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NELFT NHS Foundation Trust

About

NELFT NHS Foundation Trust provides mental health and community services for over 4.9 million people living in the London Boroughs of Waltham Forest, Redbridge, Barking and Dagenham, Havering, and across Essex and Kent.

We work to ensure our patients, their friends and family, feel confident that their health needs are well met. With an excellent reputation for research and development, our skilled health professionals are at the cutting edge of evidence-based innovation, opening up the possibilities for better ways of working and delivery of care.

Contact

Address: Trust Head Office; West Wing; CEME Centre; Marsh Way; Rainham; Essex; RM13 8GQ
Contact Number: 0300 300 1530

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Ref: 395-WF888-24 Vacancy ID: 6691832

MHST Clinical Lead - Waltham Forest

Closed for applications on: 15-Nov-2024 00:02

Vacancy status: Closed

Closed for applications on: 15-Nov-2024 00:02

Location

Site: Wood Street Health Centre
Address: 6 Linford Road
Town: Walthamstow
Postcode: E17 3LA
Major / Minor Region: London

Contract type & working pattern

Contract: Permanent
Hours: 37.5 hours per week (full time, part time, flexible working)

Salary

Salary: £53,755 - £60,504 pa pro rata (plus HCAS)
Salary period: Yearly
Grade: (NHS AfC: Band 8a)

Specialty

Main area: Mental Health

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.

Find out more about NELFT careers and what makes our Trust a great place to work, in this video

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

This MHST team lead post is designed to support the clinical development and delivery of the Mental Health Support Teams (MHSTs) in Waltham Forest. We are looking to recruit an applicant with expertise in the delivery of CBT or psychological talking therapies to children and young people (CYP) and their families to manage anxiety, low mood, and behavioural problems. Experience in delivering clinical and management supervision and experience conducting clinical audits and evaluating research data is highly desirable to inform the delivery and development of clinical services.

The post holder will be responsible for supporting and overseeing the delivery of evidence-based interventions in schools/colleges and providing supervision to members of the senior clinical team in Waltham Forest. The post holder will be responsible for developing the MHSTs to facilitate wider service transformation within the local child mental health system – this will be in conjunction with service leads and managers. The aim is to foster the integration of clinical and educational principles to support CYP with mental health concerns and develop pathways that encourage a positive needs-based approach to accessing mental health provision for CYP.

The post holder would be expected to work closely with the current MHST clinical lead and Head of CAMHS in Waltham Forest as well as the key stakeholders, such as the educational leads, local authority, and clinical leads within NELFT. They would also be expected to contribute to the training opportunities available for more junior members of staff to support their development. For Clinical Psychology applicants the supervision of Assistant Psychologists and DClinPsy Trainees would form part of this role, as part of increasing access to psychological therapies for CYP and supporting psychological workforce development.

Teaching, Training and Supervision

The successful candidate may have the opportunity to attend relevant courses to fulfil the requirements of the training element of the post including practical, academic, and practice-based assessments.

Support senior staff in the co-delivery of training sessions. This will include attendance at practice skills sessions, involvement in formative feedback sessions with teaching staff, and co-production of elements of the curriculum.

Service Development and Management

Under the direction of the service and clinical lead , to support the strategic and practical development of the MHST initiative within the service and wider children’s mental health system.

To manage and screen referrals into the MHST.

To help manage the day-to-day running of the Mental Health Support Team at an operational level.

To regulate and manage the case load of the seniors and EMHPs.

To take a lead in monitoring clinical outcomes and activity data from the work of the new team.

Flexible Working

Are you a registered mental health professional who is looking for flexible working arrangements with a supportive, understanding employer? Come join our outstanding team working at Waltham Forest MHST. At NELFT, we realise that many staff have busy and demanding commitments outside of their working life and are unable to commit to the traditional shift patterns. With this in mind, we are proud to be able to offer a variety of flexible working options. Whatever your availability, whether it is for certain shifts or set days, we offer guaranteed employment, full time or part time, to suit your requirements.

If you are wanting a fixed term contract for an extended period with a defined start and end date. You tell us what shifts suit you. Want to just work term time?

We can offer a permanent contract where paid/unpaid leave can be taken during school holidays or other defined periods. You tell us what shifts suit you

Retire and Return – have you retired but want to return. Tell us what shifts you want to work that will suit you.

If you are unable to commit to traditional shift times and patterns - we can accommodate flexible hours such as later start times and/or earlier finish times e.g., 9:30am - 15:00pm. You tell us what shifts suit you. Working at NELFT, you will be supported to work in friendly teams by caring managers and clinical leads with a passion for high standards.

Development of our staff is key to running our service effectively, and we will invest our time in your professional development. If you are currently working outside of the NHS or in secondary care, you will receive training and comprehensive support to get you off to a flying start. All you need to do is tell us what suits you.

Excellent opportunities will be available for training and professional development, with regular supervision and access to other support via NELFT.

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for further details on this vacancy.

Benefits

We believe in bringing your authentic and best self to work, in order to deliver the best care to our patients. We are committed to supporting our employees holistically. Here is a snapshot of what is on offer at NELFT:

A long-standing and award-winning approach to equality and diversity with supportive networks for ethnic minority staff, staff with disabilities or long term/chronic conditions and LGBT staff.
A commitment to supporting colleagues to achieve a work life balance, through flexible working opportunities and our efforts to support our working parents and carers. This has resulted in us being recognised as a ‘Top 10 Family Friendly Employer’ from the Working Families Charity.
Proactive health and wellbeing support, including access to our employee assistance programme, staff psychological support, individual wellbeing conversations and a network of health and wellbeing ambassadors.
Detailed information about our wellbeing and benefits offer can be found in this link.

As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s a job share, part time hours or another flexible pattern.

Supporting our Armed Forces

We recognise the valuable contribution that the Armed Forces community make to our organisation. We have signed the Armed Forces Covenant and achieved Gold Award under the Armed Forces Employer Recognition Scheme. We have supportive policies, guaranteed interview schemes for veterans. reservists and military spouses and give additional leave to our Reservists so that they can attend their annual camp.

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. If you require this application in another format i.e. Braille or audio tape please contact the recruitment team on 0300 300 1530 or email [email protected].

Correspondence with us

You are advised to regularly check your emails (including any junk mail/spam folders) for correspondence related to this post.

As part of our recruitment process, we may be required to share information you provide on the application form with NHS Counter Fraud Authority (NHSCFA) and/or other organisations for the purpose of the prevention, detection, investigation and prosecution of fraud or any other unlawful activity affecting the NHS. We also use third party providers to check and verify your qualifications who may be contacting you on our behalf to verify the same.

Applicant requirements

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.

Person specification

Experience

Essential criteria

• Experience of working in community mental health settings.

Desirable criteria

• CYP-IAPT Supervision course
• Experience of working with / in schools
• Experience of clinical leadership
• Experience of supervising staff

Qualification

Essential criteria

• Qualified & Registered Mental Health Practitioner, Psychologist, Family Therapist, Drama Therapist, Psychotherapist, Nurse, CBT Therapist, Educational Psychologist.
• Post graduate qualification in Mental Health
• Registered with the relevant governing body (e.g., BACP, NMC, BABCP, UKCP etc...)