Senior Clinician CYP SPOA Pathway LeadNHS

Job summary

This is an exciting opportunity for registered Nurses, Social Workers, and Allied Health Professionals to join the Trust Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Tri-Borough Single Point of Access (SPoA), covering Barnet, Enfield and Haringey. This post will primarily be based in Haringey

The post holder will be based within the SPoA service and will work across the referral pre-screening and triage function and the Initial Assessmentpathway. The successful candidate will play a key role in ensuring that referrals are reviewed promptly, allocated appropriately, and discussed within multidisciplinary team meetings where required. They will support the delivery of a seamless referral process, ensuring that young people are either directed into the most appropriate clinical pathway or discharged from the service when indicated.

The role includes oversight of the administrative and clinical processes associated with assessment and discharge, ensuring that IA care plan letters, discharge notifications, and all relevant documentation are completed accurately and shared with young people and their families in a timely manner

We are seeking enthusiastic, motivated clinicians with a passion for working with CYP, their families/carers. Applicants should have an interest in supporting CYP, presenting with a wide range of complex mental health needs. The successful post holder will work within a balanced job plan that incorporates both clinical leadership and clinical intervention

Main duties of the job

If the maximum number of applications is reached, this vacancy may close earlier than the advertised closing date.

The postholders will offer supervision and appropriate level of senior clinical oversight for a range of bandings within the team. The post holder will support specialist ND triage advice where necessary, guidance, and support for CYP, their families and other professionals working with CYP. The role includes having a caseload providing therapeutic interventions with an opportunity to lead and develop new interventions at the front door, as well as deputy leadership and management functions as and when necessary, as part of the SPOA leadership team. The postholder will assist in implementing and reviewing systems, policies standards and procedures that contribute to the delivery of high-quality service within the frameworks agreed by the Trust and the Commissioners.

The service will have a centralized collation of outcome measures and scoring used to determine pathways in conjunction with shared decision making.

You will lead on trauma informed assessment and care, with effective signposting where indicated. You will have close ties to other health and social care providers and education services. The role includes having a clinical caseload providing expert therapeutic intervention, as well providing senior clinical support to team members.

Job description

To maintain an active and complex caseload as relevant to professional registration in line with job plan as determined with SPOA Service Lead. Job plan will allow for balance of clinical / managerial work as required by the needs of the service.

To support the day-to-day clinical oversight of the SPOA Service, clinical pathways, coordinating the clinic-based service in conjunction with other senior colleagues and

Support junior colleagues with their caseloads management to work effectively, efficiently and creating capacity to take on new cases.

To take a lead clinical role across a specified pathway i.e., triage/ screening or Initial assessments or short-term brief intervention

To support where necessary in all aspects of the service delivery, referral management, duty clinician, to ensure that young people are triaged and screened into the service or signposted as appropriate, in consideration of risk and urgency.

To support and supervise staff, and respond to queries.

To assist in the development of CAMHS services within the locality and tri borough including working to an agreed model, developing clinical structures, recruiting staff and operational organisation of the services including all HR matters.

To maintain an awareness of complex cases and projects for which allocated staff are responsible and ensure the Clinical Team Manager is appropriately informed regarding cases of particular risk or concern. This role does include carrying a caseload.

This is not an exhaustive list, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification for more information on the role requirements and duties.

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:

• We will provide consistently high-quality care closer to home.
• With our partners in North London and each borough we will ensure equity of outcome for all
• We will offer great places to work, providing staff with supportive environment to deliver outstanding care.
• We will be more effective as an organisation by pioneering research, quality improvement and technology.

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.