Job Description

This is an exciting opportunity for a registered Senior Clinician to be part of the North London Foundation Trust CAMHs Tri borough Single Point of Access (SPOA) across Barnet, Enfield and Haringey, services provided at the front door. The postholder will be based in the tri-borough SPOA services, and engaged either the pre-screening/triaging aspect of the referral process, or the Initial assessment fold, working to ensure that all cases, are allocated to clinicians, cases are been brought to MDT for discussions, and that there is seamless process followed in ensuring that cases are moved into the appropriate clinical pathways or discharged from the services. You will have oversight in ensuring the IA care plan letter, and discharge notification are sent to the YP and families, and all documentations completed. 1 of these posts will lead on the brief intervention fold, assessing and delivering short-term provision of care/therapy, and coordinating the allocation into the clinical pathways, or the discharging of YP following brief intervention.



We are looking to recruit clinicians who are enthusiastic, motivated, and who have interest in working with young people, their family and carers presenting with a range of complex mental health difficulties. The post holders will have a job plan balancing the needs of clinical management and clinical interventions.



Please note if the maximum number of applications is met this post will close early.



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.



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.



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 includin g workin g t o a n agree d model, developing clinical structure s , 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, p lease see the attached and Person Specification for more information on the role requirements and duties.