SUN Specialist Clinician-part time
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Job overview
Our Service User Network (SUN) service is based on therapeutic community principles and the post holder will be expected to demonstrate knowledge and experience of group facilitation. SUN is delivered by SABP NHS trust in partnership with Mary Frances trust which is our voluntary organisation in Surrey.We pride ourselves on being a co-produced pathway which means groups within SUN are co-delivered by a clinician facilitator and a facilitator with lived experience.
The post holder will support the service manager in the delivery of the SUN service alongside 3 clinician facilitators and 4 LXP facilitators. You will co-facilitate SUN groups alongside a facilitator with lived experience, providing peer support groups to people in the community experiencing difficulties associated with personality disorder.You will contribute to the development of the lived experience staff within SUN.
The SUN team works from SABP HQ, Leatherhead on Tuesdays and Thursdays, the post holder will be expected to be in office on those days.
Please note interviews are held on Tuesday 10th June.
Main duties of the job
Clinical: Co-facilitate SUN groups with SUN lived experience facilitators and lead on safety plans and risk management.
To provide day to day support to the SUN facilitators with lived experience employed by Mary Frances Trust, our Voluntary Sector partner.
To work with Service manager to organise and ensure the delivery of the programme of groups in the area.
Chair team planning meetings and business meetings with support from service manager on a rotational basis.
To lead and support the SUN lived experience facilitators to plan, organise and facilitate focus groups and meetings with SUN members to further develop a truly co-produced SUN service.
Be confident in delivering virtual events, presentations (both virtual and F2F) to promote and publicise SUN widely.
Be responsible for relevant data collection on work activities, inputting data onto SUN databases as required, and to maintain a high standard of clinical record keeping
To promote the SUN model and the effective use of team clinical supervision and reflective practice.
Management:
To lead on various aspects of service delivery as required by the SUN service manager.
To take up acting lead role in SUN service managers absence with support of PD pathway service lead and SUN clinical supervisor
Support the recruitment and training of staff within the service when required
Provide senior cover to the team when service manager is on leave.
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.
Please note that we reserve the right to close posts as soon as sufficient applications are received.
We look forward to receiving your application!
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please check the job description and personal specification document for more information on the requirement for this job.
Person specification
Experience
Essential criteria- Demonstrable experience of working with a significant degree of complexity and distress
- Experience of managing and supervising junior staff
- Experience of facilitating groups with people experiencing difficulties associated with personality disorder
- Experience of working in a specialist personality disorder service
- Experience of working in a co-produced mental health service
- Experience of working within a team that operates using therapeutic community principles
Qualification and training
Essential criteria- Degree in Mental health nursing/ Social work/ Occupational therapy /Art therapy or equivalent
- HCPC/NMC/SWE or equivalent registration
- Training in group facilitation
- Supervisor training
- KUF (Knowledge and understanding framework) training
Please note that you are not restricted from applying for this role if you do not identify with these characteristics and all applicants will be considered fairly against the job description.
As a flexible working and friendly organisation, we want to ensure that you can work in a way that is best for us, our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s job share, part time or any other flexible working patterns.
Gender Pay Gap Action
Women in our Trust are under-represented in some senior grades. We are therefore encouraging women to apply for posts at 8A and above.