An exciting opportunity has arisen in the Core CAMHS service for an experienced clinician to join the Intake part of the team. The ideal candidate will take on an advanced practitioner/lead role on incoming referrals, being the first point of contact in the Core CAMHS service, welcoming families and young people, safety planning care, and ensuring a robust, seamless, and safe journey through to treatment.
The role will provide clinical oversight and involvement in the consultation and assessment part of the service and will require some supervision of other staff.
This post will work closely with the Team leader ensuring service coverage and safe management of those awaiting intervention.
Main duties of the job
1. Plan, manage, and respond to incoming referrals into the Core CAMHS Team.
2. Assess, plan, implement, and evaluate treatment/interventions and care for young people and families presenting with mental health needs. Clinically assess patient needs from a physiological and psychological perspective, and plan clinical care accordingly.
3. Assist the Lead professional and leadership team with supporting clinical staff supervision and professional development.
4. Provide assistance to the Team leader, aiding with waiting list management and monitoring to provide a safe and effective service.
About us
We are an award-winning and CQC rated good health and social care Trust delivering integrated services across Hull, East and North Yorkshire. 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 whilst 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.
Job responsibilities
Please see attached Job description and person specification for further details applicable to the role.
Person Specification
Knowledge
* Full understanding of relevant policy, legislation, drivers, and their application to clinical and service area, e.g. Mental Capacity Act, Social Inclusion, Child Protection.
* Full understanding/application of relevant clinical practice/standards/audit within identified clinical area.
* Demonstrate specialist understanding of mental health difficulties and how it may impact children and young people.
* Demonstrate specialist knowledge of the issues surrounding work and the impact it can have on mental health.
* Basic IT skills.
Personal attributes
* Effective interpersonal skills and experience in mentoring.
* Ability to work positively within a team.
* The ability to be resilient and maintain one's own wellbeing whilst working in stressful situations, managing a high volume caseload and completing a training programme.
* Work within the culture of improving working lives and working time directive.
* Broad knowledge of Trust policies and procedures in order to effectively lead and manage others.
* Ability to lead and motivate staff to embrace change.
Effort and environment
* Ability to commute between the various sites.
* Requirement for frequent concentration e.g. assessments, care plans. The work may be unpredictable.
* Ability to complete the academic components of the course.
* Ability to attend the training days.
* Frequent exposure to emotional or distressing circumstances.
* Some exposure to hazards e.g. verbal aggression, bodily fluids.
Experience
* Demonstrable experience of working in mental health services, a minimum of 5 years' experience.
* Experience of providing evidence-based psychological interventions.
* Experience with routine outcome monitoring.
* Experience of teaching and liaising with other professionals.
* Evidence of continuing professional development (CPD) relevant to the clinical area at specialist/advanced level of care.
* Evidence of development of clinical leadership skills and able to demonstrate the impact of this on practice change/development.
* Ability to effectively chair meetings.
Qualifications
* Registered Health professional with a professional body such as NMC.
* Postgraduate/masters level learning significant working experience at a clinical lead level.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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