Employer South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Croydon University Hospital Town Croydon Salary £44,485 - £52,521 per annum inc. of HCA Salary period Yearly Closing 12/11/2025 23:59
NHS AfC: Band 6
South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust has a rich history, well-established community links and an international reputation. We deliver specialist services in the London boroughs of Croydon, Lambeth, Lewisham and Southwark, Bexley, Bromley, Greenwich, Wandsworth and Richmond.
We are committed to provide a high quality and specialist care to our service users and we are recognised for our care and treatment we provide. The Care Quality Commission already rates our services as ‘good’.
We launched our five-year strategy, Aiming High; Changing Lives in 2021 together with Our Care Improvement System as our quality management system methodology to make a positive impact on patient care, outcomes and staff experience. By joining SLaM, all staff will get the opportunity to be part of this exciting improvement journey supported with learning and development to harness everyone’s potential as change makers.
The trust recognises the unique and valuable contribution that people with lived experience of mental illness can bring to a role.We therefore welcome applications from people with lived experience and consider them as an asset to the Trust.
Our Values
We take pride in providing specialist care to our service users where our Trust values and our promise to be caring, kind, polite, prompt, honest, listen and do what I say I’m going to do is at the heart of everything we do. When you join us, you’ll be part of something special.
As a Trust we are happy to talk flexible working.
Job overview
The Mental Health Clinical Assessment Unit (MHCAU) is a service created in response to the Covid-19 crisis and ongoing emergency department pressures for the local population of Croydon. The unit is staffed primarily by staff from the South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust (SLaM) and the SLaM psychiatric liaison team.
The service comprises a multidisciplinary team of psychiatrists, psychiatric nurses, and lived experience staff. The service has been established to alleviate pressure on the Emergency Department (ED) at Croydon University Hospital and to support the provision of capacity for a potential surge in emergency medical cases resulting from Covid-19. This is achieved by providing a diversionary assessment space for patients with mental health problems who would otherwise have been seen in the ED but have no concurrent acute physical health concern.
This area will provide collaborative and timely care to patients requiring mental health care and treatment, in line with the National Emergency Care Access Standards.
Main duties of the job
The successful candidates will be clinically confident in assessing mental health service users presenting in emergencies, carrying out short term interventions and making independent decisions. You will thrive in a fast paced environment, often working under pressure. You will possess excellent assessment, communication skills and interpersonal skills. You will work well with others and enjoy multidisciplinary work whilst maintaining the highest standard in the quality of care.
Working for our organisation
Some of our benefits are highlighted here:
* Generous pay, pensions and leave,we offer a comprehensive pay, pensions and leave package which is dependent on the role and length of service.
* Work life balance,flexible working and support a range of flexible options, such as: part-time working and job sharing.
* Career development,There are plenty of opportunities to progress your career and we support your development through a number of programmes such as mentoring, coaching, positive people management, collective leadership and other talent programmes
* Car lease,our staff benefits from competitive deals to lease cars
* Accommodation,our staff benefits from keyworker housing available which is available on selected sites
* NHS discounts,with discounts up to 10% from a variety of well-known retail brands though Health Service Discounts website.
Other benefits include:
* Counselling services
* Long service awards
* Cycle to work scheme
* Season ticket loan
* Staff restaurants
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Education and Qualification
* Registered Adult Nurse and/or Registered Mental Health Nurse and/or Registered Learning Disabilities Nurse
* Mentorship qualification
Experience and Knowledge
* Experience of research-based/reflective practice, e.g. understanding and ability to use supervision to reflect on skills, attitude and knowledge and develop these by using evidence based practice
* Significant relevant clinical experience
* Evidence of continuing professional development
* Experience in providing psycho-social assessments
* Experience in supervising junior staff
Skills and Abilities
* Able to provide quality care that is responsive to the service user’s needs, without close supervision
* Resilient: able to cope with difficult interpersonal situations
Person specification
Education & Qualifications
* Registered Adult Nurse / Mental Health Nurse / Learning Disabilities
* Mentorship Qualification or equivalent teaching in practice qualification
Experince & Knowledge
* Experience of research based/reflective practice, e.g. understanding and ability to use supervision to reflect on skills, attitude and knowledge and develop these by using evidence based practice
* Experience of carrying out psycho-social assessments
* Evidence of continuing professional development
* Experience of taking responsibility for a ward/clinical unit
Skills & Abilities
* Able to provide quality care that is responsive to service user's needs, without close supervision
* Resilient: able to cope with difficult interpersonal situations
* Advocates for all individuals, particularly those with protected characteristics: promotes equality and diversity
* Innovative, creative and a willingness to try new ideas
Other Requirements
* Ability to fulfil all the requirements of the role (including physical)
* Flexibility to work shift patterns across 24hrs, 7days a week and across all clinical areas as required
The Trust is committed to providing services which embrace diversity and that promote equality of opportunity. We are a Disability Confident Employer, we welcome applicants from all sections of the community and people of all protected characteristics. We provide reasonable adjustments for candidates with a disability and are committed to treating people fairly with compassion, respect and dignity and in promoting equality and human rights. We aim to put this commitment into practice by:
* Embedding our commitment to tackling inequality, eliminating discrimination and harassment; promoting equality of opportunity and fostering good relations in our everyday practice
* Ensuring that all our services and all staff understand and support our commitment
* We believe that people who use our services, their carers and our staff, should be treated with compassion, respect and dignity
Please note:
* That all applications for this post will need to be made online
* That you read and understand the Job Description and Person Specification attached to the role. Your Statement in Support should reflect the requirements specified as your application will be judged against these criteria
* That the closing date listed is a guide only and that the vacancy may close earlier should sufficient number of applicants have been received. We advise that you submit your application as early as possible
* That once you have submitted your application you agree to your application being transferred to a 3rd party e-recruitment system. All subsequent information regarding your application will be generated from apps.trac.jobs
* That should you not have heard from us within three weeks from the closing date your application has not been successful
* That priority consideration for applications may be given to at-risk NHS employees
* That should you be successful and appointed, you authorise South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust to confirm your previous NHS service via an Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) process
* That we are a smoke-free Trust
SLaM is a Stonewall Diversity Champion, Stonewall is the largest Lesbian, Gay, Bi and Trans (LGBT) rights charity in Europe’
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