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Job summary

Main area
Nursing
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 7
Contract
Fixed term: 12 months (12 month contract)
Hours
  • Full time
  • Compressed hours
37.5 hours per week
Job ref
395-HV720-24
Employer
NELFT NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
The Acorn Centre
Town
Romford
Salary
£46,148 - £52,809 Plus HCAS
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
Today at 23:59

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NELFT NHS Foundation Trust logo

Access and Assessment

NHS AfC: 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.

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

Job overview

CAMHS within the London Borough of Havering are looking for dynamic individuals who are passionate about  ensuring there are robust and informative assessments in place for your Young people and their families and are committed to collaborative working across the Borough and utilising the skills experience ad contribution of delivery partners across Health, Education and Social Care to ensure our young people are well looked after and are empowered to meet their potential.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will work in close collaboration with the Access and Assessment manager and develop positive working relationships with senior staff across London NELFT particularly Havering locality.

  • To be responsible for the day to day organising, prioritising, and allocating of workloads in line with Key Performance Indicators
  • To work from Havering based children sites for the duration of working hours 
  • To have oversite of the demands of the Access and assessment service, including referrals for mental health, referrals for Neurodevelopment. 
  • To work in close collaboration with the service managers advising of current demands, work allocation, challenges, and solutions
  • To promote the development of an effective team and the development of productive working relationships throughout the Trust
  • To advise, encourage and share knowledge utilising the latest research and practice development, through literature and peer reviews.
  • To provide patients and relatives with information and education thus ensuring they have meaningful choices that promote dignity, independence, and quality of life

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.

High Cost Area Supplement - Outer London

This post also attracts payment for High Cost Area Supplement of 15% of the basic salary (with a minimum of £4,551 to a maximum of £5,735 p.a. pro rata for part time).

 

Use of AI

Applications for this role should be written by the applicant. If artificial intelligence (AI) programmes are used then the application may be rejected due to this document being an important part of the assessment process. This does not prevent applicants seeking appropriate support with applications should they need to for the purposes of any declared disability.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

 

Please see the attached Job description and Person specification for more information about this role and working at NELFT. We encourage you to refer closely to this when completing your application.

 

Person specification

Qualifactions

Essential criteria
  • NVQ level 2 or equivalent standard of literacy and numeracy Assessment Post Graduate diploma or Undergraduate degree in Mental Health Nursing, Occupational Therapy, Social Work, etc. Current NMC registration (RMN), HCPC, Social worker registration.

Experience

Essential criteria
  • At least 2 years post qualification experience at B6 working within Child and Adolescent services
  • Experience of offering clinical and management supervision to junior staff members
  • Experience of working with children and families with mental health and behavioural issues in a CAMHS setting. Experience of working with children and families who have experienced trauma. Experience of consulting with safeguarding professionals and involvement in making safeguarding referrals. Experience
  • working as an MDT

Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • knowledge around risk formulation
Desirable criteria
  • An awareness of NHS long term Plan, NSF and clinical governance priorities Knowledge of CYP- IAPT principles Knowledge of I-Thrive Principles

Skills

Essential criteria
  • Delivering the i-thrive principles
  • understanding and usage of outcome ROMs
  • managing a caseload and ability to work in difficulty and challenging clinical settings

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.

Application numbers

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, we encourage you to submit your application as soon as possible to ensure consideration.

If you require any additional support during the application process please contact [email protected]. We are happy to make reasonable adjustments to support you throughout the recruitment journey.

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Nicola Upton
Job title
Head of Service
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
0300 300 1888
Additional information

 Lucy Loucaides - Interim Access and assessment lead 

 [email protected]

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