North London NHS Foundation Trust

Intensive Outreach Clinician

The closing date is 18 March 2026

Job summary

We are looking to recruit Band 6 Community Mental Health Practitioner with a passion for working with people with mental health condition.

This is a well established, high performing team delivering compassionate care in the community to adults who suffer from mental health problem. You will be working in a team that is diverse in background, highly motivated, friendly, agile, flexible and responsive.

The post-holder will provide effective and timely care within a multidisciplinary team setting for working age adults who present with functional mental health problems who are residing in the London Borough of Barnet

The post holder will carry a defined caseload and will work closely with other members of the team, including Psychologists, Medical professionals, Social Workers, Nurses other Health & Allied professionals to ensure that the best quality of care is provided.

This work will be underpinned by a bio psychosocial model of care and the post holder will ensure that best practice psycho-social interventions are offered wherever possible within their skill set.

Main duties of the job

To work as a Care-coordinator within the team in the planning, delivery, co-ordination and evaluation of assessments and formulation
To work closely and collaboratively with other members of the team including Psychologists Medical professionals and other Allied Professionals to provide optimal
To carry out complex person-centred assessments.
To ensure that all care offered is evidence based and all interventions take into account specific physical, cultural, psychological and spiritual needs of service users.
To assess care needs, devise care programmes, packages of care including Risk assessment, Dialog+ and implement and evaluate these in collaboration with individual service users and their carers.
To support and mentor less experienced staff, support workers and students from related professional backgrounds who are on placement within the team.
To undertake duties designed to extend clinical and managerial expertise as delegated by the Team Manager when required.
To undertake comprehensive outcome monitoring of all referrals.

About us

North London NHS Foundation Trust (NLFT) is committed to improving mental health care across North London to deliver excellent services to our local people.Our Five-Year Strategy:

1. We will provide consistently high-quality care closer to home.

2. With our partners in North London and each borough we will ensure equity of outcome for all

3. We will offer great places to work, providing staff with supportive environment to deliver outstanding care.

Why NLFT?

We develop and retain our staff through leadership behaviours and managers programme and many more opportunities.

We promote flexible working and support staff with a range of health and wellbeing initiatives.

NHS Discounts, generous annual leave and NHS pension scheme

Excellent internal staff network

In order to meet the needs of the Trust you 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, Camden, Enfield, Haringey or Islington. 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.

Date posted

05 March 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£44,485 to £52,521 a year Per annum, inclusive of Outer London HCAS

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

455-NLFT-0584-B

Job locations

The Redhill Clinic

64 Station Road, Edgware

London

HA8 7AB

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please kindly refer to the job description and person specification by clicking on the JD/PS attachment in the advert.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please kindly refer to the job description and person specification by clicking on the JD/PS attachment in the advert.

Person Specification

Qualifications and Training

Essential

Registered Mental Health Nurse Practitioner, Professional registration as RNMH.
Must be currently registered with appropriate professional body
Evidence of on-going CPD in portfolio

Desirable

Practice Assessor Training or recognised teaching and assessing certificate. Demonstrable experience of working with Patients with severe and enduring mental health issues within community setting Practical experience of mentoring or supervising students and junior staff - including providing clinical supervision Completed reports for Mental Health review Tribunal Reports, Best interest Reports, Capacity assessments and Funding applications

Previous Experience

Desirable

Post registration experience of working in a mental health setting.
Experience of multiagency/professional working.
Working experience as RMN in community mental health
Minimum of one year post qualification experience as RMN

Knowledge and Skills

Essential

Demonstrate an extensive knowledge of evidence-based assessments and interventions.
Able to deal with difficult situations e.g. dealing with aggressive and/or emotional patients or carers.

Desirable

Ability to communicate clearly and effectively both orally and in writing.
High quality record keeping Risk Assessment and Risk Management skills.

Attributes

Essential

Honest, trustworthy and reliable, friendly, approachable.
Ability to adapt to changing environments, needs and demands and respond accordingly

Desirable

to have a flexible and creative approach to problem solving
Ability to work under pressure while remaining calm and maintaining quality.

Person Specification

Qualifications and Training

Essential

Registered Mental Health Nurse Practitioner, Professional registration as RNMH.
Must be currently registered with appropriate professional body
Evidence of on-going CPD in portfolio

Desirable

Practice Assessor Training or recognised teaching and assessing certificate. Demonstrable experience of working with Patients with severe and enduring mental health issues within community setting Practical experience of mentoring or supervising students and junior staff - including providing clinical supervision Completed reports for Mental Health review Tribunal Reports, Best interest Reports, Capacity assessments and Funding applications

Previous Experience

Desirable

Post registration experience of working in a mental health setting.
Experience of multiagency/professional working.
Working experience as RMN in community mental health
Minimum of one year post qualification experience as RMN

Knowledge and Skills

Essential

Demonstrate an extensive knowledge of evidence-based assessments and interventions.
Able to deal with difficult situations e.g. dealing with aggressive and/or emotional patients or carers.

Desirable

Ability to communicate clearly and effectively both orally and in writing.
High quality record keeping Risk Assessment and Risk Management skills.

Attributes

Essential

Honest, trustworthy and reliable, friendly, approachable.
Ability to adapt to changing environments, needs and demands and respond accordingly

Desirable

to have a flexible and creative approach to problem solving
Ability to work under pressure while remaining calm and maintaining quality.

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.

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

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

North London NHS Foundation Trust

Address

The Redhill Clinic

64 Station Road, Edgware

London

HA8 7AB

Employer's website

https://www.northlondonmentalhealth.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

North London NHS Foundation Trust

Address

The Redhill Clinic

64 Station Road, Edgware

London

HA8 7AB

Employer's website

https://www.northlondonmentalhealth.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)