Service User Network (SUN) Specialist Clinician
| Posting date: | 26 April 2024 |
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| Salary: | £35,392.00 to £42,618.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £35392.00 - £42618.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 26 May 2024 |
| Location: | Dunstable, LU6 3HD |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C9363-24-0698 |
Summary
The post-holder will have a professional qualification in Mental Health Nursing, Social Work, Occupational Therapy or Art Therapy, and will be expected to work autonomously within professional guidelines and under the management and supervision of the SUN Service Manager. The post holder will be based at Mind-BLMK premises in Luton, and will be required to travel to sites across Bedford, Central Bedfordshire and Luton, when necessary, for the delivery of SUN groups. As a key member of a new team of Clinical and Lived Experience SUN facilitators, the post-holder will contribute to the development and delivery of a facilitated peer support SUN service across Bedfordshire and Luton. The key responsibilities include: Working with the SUN service manager to organise and ensure the delivery of the programme of facilitated peer support groups in the area. Delivering between 3 and 5 facilitated peer support SUN groups every week, both online and in person. Co-facilitating SUN groups with Lived Experience SUN Facilitators, leading on safety plans and risk management. Developing co-produced Resource and Support Plans with participants in the SUN groups, according to the service protocols. Providing day-to day support to the Lived Experience SUN facilitators employed by Mind-BLMK, our Voluntary Sector partner. Promoting SUN and ensuring robust relationships and links with other community-based mental health services and service provides (for example, Primary Care Link Workers, NHS Talking Therapies, core mental health services, Crisis Resolution and Home Treatment Teams, Mental Health Street Triage). Working with colleagues and SUN members to co-produce key elements of the operational arrangements of the service through member involvement. Chairing team planning meetings and business meetings with support from the SUN Service Manager on a rotational basis. Leading and supporting the Lived Experience SUN facilitators to plan, organise and facilitate focus groups and meetings with SUN members to further develop a truly co-produced SUN service. Delivering online events, presentations (both online and in person) to widely promote and publicise the SUN service. Inducting and training new staff in the SUN model. Ensuring the collection of relevant data on work activities, inputting data onto SUN databases as required, and maintaining a high standard of clinical record keeping. Maintaining a high standard of care in all areas of practice in accordance with the relevant professional Code of Conduct and guidelines. Ensuring compliance with statutory & mandatory training.