Home Treatment Team Psychology graduate

This is an exciting opportunity for a Psychology Graduate with an established clinical background, who has successfully completed a period of academic education and clinical supervision, to work in a combined role as Assistant Psychologist and Home Treatment Team Practitioner.
The post holder may be required to work across different Trust sites according to the needs of the Home Treatment Service Line.
Croydon Home Treatment Team provides crisis assessment and intensive treatment to patients, in their own home where possible as an alternative to psychiatric inpatient admission, or to facilitate earlier discharge if admission is required.
Home Treatment Practitioners are expected to work either the early or late shift which operates between the hours of 8am to 10pm, 7 days a week, 365 days a year.
The post holder will be working in a split role capacity as a Psychology Assistant (2 days a week) and as a Home Treatment Team practitioner (3 days a week)., The successful candidate will assess the needs of service users and plan and evaluate care using a collaborative approach with service users, their families and carers.
They will work alongside other members of the multi-disciplinary team to ensure effective care delivery, including the use of evidenced based time-limited psychological interventions, risk assessments and management, and safe discharge processes. They will ensure the physical health care needs of service users are appropriately addressed and monitored.
The post holder will liaise effectively with other professionals and services to ensure good communication is maintained and care is transferred seamlessly., + Contribute to the ongoing assessment process, including risk, of service users in line with policy standards
+ Assess capacity and provide safe treatment and care to those who may lack capacity.
+ Report on the patient's changing condition and response to therapeutic interventions and contribute to care plan changes as appropriate.
+ Operate within the legal requirements of the Mental Health Act and all relevant policy and legislation.
+ Escalate the needs of service users presenting with complex long-term conditions (e.g. diabetes, asthma,)
+ Promote and deliver evidence-based care for service users with mental health conditions in their own homes.
+ Support service users to adopt recovery strategies that promote their wellbeing, healthy lifestyle, independence and self-care.
+ Actively promote health education that may include providing alternative materials to support service users and carers in making decisions regarding their care and treatment.
+ Provide relevant support to carers and families in relation to their rights as carers and their involvement in the care of the service user when they are under the care of the team.
+ Apply infection control measures within practice. according to local and national policies.
+ Adhere to lone working practices.
+ Effectively co-ordinate a shift.

Communication
+ Use good communication skills to provide accurate information to service users and their families and carers in a sensitive and professional manner which respects equality and diversity.
+ Act as an advocate for service users.
+ Maintain accurate and contemporaneous records of health assessment, implementation and evaluation of management and therapeutic interventions.
+ Effective liaison with all parts of the service including daily communication with those responsible for gatekeeping, bed management and accurate data collection.

Service development
+ Participate in service evaluations, benchmarking, research and audit activities, and to contribute to implementation of service modernisation and improvement projects.

Legal, professional and Educational
+ Maintain a safe environment for all staff and visitors, taking reasonable care to avoid injury. Co-operate with the Trust to meet statutory requirements.
+ Provide statements regarding untoward incidents, as requested by line manager.
+ Work in accordance with the professional Code of Conduct and Trust policy and ensure that standards of practice are upheld.
+ Receive regular clinical supervision
+ Maintain and develop own professional knowledge and competence by keeping informed of advances and research pertaining to mental health care.
+ Participate in clinical governance initiatives as agreed by the directorate clinical governance committee.
The Trust is committed to providing services which embrace diversity and that promote equality of opportunity. We are a Disability Confident Employer, we welcome applicants from all sections of the community and people of all protected characteristics. We provide reasonable adjustments for candidates with a disability and are committed to treating people fairly with compassion, respect and dignity and in promoting equality and human rights. We aim to put this commitment into practice by:
+ Embedding our commitment to tackling inequality, eliminating discrimination and harassment; promoting equality of opportunity and fostering good relations in our everyday practice
+ Ensuring that all our services and all staff understand and support our commitment
+ We believe that people who use our services, their carers and our staff, should be treated with compassion, respect and dignity
Please note:
+ That all applications for this post will need to be made online
+ That you read and understand the Job Description and Personal Specification attached to the role. Your Statement in Support should reflect the requirements specified as your application will be judged against these criteria
+ That the closing date listed is a guide only and that the vacancy may close earlier should sufficient number of applicants have been received. We advise that you submit your application as early as possible
+ That once you have submitted your application you agree to your application being transferred to a 3rd party e-recruitment system. All subsequent information regarding your application will be generated from apps.trac.jobs
+ That should you not have heard from us within three weeks from the closing date your application has not successful
+ That priority consideration for applications may be given to at-risk NHS employees
+ That should you be successful and appointed, you authorise South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust to confirm your previous NHS service via an Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) process
+ That we are a smoke-free Trust
SLaM is a Stonewall Diversity Champion , Stonewall is the largest Lesbian, Gay, Bi and Trans (LGBT) rights charity in Europe'

NHS AfC: Band 5
South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust has a rich history, well-established community links and an international reputation. We deliver specialist services in the London boroughs of Croydon, Lambeth, Lewisham and Southwark, Bexley, Bromley, Greenwich, Wandsworth and Richmond.
We are committed to provide a high quality and specialist care to our service users and we are recognised for our care and treatment we provide. The Care Quality Commission already rates our services as 'good'.
We launched our five-year strategy, Aiming High; Changing Lives in 2021 together with Our Care Improvement System as our quality management system methodology to make a positive impact on patient care, outcomes and staff experience. By joining SLaM, all staff will get the opportunity to be part of this exciting improvement journey supported with learning and development to harness everyone's potential as change makers.
The trust recognises the unique and valuable contribution that people with lived experience of mental illness can bring to a role. We therefore welcome applications from people with lived experience and consider them as an asset to the Trust.
Our Values
We take pride in providing specialist care to our service users where our Trust values and our promise to be caring, kind, polite, prompt, honest, listen and do what I say I'm going to do is at the heart of everything we do. When you join us, you'll be part of something special.
As a Trust we are happy to talk flexible working.

+ Generous pay, pensions and leave, we offer a comprehensive pay, pensions and leave package which is dependent on the role and length of service.
+ Work life balance, flexible working and support a range of flexible options, such as: part-time working and job sharing.
+ Career development, we support your development through a number of programmes such as mentoring, coaching, positive people management, collective leadership and other talent programmes
+ Car lease, our staff benefits from competitive deals to lease cars
+ Accommodation, our staff benefits from keyworker housing available which is available on selected sites
+ NHS discounts, with discounts up to 10% from a variety of well-known retail brands though Health Service Discounts website.
Other benefits include:
+ Counselling services
+ Long service awards
+ Cycle to work scheme
+ Season ticket loan
+ Childcare vouchers
+ Staff restaurants