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Salary• 7 Months Fixed Term , full time 37.5 hours/ week contract
• Band 6 - £35,612 - £42,618 per annum
• Location ;- Crawley HQ
South East Coast Ambulance Service (SECAmb) NHS Foundation Trust are seeking a skilled, confident and capable individual to take up an exciting fixed term posts, joining a team created to provide an outstanding wellbeing experience for our employees.
This is a clinical role in which you will work as part of the Wellbeing Hub testing a new approach which will pilot the provision of dedicated support in our 111 and 999 call centres, situated in Crawley and Medway. You will work autonomously based in Crawley, and will provide assessment, triage and ongoing support of referrals which may include specialist interventions, and when necessary, signposting to appropriate services for employees experiencing psychological and/or mental health difficulties. You will be supported to do this through weekly Case Management Supervision with an experienced Senior Mental Health Practitioner.
• New NHS employees from April 2008 will be eligible to join the Amended NHS Pension Scheme which provides membership to a final salary scheme with pension linked to pay near retirement.
• During the pandemic this position will be working from home
• A minimum 27 days' holiday each year, increasing after 5 years’ service.
• Personal and professional development and training opportunities.
• Childcare voucher scheme.
• Salary Sacrifice schemes for cars or push bikes.
• Access to occupational health and counselling services.
• Award winning wellbeing hub
• Back up buddy App
• Access to NHS discounts, offering NHS employees a range of money-saving deals.
Applicants should have experience working in mental health services, eager to provide effective advice and clinical guidance with the determination to make a difference to the lives of others. You should be motivated and confident in working with the team to make a difference to the lives of colleagues, enhancing their experience and positively influencing employee satisfaction. You would be part of a team searching for new ways to boost the health and wellbeing of our colleagues, including preventive initiatives and promotion of self-care.
Opportunities to practice as a mental health clinician within an Ambulance Service are rare, particularly in a staff-focussed role and as such these roles will present you with an exciting and unusual opportunity to enhance and expand your clinical skills and experience.
• This exciting role would suit applicants who possess a related qualification, e.g. Nursing Midwifery Council (NMC) Registered Mental Nurse, HPC Occupational Therapist or Mental Health Social Worker. registration with relevant clinical practice as a mental health practitioner in either Acute Inpatients, Crisis Teams, Emergency Department Liaison, Single Point of Access or as a Community Psychiatric Nurse
If this sounds like you, and you have a genuine appetite to support staff who work in a variety of very challenging roles, we would very much like to hear from you.
This advert closes on Tuesday 30 Jan 2024
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