Site 1 Lowther road Town London Salary £44,806 - £53,134 per annum inclusive of HCAS Salary period Yearly Closing 15/01/2025 23:59
North London Mental Health Partnership includes Barnet, Enfield and Haringey Mental Health NHS Trust (BEH) and Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust (C&I).
Together, our two trusts employ around 6,000 staff and support almost a quarter of a million adults and children with mental health conditions. We are a forward-thinking, innovative organisation, committed to delivering the very best care possible.
We provide a wide range of mental health specialist services, including children and young people’s mental health services, prison services, forensic services, eating disorders and drug and alcohol recovery. We also support the UK Armed forces community, including members of the Reserve Forces, providing specialist veteran services across London.
Both our trusts are rated ‘Good’ by the Care Quality Commission, with many areas judged to be Outstanding.
We proactively welcome diversity in our workforce and pride ourselves on being an inclusive employer. We aim to recruit from our local communities and provide Apprenticeship opportunities as well as employment opportunities for care-leavers.
Why choose to join the Partnership?
* We are a great place to work for our staff with occupational health services, wellbeing initiatives and staff incentives.
* We offer flexible working,
* Our staff are eligible for the NHS Pension Scheme and receive a generous annual leave allowance.
* Discounts are offered to NHS staff in a wide range of stores and services
* We have excellent internal staff network support groups
* We support learning and personal development opportunities.
We have been working together in a Partnership between Barnet, Enfield and Haringey Mental Health NHS Trust and Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust for some time, with a single Chair and Chief Executive since 2021 and single Executive Team since 2022. We launched our North London Mental Health Partnership Strategy in May 2023 and in July 2023 our Boards agreed that coming together to create one new Trust is best for our service users, our staff and our local communities. Subject to final approvals, we will be formally established as one new Trust on 1 October 2024.
An opportunity has become available with the Personality Disorder Community Team for a full-time Band 6 Clinical Specialist.
We are looking to employ a Mental Health Nurse, Social Worker, Occupational Therapist, Arts Therapist or other Health Care Professional, wishing to specialise in the delivery of clinically informed and evidence-based care in the Camden & Islington NHS Foundation Trust Personality Disorder Service.
The Personality Disorder Service is an integrated service, made up of a Community Team (providing adapted Structured Clinical Management), a Therapies Team, and a Liaison Team (working with colleagues in acute, crisis, primary care, and young people’s services).
You will receive both managerial and clinical monthly supervision, benefit from guidance and containment from senior colleagues across the clinical team and management group. You will be joining regular in-house training, reflective practice, multidisciplinary team meetings and case formulation meetings as part of your practice and development.
The service encourages applications from black and ethnic minority staff.
Main duties of the job
This opportunity is for a registered professional to join a specialist Community Mental Health Team as a case manager working with people who have needs relating to a given diagnosis of ‘Personality Disorder’.
The Team’s approach is based on the Structured Clinical Management (SCM) model. The essence of SCM is formulation-based case management, including therapeutic input, active crisis planning, and medication as an adjunct where appropriate.
The focus of the role will be that of individual assessment and specialist clinical intervention delivered within the framework of NICE guidelines. The Community Team offers service users trauma-informed interventions within the framework of the Structured Clinical Management model of care. This includes formulation-led assessments and treatment plans to support people with this diagnosis.
Case management, Care Act assessments and safeguarding will also form part of this role, alongside working with service users’ whole support systems.
Working for our organisation
North London NHS Foundation Trust (NLFT) is committed to improving mental health care across North London to deliver excellent services to our local people.
Our Five-Year Strategy:
1. We will provide consistently high-quality care closer to home.
2. With our partners in North London and each borough we will ensure equity of outcome for all
3. We will offer great places to work, providing staff with supportive environment to deliver outstanding care.
4. We will be more effective as an organisation by pioneering research, quality improvement and technology.
Why NLFT?
· We develop and retain our staff through leadership behaviours and managers programme and many more opportunities.
· We promote flexible working and support staff with a range of health and wellbeing initiatives.
· NHS Discounts, generous annual leave and NHS pension scheme
· Excellent internal staff network
The postholder will be aligned with our Values :
· We Work Together
· We Keep Things Simple
· We Are Proudly Diverse
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Working with service users to develop internal skills that increase their resilience and independence within the framework of Structured Clinical Management but using a collection of evidence-based approaches to inform 1:1 and systems work
Direct work with and consultation to crisis services to develop robust management plans that fit with longer term work for people who are using the service.
Contribution to internal training structures and support of students who may be learning within the team
Entry of needs assessments, case notes, risk assessment and crisis planning on EPR system
Ability and responsibilities for establishing and maintaining communication and relationship both internally and externally. e.g. to have the skills to be able to communicate highly complex information, particularly in relation to risk
Where appropriate the post holder will be required to administer depot medication on occasion (NMC reg. only)
To be responsible for providing expert care in personality disorder care co- ordination, in accordance with NMC or HCPC codes of professional conduct
Person specification
Qualification
* Registered Mental Health Nurse, Occupational Therapist, Arts Therapist, Psychological Therapist, Social Worker or other allied health professional.
* Mentorship or recognised teaching and assessing certificate or willingness to undertake
Knowledge
* A good knowledge and experience in relation to factors that relate ‘personality disorders’/ mental illness together with evidence based best practice.
* A clear understanding of the mental health legislation its application and use in practice.
Skills
* Post qualifying experience of working with people who have a diagnosis of ‘Personality Disorder’
* A personal resilience, strength and understanding of the impact of working with people who have experienced trauma
In line with NHS protocols, only those applicants who demonstrate clearly how they meet our person specification will be shortlisted for interview. We regret that it is not possible to contact all applicants for every vacancy. If you have not been contacted within 4-6 weeks of the closing date please assume you have not been shortlisted for the next stage
We reserve the right to close any vacancies from further submissions, when we have received sufficient applications from which to make a shortlist. Please ensure you apply without delay if you wish to be considered for this role. We are an employer committed to Equal Opportunities and Diversity, with a range of family friendly policies.
For more information please go to Camden & Islington NHS FT website.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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