Description
The Mental Health Single Point of Access is at the centre of urgent and crisis mental health care across Ealing, Hammersmith & Fulham and Hounslow.
We are looking for an experienced and dynamic Band 7 Senior Clinician who enjoys challenge, autonomy and leading from the front.
You will make complex clinical decisions, support staff in real time and help shape how people access the right care at the right time.
This is a role for someone who wants more than a traditional clinical post.
You will influence pathways, lead practice across a fast-moving service and play a key role in the continued development of urgent and crisis mental health care.
Main duties of the job
As a Band 7 Senior Clinician, you will be one of the key clinical leaders within SPA, NHS 111*2 and MH UCR.
You will provide senior oversight of complex referrals, telephone triage, urgent and crisis presentations and professional-to-professional contacts, supporting the team to make safe, confident and proportionate decisions.
You will lead the service clinically and operationally on shift, providing immediate support with risk, escalation and complex pathway decisions while maintaining oversight of service pressures and patient flow.
You will supervise and develop staff, contribute to quality improvement, audit and performance and work closely with CATT, primary care, ambulance services, police and wider partners.
You will have the opportunity to influence practice, develop new ways of working and help shape a service that sits at the heart of urgent mental health care across three boroughs.
Qualifications and Training
- Registered Professional (Mental Health Nurse RMN, Social Worker or OT)
- Evidence of ongoing professional development
- Mentorship/Teaching & assessing qualification
Experience
- Experience in a variety of MH settings as a qualified practitioner
- Significant experience at band 6 or equivalent within CRHTT, Liaison nursing, intake service or equivalent
- Delivering Clinical supervision/ reflective practice to nursing as well as other professionals
- Multi-disciplinary team working
Knowledge and Skills
- Understand a range of models of mental disorder, including the contribution of social, physical and development factors
- Understand the social perspective on mental disorder and mental health needs
- Ability to build relationships across organisational and professional boundaries
- Ability to analyse and interpret complex data required to deliver the service
- Ability to deal with complex issues arising from managing a diverse multidisciplinary service
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Good risk assessment and management skills
- Understanding of social care resources and provision available beyond statutory agencies
Personal Qualities
- Warm, friendly, approachable
- Flexible approach
- Ability to cope with change
- Able to work seamlessly with other professional groups
- Ability to work under pressure
- Flexible and positive attitude to work
- Ability to be empathetic
- Keen to learn new skills and to share learning with others