Clinical Practitioner – Unither House, Curfew Bell Rd, Chertsey

Looking for flexible work in the NHS? The Flexi‑Bank is a collaborative staff bank hosted by Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust in partnership with Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, offering greater choice, flexibility and access to a wider range of opportunities across both organisations.

Why join the Flexi‑Bank?

• Work flexibly – choose shifts that suit your lifestyle and availability
• Access more opportunities – pick up shifts across mental health, community and acute care settings
• Get paid fairly and on time – competitive rates and fast access to earnings through Stream
• Stay supported – benefit from training, development and guidance from our dedicated Temporary Staffing Team
• Be part of something bigger – join a growing collaborative of NHS Trusts across Surrey

Main duties of the job

• Provide timely assessments for children and young people presenting with moderate to severe mental health needs, including deliberate self-harm assessments.
• Arrange appropriate follow-up appointments and ensure effective signposting to relevant services.
• Provide advice, support, and education to the wider professional network, including the Hub Team.
• Work closely with the Mindworks Alliance, School Based Needs teams, Surrey Well Being Partnership, and other partner agencies to respond to referrals.
• Conduct specialist assessments and provide treatment to children, adolescents, and their families either independently or jointly with Hub staff.
• Carry out autonomous clinical assessments for young people with complex or co‑morbid mental health needs.
• Work within a multidisciplinary team (MDT) providing assessment and treatment for children and young people with complex mental health difficulties.
• Manage an individual caseload from referral through to discharge or transfer, including medium to high‑risk cases.
• Complete and oversee initial assessments and facilitate warm handovers or referrals to appropriate services.
• Participate in the Hub duty rota and respond to queries from families and the wider professional network.
• Develop crisis and contingency plans with young people and families, including risk assessment and positive risk‑taking approaches.

Working for our organisation

Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is the leading provider of health and social care services for people of all ages with mental ill‑health and learning disabilities in Surrey and North East Hampshire. We also provide social care services for people with a learning disability in Croydon and ASD and ADHD assessment services in Hampshire. We actively seek to engage people who use our services and our communities in improving the mental wellbeing of the local population. We work closely with other NHS and voluntary sector organisations who provide services and support people who use services and carers. Surrey is a beautiful county lying just 30 minutes away from Central London and from the South Coast. Our historic market towns and bustling districts are enveloped in wonderful countryside, and our excellent road and rail networks bring the rest of the country within easy reach. For international travel, both Gatwick and Heathrow airports are nearby.

Would you like to work in an organisation that sits in the top 10 best NHS Mental Health, Learning Disability and Community Services Trusts to work for? This ranking is based on staff feedback in the 2023 NHS Staff Survey.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• Lead on setting, monitoring, and maintaining high standards of clinical care.
• Provide clinical advice where practice may affect standards of care.
• Provide leadership and guidance to clinicians within the service.
• Support staff in managing complex, challenging, or distressing clinical situations.
• Act as a professional role model, demonstrating advanced knowledge and skills in child and adolescent mental health practice.
• Supervise, support, and mentor junior staff members.
• Provide mentorship and guidance for students and support their learning objectives in collaboration with the Clinical Placement Facilitator.
• Maintain oversight of the Hub duty rota and provide support to junior colleagues when required.
• Work with the Service Manager to ensure effective clinical governance processes and quality assurance of care.
• Communicate sensitive and complex information to young people and their families in a compassionate and appropriate manner.
• Provide consultation and professional advice to other professionals within the CYPS division.
• Ensure outcome measures are implemented, monitored, and audited across the team.
• Contribute to research activities and promote evidence‑based interventions.
• Maintain up‑to‑date knowledge of safeguarding legislation, child protection procedures, and relevant policies.
• Lead the development and implementation of clinical guidelines and protocols within the service.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria: Post Graduate level qualification and registration with NMC.

Experience

Essential criteria: 3 years post qualifying experience, 1 of which must have been a year as a Band 6 in community. Experience working with CYP with mental health needs in the community. Undertaking mental health assessments, risk assessments, risk formulations, crisis and contingency planning and use of outcome measures. Working with other agencies. To oversee, participate and to support staff in navigation meetings, multi‑disciplinary meetings, formulation meetings, risk support and safeguarding. Training others through various mediums. Understanding of family functioning. Knowledge and awareness of Safeguarding procedures. Experience of developing a plan of care to safeguard an adult or child. To investigate and respond to complaints as directed by the Service Manager and Senior Leadership Team. Working in partnership with the Mindworks Network consulting and planning care to meet needs in line with the IThrive Framework.