Main area Specialist Nurse/SALT/OT/ASW Psychological Practitioner Grade Band 7 Contract Permanent Hours
* Full time
* Part time
* Job share
* Flexible working
37.5 hours per week Job ref 395-KM039-25
Employer NELFT NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site George Turle House Town Canterbury Salary £46,148 - £52,809 per annum pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 17/02/2025 23:59
Specialist Nurse/SALT/OT/ASW Psychological Practitioner
Band 7
Joining #TeamNELFT means you’ll become part of a welcoming and supportive working environment. We’re CQC rated Good, and we want you to join us on the journey towards an Outstanding rating. NELFT has sites across North East London, Essex, Kent and Medway. We provide community and mental healthcare services to adults and children within these areas.
The Trust has award winning equality and diversity initiatives and staff health and wellbeing activities. We invest heavily in your development, because when you are valued and supported, we provide the best care to our patients. We are a Level 3 Disability Confident Leader, have been featured in the Working Families Top 10 Employers benchmark for three consecutive years, and we have achieved a Carers UK Level 1 Accreditation. Along with our staff networks and training opportunities, we work hard to embed a just and compassionate culture here at NELFT.
Job overview
Learning Disability clinician within the Learning Disability Service.
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a graduate qualified health professional to join our dynamic Learning Disability service.
Driven by the principles underpinning the national CYP-IAPT programme (Children and Young People’s Improving Access to Psychological Therapies) the service provides the latest in evidence based NICE compliant psychological interventions to children, young people and their families experiencing emotional wellbeing and mental health difficulties. You will be a highly motivated and innovative individual with clinical experience working with children and young people with emotional wellbeing and mental health difficulties.
Main duties of the job
As a key part of our Children and Young Peoples Mental Health Service, the post holder will undertake CAMHS assessments of children and young people up to age 18 to inform formulation, diagnosis and recommendations for treatment within a spectrum of mental health presentations. You will have a caseload, offering evidence based interventions to children and adolescents with complex mental health needs and their families.
You will have the ability to deliver a range of evidence based clinical interventions for children and young people and will be supported to train in other treatment modalities. Close working relationships with members of the team and partnership agencies e.g. Social Services, Education and others is essential.
You must demonstrate an interest in multi-agency and multi-disciplinary work and be familiar with evidence-based practice in children’s mental health. There are excellent opportunities for CPD, in service teaching and supervision within the team and the Trust.
You must be able to work independently and have good clinical / therapeutic and case management skills to engage this group of young people.
Working for our organisation
Probationary Period
This post will be subject to a probationary period. Internal applicants are exempt from the probationary period (unless you are an internal applicant currently part way through a probationary period or currently a bank member of staff).
Starting with NELFT
NELFT place a great deal of importance on new starters being properly welcomed and inducted into the Trust. All new starters will join the Trust on the first Monday of each month and will undertake a comprehensive induction of up to two weeks which will include mandatory training, systems training and the allocation of equipment. As part of the process new starters will have the opportunity to also meet the executive team, senior managers and attend a number of drop in sessions focussing in engagement, health and wellbeing and key processes. The induction will be held at our head office in Rainham, Essex.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
You will:
* Routinely measure clinical outcomes and deliver evidence-based clinical interventions in line with the CY-IAPT programme within EWMHS.
* Promote the mental and emotional health of children, young people and families in the community through clinical interventions in the care pathway.
* Undertake initial school based and community based assessments and deliver a range of early interventions to children and young people with a range of emotional and psychological difficulties where appropriate.
* Assess and develop plans of care to meet the complex needs of patients with a variety of conditions.
NELFT’s CYPMHS is for anybody aged between 0-18, living in Kent and is free at the point of entry. The service is also for young people with special educational needs (SEN) up to the age of 25. The CAMHS Tier II and Tier III services no longer exist, replaced with an integrated CYPMHS.
Person specification
Qualifications
* Successful completion of a graduate training (e.g nursing, social work, Occupational therapy) and equivalent substantial CAMHS clinical experience.
* Further post graduate training in relevant areas of professional psychology, mental health practice and/or research design and analysis.
Experience
* Experience of working with difficult, disturbed or challenging children/young people requiring skilled and complex interventions.
* Work with people with Moderate to Severe Learning Disabilities.
* Have a minimum of 3-5 years post qualification experience of working in CMAHS or equivalent setting with complex cases.
Equal opportunities employer
We are committed to equal opportunities and diversity and positively encourage applications from all sections of the community regardless of any protected characteristic.
We are a Disability Confident employer and have made the pledge to commit to employing more people with disabilities.
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
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