal departments and external agencies regarding clients, within the restrictions of a prison environment.
• To work closely with the MDT and identify and facilitate an effective range of therapeutic interventions for this particular client group.
• To respond to urgent referrals and to assess whether input from the team is indicated/appropriate.
• To offer a range of evidence based interventions and proactive risk management approaches to help the service user and their family to reduce and manage symptoms, high risk behaviour and other disabling effects of their conditions and enable, as far as possible, full and sustained recovery.
• To ensure that safeguarding procedures are followed.
• To monitor treatment, support concordance and ensure prompt action is taken to alleviate unwanted effects.
• To provide advice and information to Patients about their care.
• To provide access to and ongoing psycho-education regarding the various mental health conditions to Patients.
• To provide interventions and work with other disciplines/agencies/teams in the care of service users experiencing co-morbid problems with substance use/misuse.
• Provide written reports and discharge summaries as required.
• Co-ordinate CPA Review meetings and produce written care plans and circulate care plan to relevant people and agencies in accordance with the Trust policies and guidelines.
• To have a working knowledge of the MHA 1983 (Amendment 2007) as used within criminal justice settings.
• To safely plan Patient care back out into the community from Prison, or transferring to alternative prison establishments ensuring continuity of care is provided.
• The post holder where possible will, under the direction of the Team Manager and the MDT, ensure that the service is delivered to patients inclusively and effectively.

Management of Resources:
• Work within agreed levels of resources, both human and financial, to support the clinical environment. To efficiently co-ordinate all services delivered to the patient groups within prison.
• To participate in the duty rota within the team to ensure that responsiveness to referrals is timely (urgent or routine)
• Provide cover for colleagues in their absence.
• To assist and support the Team Manager in the establishment of an efficient working environment, making the most effective and efficient use of staff, supplies and services.
• To utilise all available resources to the maximum benefit of the service, being aware of resource implications specific to the team.
• Ensure that agreed Prison and Trust policies and procedures are followed.
• To participate in the induction of staff.

Communication and Liaison:
• Ensure and encourage open channels of communication with both internal and external agencies, to maintain and improve service delivery.
• Possess excellent communication skills and be able to form positive, therapeutic relationships with people who are experiencing acute illness, crisis or distress.
• Be aware of how your own verbal and non-verbal communication can be interpreted by others, and ensure a professional approach is maintained at all times.
• Help promote Team cohesiveness, multidisciplinary working and at all times work collaboratively with colleagues in all parts of the prison and the Trust to achieve healthy and effective communication.
• Carry out psychological observation and monitoring of patients, documenting and communicating these effectively within the multi-disciplinary team.
• To ensure that views of patients and carers are actively sought, channelled and acted upon, including the efficient response to complaints in accordance with the prison and Trust policies.
• To make the Team Leader aware of any concerns, and promote professional practice at all times.
• To ensure that information of a confidential nature is not divulged to any unauthorised person and is stored in line with the provisions of the Data Protection Act.
• Ensure that all documentation is legible and written in accordance with professional guidelines and best practice.
• Ensure that all telephone enquiries are managed in a timely fashion, with professionalism and courtesy.
• To maintain accurate and up to date records utilising the electronic patient record system, and ensuring any hand written documentation is legible and in accordance with professional guidelines and best practice.
• To complete agreed audit and evaluation measures and provide and collate information relevant to performance management as requested.
• Provide clinical and managerial supervision and support for junior staff.
• Act as mentor for students on placement and provide education and support.

Personal Development:
• Promotion of a positive image of the service through self-development.
• To keep up to date and participate in training programmes identified in a Personal Development plan, resulting from an annual appraisal.
• To keep abreast of changes in national healthcare policy and prison policy.
• Participate in annual appraisal with line manager.
• Participate in special projects, research and surveys related to the clinical area as directed.
• Participate in clinical and managerial supervision.

Health and Safety:
• Ensure that the environment is safe and as laid down in the Health and Safety Act (1974), Disabilities Act 2000, and the Trust Health and Safety manual.
• Adhere to the Health and Safety at Work Act, under which it is the responsibility of individual employees at every level to take care of their own health and safety and that of others who may be affected by their acts at work and receive relevant training, communicating to the Manager any problems that may compromise safety.
• Be committed to the Trust’s Equal Opportunities Policy and avoid any behaviour that discriminates against colleagues, potential employees, service users, carers and visitors for whatever reason.
• Adhere to the Prison’s and the Trust’s No Smoking Policy and refrain from smoking anywhere other than a designated smoking area.

Our motto is “Caring NOT Judging” so by working in partnership with the criminal justice system and other agencies, we provide responsive, dependable and high-quality primary care and mental health services to those who may have offended and those at risk of offending in the communities we serve, to improve their health status and to encourage social inclusion.




This advert closes on Sunday 22 Sep 2024

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We are looking for an enthusiastic Assistant Psychologist to join our team.

We are seeking applications from enthusiastic Psychology graduates with graduate basis for registration with the BPS. Previous clinical or research experience in the field of psychology is preferred.

You will be part of the National Problem Gambling Clinic team, and some of your working week will be spent at the Clinic’s base in London. The National Problem Gambling Clinic is a highly specialist national NHS service for problem gamblers. We pride ourselves on having acted as a centre of excellence and as a training clinic, having influenced policy and obtained a proven track record of publications.

This role will also provide the opportunity to contribute to the ongoing development of a unique project, delivering gambling interventions across the Surrey prison estate. You will also provide training to prison staff and residents and support research into gambling prevalence in prisons.

The role includes completing assessments, assisting qualified staff in delivering individual and group therapy, and conducting audit and evaluation. Post-holders will also have the opportunity to contribute to the delivery of the specialist psychological intervention programmes offered in the service, which are primarily motivational interviewing and CBT based. The post will also include exposure to research endeavours being undertaken.

To support and enhance the professional psychological care of clients within the service, providing psychological assessment and interventions of a routine nature, under the direct supervision of a qualified professional psychologist drawing on their supervisor’s expertise and intervention as and when advised and directed. To work according to a plan agreed with a qualified psychologist and within the overall framework of the team’s policies and procedures. To assist in clinically related administration, conduct of audits, collection of statistics, development of audit and/or research projects, teaching and project work. To assist with the daily operation of the clinic as required, including liaising with referrers and maintaining an oversight of client progress from first contact to discharge.

The Addictions Directorate within CNWL Foundation Trust is a large, well-established provider which offers a wide range of specialist NHS drug and alcohol treatment interventions to the diverse and multicultural populations in Central and North West London. Our drug and alcohol services include community services, A&E liaison services, Peripatetic nurses, Family Therapy, a National Problem Gambling Clinic and a Club Drug Clinic.

Our substance misuse services are dedicated to helping reduce the harm caused by substance misuse dependency; helping people overcome their dependency on substances and helping clients and their families rebuild their lives and enable recovery. We are committed to working in partnership with other providers and service users in local systems of treatment and recovery.

CNWL is committed to providing high quality, evidence-based treatment options and is a learning organisation which promotes staff competence and training and values clinical governance, audit and research. We are linked with Imperial College, University of London and are committed to evaluating our services and developing new and innovative approaches.

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.
1. To plan and undertake assessments of clients. This may include using motivational interviewing techniques, self-report measures, risk assessment, rating scales, direct and indirect observations and semi-structured interviews with clients including family members. Assessments will involve making judgements involving complex facts or situations, which require the analysis, interpretation and comparison of a range of options, as well as requiring prolonged concentration
2. To write clinical summaries and care plans based on information gleaned at assessment and present these to the multi-disciplinary team
3. To provide motivational interventions to clients waiting to commence CBT
4. To work in a highly emotive atmosphere with clients with gaming problems and their families on a regular basis, and be able to communicate sensitive and complex information, whilst maintaining a high degree of professionalism at all times. May be subject to verbal aggression in individual sessions
5. To assist in the co-ordination and running of therapeutic groups, under the supervision of a qualified member of staff
6. To liaise with referrers and clients and facilitate the referral process along with administrative staff. To maintain an oversight of client engagement from first contact to discharge
7. To assist managers and senior staff as required to ensure the safe daily operation of the clinic
8. To assist in the design and implementation of audit and research projects on a regular basis in order to help develop and improve service provision. This may include complex audits / service evaluation using qualitative or quantitative methods
9. To undertake production of questionnaires, data collection, setting up of databases and spreadsheets, data analysis, and the production of reports and presentation of summaries to colleagues using IT and statistical programmes, including Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Powerpoint) and SPSS.
10. The post holder will input and maintain appropriate clinical records and statistical data using SystmOne
11. The post holder will work with Admin colleagues to ensure clinical records are accurate and up to date


This advert closes on Wednesday 28 Aug 2024

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Consultant Psychiatrist - Learning Disability

Permanent , Full Time 10PAs

If you are looking for a Consultant Psychiatrist role in London working with intellectually disabled adults, we would love to hear from you.

This is a Full-Time community job (10 PAs) based in the Hillingdon Learning Disability Team, you will work with a Core Trainee, Higher Specialist Trainee and colleague Consultants.

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

Applicants must be on the GMC Specialist Register or within 6 months of obtaining CCT at the time of interview.

This post attracts a generous annual leave entitlement, study leave, the NHS pension scheme and other financial benefits, such asGolden Hello up to 30K(taxable and non-pensionable, terms and conditions apply),Relocation package for up to 8K(subject to eligibility) and a range of staff discounts, including purchase and 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 this in more detail.

If you would like to discuss the post informally or arrange a visit please contact:

Amelia Bhoobun, ServiceManager Hillingdon Community LD Team

T: 07563 555800 E:amelia.bhoobun@nhs.net



Dr Andrea Tocca, Clinical Director/AMD

PA: Beejal Shira:bshira@nhs.net



You will have a dedicated office and IT access as well as facilities for remote working. There is scope for academic work with Imperial College London.

You will provide psychiatric input to intellectually disabled adults registered with Hillingdon GPs. This includes advice, assessment, medical treatment as well as risk management working closely with team colleagues. There may, very occasionally, be the need to take on supervisor role for CTO/restricted patients. You will have responsibility for your inpatients who can be admitted to two LD beds in the generic adult mental health unit in Frey's Ward, Riverside Centre, Hillingdon Hospital. You will work closely with the Local Authority and other partner agencies and contribute to the management of the team.

You will have a dedicated office and IT access as well as facilities for remote working.

CNWL is a nationally leading NHS Foundation Trust providing Mental Health, Community Health and Child Health Services across London and the South East of England.

Over the last few years our catchment area has grown significantly, making the Trust’s population more diverse than ever. The area spans the communities of London, Milton Keynes and wider geographical areas of Buckinghamshire, Surrey, Kent and Hampshire. There are areas of great affluence as well as deprivation, and there are over 100 first-languages spoken in these communities.

We were authorised as a Foundation Trust on 1 May 2007.

The Trust is organised in to three Divisions: Jameson, Goodall and Diggory. Goodall Division is responsible for the delivery of Mental Health and community Learning Disability services in Hillingdon, as well as all CNWL’s specialist rehabilitation provision and CAMHS provision in NW London. We also deliver community physical health services in a number of boroughs in NW London, including Hillingdon Harrow, Ealing and neighbouring System of North Central London.

Our staff play a fundamental role in our delivery of excellent outcomes and excellent patient experience, so it is our aim to create a happy and healthy working environment where you can thrive and succeed.

www.cnwl.nhs.uk


• To provide a Consultant Psychiatric service for adults with Learning Disabilities living in Hillingdon.
• To ensure, support and develop the provision of ongoing psychiatric input to people with Learning Disabilities living in the community.
• To attend community team referrals and complex case reviews, community team clinical governance and management meetings. The clinical case load will be a mix of clinic-based appointments, work in local residential providers and day resources.
• To provide a Consultant Psychiatric service for people with a Learning Disability who may be admitted on Frays and Crane Ward, acute inpatient mental health wards at The Riverside Centre (2 beds). This would include providing Responsible Clinician cover, attending and providing Responsible Clinician input at weekly ward rounds, multidisciplinary meetings, administration and preparation of tribunal reports.
• To lead the collaboration with mainstream mental health services within the Borough.
• To be an active participant in the shaping of new services in light of recent and ongoing changes to the NHS, in collaboration with relevant Clinical and Service Managers.


This advert closes on Thursday 26 Sep 2024

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