Secondment Clinical Lead - Adults Mental Health Team

Overview

We currently have a Secondment available due to maternity leave in our Older Havering Mental Health Team based in Gubbins Lane Harold Wood. This role encompasses supporting staff through clinical expertise and leadership to manage the Older Adult mental health team. It includes managing a duty rota, supporting staff and complex patients. The role includes attending and chairing MDTs, referrals and allocations meetings.

There will be opportunities to supervise staff formally and informally. It will include management and support of the teams KPI's and supporting the manager as needed.

• Manage a duty rota and support staff and complex patients.
• Attend and chair MDTs, referrals and allocations meetings.
• Opportunity to supervise staff formally and informally.
• Assist in management and support of the team’s KPI's and support the manager as needed.

• Our Values 2025 - 2030
• Working with our colleagues, patients and carers, we have co-produced three new values to embed within our culture y are:
  • We are kind.
  • We are respectful.
  • We work together with our communities.

This post will be subject to a probationary period.

NELFT place a great deal of importance on new starters being properly welcomed and inducted into the Trust. All new starters will join the Trust on the first Monday of each month and will undertake a comprehensive induction of up to two weeks which will include mandatory training, systems training and the allocation of equipment. As part of the process new starters will have the opportunity to also meet the executive team, senior managers and attend a number of drop in sessions focusing on engagement, health and wellbeing and key processes.

The induction will be held at our head office in Rainham, Essex.

This post also attracts payment for High Cost Area Supplement of 15% of the basic salary (with a minimum of £4,551 to a maximum of £5,735). Although we are a registered sponsor organisation, we are unable to offer sponsorship for all job roles. Please check your eligibility under the UKVI points-based system.

Please see attached document regarding acceptable use of AI during the recruitment process.

We believe in bringing your authentic and best self to work, in order to deliver the best care to our patients. We are committed to supporting our employees holistically. Here is a snapshot of what is on offer at NELFT:

• A long-standing and award-winning approach to equality and diversity with supportive networks for ethnic minority staff, staff with disabilities or long term/chronic conditions and LGBT staff.
• A commitment to supporting colleagues to achieve a work life balance, through flexible working opportunities and our efforts to support our working parents and carers. This has resulted in us being recognised as a 'Top 10 Family Friendly Employer' from the Working Families Charity.
• Proactive health and wellbeing support, including access to our employee assistance programme, staff psychological support, individual wellbeing conversations and a network of health and wellbeing ambassadors.
• Detailed information about our wellbeing and benefits offer can be found in this link.
• As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that's a job share, part time hours or another flexible pattern.

We recognise the valuable contribution that the Armed Forces community make to our organisation. We have signed the Armed Forces Covenant and achieved Gold Award under the Armed Forces Employer Recognition Scheme. We have supportive policies, guaranteed interview schemes for veterans, reservists and military spouses and give additional leave to our Reservists so that they can attend their annual camp.

We have had new investment in mental health worker posts, peer support workers posts and support time recovery workers to support the integrated team to work as…