# Triage Mental Health Professional

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust
- **Location:** HMP Bronzefield
- **Workplace type:** onsite
- **Profession:** Mental health professionals
- **Grade:** Band 6
- **Salary:** £45,953 - £54,254 per annum (pro rata if P/T)
- **Contract type:** Permanent: Monday to Friday 8am to 6pm (4 Days only)
- **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday to Friday 8am to 6pm (4 Days only))
- **Closing date:** 2026-11-12T23:59:59.999Z
- **Posted:** 2026-10-29T16:30:51.482Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/London/Central_North_West_London_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Mental_Health/Mental_Health-v8396172
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8396172?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.cnwl.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

The post holder will review referral information, make proportionate contact with the person and referrer where required, complete assessment and risk formulation, determine the most appropriate pathway and document a clear outcome. The role will primarily focus on triage, formulation, clinical decision-making, advice, signposting and timely onward allocation. Where required by service need some referrals may need further assessment. The post holder will work closely crisis pathways such as SPA, A & E , MHCAS, Mhec as well as CMHH. Post holder will need to be confident in decision making and escalate any presentation that cannot safely remain within the routine pathway.

### Main duties of the job

As part of the Brent Home treatment team hub, you will provide skilled clinical triage and assessment for routine adult mental health referrals. You will use professional judgement to assess need, risk and urgency, working collaboratively with service users, carers, referrers and the wider multidisciplinary team to agree safe and appropriate outcomes. The role includes contributing to daily referral discussions, supporting allocation, signposting and onward referral and escalating concerns where increased risk or urgency is identified. You will promote recovery-focused, strengths-based and trauma-informed practice, maintain high standards of clinical documentation and decision-making.

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see attached Job description and personal spec.

Please contact the team if you have any further questions

### 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

### PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE

**Essential**

- Demonstrable post-qualification experience in adult mental health services.
- Experience of completing biopsychosocial mental health assessments and risk formulations, making autonomous clinical decisions and managing competing priorities.

**Desirable**

- Experience Of working contact with primary health care team.

### Education and Qualifications

**Essential**

- RMN, Mental Health SW, Mental health OT Current registration with NMC or HPCC Evidence of regular updating of practice in line with professional registration requirements

**Desirable**

- Mentorship/practice teacher certificate MSc or postgraduate diploma in mental health interventions

### SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE AND ABILITIES

**Essential**

- Ability to recognise deterioration or urgent risk, escalate appropriately and work confidently across routine and urgent pathway interfaces.
- To communicate effectively in English, both verbally and in writing.
- Knowledge of Personalisation and the Recovery approach

**Desirable**

- Knowledge of the socio-economic factors in relation to mental health problems

## Documents

- [cnwl values (pdf, 182.9kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1162)
- [person spec (pdf, 257.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10727074)
- [job description (pdf, 192.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10727073)
- [cnwl staff charter (pdf, 684.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2868)
- [cnwl staff networks (pdf, 320.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1160)
- [cnwl reward and wellbeing handbook 2020 (pdf, 1.1mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1773)
- [cnwl culture scarf behaviour framework (pdf, 710.2kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2869)
- [accommodation information for new starters (pdf, 120.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=2438)

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