Senior Community Practitioner

Clinical ResponsibilitiesConduct expert comprehensive initial assessments and develop psychological formulations for service users.Manage a caseload, delivering appropriate psychological interventions for individuals experiencing transitional mental health challenges.Exercise autonomous clinical judgment (under supervision) in the assessment, coordination, and transfer of service users to appropriate treatment pathways.Provide ongoing assessment and outcome monitoring for all clients on your caseload.Participate in the team's duty rota.Liaise effectively with crisis services and emergency out-of-hours teams to ensure continuity of care.Deliver evidence-based interventions in line with NICE guidelines.Training & SupervisionAttend regular clinical and managerial supervision sessions, as well as annual appraisals.Contribute to the teaching and training of mental health professionals and other staff within the service.Provide mentorship and support to students undertaking placements within
the team.

You will be part of a dynamic, fast-paced multidisciplinary team, working collaboratively to deliver short-term care coordination. The team includes:

Band 7 Senior PractitionersBand 6 Community Psychiatric Nurses (CPNs)Occupational TherapistsCAMHS Transitional PractitionersMedical Team (2 Consultants & 2 Junior Doctors)Lived Experience WorkersPsychology and Psychotherapy Professionals

This role offers a unique opportunity as senior member of staff to contribute to an innovative service model, providing high-quality mental health care within a supportive MDT environment.

We welcome applications from passionate and experienced professionals who are ready to make a meaningful impact.

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

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