CLINICAL NAVIGATOR

NHS; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 44,000 - 51,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in the UK is looking for a Clinical Navigator for their Children & Young People Service Centre in Leeds. The role involves overseeing referrals and providing clinical guidance to ensure young people receive the necessary mental health support. The ideal candidate will possess a relevant professional qualification, experience in CAMHS, and strong decision-making skills. Competitive salary with hybrid work options offered.

Benefits

35-hour working week

Enhanced leave policies

Opportunities to join peer support groups

Qualifications

• A relevant professional qualification in Nursing, Social Work or similar.
• Experience working therapeutically with children in a CAMHS setting.
• Strong skills in safeguarding and clinical risk assessment.

Responsibilities

• Screen referrals for clinical risk and safeguarding concerns.
• Provide clinical guidance and consultation to professionals.
• Coordinate information gathering and allocate cases.

Skills

Risk assessment

Clinical decision-making

Communication skills

Collaboration

Digital record management

Education

Relevant professional qualification

Post-registration training in mental health interventions

Job description

The purpose of this role oversee referrals into the Service Centre, helping young people and families receive the right support at the right time.

The main areas of the job will include

Ensure all referrals are promptly screened for risk and safeguarding concerns.

Allocate cases to colleagues for information gathering

Provide clinical guidance, sign posting and advise.

Offer telephone consultation and advice to families and professionals

Work closely with other colleagues from Northpoint and partner agencies.

Main duties of the job

Main duties and resposnibilites of the post inlclude

Referral Management

Ensure all referrals are risk screened within a working day of receipt.

Co-ordinate and allocate referrals for information gathering.

Ensure appropriate and timely plans are identified and implemented, including where clinical risk and safeguarding concerns are present.

Ensure clinical pathways and escalation processes are followed in line with agreed guidance.

Help to ensure that communication of referral decisions is clear, accessible, and helpful.

Information Gathering & Record Keeping

Help to ensure that information collected is relevant, focused, and in line with service guidelines to enable informed decision-making.

Coordinate record keeping of information gathered, next steps, and decisions made.

Monitor and record patient-related information onto electronic patient management system(s) in a timely and accurate fashion in line with information governance protocols.

Maximize efficient use of systems and ensure data integrity.

Communication & Consultation

Act as a first point of contact for queries from professionals and families, responding in a clinically appropriate and professional manner, escalating to senior members of the team where required.

Offer and co-ordinate consultation and respond effectively to families and professionals who may want to explore support options for a young person without the need for a referral.

Coordinate meetings as relevant, ensuring action-led outcomes.

Knowledge & Systems Development

Maintain a good knowledge of available services in the local area, including online resources, apps, and websites.

Apply systems thinking to help explore and understand interconnected needs and opportunities for user-centred support to children, young people, and families.

About us

Northpoint is a BACP-accredited service operating Service Centres for single point of access (SPA) and central point of contact (CPOC) services in West Yorkshire. Our Service Centres facilitate referrals and requests for support related to mental health and emotional well-being and ASD/ADHD requests for assessment. Our model is digitally enabled to provide an efficient and informed service user experience, connecting people to the right local resources and support, at the right time, in line with their individual goals.

In addition to our Service Centres, Northpoint provides school-based support and therapeutic interventions and operates as the lead provider in select local mental health partnerships in collaboration with Integrated Care Boards (ICBs) and NHS Trusts.

Job responsibilities

We have an exciting opportunity for a Clinical Navigator (Children & Young People) based in Halifax and Leeds, on a full-time, permanent basis. In return, you will receive a competitive salary of £44,320 - £50,950 per annum.

Are you the calm, knowledgeable voice to help children and young people get the mental health support they need?

At Northpoint, we’re building a future where every child and young person can access timely, compassionate mental health support that truly makes a difference. We’re looking for a skilled and empathetic Clinical Navigator to join our Children & Young People Service Centre Team across Halifax and Leeds. Our ideal candidate is someone who can combine clinical knowledge with a collaborative approach to ensure young people and families receive the right support at the right time.

Our offer to you:

• 35-hour full-time working week with hybrid options – giving you flexibility to balance work and home life
• Enhanced leave policies that support you when it matters most
• Opportunities to join peer support groups

Why choose Northpoint?

We’re dedicated to providing a range of talking and digital therapies to children, young people, and adults across Yorkshire and the surrounding areas. Our core values; professionalism, responsiveness, collaboration, and transparency, guide everything we do.

We envision a world that supports good mental health for all. Our mission is to deliver effective mental healthcare and improve the mental health system in Yorkshire and beyond. With years of dedication, we've built a reputation for genuine expertise, trusted by both those who commission our services and those who seek our help.

We know that difference brings strength. Whoever you are, we want you to feel welcome, valued, and able to be yourself here.

What you’ll do as our Clinical Navigator:

• Screen referrals for clinical risk and safeguarding concerns, ensuring timely and appropriate responses
• Provide clinical oversight and guidance to colleagues, families, and professionals
• Collaborate with partners to ensure children and young people are connected with the right support

What you’ll bring as our Clinical Navigator:

• A relevant professional or therapeutic qualification
• Experience of working therapeutically with children and young people in a CAMHS or similar setting
• Strong risk-assessment, safeguarding, and clinical decision-making skills
• Excellent communication and consultation skills with families and professionals
• Confidence in managing and recording information digitally in line with data protection
• A collaborative, inclusive mindset aligned with Northpoint’s values

If you’re ready to make a meaningful impact as a Clinical Navigator and be a vital part of a team transforming mental health support, we’d love to hear from you.

We review applications regularly and sometimes close adverts early if we receive a high level of interest or find someone who’s a great fit, so don’t wait to apply.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people, and vulnerable adults, and expect all employees to share this commitment. Applicants to posts that are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act will require an Enhanced Children’s Workforce DBS check from the Disclosure and Barring Service before the appointment is confirmed.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• A relevant professional qualification OR a relevant therapeutic qualification
• Professional qualification examples: Nursing, occupational therapy, social work, or a similar allied health profession, or a low-intensity qualification (CYWP/EMHP).
• Therapeutic qualification examples: A diploma from a BACP-accredited training (or equivalent) or a relevant HCPC-registered title (e.g. art therapist, arts psychotherapist, drama therapist, counselling psychologist, clinical psychologist).
• Equivalent therapy qualifications from non-accredited courses should be sufficient for professional accreditation purposes and meet practice standards (minimum 450 taught hours over at least 1 year full time or 2 years part time, supervised practice within a therapeutic organisation, covering theory, skills practice, professional issues, and personal development).
• The relevant qualifications, experience, and willingness to achieve registration/membership within 12 months.
• Post-registration training in relevant evidence-based / NICE guideline-indicated mental health interventions (e.g. CBT, brief family work, group work).
• Registration/membership with a relevant professional body (e.g. NMC, GSCC, HPC, BACP, BABCP, UKCP).
• Accreditation with a professional body (e.g. BACP accredited).
• Demonstrate a clinical, theoretical, and practical knowledge of mental health conditions and presentations, involving an understanding of theories and principles.
• Knowledge of initiatives, priorities, and agendas facing staff working in schools , children services Early Help, Children & Young Peoples Plan, Child Protection Plan.
• Knowledge of the local area and services, including CAMHS, children & family services, and other relevant agencies

Experience

• Experience of working in a CAMHS setting or equivalent service working therapeutically with children and young people.
• Minimum 1 years post-qualification experience of working with children and young people with emotional behavioural issues.
• Experience of working collaboratively with children and young people across different age groups with a range of presenting mental health difficulties.
• Experience of working with parents/carers.
• Experience in delivering short-term supportive approaches e.g. CBT, brief solution-focused therapy, family work, creative/play interventions
• Experience of demonstrating outcomes and using monitoring, evaluation, and wellbeing measurement systems.
• Experience in carrying out comprehensive mental health assessments, including assessment of risk, strengths, and protective factors.
• Experience in assessing child protection concerns and acting on these in accordance with safeguarding procedures
• Experience of delivering training

Skills and Competencies

• Ability to provide advice, guidance, and consultation to parents/carers and professionals on childrens mental health and emotional wellbeing.
• Able to identify clinical risk and changes in presentation.
• Ability to make timely judgements involving analysis and decision-making related to clinical pathways.
• Ability to work positively and inclusively with families while maintaining confidentiality and privacy of young people.
• Ability to participate effectively in multi-agency approaches e.g. NHS, Social Services, universal services
• Fluent in languages other than English

Qualities and Values

• Understanding of, and sensitivity towards, mental health issues.
• Evidence of a positive, proactive, and solution-focused attitude.
• Commitment to inclusivity, equality, and diversity, demonstrated in practice.
• Demonstrates values consistent with those of Northpoint.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.