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Job summary

Community Mental Health Services are undergoing widespread, innovative transformation and investment over the next two years. North London Foundation Trust are at the forefront of this transformation, developing a more holistic, recovery oriented, biopsychosocial approach to support people with their mental health, in partnership with primary care, other community NHS providers and the voluntary sector. The aim is to build support systems that reach the whole mental health population with a focus on prevention and sustained recovery delivered by multi-agency collaboration. Each population unit is based on the footprint of Primary Care Networks, bringing together NHS, voluntary sector, peer support and community organisations. These relationships will be central to the new community mental health model.

The Lead Practitioner will work with the Pathway Lead in ensuring the development and maintenance of high-quality care and support, based on a local community model which is person centred and holistic. The Lead Practitioner will bring their extensive knowledge and experience working with service users to their individual work and in supporting supervisees and the wider culture of the team.

Main duties of the job

Key Responsibilities

To be Primary Care Network oriented and aligned with a defined number of practice/teams.

To provide leadership in the team on a population health approach and assisting the Pathway Lead and senior colleagues in ensuring the development of processes to support the quality and effectiveness of the team in delivering the aims of the Clinical Strategy.

To provide strengths focused, holistic and person-centred focused support to individuals and the community.

To provide advice and liaison on mental health treatment to GPs.

To provide supervision to Assistant Practitioners and other team members as required.

To be actively involved developing and implementing effective first contact from the single point of access.

To be responsible for the holistic assessment, risk management, safety planning, and evaluation of individual and holistic programmes of care as part of the multidisciplinary team.

To be accountable and responsible for an independent caseload that reflects the priorities of the service.

To support other team members and colleagues in managing service users by providing training, coaching, supervision, and advice support to develop core skills across the system.

To use the agreed support planning tools and record keeping tools in work with service users.

To lead on and actively participate in team meetings and multidisciplinary meetings.

About us

North London NHS Foundation Trust (NLFT) is committed to improving mental health care across North London to deliver excellent services to our local people.Our Five-Year Strategy:

We will provide consistently high-quality care closer to home.

With our partners in North London and each borough we will ensure equity of outcome for all

We will offer great places to work, providing staff with supportive environment to deliver outstanding care.

We will be more effective as an organisation by pioneering research, quality improvement and technology.

In order to meet the needs of the Trust you may be required from time to time to work at different locations to your normal place of work. This may mean that you are required to work at any location that fall under Barnet, Camden, Enfield, Haringey or Islington. The Trust reserves the right to require staff to work at such other places or locations as it considers reasonable and necessary on a temporary or permanent basis.

Details Date posted

29 July 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£56,276 to £63,176 a year Per annum including HCAS

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

455-NLFT-0299

Job locations

Margarete Center

108 Hampstead Road

London

NW1 2LS

Job description Job responsibilities

Relationships/Communication

The post holder is expected to establish and maintain positive interpersonal relationships with other staff members characterised by trust, mutual respect, and open, honest communication.

To communicate with a range of professionals within the Trust and externally.

Internal Relationship

Professional Leads

Managers

Other disciplines

External Relationships

Commissioners

GPs

Voluntary Sector

External agencies

Other appropriate stakeholders

Job description Job responsibilities

Relationships/Communication

The post holder is expected to establish and maintain positive interpersonal relationships with other staff members characterised by trust, mutual respect, and open, honest communication.

To communicate with a range of professionals within the Trust and externally.

Internal Relationship

Professional Leads

Managers

Other disciplines

External Relationships

Commissioners

GPs

Voluntary Sector

External agencies

Other appropriate stakeholders

Person Specification Experience / Knowledge Essential

• Recent experience multidisciplinary Community Mental Health Service teams.
• Significant post registration experience required, one of which will be as working with people with complex mental health problems.
• Understanding of Mental Health policy and Social Care policy

Desirable

• An understanding and ability to implement QI and research and development practices in the service.

Qualifications/ Registrations Essential

• Recognised registered mental health qualification with approved body
• Registration with approved body
• Substantial post-registration experience

Desirable

• Project Management qualification
• Master's Degree (MSC/MBA) or equivalent experience

Skills and Abilities Essential

• Demonstrate an ability to communicate service-related information to senior managers, staff, and external agencies/partners.
• Demonstrate ability for operational planning and business planning.
• Ability to give formal presentations/manage and reconcile conflicting views where there are significant barriers to acceptance or understanding.
• A commitment to the engagement and involvement of service user in delivering a high-quality service.
• Manage services and interprets organisational and national policies.
• Ability to operate independently, prioritise work. load and delegation as appropriate.
• Ability to manage high pressure situations including human resources staff issues, patient complaints, conveys unwelcome and unexpected news to staff and others
• An ability to work on own initiative accountable to trust for delivery of own service
• Understanding of discrimination/disadvantage for certain groups within mental health services, and the ability to work within Equal Opportunities, anti-discriminatory framework.
• Advanced skills in analysing service, client, organisational or staffing issues, including carrying out service audits as part of service development.
• An ability to think strategically about the development of mental health services to deliver national targets or guidance
• Clear and concise writing skills and ability to write investigative and management reports.
• Ability to use Word, Excel and PowerPoint and Trust and LA data bases when conducting management tasks.
• Demonstrable ability to effectively manage budgets.

Person Specification Experience / Knowledge Essential

• Recent experience multidisciplinary Community Mental Health Service teams.
• Significant post registration experience required, one of which will be as working with people with complex mental health problems.
• Understanding of Mental Health policy and Social Care policy

Desirable

• An understanding and ability to implement QI and research and development practices in the service.

Qualifications/ Registrations Essential

• Recognised registered mental health qualification with approved body
• Registration with approved body
• Substantial post-registration experience

Desirable

• Project Management qualification
• Master's Degree (MSC/MBA) or equivalent experience

Skills and Abilities Essential

• Demonstrate an ability to communicate service-related information to senior managers, staff, and external agencies/partners.
• Demonstrate ability for operational planning and business planning.
• Ability to give formal presentations/manage and reconcile conflicting views where there are significant barriers to acceptance or understanding.
• A commitment to the engagement and involvement of service user in delivering a high-quality service.
• Manage services and interprets organisational and national policies.
• Ability to operate independently, prioritise work. load and delegation as appropriate.
• Ability to manage high pressure situations including human resources staff issues, patient complaints, conveys unwelcome and unexpected news to staff and others
• An ability to work on own initiative accountable to trust for delivery of own service
• Understanding of discrimination/disadvantage for certain groups within mental health services, and the ability to work within Equal Opportunities, anti-discriminatory framework.
• Advanced skills in analysing service, client, organisational or staffing issues, including carrying out service audits as part of service development.
• An ability to think strategically about the development of mental health services to deliver national targets or guidance
• Clear and concise writing skills and ability to write investigative and management reports.
• Ability to use Word, Excel and PowerPoint and Trust and LA data bases when conducting management tasks.
• Demonstrable ability to effectively manage budgets.

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information 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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details Employer name

North London NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Margarete Center

108 Hampstead Road

London

NW1 2LS

Employer's website

https://www.northlondonmentalhealth.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details Employer name

North London NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Margarete Center

108 Hampstead Road

London

NW1 2LS

Employer's website

https://www.northlondonmentalhealth.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)