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NELFT NHS Foundation Trust

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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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Open

Ref: 395-EC086-25 Vacancy ID: 7015536

PCN CYPMH Practitioner

Accepting applications until: 18-Mar-2025 23:59

Vacancy status: Open

Accepting applications until: 18-Mar-2025 23:59

Location

Site: ASOP PCN Thurrock
Town: Thurrock
Postcode: RM15 5LP
Major / Minor Region: London

Contract type & working pattern

Contract

12 months (Fixed Term (12 months) ASOP PCN Thurrock)

Hours

Full time
Flexible working
Compressed hours

37.5 hours per week (Fixed Term (12 months) ASOP PCN Thurrock)

Salary

Salary: £46,148 - £52,809 pa pro rata (plus HCAS)
Salary period: Yearly
Grade: (Band 7)

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 role will include working with the locality-based Clinical Leads under the guidance of the Clinical & Strategic Lead. Excellent opportunities will be available for training and professional development, with regular supervision and access to other support via NELFT.

This PCN CYP MH Practitioner posts are a new service to support the clinical development and delivery of the Primary Care Networks (PCNs) in Essex.

· Post holders would be community-based spending time in primary care settings and other sites that supports access

· Low intensity interventions offered for early intervention cases

· Triage and escalation

· Signposting

We are looking to recruit an applicant with expertise in the delivery of therapeutic interventions to children and young people (CYP) and their families to manage anxiety, low mood, and behavioural problems.

PCN CYP MH Practitioners would be expected to hold a case load of young people with mild to moderate levels of complexity. The post holder will be supporting the development of the PCN's service in conjunction with the service manager and clinical lead. Working to facilitate wider service transformation within the local child mental health system.

The post holder would be expected to work closely with the Service Manager and Clinical lead. They would also be expected to participate in the training opportunities available to them.

The following are the core clinical responsibilities of the PCN mental health practitioner. There may be, on occasion, a requirement to carry out other tasks. This will be dependent upon factors such as workload and staffing levels:
To work as part of a multi-disciplinary team in a patient facing role to assess and manage patients using expert knowledge
To assist in the assessment of new patients with subsequent production and completion of individual care plans
To provide specialist clinical support and advice to young people with mental health difficulties
To work with patients to support engagement with appropriate services and treatment which may include onward referral to secondary mental health services or signposting to other mental health services, voluntary services and support groups
To educate and involve family members and others in treatment as necessary
To be responsible for the day-to-day planning of personal workloads
To follow departmental policies procedures and guidelines
To liaise with the practices and, where practicable, to standardise referral processes across the PCN
To triage and also receive referrals and directed patients from within the PCN
To communicate effectively with patients, recognising the need for varying methods of communication to overcome different levels of understanding, cultural background and preferred ways of communicating

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 Mid & South Essex. 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 which can be discussed on an individual basis after an offer has been made.

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

Base

Post Holder will work in Thurrock PCN's . Some travel around the county is also expected. The post holder will be working primarily from their GP Practises within the PCN in the allocated following areas:

   • Aveley Medical Centre
   • Derry Court Medical Practice
   • Dr Yasin Surgery - The Health Centre
   • Peartree Surgery & West Horndon Surgery
   • Purfleet Care Centre
   • Sancta Maria Medical Centre

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

• Experience of working with community settings
• Experience of caseload management

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