Rapid Response Senior Practitioner | South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust


Company:	South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
Salary:	£58,133 - £65,261 per annum inclusive of HCAs
Hours:	Full-time
Location:	st giles, SE5 7UD
Job type:	Permanent
Posting date:	3 Nov 2026
Closing date:	3 Dec 2026

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Summary

**PLEASE NOTE THE ROLE DOES NOT REQUIRE THE PSTS TRAINING**

The post holder will work within the Primary Care Mental Health Team (PCMHT) providing a Rapid response to urgent referrals to service users referred to Southwark Community Teams.

The Rapid response post will triage and assess service users in crisis and if necessary, refer on to acute services i.e. Home Treatment team.

The Rapid response service will also ensure that all referrals to the PCMHT do not exceed the twenty-eight day wait for assessment and will work closely with PCMHT staff, the GP’s in Southwark and other referring agencies.

Key Responsibilities:

To liaise with professional bodies as required in matters relating to staff within the team. To ensure that all relevant good practice guidance is reflected within the working practice of the team. Investigate serious incidents and complaints as directed by the Clinical Service Lead/ Head of Care Pathway. To ensure that lessons learned and from serious incidents are disseminated and any recommendations made are incorporated into operational policy to improve the service.

South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust (SLaM) provide the widest range of NHS mental health services in the UK as well as substance misuse services for people who are addicted to drugs and alcohol. We work closely with the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience (IoPPN), King's College London and are part of King's Health Partners Academic Health Sciences Centre. There are very few organisations in the world that have such wide-ranging capabilities working with mental illness. Our scope is unique because it is built on three major foundations: care and treatment, science and research, and training.

SLaM employ around 5000 staff and serve a local population of 1.1 million people. We have more than 230 services including inpatient wards, outpatient and community services. Currently, provide inpatient care for approximately 5,300 people each year and treat more than 45,000 patients in the community in Croydon, Lambeth, Lewisham and Southwark; as well as substance misuse services for residents of Bexley, Bromley and Greenwich.

CLINICAL

To offer preliminary assessments that require rapid intervention.

To provide comprehensive and ongoing assessment to service users deemed to be high risk.

To participate in daily referral screening meeting to identify rapid response referrals.

To participate in the team duty rota

To liaise closely with crisis services and emergency out of hours services. To provide evidence-based care as outlined in NICE guidance.

To participate in the team duty rota.

To provide cover for GP Connect from 5-7pm

To ensure that all referrals are accepted within the target twenty days’ time frame.

A full awareness of key performance indicators (KPI) targets ensuring that the rapid response service meets key KPI’s.

TRAINING & SUPERVISION

To attend regular clinical and management supervision and appraisal

To contribute to the teaching and training of mental health professionals and other staff working in the service.

To undertake the mentorship of students working in the service

PROFESSIONAL Ensure the maintenance of standards of practice/ Codes of Conduct according to the employer and regulating and professional bodies (NMC/HPC) Ensure client confidentiality is maintained at all times

Attend clinical/managerial supervision on a regular basis as agreed with manager. Participate in individual performance review and respond to agreed objectives Maintain accurate and timely written records

GOVERNANCE: To devise and implement action plans and monitoring to support clinical and corporate governance requirements.

To implement systems to provide risk analysis that identifies and quantifies financial and non-financial risks, and supports the service in formulating management plans to minimise the risks, perform regular reviews and feed into the Trust Risk Register and Risk Management

This advert closes on Tuesday 17 Nov 2026

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