Central Screening Hub Clinician (Access and Advice Team)

Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust; Guildford; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 66,000; Full time

Job summary

Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust in Guildford is seeking a Band 7 Central Screening Clinician to join the Surrey-wide Access and Advice Team on a flexible bank basis. The role involves expert telephone screening, risk assessment, and autonomous decision-making for urgent and specialist referrals, with opportunities to work across multiple pathways.

Based in Guildford, you should be able to travel across Surrey as needed and commit to flexible shifts via Flexi-Bank.

Qualifications

• NMC registration as RMN/RN (Mental Health) is required.
• Significant post-registration experience in Children and Young People’s Mental Health Services.
• Ability to make autonomous clinical decisions and provide safeguarding guidance.

Responsibilities

• Provide expert telephone screening and triage for urgent and specialist referrals.
• Assess risk, safeguarding concerns and urgency using advanced clinical judgement.
• Make autonomous decisions on referral prioritisation and allocation.
• Allocate referrals to the most appropriate Surrey pathway (e.g., Urgent Care, CEDS, Mindworks Hubs, SBN, EIIP, CLD, etc.).
• Develop safety plans, escalate urgent referrals in line with local guidance, and support colleagues.

Education

NMC Registration as RMN/RN (Mental Health)

Significant post-registration experience in C&YP MH

Job description

Main area Community Mental Health Nurse Grade Band 7 Contract Bank: 5 months Hours Flexible working - 37.5 hours per week (Monday - Friday 9 AM to 5 PM) Job ref 384-SM-AAT-B7

Employer Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Redwood Centre - Office Room 3 Town Farnham Road Hospital, Farnham Road, Guildford Salary £30.35 - £47.69 Per hour Salary period Hourly Closing 23/09/2026 23:59

Central Screening Hub Clinician (Access and Advice Team)

Band 7

Job overview

Important Information for Applicants: This vacancy is for Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (SaBP).

This role is offered through Flexi-Bank, a collaborative temporary staffing service delivered in partnership between Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust and Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust. Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust acts as the host provider and manages the recruitment, onboarding and administrative processes on behalf of Surrey and Borders.

Please note that although Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust branding may appear on this advert and within the recruitment system, successful applicants for this vacancy will undertake bank shifts for Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust.

Why join Flexi ‑ Bank?

Work flexibly – choose shifts that suit your lifestyle and availability

Access more opportunities – pick up shifts across mental health and community

Get paid fairly and on time – competitive rates and fast access to earnings through Stream

Stay supported – benefit from training, development and guidance from our dedicated Temporary Staffing Team

Main duties of the job

We are recruiting four Band 7 Central Screening Clinicians to join the Surrey-wide Access and Advice Team within Mindworks.

The post is currently based in Guildford; however, the team base may change in line with service developments. The successful candidates will therefore need to be flexible and willing to travel across Surrey as required to meet the service's needs.

The successful candidates will provide expert clinical screening and telephone triage for urgent and specialist referrals, ensuring children and young people receive the right support, at the right time, through the most appropriate pathway using the THRIVE Needs-Led Approach (i-THRIVE Framework).

Currently, this is not an assessment role. You will use advanced clinical reasoning, risk assessment and safeguarding knowledge to make autonomous decisions regarding referral prioritisation and allocation. You will also support Hub Screening Clinicians with routine referrals when required, provide clinical guidance to colleagues, work closely with the Administration Team and the routine partner team to maintain safe patient flow, and contribute to the ongoing development of the county-wide Access and Advice Team.

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced Band 7 clinician who is resilient, adaptable and committed to delivering high quality, child‑centred care within a fast paced and evolving service.

Working for our organisation

Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is the leading provider of health and social care services for people of all ages with mental ill-health and learning disabilities in Surrey and North East Hampshire. We also provide social care services for people with a learning disability in Croydon and ASD and ADHD assessment services in Hampshire.

We actively seek to engage people who use our services and our communities in improving the mental wellbeing of the local population. We work closely with other NHS and voluntary sector organisations who provide services and support people who use services and carers.

Surrey is a beautiful county lying just 30 minutes away from Central London and from the South Coast.

Our historic market towns and bustling districts are enveloped in wonderful countryside, and our excellent road and rail networks bring the rest of the country within easy reach.

For international travel, both Gatwick and Heathrow airports are nearby.

Would you like to work in an organisation that sits in the top 10 best NHS Mental Health, Learning Disability and Community Services Trusts to work for? This ranking is based on staff feedback in the 2023 NHS Staff Survey.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Clinical

• 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, including:
  
  • Urgent Care
  • Community Eating Disorder Service (CEDS)
  • Mindworks Hubs(Community Mental Health Teams)
  • School-Based Needs Service (SBN)
  • Early Intervention in Psychosis (EIIP)
  • Children with Disabilities Team (CLD)
  • Transfer of Care and Adult Mental Health Liaison
  • Voluntary Sector Alliance Services
• Demonstrate knowledge of the Neurodevelopmental pathway, including School Consultation and medication referral processes.
• Develop safety plans and provide advice where appropriate, escalating urgent referrals in line with local guidance.

For full details of job descriptions, please refer to the attached JD in the advert.

Person specification

Qualifications

• NMC Registration as RMN/RN (Mental Health)

Experience

• Significant post-registration experience working within Children and Young People’s Mental Health Services
• Demonstrable experience of making autonomous clinical decisions
• Emotional resilience and ability to remain calm under pressure
• Experience of supervising or mentoring staff
• Knowledge and application of the i-THRIVE Framework

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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.