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Go back Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and wear (CNTW) NHS Foundation Trust Primary Care Mental Health Practitioner The closing date is 15 July 2025 Here at North Shields Primary Care Network (PCN ) North Tyneside and in collaboration with Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Trust we are delighted to be advertising a Band 7 Mental Health Practitioner to join our friendly team . You will be working within a small group of GP Practices across North Shields and you will have nominated practices that you work into regularly. Inline with Community Mental Health Transformation we are forming stronger links with other primary care agencies, secondary care and voluntary organisations, to establish a multi agency approach to providing mental health care and treatment across the area in neighbourhood teams. This will ensure that people with mental health needs receive the right treatment , at the right time, by the right people. This is an excellent opportunity for an enthusiastic motivated person who is passionate about delivering the best care. Main duties of the job As a Mental Health Practitioner working in primary care, you'll work autonomously within the GP practices offering initial mental health consultation, assessment and formulation, signposting and onwards referral as well as providing brief interventions suited to patients in primary care. You'll work as a member of the North Shields PCN team at the forefront of developing an innovative approach to mental health in primary care. You'll have excellent interpersonal skills, be committed to delivering excellent patient care and have extensive experience of working in a range of mental health services. You'll be supported by the practice teams that you work alongside daily as well as having regular opportunities for formal supervision and peer support with other mental health practitioners working across the PCN and county. About us We aim to attract and retain a diverse, talented and committed workforce, who are caring and compassionate, and therefore able to meet the demands of the modern NHS now and in the future. In return we can offer a dynamic working environment in which to build a career. You will be employed by Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Trust under Agenda for Change terms and conditions and based within North Shields Primary Care Network. You will be supported within the practices as well as having supervision and line management with Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Trust's clinical manager for primary care. This arrangement affords full access to a range of NHS employee benefits as well as excellent support and development opportunities available through both North Shields PCN and CNTW. Job responsibilities Please find attached job description for full details. Advertising date : 1st July 2025 Closing date : 15th July 2025 We welcome your application. Person Specification Education and qualification Professional Qualification and current Professional Registration as, a First Level Registered Nurse (RNMH, RMN, RNLD) or equivalent as an AHP, Social Worker or Clinical Psychologist Degree or equivalent qualification or experience in evidence based psychological therapies relevant to Pathway. Post Graduate Degree or equivalent qualification or experience. ENB 998/P126/127 Student Nurse Assessor or equivalent Post Registration Qualifications in Psychological Interventions Experience of working within a community or primary care team. Knowledge and experience Awareness and understanding of professional accountability, standards and other local and national initiatives. Experience of working within a multi-disciplinary team Participate in Joint Development Reviews Commitment to Partnership working both multi-agency and multi-disciplinary. Coordinating and supporting staff in the day to day provision of clinical services. Knowledge and Understanding of equal opportunities legislation and policies. Experience of collaborative working across agencies and professional disciplines. Understanding of difficult to manage/challenging behaviours. Skills and competencies Excellent interpersonal skills including negotiation and conflict management Evidence of effective organisational skills Evidence of Leadership Skills. Expert Clinical Supervision Skills Evidence of maintaining accurate and contemporaneous record keeping. Evidence of excellent Report writing. Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions. Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and wear (CNTW) NHS Foundation Trust

Go back Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and wear (CNTW) NHS Foundation Trust Senior Clinical Psychologist The closing date is 15 July 2025 We are looking for a confident, enthusiastic and dynamic psychologist to join our busy multi-disciplinary neurodevelopmental assessment team working across Newcastle and Gateshead. You will work collaboratively with multidisciplinary team members alongside the Principal Clinical Psychologists, Band 7 psychologist, and Assistant Psychologists assessing children and young people. Professionally there are links with the wider network of psychologists who deliver psychology into our mental health and learning disability teams. Main duties of the job You will be working in an environment where there is strong emphasis on teamwork and quality of clinical care. You will be responsible for leading assessment and formulation of complex presentations, exploring possible neurodevelopmental vulnerabilities and/or disorder as well as thoroughly considering wider factors and comorbidity. Our assessments provide thorough profiling of young people's strengths, needs and difficulties helping to ensure that they have access to the most appropriate understanding and supports as they develop and grow. We are looking for a clinician who has significant experience, knowledge and training in neurodevelopmental assessment skills and who is able to put the young person and their family at the centre of every assessment. About us We aim to attract and retain a diverse, talented and committed workforce, who are caring and compassionate, and therefore able to meet the demands of the modern NHS now and in the future. In return we can offer a dynamic working environment in which to build a career. As a service, we value the role of robust, supportive and effective supervision and you will have access to separate clinical and management supervision at a frequency that meets your needs. The post-holder will contribute to the supervision of assistant psychologists, newly qualified psychologists and also team members from wider professions. We have close links with our local clinical training courses and there is opportunity to supervise trainee clinical psychologists on both core and elective placements. The successful candidate will be supported to develop their leadership skills and to contribute to service development. There will also be opportunities to engage in delivering teaching, training, service evaluation and research according to interests and service need. We will expect the post holder to actively pursue continuous professional development and will support them to identify needs and to progress in a meaningful way. Discussion will take place with the successful candidate in regards to specific role responsibilities, in part based on skills set and interests, as well as the clinical needs of the service. Job responsibilities Please find attached job description for full details. Advertising date : 1st July 2025 Closing date : 15th July 2025 We welcome your application. Applicants are invited to get in touch to discuss the post informally please contact either Dr Ellie Dennison (Principal Clinical Psychologist) on or Alexis Baker-Smith (Clinical Lead) Person Specification Education and Qualification Doctoral level training in clinical psychology, including specifically models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and Neuropsychology, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology as accredited by the HCPC and British Psychological Society. HCPC registered practitioner psychologist Qualification in neurodevelopmental assessment tool (eg ADOS / ADI) Experience of diagnostic neurodevelopmental assessment with CYP Experience of delivering teaching/training in neurodevelopmental assessment Knowledge and Experience Evidence of continuing professional development. Experience of providing clinical supervision. Knowledge of the theory and practice of specialist psychological therapies in specific difficult to treat groups relevant to the client group Well-developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/or clinical sensitive information to clients, their family, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS. Doctoral level knowledge of research methodology, research design and complex multivariable data analysis as practiced within the clinical fields of psychology. Skills and Competencies Skills in managing emotional impact of dealing with highly emotive and distressing situations through self-management and use of the clinical supervision process. Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups Specialist skills in evidence based psychological interventions. Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management. Skills in providing clinical supervision and consultation to other professional and non-professional groups. Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions. Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and wear (CNTW) NHS Foundation Trust

Consultant Psychiatrist in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant Main area Consultant Grade NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 10 sessions per week (PA's- 10, SPA- 2.5, DCC- 7.5) Job ref 350-MED Site The Alders / Knowsley Resource & Recovery Centre, Whiston Hospital Site Town Warrington / Prescot Salary £105,504 - £139,882 per annum, plus 10% R&R (non contractual) and on call supplement Salary period Yearly Closing 01/08/:59 Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust celebrates diversity and promotes equal opportunities; we are committed to challenging and eliminating racism and other forms of discrimination and advancing and promoting equality of opportunity in the provision of services and creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We believe that everyone has the right to be treated with dignity and respect. We take positive action to support disadvantaged groups and also particularly encourage applications from ethnically diverse, disabled and LGBTQIA+ people that are under-represented in our workforce. Furthermore we welcome applications from reservists and ex-armed forces personnel as we recognise the benefits of the values, skills, training and experience that they bring to their work with us. We encourage all applicants to share their equality information with us. Job overview Are you passionate about delivering high-quality mental health care to children and young people? We are looking for a dedicated and experiencedConsultant Psychiatristto join our dynamic and supportive multidisciplinary team. In this pivotal role, you will: Provide clinical leadership and oversight to a skilled multidisciplinary team. Conduct comprehensive assessments and develop tailored management plans for children and young people with complex mental health needs. Work collaboratively within a multi-agency environment to ensure holistic and coordinated care. Contribute to service development and quality improvement initiatives. You will be part of a highly motivated team committed to delivering outstanding care and making a meaningful difference in the lives of young people and their families. If you are a compassionate, forward-thinking clinician who thrives in a collaborative setting, we would love to hear from you. Main duties of the job The post holder will work with a full multidisciplinary team, currently consisting of Team Manager, Clinical Lead, Advanced Nurse Practitioners (Band 7), CAMHS Consultant Psychiatrist, Senior CAMHS Practitioners (Band 6), CAMHS Practitioners, Assistant Clinical Psychologist, and STR workers. The service looks after children and adolescents up to the age of 18 years old in crisis with mental and behavioural disorders (depression, anxiety, OCD, psychotic illness, etc) and risk issues and other co-morbidities such as eating disorders, OCD, ADHD, ASD seen in similar patient population. The post holder will get involved in delivering high quality care through two main arms namely the brief intervention pathway and home treatment pathway. The brief intervention pathway aims to intervene during mental health crisis for a up to two weeks following which onward referrals to local Tier 3 services, getting Tiers 1 & 2 services involved or stepping down to primary care could be considered depending on the mental health needs of the CYP. The home treatment pathway engages CYP up to 12 weeks duration during which intensive community based treatment including admission avoidance (to Tier 4 services) will be the mainstay of intervention. The post holder will get ample opportunities to promote and enhance links with the local services (from Tiers 1 to 4). Working for our organisation 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. Detailed job description and main responsibilities The post holder will be expected to agree a job plan with the Clinical Director, CAMHS on taking up the post. There will be opportunity candidate to be involved in some academic and research interests. The 10 programmed activity job plan will include: •Out-patient reviews, leadership, supervision to team staff and contributing to MDT meetings •Support to trainees •Undertaking mental health act assessments •Administration, audit, research and QI projects as appropriate •Attendance at Continuing Professional Development meeting and mandatory training events. The post holder will be expected to support and work with team colleagues and as well as supporting and teaching medical student and occasional teaching to other professionals on the team. There is an expectation to attend and contribute to the post-graduate teaching for trainees on Tuesday morning 2. Clinical governance and quality assurance The post holder is expected to participate in Trust clinical governance and is responsible for ensuring that standards are adhered to in their team, through regular clinical audit. Service evaluation and patient feedback should be a regular part of the team's duties in order to plan for future service development. 3. Quality improvement The postholder will work with team in a way that supports the development of a culture of continuous improvement and learning. They will utilise a quality improvement approach to think systemically about complex problems, develop potential change ideas and test these in practice using a systematic QI methodology. The postholder will empower their teams to resolve local issues on a daily basis using the tools and method of quality improvement without staff having to seek permission. They will also promote awareness and understanding of quality improvement, and shares learning and successes from quality improvement work. To manage, appraise and give professional supervision to junior doctors as agreed with consultant colleagues and the clinical director and in accordance with the Trust's personnel policies and procedures. This may include assessing competences under the Modernising Medical Careers framework. •To undertake the administrative duties associated with the care of patients, including recording clinical activity accurately and comprehensively •To participate in service and business planning activity for the locality and, as appropriate, for the whole mental health service. •To participate in annual appraisal for consultant psychiatrist. •To maintain professional registration with the General Medical Council, Mental Health Act Section 12(2) approval, and to abide by professional codes of conduct. •To participate annually in a job plan review with the clinical manager, which will include consultation with a relevant manager in order to ensure that the post is developed to take into account changes in service configuration and delivery associated with modernisation. •To work with local managers and professional colleagues in ensuring the efficient running of services, and share with consultant colleagues in the medical contribution to management. •To comply with the Trust's agreed policies, procedures, standing orders and financial instructions, and to take an active role in the financial management of the service and support the medical director and other managers in preparing plans for services. Person specification Qualifications MB BS or equivalent medical qualification. Qualification or higher degree in medical education. Fully registered with the GMC with a licence to practise at the time of appointment. Included on the GMC Specialist Register, OR within six months. Approved Clinician status OR able to achieve within 3 months of appointment In good standing with GMC with respect to warning and conditions on practice Transport Ability to fulfil travel requirements of the post Valid UK driving license Clinical Skills, Knowledge and Experience Excellent knowledge in specialty Excellent clinical skills using bio-psycho-social perspective and wide medical knowledge Excellent oral and written communication skills in English . click apply for full job details