# Senior Clinical Practioner > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/senior-clinical-practioner/edaa5f0d-eefd-41fb-9aee-cf4dadd20e0d - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/senior-clinical-practioner/edaa5f0d-eefd-41fb-9aee-cf4dadd20e0d.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** Bethlem Royal Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Practitioner - **Grade:** Band 7 - **Salary:** £55,524 - £62,652 Pro rata inclusive of HCAS - **Contract type:** 6 months (Secondment) - **Employment type:** Full time, Flexible working, Compressed hours, 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-10-27T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-10-13T07:44:22.084Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/croydon/South_London_Maudsley_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Community_adult_mental_health/Community_adult_mental_health-v8268487 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8268487?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.slam.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview The Croydon Locality Team (CMHT) is a generic team integrated with Croydon Social Care. We are looking for one Band 7 Senior Clinical Practitioner to join the South. The Senior Clinical Practitioner ( RMN, Social worker/AMHP/ OT) will join a thriving team of supportive, committed and skilled practitioners from a diverse professional background who are dedicated to changing the future outcomes for adults who present to secondary mental health services. They will work in partnership with the Team Manager, Consultant and Psychology staff to lead, develop and support the new teams. **Please note, for social workers applying this vacancy is for an NHS contract ### Main duties of the job Croydon is currently undergoing service transformation within its community mental health services. The transformation is about enhancing the quality of our service delivery, improving the experiences of those using our services, maintaining staff morale and to ensure services are meeting the NHS Long Term Plan. It is an exciting time to be part of this transformation in Croydon and you will be directly involved in improving ways of working with investment in resources to enhance services. The new teams will no longer be based on diagnosis and will work with all individuals from a particular locality who have mental health needs that require support from secondary care. The locality Community Mental Health Teams (CMHT) will be a generic team integrated with Croydon Social Care. We are looking for a Band 7 Senior Clinical Practitioners to join the south locality team. The Senior Clinical Practitioner ( RMN, Social worker/AMHP/ OT) will join a thriving team of supportive, committed and skilled practitioners from a diverse professional background who are dedicated to changing the future outcomes for adults who present to secondary mental health services. They will work in partnership with the Team Manager, Consultant and Psychology staff to lead, develop and support the new teams ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities 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 - PLEASE NOTE SHOULD SOCIAL WORKERS APPLY, THE OFFER IS FOR A SLAM CONTRACT AND NOT LOCAL AUTHORITY SLaM is a Stonewall Diversity Champion , Stonewall is the largest Lesbian, Gay, Bi and Trans (LGBT) rights charity in Europe’ ### Applicant requirements You must have appropriate UK professional registration. This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service. ## Person Specification ### Knowledge **Essential** - Knowledge of CPA, Community Care Act, Carers Act, Mental Health Act and other relevant legislation as application to practice - Knowledge of race and gender issues as they pertain to people with serious mental health problems - Excellent knowledge & experience of assessment and risk assessment toolsExcellent knowledge & experience of assessment and risk assessment tools ### Skills and abilities **Essential** - Ability to analyse complex issues/problems, provide guidance and make decisions - Skills in mental health and risk assessments - Skills in crisis management Effectively manage a clinical caseload, complete outcomes measures routinely, update clinical records in line with team, service and Trust requirements - Ability to provide care that is sensitive to the needs of minority groups **Desirable** - Experience of Clinical Governance and Evidence Based Practice - Experience of Change management - Experience of carrying out CBT ### Qualifications and experience **Essential** - Relevant professional qualification- Mental Health Nursing, Social worker, Occupational Therapist with affiliated professional registration NMC, HCPC - Additional qualification /diploma – in related field e.g. Mental Health, leadership, coaching, Practice assessor/supervisor , family work, Mentorship qualification (A) - Evidence of continuing professional development e.g. relevant training **Desirable** - Qualification in relevant psycho-social intervention - Dual Diagnosis - Leadership ## Documents - [slam staff benefits (pdf, 1.1mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2341) - [band 7 jd and job spec (pdf, 488.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10622035) - [happy to talk flexible working (pdf, 680.1kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=1723) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.