We are currently looking to recruit an enthusiastic and motivated Band 7 Clinical Specialist to join our Core CAMHS Team. We are a multidisciplinary team who work with young people who have moderate to severe mental health needs. The team provides mental health assessments and psychological therapies for co-morbid mental health needs.
The post holder will work in the CAMHS Huntingdon and Fenland Team Core Pathway to support and lead on service improvement initiatives, and provide effective clinical leadership and supervision to staff. They will support developments within the Children, Young People and Families Directorate and partner agencies, and promote and contribute to accessibility of the service, high quality evidence-based care, and efficient caseload management within the team.
The Core CAMHS Team are committed to a high level of patient care and the ideal candidate will have a strong team and work ethic, with accountability, interest in research and service development, accompanied by an ability to work under considerable pressure at times. This post is open to professionals with the right attributes to enhance a team.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be part of the Core CAMHS team providing services across Cambridgeshire and Peterborough, with an office and clinical base in the central Team. They will provide evidence-based assessment and treatment to Children, young people, and families with moderate to severe mental health difficulties.
The post holder will work closely with the leadership team to supervise and support the assessment and therapy provided by other practitioners and other clinical members of teams who provide care and treatment.
Job responsibilities
1. To collaborate with the Single Point of Access Team (SPA - YOUnited) effectively to improve access to the service.
2. Provide clinical leadership to colleagues across all areas of the team.
3. Identify levels of clinical risk and prioritise accordingly and provide advice and leadership to staff.
4. Provide comprehensive and collaborative assessment to children, young people, and families.
5. Provide collaborative care plans and effective evidence-based intervention to children, young people, and families. This includes work specifically for the more complex case presentation.
Person Specification
Education/Qualifications
Essential
* Qualified nurse, social worker, occupational therapist, arts therapist, SALT or psychological therapist.
* A current professional registration with the NMC, HCPC or Social Work England.
* Qualification in an evidence - based therapy.
Desirable
* Recognised Leadership or management qualification.
* Evidence of leadership or management experience.
Experience
Essential
* Substantial post-qualifying clinical experience in a setting or with a client group relevant to CAMHS.
* Experience of mental health risk assessment and management.
* Experience of working with complex presentations.
* Experience of working with children and young people and families.
Desirable
* Experience of using clinical outcome measures and working to agreed targets.
* Experience of service user involvement / participation initiatives.
* Experience of providing clinical supervision.
* Experience working with recognised systems of managing referrals and patient flow / demand and capacity systems.
Skills and Abilities
Essential
* Able to demonstrate commitment to high quality care and service provisions.
* Planning and organising skills.
* Skills in self-management including time management.
* Highly developed communication skills, verbally and in writing. Able to provide complex and/or clinically sensitive information, including contentious or distressing information to clients, their families/carers, and other professional colleagues from a range of agencies.
* Able to identify and employ mechanisms of clinical governance, including regular supervision, to support and maintain clinical practice in the face of regular exposure to emotive material and challenging behaviour.
* Able to carry out clinical audits.
Desirable
* Able to demonstrate effectiveness in a clinical leadership role.
* Able to demonstrate consultation skills.
* Advanced IT skills.
* Presentational Skills.
* Skills in the use of assessment, psychological formulation, intervention, and management. This requires the use of highlight developed analytical skills and clinical judgements.
* Skills in relevant model(s) of therapeutic interventions.
Knowledge and Understanding
Essential
* Knowledge of how Community CAMHS services operate including systems for referral management and multi-disciplinary approaches.
* Knowledge of typical and atypical child development.
* Knowledge of Children's safeguarding mechanisms.
Desirable
* Knowledge of the theory and practice of therapeutic approaches in specific difficult-to-treat groups (e.g. attachment disorder, emerging personality disorder, dual diagnosis, specific additional disability).
* Knowledge of the application of specific therapeutic models to different needs (What Works for Whom?).
Other
Essential
* Positive approach to children, young people and their families/carers.
* Recognise peoples right to privacy and dignity, treating every person with respect.
* Willingness to embrace integrated model and new ways or working.
Employer details
Employer name
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Newtown Centre
Nursery Rd
Huntingdon
PE29 3RJ
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