Job summary
The NHS Veterans Mental Health and Wellbeing Service is recruiting a clinical specialist from a nursing or allied health professional background to carry out specialist assessments, deliver veteran-sensitive interventions and advice, and to support a complex caseload.
This is a 9-month maternity cover which would suit someone looking for career development.
The service, whose London hub is based at St Pancras Hospital, operates in a range of community settings to support consistent access to care and treatment. The post holder will predominantly work with cases requiring urgent care or at-home visits.
Op COURAGE is an NHS-led partnership with three Forces-friendly charities, Walking with the Wounded, Stoll and The Ripple Pond. We offer a proactive, mobile, wrap-around treatment service which bolsters existing NHS emergency care and crisis services operating on a 24/7 basis. It aims to offer immediate psychological, social and other stabilization options, to secure longer-term treatment for veterans, to reduce crisis admissions and shorten inpatient stays.
Main duties of the job
The role will involve swift triage of referrals into the service, liaison with referrers, engaging veterans, and then conducting in-depth assessments at the veterans' location, using a high level of expertise. The post holder will draw up and co-ordinate specialist veteran-specific risk assessments and care plans involving multiple others, including partner agency workers and peers. Liaison with wider NHS, statutory bodies, local authorities and the third sector is key to ensure the appropriate support is in place for veterans and their families.
About us
High quality supervision, peer support and expertise are available, and will assist as a way of connecting with the myriad of support services available to veterans.
C&I is committed to the development and career progression of our internal staff and would like to remind candidates that there are numerous sources of support available in the recruitment process for internal candidates to access:
- HR experts can provide support in completing applications and supporting statements
- Access to an Interview Excellence E-learning module
- We encourage candidates to make arrangements to visit the areas they are interested in applying to work in
- We offer shadowing opportunities before the interview either in the area or similar to provide exposure into what the new role may feel like
The partnership betweenBarnet, Enfield and Haringey Mental Health NHS Trust (BEH)andCamden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust (C&I)is going from strength to strength since it was originally established in 2021 forming theNorth London Mental Health Partnership.
The post-holder may be required from time to time to work at different locations to your normal place of work. This may mean that you are required to work at any location that fall under Barnet, Enfield and Harringay Trust and Camden and Islington Trust. The Trust reserves the right to require staff to work at such other places or locations as it considers reasonable and necessary on a temporary or permanent basis.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The post-holder will offer psychologically informed case management interventions, including with dual diagnosis and personality disorder. They will also play a key role in supporting veterans friends, family and carers.
The successful applicant will contribute to governance and audit within the team, as well as mentoring and supervision. They may deputise or support the service manager on occasion. The post holder will operate to the requirements of the service operational policy and strategy, and deliver safe, evidence based, effective, culturally competent care in a timely manner to veterans.
The post holder will be expected to travel daily across the London region and work core hours 9 to 5pm, and in addition may be required to work flexibly outside these hours depending on service requirements.
This is an exciting 9-month opportunity for someone who wants to be involved in the delivery of a dynamic, creative and psychologically oriented service, and may wish to gain experience working at a higher banding or in a specialist service.
The successful applicant will have excellent assessment skills, be familiar with supporting those with a range of mental health conditions, including the support of complex clinical presentations (e.g. personality disorder). Candidates with experience of working with triage and assessment (including AMHP), applying clinical skills in dual diagnosis or personality disorder (e.g. MI), and those who have undertaken UK military service will be welcome.
The post holder will be motivated, resilient, comfortable with complexity and working autonomously when needed, and keen to deliver an excellent service to this client group.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The post-holder will offer psychologically informed case management interventions, including with dual diagnosis and personality disorder. They will also play a key role in supporting veterans friends, family and carers.
The successful applicant will contribute to governance and audit within the team, as well as mentoring and supervision. They may deputise or support the service manager on occasion. The post holder will operate to the requirements of the service operational policy and strategy, and deliver safe, evidence based, effective, culturally competent care in a timely manner to veterans.
The post holder will be expected to travel daily across the London region and work core hours 9 to 5pm, and in addition may be required to work flexibly outside these hours depending on service requirements.
This is an exciting 9-month opportunity for someone who wants to be involved in the delivery of a dynamic, creative and psychologically oriented service, and may wish to gain experience working at a higher banding or in a specialist service.
The successful applicant will have excellent assessment skills, be familiar with supporting those with a range of mental health conditions, including the support of complex clinical presentations (e.g. personality disorder). Candidates with experience of working with triage and assessment (including AMHP), applying clinical skills in dual diagnosis or personality disorder (e.g. MI), and those who have undertaken UK military service will be welcome.
The post holder will be motivated, resilient, comfortable with complexity and working autonomously when needed, and keen to deliver an excellent service to this client group.
Person Specification
Qualification
Essential
- Professional Registration
Desirable
- Experience in the Armed Forces as Regular or Reserve
- Experience of working with ex-serving UK Armed Forces
Experience of assessment
Essential
- Substantial work in an assessment environment/working with variety of mental health conditions
Desirable
- Specialist understanding of the culture, issues and needs of ex-service personnel and knowledge of veteran agencies
Complex case management/advice
Essential
- Substantial experience of risk management with complex clients, including offering advice to others on issues (e.g. safeguarding).
- Experience of highly skilled care planning, including planning for trauma related mental health problems and substance misuse difficulties
Desirable
- Experience of providing supervision/mentoring.
- Experience of applying clinical skills in substance misuse or personality disorder
Good written communication
Essential
- Experience of producing reports/assessments/case notes.
Person Specification
Qualification
Essential
- Professional Registration
Desirable
- Experience in the Armed Forces as Regular or Reserve
- Experience of working with ex-serving UK Armed Forces
Experience of assessment
Essential
- Substantial work in an assessment environment/working with variety of mental health conditions
Desirable
- Specialist understanding of the culture, issues and needs of ex-service personnel and knowledge of veteran agencies
Complex case management/advice
Essential
- Substantial experience of risk management with complex clients, including offering advice to others on issues (e.g. safeguarding).
- Experience of highly skilled care planning, including planning for trauma related mental health problems and substance misuse difficulties
Desirable
- Experience of providing supervision/mentoring.
- Experience of applying clinical skills in substance misuse or personality disorder
Good written communication
Essential
- Experience of producing reports/assessments/case notes.
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).
