Job summary
NELFT's Crisis Assessment and Triage Team have an exciting opportunity for a team leader / pathway lead to join the team, covering Kent and Medway ChYPMHS.
You will lead a team of experienced and highly skilled nurses, social workers and occupational therapists who conduct crisis mental health assessment in acute hospitals and community settings. The team respond to children and young people who are presenting in mental health crisis, with a response time of 4 hours, day and night. Other elements of the role include triage and signposting referrals that are received from acute settings, NELFT services and 111.
Main duties of the job
You will also be instrumental in guiding and leading the team to meet the NHS long term plan goal of 100% of children and young people accessing crisis mental health services in the community by April 2024. You will be part of service transformation and community culture movement whereby assessments will move away from acute hospital settings. You will work collaboratively with NELFT services including 111, social care, education, SEACAMB, police and the acute services to achieve this goal.
Within this role you will work closely with the inpatient and community teams within NELFT, acute hospital settings, police, GP's SEACAMB, NELFT professionals, KCC, schools and other partner agencies. You will also have the opportunity to work alongside and support the other pathway team leaders within the pathway, including; the intensive home treatment team, short stay services (72 hour crisis beds and HBPOS) and the inpatient GAU unit at KMAH.
You will offer clinical and managerial supervision to the team, offer clinical and operational guidance where necessary, attend, rep-resent and lead professional and network meetings and develop audits and new processes to support the delivery of the crisis assessment triage team alongside the senior leadership team. You will be expected to monitor compliance, KPI's and the teams overall wellbeing.
About us
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.
COVID-19 Vaccination
We continue to encourage all staff to ensure that they have been double vaccinated and received their booster. We recognise that taking the vaccine provides the best defence against COVID 19 for our patients, our staff and their families.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The team cover the whole of Kent and Medway so work remotely across different locations but have access to several different sites to support the team and role. The team operate 24/7 covering long days, earlies, lates and nights.
You will be expected to work 4-5 days covering full term hours. Flexible working can be arranged for the right candidate.
Please see the attached Job description and for further information or an informal chat please contact Catherine Andrews
Job description
Job responsibilities
The team cover the whole of Kent and Medway so work remotely across different locations but have access to several different sites to support the team and role. The team operate 24/7 covering long days, earlies, lates and nights.
You will be expected to work 4-5 days covering full term hours. Flexible working can be arranged for the right candidate.
Please see the attached Job description and for further information or an informal chat please contact Catherine Andrews
Person Specification
Education
Essential
- Education - literacy and numeracy ?? Application Form Interview Assessment Successful completion of a graduate training (e.g. nursing, social work, occupational therapy) or equivalent substantial CAMHS clinical experience ?? Application Form Interview Further professional knowledge will have been gained through accredited courses workshops, study and in house training programmes (e.g. CYP - IAPT training)
Experience
Essential
- Experience - Experience of working with difficult, disturbed or challenging children/young people requiring skilled and complex interventions ?? Application Form Interview Experience of working with children and adolescents with co - morbid difficulties and special needs. (i.e. combination of organic and emotional deficits, such as autistic spectrum disorders and trauma) ?? Application Form Interview Experience of working therapeutically with parents/carers/families of children and young people with complex mental health problems ?? Application Form Interview Experience of using observation (eg. In school contexts) to contribute to assessments of children ?? Application Form Interview Experience of carrying out generic assessment with other colleagues in the multi -disciplinary team
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge - An awareness of NHS Plan, NSF and clinical governance priorities ?? Application Form Interview Assessment High level knowledge of the theory and practice of short term and long term in clinical interventions in CAMHS/EWMHS ?? Application Form Interview Knowledge of legislation in relation to children and adolescents and safeguarding procedures and policies ?? Application Form Interview Knowledge of NHS, Social Care and Education structures, national policies and frameworks, evidence based practice including NICE guidelines ?? Application Form Interview Knowledge of risk management and ability to monitor and ?? Application Form Interview 12 assess risk and act accordingly to ensure safety
Skills
Essential
- Skills - Basic awareness of IT and IT skills ?? Application Form Interview Assessment Ability to communicate clearly and effectively highly complex and sensitive matters to patients, which give rise to psychological distress ?? Application Form Interview Highly developed ability to integrate complex clinical information into a coherent formulation ?? Application Form Interview Specialist skill in the ability to communicate effectively, verbally and in writing complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside CAMHS/EWMHS ?? Application Form Interview Ability to tolerate anxiety without recourse to premature action whilst appreciating the role of the supervisor ?? Application Form Interview Capacity to work alone, involving colleagues ?? Application Form Interview 13 and manger as relevant Capacity to write clear records and observe policies, procedures and guidelines ?? Application Form Interview Ability to plan and organise own workload and time ?? Application Form Interview Ability to use outcome monitoring across all clinical work
Person Specification
Education
Essential
- Education - literacy and numeracy ?? Application Form Interview Assessment Successful completion of a graduate training (e.g. nursing, social work, occupational therapy) or equivalent substantial CAMHS clinical experience ?? Application Form Interview Further professional knowledge will have been gained through accredited courses workshops, study and in house training programmes (e.g. CYP - IAPT training)
Experience
Essential
- Experience - Experience of working with difficult, disturbed or challenging children/young people requiring skilled and complex interventions ?? Application Form Interview Experience of working with children and adolescents with co - morbid difficulties and special needs. (i.e. combination of organic and emotional deficits, such as autistic spectrum disorders and trauma) ?? Application Form Interview Experience of working therapeutically with parents/carers/families of children and young people with complex mental health problems ?? Application Form Interview Experience of using observation (eg. In school contexts) to contribute to assessments of children ?? Application Form Interview Experience of carrying out generic assessment with other colleagues in the multi -disciplinary team
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge - An awareness of NHS Plan, NSF and clinical governance priorities ?? Application Form Interview Assessment High level knowledge of the theory and practice of short term and long term in clinical interventions in CAMHS/EWMHS ?? Application Form Interview Knowledge of legislation in relation to children and adolescents and safeguarding procedures and policies ?? Application Form Interview Knowledge of NHS, Social Care and Education structures, national policies and frameworks, evidence based practice including NICE guidelines ?? Application Form Interview Knowledge of risk management and ability to monitor and ?? Application Form Interview 12 assess risk and act accordingly to ensure safety
Skills
Essential
- Skills - Basic awareness of IT and IT skills ?? Application Form Interview Assessment Ability to communicate clearly and effectively highly complex and sensitive matters to patients, which give rise to psychological distress ?? Application Form Interview Highly developed ability to integrate complex clinical information into a coherent formulation ?? Application Form Interview Specialist skill in the ability to communicate effectively, verbally and in writing complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside CAMHS/EWMHS ?? Application Form Interview Ability to tolerate anxiety without recourse to premature action whilst appreciating the role of the supervisor ?? Application Form Interview Capacity to work alone, involving colleagues ?? Application Form Interview 13 and manger as relevant Capacity to write clear records and observe policies, procedures and guidelines ?? Application Form Interview Ability to plan and organise own workload and time ?? Application Form Interview Ability to use outcome monitoring across all clinical work
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
