iSPA Clinical Specialist
| Posting date: | 27 August 2025 |
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| Salary: | £53,751.00 to £60,651.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £53751.00 - £60651.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 10 September 2025 |
| Location: | Bromley, BR2 9JG |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | C9277-25-1095 |
Summary
Clinical To be an integral part of the delivery of the clinical team within the integrated iSPA, responding to urgent and priority referrals and calls from families and professionals. To work within the team to provide telephone assessment and consultation, advice and liaison with third party sector and stakeholders, risk management and care planning and decide on an appropriate course of action. To demonstrate good clinical judgement and skill, as many of the referrals are urgent, the ability to manage high levels of distress and expectation and demonstrate good interpersonal skills will be required. To demonstrate excellent IT skills, an ability to work with processes and systems, the ability to work under pressure, good mental health knowledge, excellent mental health assessment skills, and be able to demonstrate resilience and tenacity. Delivering initial and specialist assessments, utilising a range of theoretical knowledge, evidenced based short term therapeutic interventions, and relevant assessment tools. Joining multi-disciplinary clinical meetings within the SPA team or CAMHS teams to determine outcomes and planning for future interventions. To undertake clinical risk assessments, use Care Pathways to enable care planning, including CPA and conform to Trust case management protocols. To ensure referrals to the team are allocated or redirected and discharged according to Trust procedures. To provide service user reviews which are planned and expedited within appropriate timescales. Also demonstrating skills and aptitudes for time management and execution of tasks promptly to meet CAMHS targets. To ensure participation in the review of complex cases. To provide specialist clinical advice to partnership agencies. To participate in quality initiatives and outcomes of service through clinical audit, Clinical Governance or Clinical Effectiveness projects as required. Holding a small case load and deliver evidence-based interventions. A knowledge of theoretical understanding for example attachment, trauma, neuro-developmental, mood disorders, anxiety, eating disorders etc.is required. You will be required to keep abreast of current training and practice in all relevant areas.