Risk Triage Assessor

SWLStG; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 48,000 - 57,000; Full time

Job summary

South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust is seeking an enthusiastic, motivated and proactive clinician to join our busy WSPA team. The role requires high autonomy in assessing patient mental health care needs and delivering a safe, timely service with effective signposting and discharge planning.

The post sits within a borough-based assessment framework for adults 18-74, offering collaboration with GPs, AMHPs and community teams while upholding governance and quality standards.

Responsibilities

• To assess and work with mental health service users and signpost them to other services and discharge to primary care where necessary.
• To liaise as required with Primary Care.
• To ensure user and carer involvement in all aspects of service delivery.
• To promote, by example and leadership, a high standard of patient care.
• This is a senior nursing role with immense experience in duty and mental health assessments – it is not suitable for newly qualified nurses or those without adequate experience.
• To communicate and collaborate effectively with all agencies and agents involved in supporting adults with severe mental health problems.

Job description

Site Springfield University Hospital Town London Salary £47,951 - £56,863 per annum inclusive of inner London HCA Salary period Yearly Closing 18/10/2026 23:59

South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust has a rich history, well-established community links and an international reputation. We provide a full range of local mental health services to the Kingston, Merton, Richmond, Sutton and Wandsworth London boroughs, as well as specialist forensic mental health services, including specialised services such as national deaf adults and CAMHS inpatients and OCD.

We are committed to providing high quality integrated health and social care for local people with mental health problems in South West London and more specialist mental health services for people throughout the UK. The Care Quality Commission already rates our services as ‘good’ however we aim to be ‘outstanding’.

Our Values

We take pride in providing specialist care to our service users where our Trust values; being consistent, compassionate, collaborative, respectful and open is at the heart of everything we do. Our mission is "making life better together".

When you join us, you’ll be part of something special – an innovative and rapidly growing organisation that is helping to redefine the Mental Health, education and social care landscape in the UK.

As a Trust, we are happy to talk flexible working.

Job overview

We are seeking an enthusiastic, motivated and proactive clinician to join our busy team who is able to demonstrate a high degree of autonomy in assessing patient’s mental health care needs, and who can deliver a caring and safe service in a timely and organized way This is an important role for team functioning and ensuring high quality assessments, discharges and signposting for our service users.

Wandsworth Single Point of Access Team (WSPA) provides a borough-based assessment only service for adults aged 18-74, whereby all referrals are channelled through our team, and directed to receive appropriate care either within the Trust or in Primary care. We work closely with the community recovery and support teams, early intervention, crisis resolution & home treatment teams and the AMHP service. We work in close partnership with GP commissioners and other key partners, including voluntary organisations.

This is a friendly and supportive team. You would work alongside the Consultant Psychiatrist Team manager and other clinicians to ensure governance standards are maintained, and support in daily team functioning, thus ensuring that our key performance indicators and quality improvement are met.

Main duties of the job

• To assess and work with mental health service users and signpost them to other services and discharge to primary care where necessary. Any service users needing longer term secondary care and care coordination will be transferred to the relevant teams in the Trust.
• To liaise as required with Primary Care.
• To ensure user and carer involvement in all aspects of service delivery.
• To promote, by example and leadership, a high standard of patient care.
• This is a senior nursing role with immense experience in duty and mental health assessments – it is not suitable for newly qualified nurses or those without adequate experience. The ability to work and make decisions autonomously will be essential.
• To communicate and collaborate effectively with all agencies and agents involved in supporting adults with severe mental health problems.

Working for our organisation

Unless expressly stated in the job advert the role is not subject to sponsorship, please be advised that all offers of employment are subject to evidence of right to work in the UK.

We are Proud to Belong at South West London and St George’s Mental Health NHS Trust.

We have expert services, a rich history and a clear commitment to providing the best quality care for those with mental ill-health. The Care Quality Commission already rates our services as ‘good’ - we aspire to be ‘outstanding’.

This is a great time to join us. We are transforming the way we care for our communities to support our mission of Making Life Better Together. We have built two brand new mental health facilities at Springfield University Hospital, which are amongst the best in the world. More developments are planned across our sites and services as we invest a further £120m to upgrade and modernise our estate by 2027.

We are inclusive and diverse and strive to be actively anti racist. We want to attract people from all backgrounds and experiences to enrich the work we do together. We are proud to co-produce and involve our local communities in all that we do.

We offer flexible working, career development and a variety of benefits to enable a positive, welcoming environment in which our people and their careers can thrive.

Come and join our inclusive teams and help our patients on their recovery journey.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Clinical and Caseload Management

Clinical and Caseload Management

• To provide clinical cover for team members in their absence.
• To liaise as required with other disciplines and organisations to ensure that all issues affecting service user care are managed and communicated to a high standard.
• To provide written assessments reports/discharge letters for all allocated clients.

Managerial

Managerial

• To liaise closely with other services keeping them informed of relevant service issues.
• To provide information and reports as required and accurately document all relevant information regarding