Job overview
Interview date will be 21st May 2024 .
Are you a Registered Mental Health Nurse with an interest in working in our CYPF Health Hub, CAMHS Common Point of Entry Service as a Mental Health Practitioner? Then we at Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (BHFT) have an exciting opportunity for you!
This fantastic opportunity will be responding to complex referrals to the CAMHS team, carrying out initial triage and telephone assessment of new children or young people including risk assessments and the formulation and recommendation for on-going care. You will review referrals coming into the service and undertake a structured telephone triage and develop a formulation to determine the mental health needs of the child or young person, assessing risk and either signposting to the appropriate CAMHS team or pathway.
You will also be providing advice and consultation to referrers, colleagues and families who may require advice about symptoms, risk, or the need for a referral. You will also be identifying those who need a more detailed face to face assessment within CPE and allocating a priority level.
Main duties of the job
1. Triage, assessment and formulation of young people presenting to Child and Adolescent mental Health services.
2. Consultation with professionals making referrals to the service
3. Undertaking Telephone assessments of young people referred to the service
4. Undertaking Face to face assessments of young people referred to the service
5. Work flexibly across multiple sites
6. Taking part in the review of clinical records
7. Reviewing of data to support the management of waiting lists
8. Working within a team of skilled CAMHS clinicians
9. Joining a service that provided front door access to a comprehensive CAMHS
Working for our organisation
Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a specialist mental health and community health services trust. Rated ‘outstanding’ by the CQC, we’re committed to providing the best possible care to people across Berkshire.
We value diversity and are proud to be a Stonewall Top 100 Employer.We work hard to create an inclusive environment where you’ll be supported by friendly and professional colleagues to flourish.
Our values at Berkshire Healthcare:
10. Caring for and about you is our top priority
11. Committed to providing good quality, safe services
12. Working Together with you to develop innovative solutions
We welcome people who share these values to come and work for us.
Benefits of working for us include:
13. Flexible working options to support work-life balance.
14. 27 days’ annual leave rising with service + opportunity to buy and sell
15. Generous NHS pension scheme
16. Excellent learning and career development opportunities
17. ‘Cycle to Work’ and car leasing scheme
18. Access to a range of wellbeing tools and services
19. Discounts at hundreds of popular retailers and restaurants
20. Staff networks for race, diversity, disabilities and armed forces community to support equality
21. Generous maternity, paternity, adoption and special leave.
22. Free parking across Trust sites
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The 4 “must haves” for you to be considered for this role:
23. Registered mental Health Nurse or other registered appropriate health care professional
24. An interest in working within a CAMHS team
25. An ability to undertake telephone assessments
26. Experience of working in a mental health setting
We are committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community, regardless of any protected characteristics. Reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled applicants where required.
Person specification
Education/Qualification/Training
Essential criteria
27. Registered Mental Health Nurse (NMC) or
28. Registered Nurse Child or MH branch) or Occupational Therapy degree level qualification and registered with HPCP or Qualified Psychotherapist registered with professional body ACP approved Child Psychotherapist.
29. Masters level or significant experience in mental health
30. HCPC Registered Practitioner/Social Worker or
31. Postgraduate doctoral qualification in clinical or counselling psychology (or equivalent for those who trained before 1996)
32. Registered and accredited with HCPC
33. Eligible for Chartered status with the BPS
Desirable criteria
34. Mentorship qualification
35. Qualification in a therapeutic modality,, Masters level or equivalent experience
36. Post graduate qualification in Child Mental Health Education/Qualifications/Training
Continuous Professional Development
Essential criteria
37. Ability to manage complex and sensitive information using well-developed motivational and negotiating skills, representing the service in a variety of different situations
38. Evidence of children, young people and carer involvement within care planning and service development
Desirable criteria
39. Evidence of post qualification learning in a relevant field
Previous Experience
Essential criteria
40. Experience of working assertively with children and young people to engage in therapeutic activities
41. Knowledge and significant experience in mental health
42. Experience of working effectively in a multi-disciplinary team environment
43. Experience of working effectively in a team and able to demonstrate ability to work on own initiative, without direct supervision, making sound clinical decisions
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
Essential criteria
44. Knowledge and understanding of the relevant national guidance and policies in management of children’s emotional and mental health needs process
45. Excellent knowledge and understanding of the health and social care systems and operating frameworks, clinical observations and the Children’s Safeguarding, SEND and other legal frameworks relating to children and young people
46. Good interpersonal, communication, observation and reporting skills. Ability to engage and communication with a wide range of professionals, staff and other service stakeholders
47. Able to empathise, be supportive and sensitive to the needs of others and demonstrate resilience to able to cope with distressing circumstances
48. Ability to assess a young person and from this assessment develop a formulation.
Additional Requirements
Essential criteria
49. Ability to travel around the geographical area of BHFT
50. Able to work flexible patterns as required and the ability to travel independently between locations to fulfil the requirements of the position.
Berkshire Healthcare helps people manage their health in their local area, through a range of specialist and community services across the county. We promote independence and quality of life through community and mental health services and aim for seamless delivery of the best care in the right place. We get to know communities and the people in them so we can deliver the best services that meet their health needs.
Our team of 4,300 staff provide specialist mental health and community health services to a population of around 900,000 within Berkshire. We provide healthcare to people in their own homes and from different sites across the county.
We are committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community, regardless of any protected characteristics. Reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled applicants where required.
Appointment to any position is conditional on the satisfactory completion of the core NHS Employment Checks Standards. Information disclosed in your application will be checked and any offer of appointment may be withdrawn if you knowingly withhold information or provide false or misleading information.
Please ensure your application is submitted with a valid email address for your referees in order to minimise delays in the recruitment process. Short-listed applicants will be contacted by email, therefore applicants are advised to check their email accounts regularly.
Applicants are advised that as a result of the high level of response we receive for some of our vacancies, we may expire any of them prior to the advertised closing date.
Berkshire Healthcare Foundation Trust is committed to improving the health of its staff, patients and the wider community by providing a smoke free environment. A smoke free policy is in operation and smoking is not permitted on any of the Trust’s sites.
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