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Job summary

Main area
Mental Health - Community
Grade
Band 8c
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref
395-PP168-24
Employer
NELFT NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Child and Family Centre
Town
Barking
Salary
£70,417 - £81,138 per annum plus HCAS
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
06/08/2024 08:00

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NELFT NHS Foundation Trust logo

Professional Clinical Lead for CAMHS

Band 8c

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

Job overview

An exciting position has become available within the children's services for a Psychological Clinical Lead for our Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) in Barking & Dagenham.  The  Psychological Clinical Lead will lead and drive the service forward working with key stakeholders across Health, Social Care and Education in order to deliver a seamless service including working very closely with our Autism service.  We have recently partnered with the University of Cambridge to drive excellence and research in the field of paediatric autism, and this will be an opportunity for the right candidate to drive these forward by working in collaboration to drive clinical excellence within CAMHS and our Autism services. 

Main duties of the job

You will be clinically responsible for the CAMHS Services portfolio and pathways across Barking and Dagenham psychological therapies as well as providing directorate-wide leadership on specific issues. You will therefore have well-honed performance and clinical management skills, etc. You will also head up a range of service development and Quality Improvement initiatives directly as well as working with and through your teams, colleagues and peers to deliver directorate and system wide improvement. 

Your ability to engage and lead teams through change and act as an expert negotiator will be vital. You will focus on outcomes and motivated by your drive to deliver the highest quality care while ensuring the best possible patient experience.

This is an excellent opportunity in a high-profile organisation providing stretch, development and challenge for the successful candidate. 

Working for our organisation

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 focusing in engagement, health and wellbeing and key processes. The induction will be held at our head office in Rainham, Essex.

 

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).

 

High Cost Area Supplement – London

This post also attracts payment for High Cost Area Supplement of 15% of the basic salary (minimum payment of £4,108 and a maximum payment of £5,177 per annum pro rata).

 

COVID-19 Vaccination
We continue to encourage all staff to ensure that they have been double vaccinated and received their booster. We recognise that taking the vaccine provides the best defence against COVID 19 for our patients, our staff and their families.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

You need to be a qualified psychological practitioner (e.g. psychologist, family therapist, child and adolescent psychotherapist, cognitive behavioural therapist) fully registered with the appropriate professional or regulatory body (e.g. HCPC).

You will require strategic understanding and excellent communication skills to develop effective relationships with key partners, including the ICB, Local Authority, GPs, voluntary sector organisations, and other statutory agencies.  You will have extensive clinical and operational leadership experience across CAMHS to support the teams, acting as an effective team member whilst working on your own initiative. You will be responsible for the overall clinical supervision structure of qualified staff. You will have a commitment to collaborative working and actively supporting and liaising with other health and social care professionals and agencies.

Please see attached job description for further information and we would be delighted to speak with you if you have any other queries.

 

 

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Holds professional qualifications named in Person Spec
  • Has relevant CPD and/or additional qualifications

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Extensive experience in Children's Mental Health
  • Can demonstrate skills in Audit and Research
  • Experience in managing patient safety and risk management
  • Handling sensitive and confidential information

Knowledge & Skills

Essential criteria
  • NHS Priorities and Issues
  • Maintain confidentiality/data protection
  • Clear communication skills including excellent writing, data entry and presentation skills
  • Able to construct and delivering clear information/instructions to others

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Employers for CarersApprenticeships logoAge positiveDisability confident employerHappy to Talk Flexible WorkingDefence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) - GoldEmployers Network for Equality & InclusionTop Employers for Working Families 2021Top 10 Employer 2023

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.

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Jagdish Nandra
Job title
Head of Service, Integrated Care
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
07764 971153
Additional information

Rachel Hussey - Deputy Director of Psychological Professions

[email protected] 

07976743863

 

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