Job Description

Job Title: Band 7 Mental Health Practitioner

Trust: South London & Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust

Location: Queens Resource Centre 66A Queens Road Croydon CRO 2PR

Ward: Croydon Early Intervention Service

Pay Rates: 26.53

Shift Patterns: Mon-Fri 9am-5pm (37.5)

Number of Staff Required: 1

Why might this job interest you?

Are you an experienced and passionate mental health professional ready to take the next step in your leadership journey? The Croydon Early Intervention in Psychosis Team is seeking a dedicated Band 7 Advanced Practitioner to join our dynamic and supportive service, based at Queens Resource Centre. This is a fantastic opportunity to play a key role in shaping and delivering high-quality, recovery-focused care to individuals experiencing a first episode of psychosis.

In this varied and rewarding role, you'll provide clinical leadership, manage and support a small team, and help drive service improvement across key areas such as referral management, care coordination, and patient experience. You'll be working collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team, ensuring evidence-based, person-centred care that promotes early intervention and long-term recovery.

Whether you're looking to develop your leadership skills, expand your clinical expertise, or contribute to innovative care pathways in psychosis, this role offers the support, autonomy, and professional development you need to thrive. If you're motivated, compassionate, and ready to make a lasting impact, we'd love to hear from you.

What you can add:

You will lead and support a team of clinicians, offering supervision, guidance, and role modelling best practice in mental health care. You will support the delivery of safe, effective, and person-centred care through leadership in referral management, discharge planning, and crisis intervention. You will play a key role in service development, quality improvement, and audit activities that enhance outcomes for service users and carers. You will work collaboratively across the MDT and partner agencies to ensure coordinated, holistic care. You will champion early intervention principles, promoting recovery, inclusion, and the reduction of health inequalities. You will take part in teaching, mentoring, and the ongoing development of staff to maintain high clinical standards and team resilience.
What you'll need:

Professional Registration NMC / HCPC (OT or Social Worker) with relevant Diploma, BSc or MSc Proven experience managing clinical practice in mental health services Experience providing clinical and managerial supervision Experience of running/organising depot and/or clozapine clinic Knowledge of safeguarding procedures and discharge planning Experience supporting patients and families in crisis
Desirable:

Access to a car and full UK drivers licence Experience in project management and involvement in recruitment processes
The benefits we can offer you in return:

Putting People in Places to Care - be part of the NHSP community, by joining the bank and caring for patients with a team of people from all walks of life.

Weekly pay to give you access to your wages more quickly.

Blue Light Card - NHS Discount Provider

First choice of shifts/placements at the Trust of your choice over agencies.

Our team is always happy to help - access our support line any time.

Working options to suit your lifestyle?- being on the bank gives you the flexibility to work the shifts you want or choose fixed term placements.

Training and development opportunities via the Trust and NHSP's own academy.

Explore different wards, keep your skills up to date whilst gaining vital experience.

Being part of the NHSP Community means you'll get access to member activities such as member of the month, member appreciation week, key date giveaways, webinar series and much more.

Who are NHS Professionals?

NHS Professionals is a flexible staff bank, owned by the Department of Health, our purpose is to provide you with the autonomy to decide when, how, and where you want to work. Supporting your lifestyle and making you feel part of the team and community. Offering you flexible work or alternatively fixed term placements.

Apply Today!

By joining us you can look forward to a choice of flexible Bank shifts or fixed term placements across any of our client Trusts in England.

Reference ID: 84474

Job Types: Full-time, Temporary
Contract length: 3 months

Pay: 26.53 per hour

Expected hours: 37.5 per week

Work Location: In person