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Senior Mental Health Practitioner | Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust
Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust - Whiston
£39,959 - £48,117 per annum
PermanentFull time
An opportunity has arisen for a Senor Mental Health Nurse to join our multi disciplinary team. The Crisis Response Team provide interventions to young people at the point of mental health crisis. The team provide a 24/7 service which allows for flexibility from a 9-5 working pattern as a Senior Mental Health Practitioner, the post holder will provide high standards of evidence based client centred care to children and young people with mental health [CYPMH] problems within the THRIVE Framework for service delivery. The post holder will be expected to provide interventions, advice, consultation and supervision to both colleagues and colleagues within external partner agencies in line with THRIVE and clinical competency. As the post is identified within the CYPMH strategy, it is expected the role will continue to develop in line with national and local initiatives. The post holder will demonstrate an attitude which respects and values service users’ and their carers. The post holder will embrace the core values of the organisation and adopt the principles of Recovery and THRIVE. These principles will recognise the need to: Promote safe practices Value the aims of service users Work in partnership and offer meaningful choice Be optimistic about the possibilities of meaningful change Value social inclusion The team promotes the Thrive model of service delivery and so is continually developing innovative and creative practice - so the successful candidate will share our enthusiasm and hard working approach. Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 1.4 million people across our region and are also commissioned for services that cover the North West, North Wales and the Midlands. We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health and specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction and brain injury services. Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK that offer high secure mental health facilities. At the heart of all we do is our commitment to ‘perfect care’ – care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable and efficient. We support our staff to do the best job they can and work alongside service users, their families, and carers to design and develop future services together. We’re currently delivering a programme of organisational and service transformation to significantly improve the quality of the services we provide and safely reduce cost as we do so. Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles. To hold a caseload of both specialist and generic work dependant on clinical competence and experience. To undertake assessments, treatment and consultation work based upon a conceptual framework and employing research based evidence. To provide direct therapeutic interventions in line with the grading of the post, including assessments, formulation and therapeutic input into children, young people and families referred into the service. Undertake risk assessments and care plans accordingly, in line with the THRIVE framework To work in ways that are sensitive to the needs of children and young people families from a wide range of racial, cultural and religious backgrounds. To be responsible for the screening of referrals to children and Young People’s services. To participate directly in the teams duty rotas. To exercise responsibility and autonomy, within supervisory, managerial and accountability structures, for the assessment, treatment and discharge of clients To deliver care co-ordination, ensuring effective assessment, care planning and risk management processes are maintained. Involve the views of children, their families, referring agents and other professionals involved in the network of care including organising multi-agency meetings. To produce a clinical formulation and intervention plan founded on evidence based practice in co-operation with the child young person and carers To hold responsibility for standards of clinical practice within area of specialist knowledge To work jointly and collaboratively with other team members in order to enhance and develop the provision of services to young people and their families. To have an effective knowledge base of other modalities so as to engage and work effectively with colleagues in other disciplines. To provide consultation, advice and guidance to junior colleague. To promote effective multi-agency work. To contribute theoretical knowledge to the process of managing risk within the multi-agency network Undertake risk management for all children including the protective and risk factors present in the network of significant relationships. Identify and respond appropriately to child protection issues, as described with the guidelines of Local Safeguarding Children’s Board and Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust safeguarding policies Maintain clear and comprehensive electronic clinical records, to ensure information is accurate and complies with Data Protection Act and professional body and Trust standards. To engage with using routine outcome measures as clinically appropriate including their use in clinical practice and inputting data into clinical records. To work collaboratively with children, young people and their families and contribute to the trust’s service user participation agenda. COMMUNICATION To communicate in a skilled and sensitive manner information concerning the assessment, formulation and treatment plans of clients and to monitor and evaluate progress during the course of both multi and uni disciplinary care. To effectively communicate professional opinions, verbally and in writing to other relevant professionals. Attend Child Protection Case conferences as a representative from children and young people’s mental health services. Provide and receive highly complex, sensitive or contentious information to children, young people and families and to other professionals with in young people’s services. Communicate effectively with children, young people and their carers, when in crisis and in challenging family situations Organise and facilitate multi-agency meetings and reviews Elicit highly sensitive information using engagement/ communication skills which are appropriate to the young person’s stage of development Work, as part of an integrated multi professional team, ensuring good communication and working relationships with other professionals Provide written reports detailing the progress of the mental health intervention. TEACHING, TRAINING AND SUPERVISION. Participate in regular supervision, engage in reflective practice and committed to continued development. To provide training to other professionals to improve mental health knowledge and skills in line the transformation of children and young people’s mental health services To provide specific training and /or presentations to other agencies, statutory and voluntary, and promote and deliver specialist training programmes To contribute to training placements for a range of professional disciplines from different background so that trainees acquire the necessary skills, competencies and experience to contribute effectively to positive change. T To assess trainees competencies and write placement reports for trainees in line with Trust, professional body regulations Work collaboratively with partner agencies within the principles of THRIVE. This will include joint working; consultation; and training aiming to develop joint working across agencies. Maintaining registration / accreditation requirements in accordance with the appropriate professional body in line with their professional qualification. Be accountable for own clinical practice and professional behaviour MANAGEMENT, POLICY AND SERVICE DEVELOPMENT Identify priorities within and initiatives within the service and advice managers on the level of resources for service development. Contribute to the service’s evidence based practice by engaging with audits and evaluations as appropriate To contribute to recruitment processes by assisting with shortlisting, interviewing and the induction of recruited staff. To support the workload of colleagues within the service through co-working practices. Contribute to service developments. RESEARCH AND SERVICE EVALUATION To maintain an up to date knowledge of the evidence base in relation to mental health knowledge and other interventions. To contribute to planning and implementing systems for evaluation and monitoring of therapeutic practice and outcomes of clinical work within the service. Participate in research, evaluation and audit in response to the clinical and professional interest of the post, and to monitor standards, quality and consumer reaction to the provision of services in accordance with NICE guidance Participate in appropriate audit. Quality assurance programmes and research as directed. CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT To receive and engage in regular clinical supervision in accordance with Trust Clinical Governance Standards and the Code of Practice and ethical guidelines of professional body To contribute to the development and maintenance of the highest professional standards of practice through active participation in internal and external CPD training in consultation with the post holders service manager to meet professional body requirements for CPD and registration. To contribute to the development of best practice in the service by taking part in regular supervision and appraisal and maintaining awareness of current developments in the field. To maintain professional body registration. This advert closes on Wednesday 19 Aug 2026
Added on 6 Aug 2026
Save to favouritesSenior Category Manager Non-Clinical | Calderdale and Huddersfield Solutions Ltd
Calderdale & Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust - Huddersfield
£50,470 Per annum
PermanentFull time
We are looking for an experienced procurement professional to join the CHS Procurement and Supplies team as a Senior Category Manager. This successful candidate will manager the Non-clinical team which consists of 2 x Assistant Category Managers, 2 x Buyers, an Assistant Buyer and a Procurement Assistant Apprentice. The role includes extensive customer relationship management, supplier relationship management, category strategy development and implementation, and involves provision of hands-on support to CHS and CHFT colleagues. The role plays a key part in ensuring CHS/CHFT implements the Procurement Act 2024 and remains compliant at all times. The post holder: · Will be responsible for the strategic drive of the procurement team workload. · Will lead in the high risk high value procurements including Capital, IT, Estates and Corporate. · Will analyse spend and contract data to identify and deliver CIP and non-CIP savings. · Will develop a future procurement plan and be accountable for the activities of the category team. · Will ensure that the category resource is utilised in the most effective and efficient way. · Will be the procurement expert for the category and ensure that at all times there is compliance with Provider Selection Regime, Procurement Act 24, Public Contract Regulations 2015, CHS and CHFT Standing Financial Instructions, and UK Legislation. Responsible for the Non-Clinical category team. This includes capital equipping projects, maintenance and lease portfolio management. Team • Take day to day supervisory responsibility for the procurement activity of the Non-Clinical team. • Ensure as far as practicable the use of standard formal documentation and procedures. • Drive forward the category management agenda ensuring a proactive approach to strategic and operational procurement activity. • Accountable for the category management activity in Atamis e-procurement solution ensuring it is kept up to date and can be relied on to provide appropriate management information. Cross Departmental • Assist the Deputy Head of Procurement and Supplies in the development and implementation of the Trust’s procurement strategy based on best practice for NHS and public sector procurement and ensuring that such strategy is monitored against objectives and reviewed. • To provide managerial support across the procurement department and to other senior managers as and when required. Resource Management • Manage a robust work plan for the category team ensuring that deployment of category resource is effectively meeting the needs of the organisations stakeholders. • Deliver an effective communication strategy for the category team ensuring that two way dialogue is available on both an individual basis as well as within a team environment. At CHS we understand the differences in delivering our services in complex environments and we have a flexible approach to meet the needs of our customers. Our Estates and Facilities management functions alongside our Clinical Engineering, decontamination and procurement service, provides the following: • Fully managed estate and building maintenance • Clinical Engineering and Decontamination • Procurement advice, guidance and governance • Capital project management • Transport • Grounds maintenance. • Portering • Catering • Cleaning (including robot and deep cleaning) All provided to nationally recognised standards giving you assurance that your premises and equipment will be the best they can, and your customers will have confidence in you as a provider. • Public sector procurement experience • NHS procurement experience • Contract Law knowledge • Commitment to personal development • Proactive • Confident • Attention to detail • Analytical • Negotiation and influencing skills • Stakeholder Management • IT literate • Line management experienc Collaboration • Liaising with ICS, WYAAT, DOH, NHS Supply Chain and any applicable Procurement Hub and other appropriate organisations, to benefit from sharing best practice, including the provision of data. • Represent and Chair where appropriate any regional collaboration meetings to identify and drive collaboration. • Working collaboratively with other Trusts to rationalise products and suppliers, and agreeing and achieving savings and other value added benefits Self Management • Attend all mandatory training as required by CHS/Trust including Central Commercial Function and Cabinet Office training. • Lead by example when mentoring team members, being the pillar of support. • Participate in the annual appraisal process including putting in place development plans. • Seek advice and support from line manager and other colleagues within the procurement team. • Be open to change, amend working practices in response to changes in process with a positive attitude. • Be open, honest, respectful and reliable. • Be enthusiastic and passionate when adhering to company values and engaging in your personal development. • Be attentive to the detail in any procurement and negotiation activity. • Be professional, impartial and unbiased in your communication, advice and recommendations to procurement stakeholders or colleagues. Compliance • Compliance to both internal and best practise processes and procedures which achieve best value for money when procuring products & services whilst also ensuring compliance with contracts and Trust/EU standard procurement practice. • Ensure that the Trust’s Standing Financial Instructions (SFI’s) and the Trust’s and NHS procurement policies and procedures are adhered to at all times. • Ensure that any queries, complaints or discrepancies reported to the department are dealt with in a timely and efficient manner, including product advice to members of the public and GP practices. • Assist in the development and implementation of operational policies and procedures and support activities which ensure compliance to accredited standards awarded to the organisation Suppliers/Supply • Ensure effective supplier management to ensure compliance to contractual arrangements, KPIs and specifications as well as providing support in the event of market disruption and supplier failure which causes an issue with supply/service delivery Stakeholder • Effective stakeholder management strategies deployed when undertaking procurement activities/projects to ensure best outcomes are achieved for all parties. • Provide procurement advice, support to Trust staff working on procurement tasks. This advert closes on Sunday 27 Sep 2026
Added on 3 Sept 2026
Save to favouritesSenior Clinical Practitioner | Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust
Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust - Pembury
£49,387 - £56,515 per annum
PermanentFull time
Join our West Kent Liaison Psychiatry Service as a Senior LiaisonPsychiatry Practitioner at Tunbridge Wells Hospital. This dynamic role offers a fantastic opportunity to provide vital hospital-based mental health care within a fast-paced, multidisciplinary environment. You'll be responsible for urgent and routine referrals, complex assessments, and managing diverse mental health needs in a general hospital setting. A key part of the role involves teaching and supporting acute hospital colleagues to enhance their mental health understanding and promote holistic care. You'll also ensure service targets and quality standards are met, utilising IT systems for documentation. We're seeking a proactive, collaborative individual committed to quality improvement, who embodies patient-centred care, compassion, empathy, respect, and dignity. If you're passionate about making a difference in the lives of individuals experiencing mental health challenges, we encourage you to apply. • As a crucial Liaison Psychiatry team member, you'll combine expert clinical practice with leadership. • You'll assess and respond to acute hospital referrals, adhering to CORE24 standards (1-hour triage, 4-hour full assessment). • Your responsibilities include comprehensive biopsychosocial assessments for various mental health conditions. • You'll manage complex caseloads of clients with co-morbid physical and mental illnesses. • Expert risk assessment and management, including safeguarding processes, are essential. • You'll also address situations where social needs outweigh mental or physical health needs, coordinating care plans. • A key aspect is providing specialist assessment and intervention for adults (18+) with co-morbid illness. • You'll act as an educational resource, offering training, and advice to acute hospital staff and liaison psychiatry colleagues on mental health crises in all age groups • You'll foster close working relationships with acute hospital teams and Kent and Medway Partnership Trust. • You'll provide clinical supervision for Band 6 practitioners and support their development. • You'll also assist in leading change processes for LPS accreditation and CORE24 service delivery • You'll lead in a specific clinical area (e.g., neurodiversity, substance misuse, dementia/delirium, self-harm) • You'll develop clinical audit initiatives, lead on service improvements for users and carers (increasing PREM & CREM completion), and conduct clinical inductions for new clinicians We are Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust. We care for the mental health and wellbeing of people across Kent and Medway and are rated ‘Good’ by the Care Quality Commission (CQC). Our teams support children, young people and adults with a wide range of mental health needs. We also provide specialist services, including all-age eating disorder services and neurodevelopmental assessments for children and young people, such as autism and ADHD. Because we work across the whole county and across hospital and community settings, we can make care more joined up and easier to access for the people we serve. Our vision is simple: we are here to help communities not just live with mental illness, but live well. It’s why we’re passionate about working with communities to make mental health care better for everyone. Everything we do is guided by our values: caring, inclusive, curious and confident. Join us if you share our passion for better mental health care and want to be part of a team that’s working well together. Take a look at our Community Nursing Video Take a look at our Occupational Therapist Video Please refer to the attached job description for the full details on the responsibilities and person specification We are serious about diversity and inclusion, and we are working hard to build this into our DNA. We warmly welcome applications for any of our roles from people from diverse backgrounds, and we are proactively encouraging applications from under-represented communities for our more senior roles, like this one. This advert closes on Wednesday 26 Aug 2026
Added on 12 Aug 2026
Save to favouritesSenior Nurse - Registered General Nurse | Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust
Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust - Eastchurch, Sheerness
£41,959 - £50,117 PER ANNUM **RECRUITMENT & RETENTION INCENTIVE INCLUDED**
PermanentPart time
This is an excellent opportunity for a part time Senior Registered Nurse to join our team of diverse, talented healthcare professionals to deliver care that is not only efficient but deeply centred on the patient. Our healthcare team have a real impact on promoting health and well-being to those in prison and we pride ourselves on using skills and strategies that instil hope for patient’s future resettlement back into the community. We directly deliver Mental Health, Physical Health, Pharmacy and Clinical Substance Misuse in an integrated healthcare delivery model to provide effective and responsive care to improve wellbeing and support better outcomes in the future. This position isn't just a job; it's a chance to blend your clinical knowledge, personal skills and a commitment to delivering the highest standards of care in an environment that is as rewarding as it is challenging. Important Sponsorship Information for this post: We are currently unable to offer a certificate of sponsorship for this post. Please visit the below link for more information Working in offender healthcare As a senior registered nurse you will provide high quality primary care services and a range of specialist interventions for offenders. At HMP Standford Hill, we deliver a nurse-led integrated primary care service and operate a specialist practice-based clinical model of care. You will be delivering high quality clinical care within the Integrated Healthcare Service for the prison, demonstrating robust expert clinical skills and providing evidence-based nursing practice to those in prison. Our senior registered nurses carry out a range of duties including; reception screening, emergency response, long term conditions management, planned care (e.g. running clinics), enhanced assessment and diagnostic intervention services and health promotion activities. As a senior member of our team, you will hold a complex caseload and support more junior colleagues with any help or advice they may require. You will also be responsible for the day-to-day co-ordination of the healthcare team and provide clinical supervision to junior team members including band 5 nurses, healthcare assistants and students. Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,300 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, secure hospitals, children’s centres, schools and people’s homes. We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations in the South of England. In London we operate within the Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent. We manage hospital sites including Queen Mary’s Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital, Woolwich, as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs. We are the largest NHS provider of prison health services providing healthcare to prisons within Devon, Dorset, Bristol, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, Kent and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people. Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families. This is strengthened by our new values: • We’re Kind • We’re Fair • We Listen • We Care · The post holder will exercise a high degree of personal and professional autonomy and have the ability to plan and reach complex and critical judgments and have decision making skills. · To deliver high quality clinical care within the Integrated Healthcare Service for the prison. This will include acute & primary care, long term conditions management, enhanced assessment and diagnostic intervention services and health promotion activities and be in line with the NHS Plan, public health indicators and National Service Frameworks. · To demonstrate and provide robust expert clinical skills with a sound understanding of evidence-based nursing practice to provide a pro-active approach to ensure quality and outcome driven practice on a day-to-day basis. · To support the development of evidence-based practice in the specialist field and to promote research as appropriate. · To participate in managerial and professional clinical supervision programme, to ensure junior staff receive appropriate supervision, training and annual appraisal and to ensure that it becomes an integral part of team practice. · To ensure the implementation of effective and appropriate patient centred care planning tools, long-term condition registers and consistent delivery throughout all the prisons within the service. · The post holder will work collaboratively with the Clinical Lead, GPs, and other clinicians to meet and review service needs as required. · To deputise for the Team manager as required · To work positively and effectively in a difficult and often hostile environment. · Be aware of environmental hazards in the working area; ensure staffs are aware of relevant health & safety policies deriving from the Health & Safety at Work Act. · To work in accordance with Trust policies and guidelines · To be familiar with Prison Standards, Standing Orders, Circular instructions, Notices to Staff, Health and Safety and all other relevant material to function as an informed practitioner within a prison setting. · Promote equality of opportunity and provide an environment in which the dignity of individuals is respected and free from workplace harassment and bullying. IMPORTANT INFORMATION PLEASE READY: All applicants must be willing to undertake National Security Vetting in order to work in a Prison Setting. This will be completed as part of the pre-employment checks through Oxleas and the prison vetting team. You will need to provide: • Proof of right to work documentation • Proof of ID, needs to include 1 photographic ID • Proof of address documentation • Non-UK passport holders will need to have correct documentation (right to work in the UK) and a Home office Share code. Address History: 5 years address history will be needed. Applicants that are not UK Passport holders who provide less than 5 years UK address history will need to provide a Police Certificate which must be in English from where they resided previously. Applicants who are UK Passport holders who have lived abroad for a period of more than six months during the last three years will need to provide a certificate of good conduct or an overseas police check in English from the countries resided in or visited. In order to assist you in obtaining a Police Certificate, guidance can be sought from:https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/criminal-records-checks-for-overseas-applicants If the country you have resided in is not listed here, you can obtain the necessary information by contacting the relevant Embassy or High Commission for that Country. Their contact details can be found on the Foreign & Commonwealth Office website (http://www.fco.gov.uk/en). This advert closes on Wednesday 26 Aug 2026
Added on 12 Aug 2026
Save to favouritesSenior Occupational Therapist | Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust
Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust - Maidstone
£39,959 - £48,117 per annum pro rata
PermanentPart time
Step Into a Role Where You Can Shape the Future of Forensic Occupational Therapy Are you an Occupational Therapist who thrives on creativity, autonomy, and meaningful clinical challenge? Do you want the opportunity to help shape and develop occupational therapy within a growing forensic community service? This is not a traditional Band 6 role. This is an opportunity to help build and lead the occupational therapy contribution within our Forensic Outreach and Liaison Service, supporting individuals with complex mental health needs and forensic histories as they transition from secure inpatient settings into community life. We are looking for an innovative, motivated, and compassionate Occupational Therapist who can think analytically, work creatively within a multidisciplinary team, and help develop a service that truly bridges secure care and community recovery. Working alongside our inpatient secure unit AHP teams and the wider FOLS MDT, you will play a vital role in creating patient-focused intervention pathways that support sustainable discharge, meaningful recovery, and successful reintegration into the community. If you are looking for a role where you can innovate, influence, and make a meaningful difference every day, we would love to hear from you. Apply today and help shape the future of forensic occupational therapy within community services. This is an exciting opportunity to support individuals at a crucial stage of their recovery journey and help build a service that truly connects inpatient rehabilitation with successful community living. This role offers a rare opportunity to work from a “blank canvas” and help shape the future direction of occupational therapy within forensic outreach services. As a Band 6 Occupational Therapist within FOLS, you will: • Develop and strengthen the OT contribution within FOLS • Help design innovative and occupation-focused pathways of care • Work collaboratively across inpatient and community services to support continuity of rehabilitation • Support service users to build the practical, functional, and social skills needed for successful community living • Influence MDT thinking through occupational formulation and functional assessment • Contribute to service development, quality improvement, and innovation within forensic mental health services This role requires someone who is comfortable working with complexity, ambiguity, and evolving service models, whilst maintaining a strong focus on compassionate, person-centred care. The post holder must hold a full, valid, UK driving licence and have access to a car/vehicle to use for business purposes (unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010) We are Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust. We care for the mental health and wellbeing of people across Kent and Medway and are rated ‘Good’ by the Care Quality Commission (CQC). Our teams support children, young people and adults with a wide range of mental health needs. We also provide specialist services, including all-age eating disorder services and neurodevelopmental assessments for children and young people, such as autism and ADHD. Because we work across the whole county and across hospital and community settings, we can make care more joined up and easier to access for the people we serve. Our vision is simple: we are here to help communities not just live with mental illness, but live well. It’s why we’re passionate about working with communities to make mental health care better for everyone. Everything we do is guided by our values: caring, inclusive, curious and confident. Join us if you share our passion for better mental health care and want to be part of a team that’s working well together. Please refer to the attached job description for full details and main responsibilities of the role. What You’ll Be Doing • Deliver specialist occupational therapy assessments and interventions for individuals with complex forensic and mental health needs • Work closely with inpatient secure unit AHPs to create joined-up rehabilitation and discharge plans that support continuity of care from secure services into the community • Support service users to develop the practical, functional, and social skills needed for successful and sustainable community living • Deliver interventions focused on: • Functional daily living skills • Community integration and social inclusion • Digital literacy and safe use of technology • Financial literacy and budgeting skills • Vocational, educational, and meaningful activity engagement • Development of healthy routines and wellbeing strategies • Use analytical thinking and occupational formulation to identify strengths, barriers, risks, and opportunities for recovery • Work collaboratively within the FOLS multidisciplinary team to support positive risk management and person-centred rehabilitation • Develop therapeutic relationships with individuals who may present with highly complex needs, trauma histories, and significant occupational disruption • Contribute to service development and help shape the future occupational therapy model within the team Who We’re Looking For We are looking for an Occupational Therapist who is: • Innovative, reflective, and motivated by service development • Confident working autonomously whilst remaining highly collaborative within an MDT • Passionate about rehabilitation, recovery, and social inclusion • Skilled in building therapeutic relationships within complex environments • Curious, analytical, and able to think creatively around occupational need • Resilient, compassionate, and adaptable You must: • Hold a recognised Occupational Therapy qualification • Be registered with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) • Have post-registration experience within mental health, rehabilitation, forensic, or community services Previous forensic experience is welcomed but not essential. We value transferable skills, fresh thinking, and a willingness to help shape a developing service. In return, we offer: • The opportunity to help shape and influence a developing forensic occupational therapy pathway • Specialist experience within forensic mental health services • The opportunity to be part of a growing and diverse AHP workforce within forensic mental health services • Strong multidisciplinary support and clinical supervision • Opportunities for leadership, innovation, and quality improvement work • Ongoing CPD and professional development opportunities • A supportive, forward-thinking, and collaborative team culture • NHS pension and staff wellbeing benefits • Flexible working opportunities where service needs allow Help Shape Recovery Beyond Secure Care. This advert closes on Sunday 6 Sep 2026
Added on 12 Aug 2026
Save to favouritesSenior Clinical Psychologist | Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust
Lancashire Care Foundation Trust - Rawtenstall
£57,528 - £64,750 per annum
PermanentFull time
As part of the wider transformation of community mental health services, we are delighted to be recruiting to this newly developed post. The successful candidate will join with already existing rehabilitation services to help develop and deliver community mental health rehabilitation services across the central and east Lancashire area. Joining us at this time, the post-holder will gain valuable experience in development and clinical leadership of a new service. They will be well placed to help bring innovation and creativity to the development of these important new services and can help embed psychologically informed ways of working from the start. Aligned with national drivers to improve outcomes for individuals with the most complex mental health difficulties, work is underway to ensure that we offer a robust pathway in the least restrictive, clinically effective and safest way possible. Phase 1 of the Rehab transformation project will focus on the establishment of the Community Rehab teams within the Pennine area, before rolling out to bring in the Central/Preston localities. It is anticipated that the post-holder will work across both patches providing equitable psychological input to both teams. • To work as part of a specialist mental health rehabilitation team that provides specialist assessment, treatment, interventions and support to enable the recovery of people whose complex needs cannot be met by general adult mental health services. This service aims to work with people to help them acquire or regain the skills and confidence to live successfully in the community. They focus on addressing and minimising the symptoms and functional impairment that people may have, with an emphasis on achieving as much individual autonomy and independence as possible. • The post holder will lead in the development and provision of a highly specialist psychology service for clients with complex psychological and mental health presentations across two mental health rehabilitation community teams. • To provide specialist psychological assessment and interventions, including neuropsychological assessment, as well as providing consultation and advice on clients’ psychological care to MDT colleagues and carers. • To contribute to support and training of other staff within the care group, across the trust and into other services as agreed. • To provide clinical supervision and to play an active role in service developments and governance within the service as required. • To work autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the service’s policies and procedures. LSCFT values diversity and inclusion, recognising that talent from varied backgrounds creates a flexible, creative, and effective workforce. We actively challenge discrimination and welcome applications from all, regardless of age, disability (including those with experience of accessing or caring for someone who has accessed mental health or learning disability services), ethnicity, gender, religion, belief, or sexual orientation. Our aim is to reflect the communities we serve, so we particularly encourage applications from under-represented groups. If you’d like to discuss your application, please ask. We also welcome individuals with lived experience relevant to the role or service area, as your insight brings authenticity to our services. LSCFT support flexible working, we believe that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing. We would consider working patterns such as term time, part time, compressed hours and flexi-time. The wellbeing of our people is at the heart of everything we do. We offer a wide range of resources, tools and support to help you thrive both in and out of work. Explore our full wellbeing offer here:Keeping our workforce well For more details on this vacancy please review the attached job description and person specification. This advert closes on Tuesday 11 Aug 2026
Added on 28 Jul 2026
Save to favouritesSenior Nurse - Registered General Nurse | Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust
Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust - Rochester, Kent
£41,959 - £50,117 PER ANNUM **RECRUITMENT & RETENTION INCENTIVE INCLUDED**
PermanentFull time
As a senior nurse you will provide high quality primary care services and a range of specialist interventions for offenders. At HMP Rochester & HMP Cookham Wood, we deliver a nurse-led integrated primary care service and operate a specialist practice-based clinical model of care. Our senior nurses deliver primary care, emergency response and first night in custody/new registration services. You will maintain an effective case management service to ensure care and continuity of treatment is maintained throughout a patient care pathway whilst detained in prison. You will be required to ensure all clinics and consultations are delivered in a clinically effective and timely way and implement strategies designed to promote and improve health and prevent disease whilst in prison. As a senior member of staff, you will be responsible for the day-to-day co-ordination of the Healthcare Team, supporting junior colleagues and ensure systems are in place for clinical supervision to junior team members. ***Important Sponsorship Information for this post: We are currently unable to offer a certificate of sponsorship for this post.*** Please visit the link below for more information Working in offender healthcare The post holder will exercise a high degree of personal and professional autonomy and have the ability to plan and reach complex and critical judgments and have decision making skills. To deliver high quality clinical care within the Integrated Healthcare Service for the prison. This will include acute & primary care, long term conditions management, enhanced assessment and diagnostic intervention services and health promotion activities and be in line with the NHS Plan, public health indicators and National Service Frameworks. To demonstrate and provide robust expert clinical skills with a sound understanding of evidence-based nursing practice to provide a pro-active approach to ensure quality and outcome driven practice on a day-to-day basis. To support the development of evidence-based practice in the specialist field and to promote research as appropriate. To participate in managerial and professional clinical supervision programme, to ensure junior staff receive appropriate supervision, training and annual appraisal and to ensure that it becomes an integral part of team practice. To ensure the implementation of effective and appropriate patient centred care planning tools, long-term condition registers and consistent delivery throughout all the prisons within the service. The post holder will be part of skilled multidisciplinary teams comprising all healthcare staff, including strategic partners, and prison managing a single referral pathway. Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,300 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, secure hospitals, children’s centres, schools and people’s homes. We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations in the South of England. In London we operate within the Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent. We manage hospital sites including Queen Mary’s Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital, Woolwich, as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs. We are the largest NHS provider of prison health services providing healthcare to prisons within Devon, Dorset, Bristol, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, Kent and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people. Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families. This is strengthened by our new values: • We’re Kind • We’re Fair • We Listen • We Care This post is based at HMP Rochester and HMP Cookham Wood, but will require close working relationships with colleagues at nearby Kent prisons; HMP Maidstone, HMP East Sutton Park, and cross-cover may occasionally be required. Operational • The post holder will need to carry a radio and be competent to lead in medical emergency responses. • To support the delivery of an effective integrated healthcare service clinical model. • To manage a complex clinical caseload. • To support the development, implement and maintenance the National Standards for Health Care in Prisons for the service. • Ensure all clinics and consultations are delivered in a clinically effective and timely way, in line with service needs. • Maintain systems for the collection of triage & allocation of referrals as appropriate and monitoring and supporting the auditing of quality and effectiveness of service delivery. • To be able to give intravenous injections, immunisations and syringe pumps and infusions as necessary for the role of co-ordinating complex prisoners. Management • Implement the strategies designed to promote and improve health and prevent disease, working proactively and collaborating with other professionals, organisations and agencies as required. • Maximising resources to target need, including the supervision of staff. • Delegate appropriate responsibility and authority to team members, whilst retaining overall responsibility and accountability on a shift-to-shift basis. • To maintain an effective case management service to ensure care and continuity of treatment is maintained throughout a patient care pathway whilst detained in prison. • To implement appropriate & effective and accredited care planning tools that are subject to the process in accordance with agreed Trust Policies. • To implement effective systems and interfaces with community and acute health services ensuring continuity of care on release or discharge. To actively promote and demonstrate working across professional and organisational boundaries. • To maintain close working partnerships with all services that may be involved with the care and management of offenders, (prison staff, Ministry of Justice, Trust & Directorate senior managers & relevant forums, CMHT staff, NHS Hospitals, Probation Services, CPS, Courts, GP's, community health services, Housing/Benefit services, social care, community multi agency forums etc.). Human Resources • Responsible for day-to-day co-ordination of the Integrated Healthcare Team. • To ensure systems are in place for clinical supervision to junior team members including annual appraisal and identification of specific service, training, and personal development needs. Governance • Ensure junior staff compliance with all Prison and Trust clinical policies and procedures as appropriate. • Ensure appropriately skilled & qualified staff comply with the administration and management of medications according to their responsibilities in accordance with all relevant policies, guidance, and procedures. • Ensuring high standards of electronic record-keeping competencies and offender confidentiality in line with trust & prison policy and systems, through effective monitoring and auditing processes. General • To liaise with other senior Trust personnel to share expertise, promote ideas and to ensure the service is working collaboratively with the Trust's other Directorates as required. • To work positively and effectively in a difficult and often hostile environment. • Be aware of environmental hazards in the working area; ensure staff are aware of relevant health & safety policies deriving from the Health & Safety at Work Act. • To work in accordance with Trust policies and guidelines • To be familiar with Prison Standards, Standing Orders, Circular instructions, Notices to Staff, Health and Safety and all other relevant material to function as an informed practitioner within a prison setting. • Promote equality of opportunity and provide an environment in which the dignity of individuals is respected and free from workplace harassment and bullying. IMPORTANT INFORMATION PLEASE READ: All applicants must be willing to undertake National Security Vetting in order to work in a Prison Setting. This will be completed as part of the pre-employment checks through Oxleas and the prison vetting team. You will need to provide: Proof of right to work documentation Proof of ID, needs to include 1 photographic ID Proof of address documentation Non-UK passport holders will need to have correct documentation (right to work in the UK) and a Home office Share code. Address History: 5 years address history will be needed. Applicants that are not UK Passport holders who provide less than 5 years UK address history will need to provide a Police Certificate which must be in English from where they resided previously. Applicants who are UK Passport holders who have lived abroad for a period of more than six months during the last three years will need to provide a certificate of good conduct or an overseas police check in English from the countries resided in or visited. In order to assist you in obtaining a Police Certificate, guidance can be sought from:https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/criminal-records-checks-for-overseas-applicants If the country you have resided in is not listed here, you can obtain the necessary information by contacting the relevant Embassy or High Commission for that Country. Their contact details can be found on the Foreign & Commonwealth Office website (http://www.fco.gov.uk/en). This advert closes on Tuesday 25 Aug 2026
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Save to favouritesSenior Legacy Mentor | University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust
University Hospital Southampton NHS FT - Southampton
£49,387 to £56,515 per annum, pro rata
ContractPart time
University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust is delighted to offer a fantastic opportunity to work with us. Please see below for detailed job description of the role. This exciting opportunity is open to a health care professional (senior nurse or AHP) to work on a year long project to provide a plan for the integration of a new cancer framework. You would work closely with the Head of Cancer Nursing, the education team at UHS and the Wessex Cancer Alliance to implement the Aspirant Cancer Career and Education Development Programme (ACCEND ). ACCEND aims to reform career pathways, education, training and development for the workforce providing cancer care. As one of the largest acute teaching Trusts in England, we offer learning and development opportunities to help you achieve the career you aspire to. UHS is rated ‘Good’ by the CQC and in the latest national NHS Staff Survey, we were in the top 10 acute trusts for staff engagement and for staff recommending the hospital as a place to work or receive care. We support flexible working and will consider requests taking into account the needs of the service. UHS employees are able to access a range of NHS discounts, are entitled to a minimum of 35 days paid holiday (pro rata), and we offer a generous pension scheme. Southampton is an attractive place to live and work situated on the south coast, with an international airport and direct trains to London. The New Forest National Park and beaches of the Jurassic coast are also right on our doorstep. The city offers living costs 30% lower than London and 17 schools rated outstanding by Ofsted. We believe that using technology wisely shows strong time management and commitment to innovation. However, personalising your recruitment application to highlight your unique skills and experiences is crucial. Relying too heavily on generic, AI-generated content instead of drawing from your own strengths and accomplishments may lead to your application being rejected if multiple candidates present identical or similar information. The following describe the key components of the role. • Act as a visible clinical leader promoting ACCEND across cancer services and professions. • Supporting the workforce to understand ACCEND, use it confidently, and see how it supports their development and career options. • Helping line managers align appraisals, development plans and education with ACCEND. • Provide structured feedback from frontline staff to inform local and regional improvement. • Influence integration of ACCEND into appraisal, induction and education planning. • Enable alignment between ACCEND levels of practice and local role expectations. • Support baseline and ongoing understanding of workforce engagement with ACCEND (e.g. awareness, self assessment, ePortfolio use) The role will suit someone who has coaching, mentorship, educational skills and experience to understand and access the range of learning, development, training and education opportunities to meet the requirements and aspirations of the cancer workforce across the different levels of practice. Working alongside senior cancer staff the role will involve the enabling and supporting employers and systems to deliver high quality services to people affected by cancer by supporting workforce transformation and the health and wellbeing of staff. This would suit someone who wants a secondment or additional hours of work for a current part time role or a senior person who is happy to take on a fixed term contract to complete a project. For an overview of the position, please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification document. This includes a detailed breakdown of the key responsibilities, role expectations, and the qualifications we are looking for. This advert closes on Thursday 27 Aug 2026
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Save to favouritesSenior Sustainability Manager | Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust
Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust - London
£66,274 - £73,496 per annum, inclusive of HCAS
PermanentFull time
Are you passionate about creating a more sustainable future and making a lasting impact on healthcare? We are looking for an experienced sustainability professional to lead our environmental sustainability programme and help deliver our carbon reduction ambitions in line with the NHS Net Zero commitment. This is an exciting opportunity to build on the strong progress already made through our Green Plan while shaping the next phase of our sustainability journey. Working closely with the Director of Sustainability, you will lead strategic projects, influence change across the organisation, and support colleagues to embed sustainable practices into everyday decision-making. You will also line manage one or more members of our joint Sustainability Team, helping to foster a collaborative, inclusive and high-performing culture where innovation and continuous improvement are encouraged. As part of a strategic sustainability partnership between Central London Community Healthcare and West London NHS Trust, you will work across organisational boundaries to deliver shared priorities and maximise environmental impact. If you are an engaging leader with strong programme management skills and a passion for sustainability, we'd love to hear from you. You will lead and coordinate the Trust's environmental sustainability programme across the Greener NHS priorities, including: • Workforce and system leadership • Net zero clinical transformation • Digital transformation • Travel and transport • Estates and facilities • Medicines • Supply chain and procurement • Food and nutrition • Climate adaptation Working across approximately 90 community sites, you will: • Lead and deliver sustainability projects that support the Trust's Green Plan and NHS Net Zero ambitions. • Build strong relationships with clinical and corporate teams to embed sustainable practices across services. • Coordinate work across departments, ensuring programmes are delivered effectively and aligned with organisational priorities. • Work closely with colleagues at West London NHS Trust to deliver shared workstreams and ensure a consistent approach across both organisations. • Provide leadership, guidance and support to members of the Sustainability Team. Strong project management, communication and relationship-building skills are essential. Experience in healthcare is beneficial but not essential, and we welcome applicants who can demonstrate transferable sustainability expertise. The role includes travel between Trust sites, so flexibility is important. We are proud to be one of the largest community healthcare providers in the country, with more than 4,500 colleagues caring for over four million people across London and Hertfordshire. Every day, our teams bring their skill, compassion, and determination to the people who depend on us. What inspires us is at the heart of who we are: when we work together, we can help people move forward in ways that truly matter. Our teams support children as they take their first steps in life, and they stand beside adults as they rebuild strength, confidence, and independence. From newborn health visiting to community nursing, stroke rehabilitation, and palliative care, we are there for people through some of life’s most important moments. Joining Central London Community Healthcare means becoming part of a community that lifts each other up. It means working in an organisation that values compassion, welcomes new ideas, and believes in the potential of every colleague. Your development matters here. Your wellbeing matters. Your voice helps shape the future of the care we provide. We offer a competitive employment package because the work you do matters. At Central London Community Healthcare, you will join an inclusive organisation that invests in its people, supports development, and helps you thrive while delivering high-quality care. Successful applicants will be required to demonstrate alignment with the Trust’s values - Accountability, Inclusion, Compassion, and Empowerment, alongside fulfilling the duties detailed in the attached Job Description and Person Specification This advert closes on Sunday 13 Sep 2026
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Save to favouritesClinical Psychologist/Senior Psychotherapist | Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust
Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust - Liverpool
£57,528 - £64,750 per annum
PermanentFull time
We wish to recruit an 8a Clinical Psychologist for our Liverpool Step Forward service. We provide a stepped model of Psychological care to those who might previously have ‘fallen through the gap’ between primary and secondary mental health services, with our intention being to reduce the possibility of longer term deterioration in people’s mental health by offering more timely earlier interventions. The service comprises Clinical Psychologists, Psychological Practitioners and Assistant Psychologists. The successful candidate will join a passionate and welcoming team and provide trauma-informed interventions to clients and carers aged 18 upwards with a range of difficulties. There is also the opportunity to become involved in Step Forward’s widening access agenda, which aims to address issues of racial inequality within the service and improve health outcomes for people from under-represented communities. We recognise the value that diversity brings to a team and the population it serves, and therefore positively encourage and welcome applications from people from various ethnic, cultural and religious backgrounds. The successful candidate will be supported with their training aspirations and in developing their leadership skills. There are opportunities to work remotely, and flexible working can also be offered. Whilst the post being advertised is full-time, we would consider part-time candidates. The post holder will provide, supervise and support the highly specialised psychological assessment and therapy provided by other psychological professions and other members of the team who provide psychologically based care and treatment. The post holder will exercise delegated management responsibilities where appropriate and work autonomously within professional guidelines and exercise responsibility for the systematic governance of psychological practice within the team. The post holder will utilise research skills for audit, policy and service development and research and propose and implement policy changes within the area served by the team. Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 1.4 million people across our region and are also commissioned for services that cover the North West, North Wales and the Midlands. We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health and specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction and brain injury services. Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK that offer high secure mental health facilities. At the heart of all we do is our commitment to ‘perfect care’ – care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable and efficient. We support our staff to do the best job they can and work alongside service users, their families, and carers to design and develop future services together. We’re currently delivering a programme of organisational and service transformation to significantly improve the quality of the services we provide and safely reduce cost as we do so. Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles. To provide specialist psychological assessments of clients referred to the team based upon the appropriate use, interpretation and integration of complex data from a variety of sources including psychological and neuropsychological tests, self-report measures, rating scales, direct and indirect structured observations and semi-structured interviews with clients, family members and others involved in the client’s care. To formulate and implement plans for the formal psychological treatment and/or management of a client’s psychological problems, based upon an appropriate conceptual framework of the client’s problems, and employing methods based upon evidence of efficacy. To be responsible for implementing a range of psychological interventions for individuals, carers, families and groups, within and across teams employed individually and in synthesis, adjusting and refining psychological formulations drawing upon different explanatory models and maintaining a number of provisional hypotheses. To evaluate, monitor progress and make highly skilled evaluations and decisions about treatment options taking into account both theoretical and therapeutic models and highly complex factors concerning historical and developmental processes that have shaped the individual, family or group. To exercise autonomous professional responsibility for the assessment, treatment and discharge of clients whose problems are managed by psychologically based standard care plans. To exercise autonomous professional responsibility for the assessment and treatment of clients whose problems are managed by psychologically based enhanced care plans. To provide specialist psychological advice guidance and consultation to other professionals contributing directly to clients’ formulation, diagnosis and treatment plans. To ensure that all members of the clinical team have access to a psychologically based framework for understanding and care of clients of the service, through the provision of advice and consultation and the dissemination of psychological research and theory. To undertake risk assessment and risk management for individual clients and to provide both general and specialist advice to other professions on psychological aspects of risk assessment and risk management. To act as care coordinator, where appropriate, ensuring the provision of a care package appropriate for the clients needs, coordinating the work of others involved with care, taking responsibility for arranging CPA reviews as required and communicating effectively with the client, his/her family and all others involved in the network of care, and to monitor progress during the course of multi-disciplinary interventions. To communicate in a skilled and sensitive manner, highly complex information concerning the assessment, formulation and treatment plans of clients under their care where there may be conflicting views, high emotion and significant barriers to understanding and change, and to monitor and evaluate progress during the course of both uni- and multi-disciplinary care. To provide expertise, advice and support to facilitate the effective and appropriate provision of psychological care by all members of the treatment team. The candidate would be expected to provide staff support in the form of 1:1 supervision, peer support and reflective practice group on a regular basis. The candidate will also have opportunities in: Engaging in wider Trust initiatives to address issues of racial inequality. Developing service materials, resources and interventions to ensure they are culturally responsive and appropriate, and meet the needs of people from minoritised ethnic groups. Developing our service pathways to address issues of inequality and barriers of access (e.g. referral pathway, intervention pathway). Supporting training and education of staff teams to raise awareness of racial inequality and systemic racism, and encourage culturally responsive practice. This advert closes on Sunday 16 Aug 2026
Added on 10 Aug 2026
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