Main area: Allied Health Professionals or Nursing staff
Grade: NHS AfC: Band 6
Contract: One full time permanent post and one 22.5hr secondment. There may be the potential for the secondment to be increased to full time hours.
Hours:
Full time
Part time
Other
37.5 hours per week (37.5 hours per week for the permanent post, Monday to Friday, 9am-5pm. 22.5hrs per week for the secondment (days to be agreed but will fit within Monday to Friday, 9-5 hours). There is the potential for the secondment to be increased to 37.5hrs per week, Monday to Friday.)
Job ref: 338-6831618-25 Site: Miranda House
Town: Hull
Salary: £37,338 - £44,962 per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 09/02/2025 23:59
Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust are proud award winners of the HSJ Provider of the Year 2019.
Job overview
Are you interested in being part of transforming and developing an innovative service? Humber’s Autism Mental Health Support Team aims to enhance support for autistic adults and their families/carers during mental health crises. If you are a dynamic individual with a drive to deliver highly specialised care within a team that offers excellent service for autistic adults, please contact us. We are recruiting two band 6 specialist practitioners to this specialist team: one permanent, full-time practitioner post and one part-time secondment post (22.5hrs) for 10-12 months. There may be the potential to increase the secondment post to full-time hours. This post is open to applicants from nursing, social work, and AHP backgrounds. This role will predominantly involve working closely with mental health teams within the unplanned care sector to support their work with autistic service users. This will include attending MDTs regularly to develop consistent working, offering support around care planning, sharing learning, and support around specific issues to ultimately support the service user’s recovery. The post holder will work to professional and regulatory body codes, standards, and guidance at all times, ensuring that their practice is grounded in evidence-based theoretical and practical knowledge. Main duties of the job
Core Functions Utilise specialist clinical skills to support, train, and coach mental health teams in their work with autistic clients to promote recovery. Work independently, without direct supervision, prioritising workload and responding to service demands in a timely way. Recognise the need for and initiate, where appropriate, advice of relevant specialisms. Liaise closely with members of the MDT within the team and wider services to ensure the right support is being offered to autistic service users, including care planning, formulations, positive behaviour support plans (PBS), reasonable adjustments, and sensory needs. Employ excellent communication skills, both verbal and written, to promote multi-disciplinary and interagency liaison and collaborative practice to a broad range of audiences, including other professionals. Continuously evaluate the clinical effectiveness of the service by using evidence-based practice and outcome measures and participate in the development of the service. Maintain knowledge of current research and clinical developments, participate in research/audit within the service, and take part in relevant training to support the role. Supervise and oversee work delegated to band 4 team members. Working for our organisation
We are an award-winning and CQC-rated good health and social care Trust delivering integrated services across Hull, East, and North Yorkshire. Find out more on our website. We are a forward-thinking and dynamic Trust with a real commitment to staff development. We value our colleagues and invest in them to ensure they have the right skills to deliver outstanding care. We are proud to score above or equal to the average for all NHS People Promise theme areas, demonstrating our commitment to improving the experience of working in the NHS for everyone. Wherever you work, we know you will receive a warm welcome and all the support you’ll need to get you started. We recognise the positive value of diversity and promote equality while challenging discrimination. We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds. Work-life balance is about having influence and flexibility over when, where, and how you work. If the work pattern for this role does not meet your needs, we welcome an application and are happy to discuss working arrangements that differ from those advertised. We offer a unique range of benefits that go above and beyond other NHS Trusts, including an enhanced leave package and health and wellbeing support. From city to countryside, market towns to moors, you’ll find a place to call home, including some of the most affordable places to live in the UK. Minimum Requirements
Full understanding of relevant policy, legislation, and guidance relevant to this sector. Educated to degree level or equivalent as required for registration with a professional body. Registered with the appropriate clinical professional body. Member of a specialist interest group/network, regionally or nationally. Good working knowledge of relevant IT systems to own area of work. Able to enable effective communication approaches to non-face-to-face situational environments e.g. phone, video, email, or remote consultation. Experience
Demonstrable experience of working with neurodiversity. Experience of training patients/carers and other healthcare staff. Ability to effectively chair meetings. Evidence of suitable post-registration professional practice in a hospital or other healthcare setting. Experienced in recognising signs of neurodiversity in those who haven’t been diagnosed and signposting to relevant services. Skills and Competence
Able to communicate effectively and sensitively with patients, colleagues, and carers. Able to work as part of a wide-ranging team. Ability to demonstrate ethical values and attitudes within a culture of equality and diversity. Experience in supervising, mentoring, and teaching. You must have appropriate UK professional registration. This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020, and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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Are you interested in being part of transforming and developing an innovative service? Humber’s Autism Mental Health Support Team aims to enhance support for autistic adults and their families/carers during mental health crises. If you are a dynamic individual with a drive to deliver highly specialised care within a team that offers excellent service for autistic adults, please contact us. We are recruiting two band 6 specialist practitioners to this specialist team: one permanent, full-time practitioner post and one part-time secondment post (22.5hrs) for 10-12 months. There may be the potential to increase the secondment post to full-time hours. This post is open to applicants from nursing, social work, and AHP backgrounds. This role will predominantly involve working closely with mental health teams within the unplanned care sector to support their work with autistic service users. This will include attending MDTs regularly to develop consistent working, offering support around care planning, sharing learning, and support around specific issues to ultimately support the service user’s recovery. The post holder will work to professional and regulatory body codes, standards, and guidance at all times, ensuring that their practice is grounded in evidence-based theoretical and practical knowledge. Main duties of the job
Core Functions Utilise specialist clinical skills to support, train, and coach mental health teams in their work with autistic clients to promote recovery. Work independently, without direct supervision, prioritising workload and responding to service demands in a timely way. Recognise the need for and initiate, where appropriate, advice of relevant specialisms. Liaise closely with members of the MDT within the team and wider services to ensure the right support is being offered to autistic service users, including care planning, formulations, positive behaviour support plans (PBS), reasonable adjustments, and sensory needs. Employ excellent communication skills, both verbal and written, to promote multi-disciplinary and interagency liaison and collaborative practice to a broad range of audiences, including other professionals. Continuously evaluate the clinical effectiveness of the service by using evidence-based practice and outcome measures and participate in the development of the service. Maintain knowledge of current research and clinical developments, participate in research/audit within the service, and take part in relevant training to support the role. Supervise and oversee work delegated to band 4 team members. Working for our organisation
We are an award-winning and CQC-rated good health and social care Trust delivering integrated services across Hull, East, and North Yorkshire. Find out more on our website. We are a forward-thinking and dynamic Trust with a real commitment to staff development. We value our colleagues and invest in them to ensure they have the right skills to deliver outstanding care. We are proud to score above or equal to the average for all NHS People Promise theme areas, demonstrating our commitment to improving the experience of working in the NHS for everyone. Wherever you work, we know you will receive a warm welcome and all the support you’ll need to get you started. We recognise the positive value of diversity and promote equality while challenging discrimination. We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds. Work-life balance is about having influence and flexibility over when, where, and how you work. If the work pattern for this role does not meet your needs, we welcome an application and are happy to discuss working arrangements that differ from those advertised. We offer a unique range of benefits that go above and beyond other NHS Trusts, including an enhanced leave package and health and wellbeing support. From city to countryside, market towns to moors, you’ll find a place to call home, including some of the most affordable places to live in the UK. Minimum Requirements
Full understanding of relevant policy, legislation, and guidance relevant to this sector. Educated to degree level or equivalent as required for registration with a professional body. Registered with the appropriate clinical professional body. Member of a specialist interest group/network, regionally or nationally. Good working knowledge of relevant IT systems to own area of work. Able to enable effective communication approaches to non-face-to-face situational environments e.g. phone, video, email, or remote consultation. Experience
Demonstrable experience of working with neurodiversity. Experience of training patients/carers and other healthcare staff. Ability to effectively chair meetings. Evidence of suitable post-registration professional practice in a hospital or other healthcare setting. Experienced in recognising signs of neurodiversity in those who haven’t been diagnosed and signposting to relevant services. Skills and Competence
Able to communicate effectively and sensitively with patients, colleagues, and carers. Able to work as part of a wide-ranging team. Ability to demonstrate ethical values and attitudes within a culture of equality and diversity. Experience in supervising, mentoring, and teaching. You must have appropriate UK professional registration. This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020, and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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