Mental Health Specialist

3 weeks ago


Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom NHS Professionals Limited Full time

Job Summary

Job Title: Mental Health Practitioner

Grade: Band 7

Trust: Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust

Location: Various locations across Hertfordshire, including QE2 Hospital, Danestrete Child Development Centre, and St Albans Children's Centre

Ward/Dept: PALMS - Intensive Intervention Team

Hours: Full-time, flexible shifts

Shift Pattern: 1-5 days a week, weekdays only

About the Service:

PALMS is a specialist multidisciplinary service that provides support to children and young people aged 0-18 who have a global learning disability and/or autism spectrum disorder and their families. Our clinicians work in a variety of community settings, providing individually tailored support to help manage a number of concerns experienced at home.

Main Duties:

The successful candidate will be expected to manage and deliver on the following responsibilities:

  • Provide a comprehensive screening and triage service to CYP and their referrers, resulting in safe and appropriate clinical decisions and intervention.
  • Timely and effective triaging of all referrals, adhering to the service specification, pathways, and protocols to support clinical decisions.
  • Be the first clinical point of contact for referrers and the families who access, or enquire about accessing, PALMS, following agreed protocols and guidelines and utilising effective communication skills.
  • Ensure that sufficient, accurate, and appropriate information is gathered in order to direct the referral to the most appropriate pathway.
  • Be a point of contact for team members to discuss clinical queries that cannot wait until supervision or peer reflection.
  • Undertake priority assessments, related to difficulties within the PALMS remit, to determine the needs of the CYP, including whether it is safe for them to return to their home.

About Us:

NHS Professionals Limited is a leading provider of NHS staff bank services, helping thousands of dedicated and highly skilled NHS workers enjoy better career opportunities, more flexible shifts, and a healthier work-life balance across our partnered Trusts.

Career Progression: access to Learning & Development opportunities, so that you can take on new roles and challenges

Work-life Balance: flexible shifts, committed shifts, wellbeing resources, and build paid annual leave

Opportunity & Access: over 50 partner NHS Trusts to give you the flexibility of choice to work how and where you want



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