Total 170 job vacancies by CNWL NHS Foundation Trust

A Vacancy at Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust.


The post holder will work as a member of the Vincent Square Eating Disorders Inpatient multidisciplinary team that provides care
and treatment to patients who are working on recovery from an eating disorder addressing patients’ physical and mental health needs. Patients engage in a full treatment programme and have supported meals as part of the daily structure.


Patients are admitted for inpatient admissions to the ward where care and treatment is provided 24 hours per day, working with the team to facilitate their recovery. The post holder will be expected to work closely with the wider service, including working across the different teams; day
programme, inpatient ward and outpatients service.

The post holder is responsible for participating and assisting in the delivery of care/services to patients as part of an eating disorders inpatient team, working under the direct supervision of a registered member of staff.

The post holder will provide supportive care management to a caseload of patients, as allocated by the team manager or the nurse in charge. The post holder will be responsible for carrying out practical tasks, including physical monitoring, supported meals and facilitating groups, identified
as part of the patient’s care plan.

The post holder will receive clinical supervision as appropriate and partake in reflective practice/training on a regular basis

The post holder will work as a member of the inpatient multidisciplinary team that provides care and treatment to patients who are admitted for treatment of their eating disorder.

The post holder will be expected to work closely with the wider service, including working across the different teams; day programme and outpatients service.

The post holder is responsible for participating and assisting in the delivery of care/services to patients as part of an eating disorders inpatient team, working under the direct supervision of a registered member of staff.

The post holder will provide supportive care management to a caseload of patients, as delegated by the team manager or registered practitioner. The post holder will be responsible for carrying out practical tasks, including physical monitoring, supported meals and facilitating groups, identified as part of the patient’s care plan. The post holder will receive clinical supervision as appropriate and partake in reflective practice/training on a regular basis.

The successful applicant may have contact with patients or service users. As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage and support vaccination as this remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients and service users when working on our healthcare settings.

We’re passionate about delivering first-class patient-centred, safe and effective care, whether it is in a hospital setting, in a community clinic or in the patient’s own home. Patients are at the heart of everything we do.

Providing top quality care depends on our ability to employ the best people.

We’re always looking to recruit outstanding people who will go the extra mile to support our patients, colleagues, teams and the Trust. With every new employee we’re hoping to find our future leaders and we’ll support our staff by providing opportunities to develop your career.

With a diverse culture and equally diverse range of opportunities across mental health, community services, addictions, eating disorders, learning disabilities and more – whatever stage of your career you're at, there's always a place for you at CNWL.

Staff are the heartbeat of our organisation and we offer Inpatient staff a £2,000 Post Probation Bonus, followed by £1,000 paid 12 months later.

Hear from our staff what it’s like working with our CNWL Eating Disorders service, please click on below videos”– Wording if it is more than 1 video

Video 1 - Click HERE

Video 2- Click HERE
• Undertake basic physical monitoring e.g., vital signs, blood sugar monitoring and venepuncture for service-users.
• Undertake a range of duties which involve direct patient care, including running of therapeutic groups and offering meal support, with supervision following competency assessment.
• Assist in the coordination of care delivery for a case load of service users, under the supervision of a registered professional, in close collaboration with the Directorate, psychiatric multidisciplinary team, service users and other community agencies.
• Work independently with clients, with regular supervision from qualified staff that supervise the caseload.
• Contribute to the monitoring of the physical environment ensuring that it is safe and conducive to the therapeutic work of the unit/community setting.
• Have informed knowledge and understanding in the psychological, social, physical and spiritual needs of all service users.
• Actively participate in the care and rehabilitation of service users as per the plan of care determined by registered practitioners.
• Maintain clear, timely and comprehensive written clinical records on all patients in accordance with Trust policies.
• Utilising IT skills and knowledge to access and input clinical information and data to the Trust Electronic System and Local Authority IT system.
• Using the Care Programme Approach assess service users’ health and social care needs.
• Contribute towards the delivery of care using the recovery approach to provide therapeutic interventions under supervision by means of assessment and ongoing treatment in various settings. Design care plans in line with risk assessment and psychosocial needs.
• Utilise designated recovery tool with outcomes focusing on collaborative care planning, ensuring personalised goals are identified and clients are assisted in building skills and resources to support them into meaningful and sustainable occupations.
• To be familiar with factors that cause mental illness and preferred treatment methods.
• Support the assessment and management of patient care needs through initial data collection, monitoring of patients progress, feedback, discussion, and reports and in reviews with the clinical team.
• Assist in the physical health care assessment of service users and report any changes in service users physical health to the registered practitioner


This advert closes on Thursday 28 Nov 2024

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We are looking for a motivated individual with excellent communication skills who has a passion and experience for working in mental health and the ability to work flexibly and creatively in an ever-changing environment.

You will provide a sports and exercise programme for inpatients and will offer support for individuals to plan to continue this after they are discharged. You will work closely with a welcoming and friendly multi-disciplinary team and will offer individual and group sessions across four treatment wards and two psychiatric intensive care wards. Each ward has their own gym plus a space for group exercise sessions.
We are looking for someone who has previous experience working with mental health clients as this essential for this band 5 post. A part of the interview selection process will involve a visit to the unit to meet staff and patients.

There is a trustwide Gym/fitness professional group which offers professional support, development and opportunities to consider Quality Improvement projects and research.

The postholder will also provide an established exercise support training session to staff working in the unit and there will be opportunity to get involved in service improvement projects across the unit.
Applicants should have a Sports Science/Sports Exercise degree or equivalent, require CIMPSPA level 3 Exercise Referral (or be working towards it) and level 4 mental health, Diabetes and Obesity. Applicants must be a member of BASES.
The work will include:
• Liaising closely with the multi disciplinary teams
• Establishing a programme of fitness sessions across all wards.
• Providing gym inductions for inpatients.
• Providing individual programmes.
• Facilitating gym sessions.
• Facilitating group exercise sessions.
• Supporting referrals on to community exercise resources
• Supporting individuals with their health and wellbeing via sessions, conversations and advice.
• Providing staff advice and training
• Responsibility for regular equipment checks and reporting any repairs
• Maintaining safe gym environments on the inpatient wards
• Keeping records of attendance and writing in patient records.
Unit Information:
St Charles Mental Health Centre in Kensington & Chelsea has four adult inpatient wards plus two psychiatric intensive care wards that provide a safe and therapeutic environment for people with acute mental health problems.

The unit is a short walk from Ladbroke Grove station with good transport links to other stations.

There are opportunities for flexible working, access to CNWL staff health and wellbeing resources and an on-site staff wellbeing room.

We are passionate about delivering first-class patient-centred, safe and effective care, whether it is in a hospital setting, in a community clinic or in the patients own home. Patients are at the heart of everything we do. Providing top quality care depends on our ability to employ the best people.
We're always looking to recruit outstanding people who will go the extra mile to support our patients, colleagues, teams and the Trust. With every new employee were hoping to find our future leaders and well support our staff by providing opportunities to develop your career.
With a diverse culture and equally diverse range of opportunities across mental health, community services, addictions, eating disorders, learning disabilities and more whatever stage of your career you're at, there's always a place for you at CNWL.


Clinical

To support service users to engage in health and wellbeing activities.

To plan, implement and review a range of exercise activities using individual and group work approaches, under the supervision and direction of qualified occupational therapists.

To support service users to engage in care plans which have been developed in partnership with the individual and that reflect ‘recovery goals’.

To develop, plan and implement health and wellbeing-based activities including sports/ exercise at St Charles Mental Health Centre.

To provide health and wellbeing activities that are sensitive to racial, social and cultural needs and expectations, under the guidance of a qualified Occupational Therapist.

To apply current knowledge from the field of health, exercise and social sciences to Mental Health settings.

To provide training to staff to be able to safely supervise service users’ use of gym equipment.

To keep abreast new policies and initiatives that relate to health and wellbeing and to keep up to date with current knowledge and practice within sports exercise.


This advert closes on Wednesday 20 Nov 2024

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The post holder will be expected to support trust wide with any Employee Services responsibilities. Employee Services are responsible for the transactional HR processes including but not limited to change of circumstances forms, leaver forms, ID badge renewals, visa renewals, reference requests. Employee Services are responsible for maintenance and development of ESR, automated forms and reporting on transactional HR processes.
Employee Services Team Leaders are responsible for supporting staff at all levels across the Trust as well as line managing the Employee Services Advisors. In addition, Team Leaders deputize for the People Manager as required.

The successful applicant may have contact with patients or service users. As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage and support vaccination as this remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients and service users when working on our healthcare settings.

Provision of training, advice and assistance to system users.
Support teams and users to realise system benefits and monitor rule breaches.
Planning and organising the workload to ensure systems operate effectively.
Maintenance of the electronic rostering systems and ESR hierarchy. Collect and process team shift data and rules in order to maintain and create Healthroster units.
Allocate work to the Employee Services Advisors and officers on a daily bases.

Central and North West London NHS Trust expects all staff to act in a way which shows you understand our core values and are willing to put them into practice with service users, their friend’s family and carers and also other staff members.
We expect you to show COMPASSION, contribute to a caring and kind environment and recognise that what you do and say helps can make the lives of others better
We expect you to RESPECT everyone and acknowledge and welcome people’s differences rather than ignore them or see them as problematic.
We expect you to EMPOWER others and continually try to provide information, resources and support to help others make their own decisions and meet their own needs.
We expect you to work in PARTNERSHIP and behave in a way that shows that you recognise that commissioners and users of our services are the people who generate and pay for our work.

Provision of training, advice and assistance to system users.
Support teams and users to realise system benefits and monitor rule breaches.
Planning and organising the workload to ensure systems operate effectively.
Maintenance of the electronic rostering systems and ESR hierarchy.
Collect and process team shift data and rules in order to maintain and create Healthroster units.
Allocate work to the Employee Services Advisors and officers on a daily bases.
Management of routine interface requirements including the processing of weekly and monthly data uploads in accordance with strict timetables and payroll policies and procedures to ensure timely payments to trust employees.
Responsible for checking the work of the Employee Services Advisors and Officers daily.
The processing of the trust payroll extraction, including all data checks, liaison with managers and senior managers for finalization of rosters, and the ESR processing team.
10. Maintain regular communication links to teams and staff to promote best practice and inform users of issues, upgrades and changes to the systems and realize system benefits.


This advert closes on Tuesday 26 Nov 2024

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A Vacancy at Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust.


An exciting opportunity has arisen to develop your skills and abilities within our inpatient eating disorder team as Ward Manager.

To apply for this post, you will need to be a strong leader, who can manage an established multi-disciplinary staff group. You need to be passionate and committed to delivering high standards of care; and need to ensure that all the people use our services have a positive experience. You should also be able to work with partnership organizations delivering a safe and robust service. You must be a qualified Mental Health Nurse (RMN) with well-developed experience including management experience and have experience as a Band 6 / equivalent level or above or should have relevant transferable management experience and skills obtained in other fields.

The position of Band 7 Ward Manager will offer you an opportunity to maintain and develop your expert mental health skills and also to utilise your managerial and organisational skills to improve patient experience and develop junior staff. You will be working closely with a well-established clinical team. You will receive regular supervision and support as well as opportunities to further develop your skills, ability and career.

The post-holder will have specific responsibility for managing the day to day functioning of the ward, providing a dynamic leadership role for the ward team. Ensuring at all times that the needs of service users are at the centre of the ward philosophy, that there are good working relationships with all members of the Multidisciplinary Team and other agencies, maintaining the highest standards of care and, where necessary to take a lead role in ensuring continuous improvements in standards for the benefit of good patient care. Ensuring the most efficient management of all resources.

As part of the Trust’s ongoing drive to ensure consistently high standards of care and effective supervision of staff 24 hours a day and 7 days a week the post holder may be expected to work some shifts and at weekends.

As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage and support vaccination as this remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients and service users when working on our healthcare settings.

Staff are the heartbeat of our organisation and we offer a £2,000 Post Probation Bonus, followed by £1,000 paid 12 months later.

CNWL is recognised locally, nationally and internationally for providing high quality, innovative healthcare. We aim to employ only the best people, and our experts are frequently called upon to contribute to national health strategy and policy, and many models of our care have been adapted for use in other countries.

We’re always looking to recruit outstanding people who will go the extra mile to support our patients, colleagues, teams and the Trust. With every new employee we’re hoping to find our future leaders and we’ll support our staff by providing opportunities to develop your career.

With a diverse culture and equally diverse range of opportunities across mental health, community services, addictions, eating disorders, learning disabilities and more – whatever stage of your career you're at, there's always a place for you at CNWL.

Hear from our staff what it’s like working with our CNWL Eating Disorders service, please click on below videos

Video 1 - Click HERE

Video 2- Click HERE

We offer a generous relocation package (subject to eligibility assessment) and flexible working options, including bank assignments for most roles. See attached Staff Reward and Wellbeing Handbook detailing our benefits, discounts and wellbeing initiatives for staff.
• Ensure nursing practice on the ward is in accordance with the NMC guidance, Mental Health Legislation and Trust Policies, which incorporates and respects differences in respect of gender, sexuality, ethnicity, religion, culture and disability.
• Be able to build relationship with the patients and family in order to engage them in treatment.
• Be able to demonstrate warmth and empathy to service users and role model this to other staff.
• Ensure that high standard of refeeding skills for eating disorders patients in the team including enthral feeding
• Participate as an active member of the nursing team, accountable for your practice and ensuring the highest standards in all members of the ward team, and to work effectively in partnership with other health care professionals, patients and others in the delivery of care
• To ensure that good quality clinical care and management supervision is available to all members of the ward team
• When necessary to process referrals made to the service from outside agencies
• Organise the duty roster for staff using e-rostering ensuring best use of resources including effective management of bank and agency staff
• Attend and actively participating in clinical and management meetings
• Implement and evaluate systems to monitor risk
• Implement and evaluate systems to monitor cleanliness & infection control
• Monitor the effectiveness of care delivery
• Generate new solutions to improve service delivery and evaluate their effectiveness
• Develop, promote and implement the ward philosophy, vision and values.
• Ensure the maintenance of general and specific patient observations, ensuring the accurate recording of all relevant information in accordance with Trust Policies and Procedures, ensuring this information are acted upon as appropriately
• Ensure has good physical health care is in place for patients suffering from eating disorders
• Involve in audits and other care quality tasks.( for example auditing of nursing handover)
• Always to act in a manner as to promote and safeguard the interests and well being of patients, visitors and colleagues and work to ensure the same standard in this area from the ward team as a whole
• Co-ordinate with the OT team to ensure that patients are attending group activities and in so doing maximise therapeutic opportunities for them
• Ensure that the ward team develop, implement & evaluate programmes of care using a problem solving approach that ensures the needs of each individual patient’s are met throughout their admission, including detailed arrangements for discharge, with the patient and, as appropriate, their carer central to the planning and decision making process
• Ensure the safe storage and administration of drugs in accordance with legal requirements, Trust Policies and local policies and procedures
• Ensure the ward emergency equipment are serviced and checked and all ward staff are aware of use, purpose and location
• To act as a suitable role model for your grade of employment
• To provide cover for the Clinical Nurse Manager if required


This advert closes on Thursday 21 Nov 2024

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A Vacancy at Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust.


An opportunity has arisen for a fixed term contract Band 6 Occupational Therapist to join the North Kensington and Chelsea Community Mental Health Hub. The post is from the starting date until November 2025. The team is located in W9 close to Westbourne Park station, with great transport links and serving the diverse community of North Kensington. We are looking for an Occupational Therapist with motivation and enthusiasm for working in a community mental health role.

The post holder will be a valued member of the team and will offer Occupational Therapy assessments and intervention for clients as well as supporting the overall work of the team by providing a named worker role for some clients and supporting the overall work of the team.

The team consists of medical staff, nurses, social workers, peer support workers, community navigators, arts therapies, employment specialists and psychology staff. There are two other Occupational Therapists in the team and the post holder will have opportunity to co-facilitate groups as a part of the psychosocial offer for the hub.

Although the post is fixed term, we will support the post holder in seeking a permanent position within CNWL when the fixed term period ends.

• To work as a Senior Occupational Therapist in the Adult Community Mental Health hub, providing a high quality service to clients.
• To provide OT assessments and intervention for clients under the care of the team.
• To provide functional assessments and home assessments for prescribing adapted equipment, making recommendations and for accommodation needs.
• To provide evidence based group interventions.
• To provide a case worker role for a designated number of clients with an occupational focus.
• To work within the multidisciplinary team and support the overall functioning of the team.
• To offer clinical placements to Occupational Therapy Students.
• To provide informal support and supervision to staff as needed.

The successful applicant may have contact with patients or service users. As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage and support vaccination as this remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients and service users when working on our healthcare settings.


The team will provide you will a friendly welcome and full induction which includes shadowing opportunities and visits to services.

The team is based in Hathaway House which is a purpose built building for CNWL services. The team work in an open plan space alongside other services so there is opportunity for connecting with others .

There are excellent training and development opportunities available within CNWL in addition to local in house CPD opportunities.

CNWL is very fortunate in having a long-established professional structure and this includes a Head of Therapies, an AHP associate director, Trust wide Professional Leads for all professional groups and borough and specialist professional leadership.

Personal and professional development is a high priority for the profession this enables us to invest in the development of our staff by providing excellent internal training as well as commissioning specialised external training and providing quality supervision. Equality, Diversity and Inclusion are a priority for us in CNWL we expect staff to be culturally competent, reflective and open to culturally diverse CPD opportunities.



Please see attached dob description for full details and don't hesitate to get in touch to find out more about the role.

Further information about the service can be found on this link:

Kensington and Chelsea North Community Mental Health Hub :: Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust (cnwl.nhs.uk)


This advert closes on Wednesday 20 Nov 2024

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We are looking to recruit a motivated clinical psychologist to join the Liaison Psychiatry service. This post would suit a psychologist who thrives in the inpatient setting and is looking for an opportunity to develop a new service for people attending the acute Trust with complex mental health needs.

The Liaison Psychology service will provide specialist input to the Liaison Psychiatry service, while being embedded in a large Clinical Health Psychology service, including specialities in Bariatric Surgery, Burns, HIV & Sexual Health, Intensive Care, Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Pain and Staff Psychology. The CHP service has a strong commitment to embedding core values of equality, diversity and inclusion at the core of our work.

We are committed to improving access to services, striving for equity for all. Continuing professional development is actively supported, as well as hosting trainees from the North Thames Doctoral courses.

We especially welcome applications from candidates with the valuable experience of the diverse social and cultural communities the Trust serves, as we are seeking to ensure our psychology staffing has greater diversity and better represents local communities.

The postholder will be supported to develop their career and flourish as a valued member of the psychology staff group. There are also a number of support systems within the Trust including staff peer networks.

The postholder will take a lead in designing the Liaison Psychology service. This is a newly created post, welcomed by the Liaison Psychiatry team, as well as the wider Clinical Health Psychology service. The role will be on site, although hybrid models of working could be explored.

The postholder will provide specialist psychological assessment and brief therapeutic interventions in the acute setting. The postholder will offer advice and consultation on service users’ psychological care.

Clinical responsibilities include provision of highly specialised psychological assessments and interventions for service users and specialist consultation for psychiatric and hospital based staff. The postholder will be responsible for systematic governance of psychological practice within Liaison Psychiatry.

Education responsibilities will be a key component, including leading on engaging hospital based staff with education of how to deliver psychologically informed care in the acute setting.

The postholder will contribute to enabling other staff, service users and carers from diverse backgrounds to flourish by working to create a psychologically safe environment.

The postholder will utilise research skills for audit, policy and service development and research within the areas served by the team/service.

The post holder will work autonomously within BPS and HCPC guidelines and codes of conduct, and Trust policies.

Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust (CNWL) is a great place to work for Psychological Professions. We employ a wide range of Psychological Professions. We value the rich, diverse contributions to our services that our great staff make. We offer our Psychological Professions opportunities across a range of clinical services, in the most diverse areas in London.

As a Trust, we are committed to investing in our staff through a range of initiatives, both profession-specific and organisation wide. We have partnered with Bespoke and Contextual Consulting to provide some of the profession specific CPD, alongside additional CPD sessions we commission as part of CNWL CPD programme for Psychological Professions. CNWL also has seven established staff networks supporting a range of individual needs.

The successful applicant may have contact with patients or service users. As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage and support vaccination as this remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients and service users when working on our healthcare settings.

Key Responsibilities:
KR 1 Clinical and Client Care
• To provide highly specialist psychological assessments, formulations and interventions for clients under the care of the Liaison Psychiatry service, often in busy departments, such as Accident and Emergency.
• To provide brief psychological interventions with distressed service users, whilst waiting for allocation of an admission bed.
• To provide culturally appropriate psychological interventions with carers or families of referred clients when required.
• To assess and monitor risk and draw up appropriate risk management plans, including supporting the ward based team to implement effective safety planning.
• To provide limited outpatient follow-up for service users attending Accident and Emergency, who might benefit from a more detailed psychological assessment and brief therapeutic interventions.
• Where appropriate, to act as named worker and take responsibility for initiating planning and reviewing of care plans and co-ordination of multi-professional meetings.
• To communicate in a skilled and sensitive manner, information concerning the assessment, formulation and treatment plans of clients under their care and to monitor progress during the course of both uni- and multi-disciplinary care.
KR 2 Contributing to team or service clinical functioning
• To contribute to the effective working of the team or service and to a psychologically informed framework for the service.
• To contribute to the team or service’s delivery of accessible and acceptable services to diverse local communities.
• To be proactive in challenging discrimination and support the development of culturally competent services.
• To advise other members of the service on specialist psychological care of clients, including drawing on formulation skills.
• To liaise with referrers, GPs and other professionals concerned with clients in order to develop and review care plans.
• To utilise theory, evidence-based literature and research to support evidence-based practice in individual work and work with other team members.
KR 3 Policy and service development
• To implement policies and procedures in own area of work, and to propose improvements or beneficial changes.
• To contribute to service development through undertaking and participating in appropriate projects.
• To contribute to the consultation and engagement of service users in planning and delivering services which meet the needs of local communities.
KR 4 Care or management of resources
• To take care of, and use carefully, the Trust’s equipment and physical resources.
• To ensure that the postholder has sufficient resources by estimating future needs and requesting or ordering supplies as needed.
KR 5 Management and supervision
• To supervise trainee psychologists within own area of specialism.
• To provide supervision for the psychological work of other multi-disciplinary staff as appropriate.
KR 6 Teaching and Training
• To co-design with inpatient teams a psychoeducation package for ward based teams, on how to embed psychologically informed and trauma informed care. This could include a range of psychological areas, according to clinical need.
• To contribute to the development of the knowledge and skills base within the Liaison Psychiatry service by maintaining an active awareness of current developments in psychology and acute mental health, and by implementing knowledge gained in practice.
• To disseminate research and service evaluation findings through presentations and published articles.
KR 7 Record-keeping and Information Governance
• To ensure that all information generated by own work is recorded as required by Trust policies and local procedures.
• To maintain the highest standards of clinical record keeping and report writing, according to professional and Trust guidelines, including electronic data entry.
KR 8 Research and development
• To initiate, undertake, support and supervise regular complex service evaluation and audits.
• To develop a highly specialist follow-up clinic for service users presenting to Accident & Emergency.
• To provide expertise in a specialist research area which will contribute to the Liaison Psychiatry service.
• To initiate and implement the development of outcome measurement and assessment and assist other staff in the implementation of same.
KR 9 Maintaining professional standards and continuing professional development
• To receive regular clinical and professional supervision from a more senior psychologist according to HCPC and Trust guidelines.
• To ensure own Continuing Professional Development in line with BPS and Trust Personal Development Plan requirements and the HCPC ‘Standards for Continuing Professional Development’.
• To maintain an up-to-date knowledge of current developments in professional and clinical practice and of relevant legislation and policies.
• To comply with the HCPC ‘Standards of Conduct, Performance and Ethics’ and ‘Standards of Proficiency’, and ensure professional development in line with these.
• To adhere to the BPS’s Professional Practice Guidelines and Trust policies and procedures.
KR 10 General
• To travel across the Trust when required.
• To be aware of risk relating to aggressive and challenging behaviour amongst the client group, and follow trust policies relating to its management.
• To respond appropriately and professionally to emotionally distressing situations and to support others involved in such situations.


This advert closes on Monday 18 Nov 2024

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The ideal candidate for this role will be experienced in,and enthused by, working in a fast paced, customer focused senior administrative role within the public sector/Healthcare.



The Digital Project Delivery Officer will provide essential administrative support to Digital project and programme managers, ensuring the smooth operation and successful delivery of digital transformation initiatives. The ideal candidate will be proficient in utilizing Monday.com (or similar workflow management software) to track project and programme progress and possess excellent communication and organizational skills.

Working within the CNWL ICT Service you will be part of an enthusiastic team dedicated to new ways of working and improving services within the NHS through Digital Transformation.

The successful applicant may have contact with patients or service users. As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage and support vaccination as this remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients and service users when working on our healthcare settings.

- Coordinate project activities, ensuring deadlines are met and deliverables are achieved.

- Maintain and organize project documentation, including project plans, reports, and other relevant materials.

- Use Monday.com to track project and programme progress, update status reports, and generate insights for the management team.

- Facilitate effective communication within the project team and with external stakeholders, ensuring that all parties are informed and aligned.

- Assist Digital project and programme managers with day-to-day administrative tasks, including scheduling meetings, preparing agendas, taking minutes, and following up on action items.

- Assist in the allocation and monitoring of resources, including personnel, equipment, and budgets.

- Identify potential issues and risks, escalating them to project and programme managers as necessary.

- Ensure all projects adhere to internal policies and external regulations, maintaining high standards of quality and governance.


This advert closes on Thursday 14 Nov 2024

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Despite these challenging times in the health sector the team atNorthwick Park Hospital are more determined than everto offer progressive opportunities to their staff and this position is no different. Ferneley Ward and Eastlake Ward are looking for a newBand 6 Clinical Team Leader and in return we will offer you anextensive development packageto further your career. This will include;
• Career mappingto ensure continuous professional development
• Training opportunities such asCBT, DBT, Venepunctureand more
• Our innovativeTrauma Informed Approaches (TIA)staff training program
• Support to become anin-house Physical Intervention Trainer

The successful candidate will work within a dedicated team of different disciplines to assess and treat a range of mental health conditions, challenging behaviour and severe and enduring mental illnesses.

Nursing practice continuously develops with time and at Northwick Park so do we. If we want to understand the reasons for mental health problems, it often makes more sense to ask “What has happened to you?” rather than “What is wrong with you?” This method forms the basis of Trauma-Informed Approaches(TIA), where we acknowledge the relationship between people’s life experiences and the development of mental health difficulties. Northwick Park arefront-runnersin developing Trauma Informed Approached (TIA) to patient care in CNWL.

The CTL post is based at Northwick Park Mental Health Centre, which is based 5 minutes’ walk from Northwick Park underground station.

The post holder will take up the responsibility of being the Unit/Site Coordinator at least four times a month. You will provide unit management support and co-ordinate and facilitate patient flow (bed management) out of hours. In addition, the unit co-ordinator will provide senior nursing support, professional leadership and advice to all clinical areas within the unit, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

We are looking for an individual who has effective communication skills not only when engaging with services users, but also with their carers and any other professional(s) involved with the service users care.

The successful candidate will have:
• Excellent communication skills and a caring, compassionate approach to patient care.
• Motivation to drive improvement in the care of Inpatients within a mental health setting.
• Be committed to continuous professional development and to working as part of a team.
• Ability to provide strong clinical leadership and role model to others best practice on both the ward as well as the wider unit

Successful candidates must be able to engage in full physical intervention/PMVA training and techniques.

Working at Northwick Park will provide you with the following;
• Working around ourSafety Pledgeto reduce restrictive interventions
• Innovative Trauma Informed staff training program including practise of Team Formulation
• ImplementingSensory modulationinto the care pathway
• Coaching and development sessions including; wound care treatment, forms of dementia treatment, Mental State Examination skill sessions, administering ACE assessments
• On-site shadowing opportunities for you with our HTT, CMHT, Psych Liaison services
• Commitment to career mapping to ensure continuous professional development including opportunities such as CBT, DBT, ECG and venepuncture training
• Flexible shift working hours to provide a healthy work-life balance
• Training package (inc sponsorship for post-graduate studies up to masters)
• Hidden Gem, annual award ceremonies and award-winning Staff Networks that have thousands of members and exciting events.
• Excellent staff benefits:our benefit packages are amongst the best in London and include: childcare vouchers, health and wellbeing services, season ticket loans and cycle to work scheme.

The successful applicant may have contact with patients or service users. As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage and support vaccination as this remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients and service users when working on our healthcare settings.

Central and North West London NHS Trust is committed to providing safe, effective services and providing patients and families with a positive experience.

Patient Safety

Band 6 nurses contribute to the provision of safe and reliable services by:

• Using their clinical judgement and risk assessments to keep the people using our services as safe as possible

• Safeguarding people by recognising and responding when an adult or child might be at risk from abuse but also recognising their own limits and asking for help and escalate concerns when necessary

• Escalating safety concerns and by doing so acting as effective advocates for those who use our services

• Being open and transparent about their own practice

• Supervising the work of others

• Reflecting on everyday practice to identify areas where improvements in safety or quality can be made

• Working with others to create a culture of continuous improvement

• Maintaining accurate, legible, comprehensive records

• Maintaining compliance with their mandatory training requirements.

The NMC plays an important role in safeguarding the public by regulating the work of nurses and all nurses, including Band 6 nurses, are expected to register with the NMC each year and adhere to the NMC Code of Conduct.

Clinical Outcomes

Band 6 nurses often work with people who have complex needs and contribute to the effectiveness of services by:

• Being confident, autonomous practitioners who take responsibility for the care they give to patients but also take responsibility for overseeing the work of others in the team including less experienced nurses and staff without a professional qualification

• Providing skilled, evidence-based nursing care which adheres to agreed policies and procedures

• Working with patients and families in all stages of the care planning process including assessing risks and needs

• Acting as patient advocates in the multi-disciplinary team and overseeing the work of others to ensure that they are also responding to the needs of patients and providing clinically effective care

• Working as autonomous practitioners and taking responsibility for the care they give to patients but also work as team members

• Contributing to creating and maintaining high performing teams by communicating well with all members of the team

• Understanding their role in the team and how they help the team achieve its’ objectives

• Reflecting on their own practice regularly and encouraging the whole team to reflect on their practices in handovers and team meetings

• Encouraging the team to learn from adverse events or respond to data analysis from audits or benchmarking exercises and implement sustainable initiatives which improve clinical outcomes

Patient Experience

Band 6 nurses contribute to the people using our services feeling respected and empowered to make decisions about their health and wellbeing by:

• Working in partnership with patients and their families and carers

• Gaining consent and, as far as possible, involving people in all decision making

• Signposting patients and carers to the courses provided by the Recovery and Wellbeing College or services provided by the local authority or voluntary sector

• Reassuring people by being professional, responsive, knowledgeable and confident

• Demonstrating clinical leadership and challenging any poor behaviour to patients, families or other staff members and creating a positive, inclusive culture in which everyone is treated with kindness and respect and the trust’s values are embedded in all practice

• Responding to complaints or concerns effectively and quickly in line with the Trust policy

You will need to be an excellent team player with an ability to facilitate collaborative working, ensuring high standards of assessment, care and treatment for patients within the ward and wider unit. In addition, they will possess leadership skills in order to lead the nursing team on the ward as well as the wider unit when working as the unit co-ordinator.

Specification.


This advert closes on Thursday 14 Nov 2024

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A Vacancy at Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust.


Welcome to CNWL Mental Health Inpatient Services for Children and Young People. Collingham Child and Family Centre is one of six National 7 Day Inpatient settings, that work in partnership with Chelsea Hospital Schools for children aged 5 - 13 years old. We are currently recruiting for an exciting CAMHS Clinical Team Leader (RCN, RMN, RNLD).

Nestled between High Street Kensington & Earls Court, Collingham is a Tier 4 Children’s Mental Health Unit which provides acute inpatient and schooling for young people with a range of with complex mental health needs and behavioural problems.

The role consists of a flexible shift pattern: Early 07:30 - 15:30, Late 12:30 - 20:30, Nights 20:00 - 08:00. This is a 24/7 service.

We’re passionate about young people’s mental health outcomes, and strive to deliver first-class patient-centred, safe and effective care. At Collingham you will be supporting children and their families to build resilience, better coping strategies and healthy relationships through therapeutic intervention and structured meaningful activity. We appreciate that not everyone has provided care for young people in an inpatient setting, but if you’re a Registered Paediatric, Mental Health or Learning Disabilities Nurse, we’d love to hear from you.

“When I first was introduced to Collingham as a student nurse almost 3 years ago and loved it so much that I kept coming back for bank shifts as a band 3 support worker. I felt part of the family and fully involved and when I qualified as an RMN I became a permanent band 5 staff nurse on the unit. From there I've progressed onto becoming a band 6 Clinical Team Leader. And it hasn't stopped there! I've continued to develop and grow within Collingham and the CNWL CAMHS family and have had opportunities to act up into a band 7 managerial role for a few weeks as I continue my career progression path”

An account from one of our staff team nurses, sharing their story.

Who are we?

The team consists of nursing, psychology, occupational therapists, systemic psychotherapists, support workers, ward manager, matron and psychiatry. We are expanding into developing nurses to the Advanced Clinical Practitioner level, and apprenticeships for support workers. The leads of the service are a Clinical Unit Manager, Lead Nurse, Consultant Psychiatrist, and is linked to the CAMHS service line which is overseen by Head of Tier 4 services as well as Clinical and Service Directors for CAMHS and Eating Disorders. More recent developments are better links with the ED Inpatient service, development of opportunities for cross-unit working where appropriate and agreed.

To find out more about working in CAMHS pleaseCLICK HERE for one of our CAMHS video.

CNWL have a pioneering history improving health outcomes, by providing physical and mental health services at GPs, clinics, hospitals, and in the community. To find out more about CAMHS inpatients please CLICK HERE

“Staff are the heartbeat of ourorganisationand we offer Inpatient Nurses a £2,000 Post Probation Bonus, followed by £1,000 paid 12 months later”.

Our team boast a Professional Nurse Educator to develop your skills and knowledge through CPD. Staff have Protected monthly clinical supervision & training time, accompanied by a weekly teaching session, and reflective practice slots. We support training in Positive Behaviour Support (PBS), Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) and Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT). We develop your experience for both Leadership and Clinical roles. If you are interested please contact us, or see our “Staff rewards and wellbeing handbook”.

We take flexible working seriously and are open to discussion to best meet our workforce’s work life needs.

Our lovely site in Kensington is a 10-minute walk from High Street Kensington tube and 10-minute walk from Earls Court Station.

As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage and support vaccination as this remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues, and patients when working on our healthcare settings.

Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification

What do we do?

The team provides intensive assessment and treatment for children with complex emotional, behavioural and psychological difficulties, offering intensive work with families/parents and carers to develop their parenting skills.

Our highly experienced and dedicated multidisciplinary team is committed to offering the highest standards of care to help children and families regain their self-confidence. Adopting a solution focused approach for hard to manage problems and steer a course towards optimism, newly realised potential and a positive future for the child and their family network.

Typical tasks for this role?
• To support the ward manager in leading day-to-day running of the ward.
• To lead on nursing feedback in ward round and other professional meetings
• To take on the Primary Nurse role for individual young people.
• To assist in the development of junior staff and act as a role model to them.
• To ensure the provision of excellent, evidence-based nursing care for the children, young people (CYP) and their families at all times.
• To put children, young people, their families and carers at the centre of everything we do.
• To ensure the provision of a welcoming, caring, clean and safe environment for the CYP and their families.
• Recognising escalation in behaviour or shift in ward dynamics and proactively address this with staff or young people.
• Monitoring observations and ensuring safe practice and act appropriately and in line with unit procedure.
• Supervising junior staff and students to ensure the delivery of safe and effective care.




This advert closes on Monday 11 Nov 2024

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Job Summary:

Band 5 MHST EMHP/CWP Practitioners work closely with young people and families, parents and carer's and staff in schools and play an important contribution in how people experience our services. Band 5 Practitioner are expected to be kind and responsive but professional and informative and contribute to the quality of the services we provide by:

· keeping the people who using our services as safe as possible through the use of sound clinical skills and effective risk assessments

· ensuring the best possible clinical outcomes by using up-to-date skills and adhering to evidence-based policies and procedures

· ensuring the people using our services have a good experience by respecting, empowering and working in partnership with people throughout the care planning process

We believe that the best health care is delivered by multi-disciplinary teams working well together and in partnership with other teams and services to provide seamless care.

As a Band 5 Practitioners you will work alongside more experienced mental health practitioners, other health professionals and EMHP/CWP peers delivering a service to schools.

As a team you will work together to ensure that the team is working to the standards which the people using our services deserve.

To find out more about working in CAMHS pleaseCLICK HEREfor video

Applicants must be a qualified Education Mental Health Practitioner (EMHP) or CYP Wellbeing Practitioner (CWP) or an equivalent qualification with experience of working with Children and Young People in Mental Health Services or Schools in the provision of individual and group treatments.

Brent Mental Health Support Team is looking for qualified EMHP, CWP, Wellbeing Practitioners with experience of working with Children and Young People in Mental Health Services in the delivery of individual and group treatments in school settings. We are seeking to appoint enthusiastic and dynamic practitioners who are creative in their approach and passionate about improving health outcomes for children and young people.

You will work alongside EMHPs, Mental Health Practitioners and a Senior Clinical Leads to support the wellbeing and mental health of children and young people based in participating schools in Brent.

Brent MHST works with children and young people with mild to moderate mental health presentations attending schools in the area.

CNWL are committed to progressing and supporting their staff with career development and training, and ensuring staff health and wellbeing and job satisfaction.

For an informal discussion please contact Amanda Pegrum (Team Lead) apegrum@nhs.net/07701294484 or Marta Krajewska (Senior Supervisor)m.krajewska1@nhs.net/07725497102

Central and North West London NHS Trust expects all Band 5 Practitioners to act in a way which shows you understand our core values and are willing to put them into practice with young people, their friend’s family, carers, teachers and other staff members.

As a Band 5 Practitioner we expect you to show COMPASSION, contribute to a caring and kind environment and recognise that what you do and say helps can make the lives of others better

We expect you to RESPECT everyone and acknowledge and welcome people’s differences rather than ignore them or see them as problematic.

We expect you to EMPOWER others and continually try to provide information, resources and support to help others make their own decisions and meet their own needs.

We expect you to work in PARTNERSHIP and behave in a way that shows that you recognise that commissioners and users of our services are the people who generate and pay for our work.

Key Deliverables:

To allow the post holder, with appropriate supervision, to work as an autonomous and responsible practitioner as their training affords and within the scope of their local job description, to engage in:

· Delivering low intensity evidence-based intervention for children and young people in education setting with mild to moderate mental health problems.

· Helping children and young people within these settings who present with more severe problems to rapidly access more specialist services.

· Supporting and facilitating staff in education settings to identify and where appropriate manage issues related to mental health and wellbeing.

· Working with and within education environments to afford better access to specialist mental health services.

· Group/Whole school approach implementation/Consultation on referrals.

And to use the acquired skills, knowledge and abilities to deliver a service based within education settings that builds on and reinforces but does not replace those initiatives that already exist within these environments.








This advert closes on Friday 15 Nov 2024

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Are you a driven and pro-active administrator with experience working in the NHS or similar healthcare setting? We are seeking to recruit you to our Children's Services Clinical Teams.

We are looking for you to work in our warm and friendly administrative team, to provide comprehensive, high quality administrative and information support to Camden MOSAIC Children’s Services based at Kentish Town Health Centre, Health Support Services for Vulnerable Children, based at Crowndale Health Centre. Alongside other colleagues, you would provide administration support across our integrated team.

This job offers a hybrid of on-site and virtual working.

If you are appointable but not successful in being appointed to this role, would you like to be considered for any other similar roles in Camden? If so, please add into your supporting statement.
• Taking on lead responsibility for the administration of one or more services
• Coordination of multidisciplinary clinics including maintenance of spreadsheets, team diaries, appointments, cancellations and room bookings
• High quality minutes at various service meetings
• Covering the duties of the admin manager in their absence

Your work will be a key part of the quality of our service, and the experience of our patients and their families. You will need to be a compassionate and empathetic person who has experience of dealing with members of the public as well as staff from other organisations such as Local Authorities and Hospitals. You'll be someone who embraces inclusive principles and is a good communicator. Knowledge of NHS patient record systems is desirable, previous use of SystmOne an advantage

We’re passionate about delivering first-class patient-centred, safe and effective care in our clinic at Kentish Town Health Centre and Crowndale Healthcare Centre. Patients are at the heart of everything we do.

Camden MOSAIC is a friendly, caring and stimulating place to work. We'll support you, train you and help you develop on your career journey. You will also be part of a diverse, inclusive and supportive team.

The successful applicant may have contact with patients or service users. As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage and support vaccination as this remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients and service users when working on our healthcare settings.

· Taking on lead responsibility for the administration of one or more services within MOSAIC and / or health support services for vulnerable children, and delegating tasks as appropriate.

· Providing input into the development and maintenance of Standard Operating Procedures for the services for which the post holder holds the primary responsibility.

· To line manage named administrative staff as required at either Kentish Town Health Centre or Crowndale Health Centre site ensuring that staff provide the best possible level of support to clinicians. This includes managerial supervision, delegation of tasks and responsibility for appraisal, as well as first line management of disciplinary or grievance issues.

· Processing and analysing urgent and non-urgent data requests from clinicians and senior managers

· Processing multidisciplinary referrals through management of shared inboxes and on SystmOne, including preparation of appropriate paperwork for panels such as the Single Point of Referral Panel. Processing other urgent or complex referrals, including for the Child Protection Service

· Supporting with routine, urgent or complex information-gathering for areas of the service where this is required such as SPOR or CP/LAC and utilising supervisory support from a clinician as appropriate

· Processing urgent and / or complex documents on Dictate IT or other similar dictation software

· Supporting with the storage and management of prescription pads, including supporting data gathering for FP10’s

· Administrative tasks in relation to requests for charitable funds


This advert closes on Wednesday 6 Nov 2024

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We are looking to recruit a motivated clinical psychologist to join the multidisciplinary inpatient neurorehabilitation team at Willesden Junction. The successful applicant would be joining a Principal Clinical Psychologist to deliver the service.

The Neurorehabilitation Psychology service is embedded in a large Clinical Health Psychology service, including specialities in Bariatrics, Burns, HIV & Sexual Health, Intensive Care, Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Pain and Staff Psychology. The CHP service has a strong commitment to embedding core values of equality, diversity and inclusion at the core of our work.

We are committed to improving access to services, striving for equity for all. Continuing professional development is actively supported, as well as hosting trainees from the North Thames Doctoral courses.

We especially welcome applications from candidates with the valuable experience of the diverse social and cultural communities the Trust serves, as we are seeking to ensure our psychology staffing has greater diversity and better represents local communities.

The postholder will be supported to develop their career and flourish as a valued member of the psychology staff group. There are also a number of support systems within the Trust including staff peer networks.
• The postholder will provide a qualified clinical psychology service to inpatients admitted to the Neurorehabilitation Unit at Willesden Junction, including specialist assessment, treatment, planning, implementation and monitoring of outcomes.
• The postholder will provide specialist psychological assessment and therapy in the context of a multidisciplinary neurorehabilitation team.
• The postholder will offer advice and consultation on clients’ psychological care to non-psychologist colleagues and to other non-professional carers, working autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the team’s policies and procedures.
• The postholder will contribute to enabling other staff, service users and carers from diverse backgrounds to flourish by working to create a psychologically safe environment.
• The postholder will utilise research skills for audit, policy and service development and research within the areas served by the team/service.
• The postholder will work as an autonomous professional within BPS and HCPC guidelines and codes of conduct, and guided by the policies and procedures of the service, taking responsibility for own work including treatment and discharge decisions with support of clinical supervisor.

Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust (CNWL) is a great place to work for Psychological Professions. We employ qualified and pre-qualified staff from a wide range of Psychological Professions and we value the rich, diverse contributions to our services that our great staff make. We offer our Psychological Professions opportunities across a range of clinical services, in the most diverse areas in London.

As a Trust, we are committed to investing in our staff through a range of initiatives, both profession-specific and organisation wide. Psychological professions staff are able to access a range of Trust-wide CPD initiatives. We have partnered with Bespoke and Contextual Consulting to provide some of the profession specific CPD, alongside additional CPD sessions we commission as part of CNWL CPD programme for Psychological Professions. CNWL also has seven established staff networks supporting a range of individual needs.

The successful applicant may have contact with patients or service users. As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage and support vaccination as this remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients and service users when working on our healthcare settings.

Key Responsibilities:

KR 1 Clinical and Client Care

· To provide specialist psychological assessments of clients referred to the team based upon the appropriate use, interpretation and integration of complex data from a variety of sources including psychological and neuropsychological tests, self-report measures, rating scales, direct and indirect structured observations and semi-structured interviews with clients, family members and others involved in the client’s care, within limits expected at Band 7.

· To formulate and implement plans for the formal psychological treatment and/or management of a client’s mental health problems, based upon an appropriate conceptual framework of the client’s problems, and employing methods based upon evidence of efficacy, across the full range of care settings.

· To be responsible for implementing a range of psychological interventions for individuals, carers, families and groups, within and across teams employed individually and in synthesis, adjusting and refining psychological formulations drawing upon different explanatory models and maintaining a number of provisional hypotheses.

· To evaluate and make decisions about treatment options considering both theoretical and therapeutic models, and highly complex factors concerning historical and developmental processes that have shaped the individual, family or group.

· To exercise autonomous professional responsibility for the assessment, treatment and discharge of clients whose problems are managed by psychologically based standard care plans.

· To provide specialist psychological advice guidance and consultation to other professionals contributing directly to clients’ formulation, diagnosis and treatment plan.

· To contribute directly and indirectly to a psychologically based framework of understanding and care to the benefit of all clients of the service, across all settings and agencies serving the client group.

· To undertake risk assessment and risk management for individual clients and to provide advice to other professions on psychological aspects of risk assessment and risk managementaccording to Trust Policy.

· To act as care coordinator, where appropriate, taking responsibility for initiating planning and review of care plans under enhanced CPA including clients, their carers, referring agents and others involved the network of care.

· To communicate in a skilled and sensitive manner, information concerning the assessment, formulation and treatment plans of clients under their care and to monitor progress during the course of both uni- and multi-disciplinary care.

KR 2 Contributing to team or service clinical functioning

· To contribute to the effective working of the neurorehabilitation serviceand to a psychologically informed framework for the service.

· To contribute to the team or service’s delivery of accessible and acceptable services to diverse local communities.

· To be proactive in challenging discrimination and support the development of culturally competent services.

· To liaise with referrers, GPs and other professionals concerned with clients in order to develop and review care plans.



KR 3 Policy and service development

· To implement policies and procedures in own area of work, and to propose improvements or beneficial changes.

· To contribute to the consultation and engagement of service users in planning and delivering services which meet the needs of local communities.

· To contribute to service development through undertaking and participating in appropriate projects.



KR 4 Care or management of resources

· To take care of, and use carefully, the Trust’s equipment and physical resources.

· To ensure that the post-holder has sufficient resources by estimating future needs and requesting or ordering supplies as needed.



KR 5 Management and supervision

· To receive regular clinical professional supervision from a senior psychologist and, where appropriate, other senior professional colleagues.

· To be responsible for the allocation and/or clinical supervision of the work of an assistant psychologist if required, under supervision from a more senior psychologist.



KR 6 Teaching and Training

· To provide occasional specialist training in psychological approaches to care to other professions as appropriate.

· To disseminate research and service evaluation findings through presentations and published articles.

· To gain additional highly specialist experience and skills relevant to clinical psychology

· and/or the service as agreed with the professional psychology manager.

KR 7 Record-keeping and Information Governance

· To ensure that all information generated by own work is recorded as required by Trust policies and local procedures.

· To maintain the highest standards of clinical record keeping and report writing, according to professional and Trust guidelines, including electronic data entry.



KR 8 Research and development

· To undertake regular complex service evaluation, audits or research relevant to service needs.



KR 9 Maintaining professional standards and continuing professional development

· To receive regular clinical and professional supervision from a more senior psychologist according to HCPC and Trust guidelines.

· To ensure own Continuing Professional Development in line with BPS guidance and Personal Development Plan requirements and the HCPC ‘Standards for Continuing Professional Development’.

· To maintain an up-to-date knowledge of current developments in professional and clinical practice and of relevant legislation and policies.

· To comply with the HCPC ‘Standards of Conduct, Performance and Ethics’ and ‘Standards of Proficiency’, and ensure professional development in line with these.

· To adhere to the BPS’s Professional Practice Guidelines and Trust policies and procedures.



KR 10 General

· To travel to South Kensington and Chelsea Mental Health Centre, 1 Nightingale Place, SW10 9NG for psychology meetings as appropriate and across the Trust when required.

· To be aware of risk relating to aggressive and challenging behaviour amongst the client group, and follow trust policies relating to its management.

· To respond appropriately and professionally to emotionally distressing situations (for example, challenging behaviours or mental health needs) and to support others involved in such situations.


This advert closes on Wednesday 13 Nov 2024

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Additionalsupport is required at Quality Trusted Solutions (QTS) to support the administration and updatingoftheComputerAidedFacilitiesManagement(CAFM) toensureitisrepresentativeofthe managed estate.

CAFM experience is essential.

The successful applicant may have contact with patients or service users. As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage and support vaccination as this remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients and service users when working on our healthcare settings.

Responsibilitiesinclude:

• Ensuring that the correct asset information and retrospective PPMs are in place for all sites.

• Manages the asset register to ensure it is up to date,accurate, and complete to enable the successful delivery of planned maintenance activities. This includes for instance, and asrequired: uploading data; recording site openings or closures; adding, amending, or decommissioning physical assets.

• Produces regularly scheduled reports and dashboards to support the operational management and monitoring of the Hard FM service delivery. Further ad-hoc reports, analysis of data and/or trends relating to the CAFM system data, are also produced asrequired.

• Attends mandatory training and any other trainingappropriate tothe role. This is tomaintainexisting and develop new skills asrequiredto carry out the work.


QTSoperates asawholly ownedsubsidiaryof Central andNorthWestLondon NHS Foundation Trust (CNWL).Established in 2018,QTSprovidesa broad range of Estates and Facilitiesservices,spanning strategic operational delivery through toestates maintenance and repairs,primarily withinmental health and communityhealthcare settings.

Other responsibilitiesinclude:
• Flags areas identified as non-compliant, such as where tasks or documentation are not completed, for review to theappropriate HardFM team member.

• Supporting the management of users,rolesand accounts. This includes adding, removing, and managing permissions for users of the system, e.g., QTS staff, suppliers and contracted staff going to sites.

• Acts as a point of contact for users of CAFM within QTS. Troubleshoots and resolves issues where possible. Escalates asappropriate toCAFM system supplier to resolve any faults or errorsin a timely manner.



This advert closes on Wednesday 6 Nov 2024

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Have you ever considered exploringnew horizons within our communityor expanding your skill set in a different role? If so, we would like to offer you an opportunity to do this with ourHome Treatment Team inOlderAdults Community Mental Health Serviceat the heart of Westminster where we will present you with a unique opportunityto do just that.

This is an opportunity for staff who are looking to develop new skills and expand their abilities to be able to work within the community. In turn you will be able to make a meaningful impact in a different capacity than your existing role. We are looking as a trust to change the approach as an alternative to inpatient care so that the patient can be in familiar surroundings.

Join our team at HTT, where your work-life balance is a priority! Our services run from9 am to 5 pm, seven days a week, with no night shifts (within this you will be asked to work at least two weekends within a month). This structure not only ensures you have dedicated time for your personal life but also opens up opportunities for you to take on additional bank hours with us or explore roles elsewhere across the trust. Your career, your schedule – make it work for you. Join HTT and seize the flexibility you've been looking for!

We want to hear from you!

** We highly recommend you reach out to us to have an informal discussion beforehand to learn a little more about the role**

This role involves intensive support and treatment to patients in the community in the acute phase of a mental health crisis as an alternative to inpatient care; monitoring patients’ safety and well-being to promote independence in the community; acting as gate keepers to admissions; supporting early discharges from hospital.



You will also be expected to work in collaboration with the Operational Team Manager, Clinical Leads/Senior Practitioners and to have close working relationships with the community teams, inpatient services, and the HTT backup across the service.

To help you achieve expanding your knowledge we will offer you
• Mentoring and supervisionfrom our highly experienced staff and team leaders supporting you with your development and growth into the role
• Commitment from the team to develop youby offeringtraining and development opportunities tailored to your needs and the role
• Opportunities to shadowour neighbouring services including CMHTs, HTTs, acute inpatients, PICU and HBPoS allowing you to see the full circle of treatment for our patients
• Local Reflective Practice forumsrun by one of the senior leads
• Clear objectives and pathway to develop your career further
• You would be joining a warm and welcoming team that would be looking to inspire and motivate you to become an integral team member and support your growth
• Flexible shift working opportunities for a healthier work-life balance
• CNWL is dedicated to developing its own staff and you will be encouraged to develop yourself into becoming the Nurse you aspire to be.
• Free access to our Staff and Well-being service to ensure that you are always looking after yourself

Working in the City of Westminster offers a myriad of advantages. Firstly, it's a hub of cultural diversity, providing exposure to different perspectives and fostering a vibrant atmosphere. The area is full of iconic landmarks like Big Ben, Buckingham Palace, and Westminster Abbey, making every workday a visual delight

Clinical duties

To triage referrals and allocate work to junior staff as appropriate.

To provide a comprehensive mental health assessment for complex patients in the acute phase of a mental health crisis.

To assess current risks and identify how the risk and patients mental health needs would best be met.

To formulate, implement and review individualised Recovery Care Plans with patients and their carers that aims to address their psychological, physical & social needs.

To build and maintain therapeutic relationships with patients and carers and involve them in drawing up care plans.

To work with patients care co-ordinator/ lead professional as appropriate to ensure continuity of care.

To provide information and advice to carers to support them through the crisis period.


This advert closes on Wednesday 13 Nov 2024

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We are looking for Deputy Director for learning disability and autism in Brent.

You will also support the delivery of the Neurodiversity agenda within the trust including developing and reviewing pathways and participating in the many different forums, partnership meetings related to the role. This role includes the operational management of Kingswood LD inpatient units, Brent CLDT and the ASD assessment hub within the outer boroughs. Further to this you are part of the Brent Management team leading the LDA agenda and its delivery.

This role will support the neurodiversity lead deliver the neurodiversity agenda across the Trust. With responsibility for driving forward strategic work that aims to ensure the Trust is a neurodiversity aware and inclusive organisation. As well as overseeing the operational management of the specialist Adult inpatient learning disability services, the Autism diagnostic service and community LD services. Further to this you will support the delivery of LDA services within Brent and support relevant agendas within the borough.

The post holder will be the key representative of LDA services to the public, statutory and voluntary organisations. This includes working with internal and external partners across the ICBs and National teams as necessary and delivery and development, planning & meaningful co-production. The post holder needs to be dedicated to partnership working and appreciate the value community partnerships, including with VCSE, can bring to statutory health and care services.

This role is a permanent position in the role and consider its full roles and responsibilities following the promotion of the existing post holder.

The successful applicant may have contact with patients or service users. As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage and support vaccination as this remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients and service users when working on our healthcare settings.
1. Operational Delivery
• Oversight and responsibility for the delivery of specialist learning disability inpatient services that provide person-centred, high quality and clinically safe care that is integrated within the local community
• Delivery of services that respond to challenge set out in the NHS Long Term Plan and other national policy (e.g. Building the Right Support action plan, Transforming Care) by delivering purposeful care in the community that reduces avoidable admissions and support care closer to home
• Oversight of delivery of initiatives that aim to develop more needs-led all age autism diagnostic pathways including pre-& post diagnosis support
• Ensuring clinical safety and effectiveness through completion of risk assessment and management plans within agreed timescale and service delivery in line with evidence-based practice. Ensuring standards within the service meet the regulatory standards
• Ensuring services are clinically effective through monitoring of appropriate outcome measures and service user and carer experience
• Present a positive face of Trust LDA services to external bodies
• Ensure performance standards are met and create and maintain a performance management culture at individual staff member, team, service and directorate level
• Contribute to the development of a culture within services overseen of innovation, quality and service improvement.
1. Communication and strategic work:
• Senior Trust neurodiversity lead with responsibility for championing, influencing and promoting awareness of neurodiversity across the health and social care system
• Lead complex strategic work to develop and deliver Trust neurodiversity vision with an ability to articulate a strategic vision for change and help translate this into practical steps that can be taken to embed and sustain real change
• Lead discussions on a group/ 1;1 level with internal and external partners including service users and carers including being an ambassador for the Trust in wider system meetings
• Across the Trust, receive, analyse and interpret highly complex information, make decisions and communicate decisions effectively and sensitively according to the needs of the audience
• Work with internal and external teams to identify gaps; enable the testing of innovative solutions and ensuring the spread of good practise across the Trusts
• Working to Trust strategic and transformation colleagues to make a case for change, anticipate problems and formulate a strategy to overcome any identified barriers
• Ensuring that service users, carers, community organisations and other key stakeholders are actively involved in the development and delivery of Trust neurodiversity strategy.
1. Partnership Working

Ensure that:
• As a major provider of Learning Disability services, the organisation is appropriately represented, and involved with all key strategic planning bodies at Trust, ICB and relevant Local Authority functions
• Trust service continue working in partnership with other providers and stakeholders to achieve outcomes specified.
• Work with wider partners and as part of a system to deliver on NHS Long Term Plan and other national and local policy frameworks including Transforming Care Agenda and NWL ICS Learning Disabilities and Autism Plan
• Work with Local Authorities and ICB colleagues on governance arrangements where CNWL manages a number of senior clinicians to develop clear Service level Agreements (e.g. CPA, risk assessment and management).
1. Safeguarding Children and Adults

Ensure that:
• All LD service clinicians and staff follow national and Trust guidance in all matters relating to safeguarding children and adults
• Close liaison with strategic partners around safeguarding adult initiatives, supporting working together
• Clinical governance arrangements are robust in this area, including clear leadership, supervision, audit programmes and adhering to training requirements
• Serious incidents are investigated and recommendations are implemented and lessons learned and shared
• Robust procedures are in place for investigation of complaints with clear timescales, implementation of actions and lessons learnt
1. People Management:

Ensure:
• A robust management structure is in place for services overseen that supports high quality clinical care and is responsive to the needs of clinicians and stakeholders
• Staff and management cover are provided 24 hours a day to the LD inpatient services
• All staff in the service are provided with the necessary equipment to carry out their duties
• All staff in the service are provided with the leadership and guidance they need to ensure that people with a learning disability, autism or both can live happier, healthier and longer lives
• Staff are provided with a learning and development opportunities appropriate to their needs, through the knowledge and skills framework
• A workforce plan is developed that meets LD service requirements, and the needs of the diverse workforce
• Staff are treated fairly and consistently and within the operational policies and procedures applied in the organisation
• All staff have a structured supervision and appraisal system
• Dealing with staff side on complex issues i.e. reconfiguration or redesign of services
• Dealing with individual staff members who present particular challenges, and support line managers to deal with complex issues.
1. Financial Management

Ensure that:
• Effective use of financial resources provided to the Trust by NWL ICB
• Trust budgets are managed within the framework of statutory regulation and to the agreed accounting standards and procedures
• Managers with delegated authority are held to account for the application of the budget
• Buildings, service centres and sites are maintained to agreed standards and meet health and safety requirements
• The terms and conditions of all staff are acknowledged and appropriate procedures followed in line with Service Level Agreements between CNWL and wider system partners including the voluntary sector
• Services overseen contribute to the creation of an organisation where risks are identified and minimised in order to create the safest possible service
• Negotiate with ICB and Local Authorities for adequate financial resources and make relevant bids for further funding
• Responsible for leading on cost improvement programme which may include increases in productivity, or initiating income generation where possible
• Lead interventions to reduce risk of incurring high costs, eg. preventing out of area treatments, reducing agency staffing
• Take the lead in identifying risk factors and ensure action plans are drawn up to address risks.
1. Information Governance
• Ensure that staff and relevant others are aware of and comply with expected IG working practices for the effective use of owned Information Assets. This includes records of the information disclosed from an asset where this is permitted.
• Provide a focal point for the resolution and/or discussion of risk issues affecting information assets
• Foster an effective IG culture for staff and others ensuring individual responsibilities are understood, and that good working practices are adopted in accordance with the Trust and national policy.


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