Job summary
CNWL is strongly committed to staff development. There will be extensive training opportunities on offer with a range of optionstailored to both services needs and the individual's interests.
The post holders would join a CAMHS Service where supervision and research is actively supported. There are regular service wide meetings and also peer group supervision available with other CAMHS Clinical Nurse Specialists.
Hillingdon CAMHS is well established and this posts are excellent opportunities for dedicated clinicians to join CNWL and one of our CAMHS teams.
We aim to provide an accessible, flexible and responsive local service for patients and professionals working with children, using the whole range of therapeutic interventions, including behavioural, systemic, psychodynamic, group and multi-family work.
The successful applicant may have contact with patients or service users. As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage and support vaccination as this remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients and service users when working on our healthcare settings.
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Main duties of the job
1. Provide comprehensive CAMHS assessments of children and young people referred to the team
2. Provide screening/triage CAMHS appointments of children and young people referred to the team.
3. The post holder will provide case management to those young people awaiting treatment whilst contributing to specialist support plans for the care of children and young people with a range of presenting problems.
4. Formulate plans for the treatment and/or management of the child/young person's problems, based upon an appropriate conceptual framework, and employing methods based upon evidence of efficacy, across the full range of care settings.
5. To undertake risk assessment and risk management for individual children and young people and to provide advice to other professions on risk assessment and risk management.
6. Act as case manager, taking responsibility for initiating planning and review of CAMHS care plans including children and young people, their carers, referring agents and others involved the network of care.
7. Communicate in a skilled and sensitive manner, information concerning the assessment, formulation and treatment plans of children and young people under their care and to monitor progress.
8. To participate on the local duty rota providing a more urgent response to issues when required. This may also include working as part of an evening clinic.
9. Support to parents and young people seeking help between clinic appointments or when in crisis.
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10. The post holder will provide case management to those young people awaiting treatment whilst contributing to specialist support plans for the care of children and young people with a range of presenting problems.
11. Formulate plans for the treatment and/or management of the child/young person's problems, based upon an appropriate conceptual framework, and employing methods based upon evidence of efficacy, across the full range of care settings.
12. To undertake risk assessment and risk management for individual children and young people and to provide advice to other professions on risk assessment and risk management.
13. Act as case manager, taking responsibility for initiating planning and review of CAMHS care plans including children and young people, their carers, referring agents and others involved the network of care.
14. Communicate in a skilled and sensitive manner, information concerning the assessment, formulation and treatment plans of children and young people under their care and to monitor progress.
15. To participate on the local duty rota providing a more urgent response to issues when required. This may also include working as part of an evening clinic.
16. Support to parents and young people seeking help between clinic appointments or when in crisis.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The post holder will be expected to have post registration experience in a mental health setting, ideally with children and adolescents and in managing risk. He or she will work closely with the multi-disciplinary team as well as other interfaces across the CAMHS service line.
Regular supervision will be provided and support will be readily available from a Consultant Psychiatrist on duty on a daily basis.
17. The post holder will provide case management to those young people awaiting treatment whilst contributing to specialist support plans for the care of children and young people with a range of presenting problems.
18. Formulate plans for the treatment and/or management of the child/young persons problems, based upon an appropriate conceptual framework, and employing methods based upon evidence of efficacy, across the full range of care settings.
19. To undertake risk assessment and risk management for individual children and young people and to provide advice to other professions on risk assessment and risk management.
20. Act as case manager, taking responsibility for initiating planning and review of CAMHS care plans including children and young people, their carers, referring agents and others involved the network of care.
21. Communicate in a skilled and sensitive manner, information concerning the assessment, formulation and treatment plans of children and young people under their care and to monitor progress.
22. To participate on the local duty rota providing a more urgent response to issues when required. This may also include working as part of an evening clinic.
23. Support to parents and young people seeking help between clinic appointments or when in crisis.
24. Close liaison with schools and other agencies involved.
25. To provide reports as appropriate to external agencies, ensuring that issues around confidentiality are manage
Person Specification
Education and Qualifications
Essential
26. RMN Trained,
27. NMC Registered
Desirable
28. Training in one or more additional areas of practice especially relevant to complex CAMHS.
Previous Experience
Essential
29. Experience of working with a wide variety of client group presenting with the full range of clinical severity around mental health concerns across a range of care settings including outpatient, community, primary care, in-patient and residential care settings.
30. Experience of working within a multidisciplinary Specialist CAMHS team and of proving specialist CAMHS assessment and intervention.
31. Experience of working at band 6
32. Experience of delivering evidence based care in a number of cultural contexts.
Desirable
33. Experience of teaching, training and / or supervision.
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
34. Knowledge and skills in assessment intervention and management frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration
35. Knowledge of the theoretical evidence base for understanding, formulating and providing interventions for mental health concerns experienced by children and young people.
36. Well-developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information including diagnoses and formulations to clients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS.
37. Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups.
38. Ability to identify and employ mechanisms of clinical governance and as appropriate, to support and maintain clinical practice in the face of regular exposure to highly emotive material and challenging behavior.
39. Experience of assessing mental health risk and safeguarding concerns.
40. Knowledge of legislation and its implications for both clinical practice and professional management in relation to the client group and mental health and Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND). In particular, knowledge and experience of the Education and Health Care Plan (EHCP) process
Desirable
41. Knowledge of CAMHS legislation
42. Knowledge and experience of research methodology
Other
Essential
43. Ability to identify, provide and promote appropriate means of support to carers and staff exposed to highly distressing situations and severely challenging behaviours.
44. Ability to identify, and employ, as appropriate, clinical governance mechanisms for the support and maintenance of clinical practice in the face of regular exposure to highly emotive material and challenging behavior.
45. Ability to develop and use complex multi-media materials for presentations in public, professional and academic settings
Personal
Essential
46. Ability to contain and work with organizational stress and ability to 'hold' the stress of others.
47. Able to build constructive relationships with warmth and empathy, using good communication skills.
48. Treats service users with respect and dignity at all times
49. Enthusiastic, flexible and confident approach to working.
50. Able to prioritize own workload and meet performance requirements for the role.
51. Willingness and ability to learn new skills and adapt to change