Central Screening Clinician - Child & Adolescent MH

Sabp; Leatherhead; On-site; GBP 52,000 - 59,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free parking

Flexible working

Health and wellbeing support

Job summary

Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is seeking two Band 7 Central Screening Clinicians to join the Mindworks Surrey team across Frimley, Leatherhead and Chertsey. You will perform expert clinical screening, telephone triage, and make autonomous decisions to prioritise referrals for children and young people.

The role involves working within the THRIVE Needs-Led Approach, gathering information from families and professionals to determine risk and urgency, and ensuring safe patient

Qualifications

• Registered Mental Health Professional (RMN, Social Worker, Occupational Therapist or equivalent).
• Extensive experience as a band 6 Nurse / Occupational Therapist or Social worker.
• Experience of supervising or mentoring others.
• Experience of telephone or remote clinical triage, assessment and clinical decision-making within a mental health setting.
• Experience of working effectively within multi-agency systems, including schools, social care, GPs, acute services and voluntary sector organisations.

Responsibilities

• Provide expert telephone screening and triage for urgent and specialist referrals.
• Assess clinical need, risk, safeguarding concerns and urgency using advanced clinical judgement.
• Make autonomous decisions regarding referral prioritisation and allocation.
• Allocate referrals to the most appropriate Surrey pathway (Urgent Care, CEDS, Mindworks Hubs, SBN, EIIP, CLD, Transfer of Care and Adult MH Liaison).
• Develop safety plans and provide advice; escalate urgent referrals as needed.
• Support the central screening hub and routine referrals when urgent demand allows.
• Promote evidence-based practice and Trust values; supervise juniors.

Skills

Clinical triage

Supervision

Interagency collaboration

Education

RMN / Social Worker / OT or equivalent

Job description

Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is seeking two Band 7 Central Screening Clinicians to join the Mindworks Surrey team across Frimley, Leatherhead and Chertsey. You will perform expert clinical screening, telephone triage, and make autonomous decisions to prioritise referrals for children and young people.

The role involves working within the THRIVE Needs-Led Approach, gathering information from families and professionals to determine risk and urgency, and ensuring safe patient