CAMHS Clinical Nurse Specialist & Tri-Borough COMHAD Lead
Band 8a
Main area: Children & Young People Grade: Band 8a Contract: Permanent Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week Job ref: 277-6868636-CYP
Site: Highpoint House Town: London Salary: £59,490 - £66,239 pa inc Salary period: Yearly Closing: 02/01/2025 23:59
Job overview
We are pleased to advertise an exciting opportunity for an outstanding candidate to join our dynamic and energetic CAMHS services as a Clinical Nurse Specialist & Tri-Borough COMHAD/Substance Misuse Lead. This is a new post situated within Greenwich CAMHS (Adolescent Pathway), located within the heart of the Royal Borough of Greenwich at our Highpoint House clinic base.
We are passionate about working with children, young people and their families/carers, and are dedicated to providing high-quality and caring community mental healthcare services that improve outcomes and build resilience in community relationships.
You will join a vibrant and experienced multi-disciplinary team in providing a variety of evidence-based interventions, drawing upon your professional clinical/leadership skills and values as a Nurse, for children and young people presenting with a range of mental health and substance misuse difficulties. This includes specialist assessment and targeted substance misuse interventions, in addition to developing and delivering consultation, training and supervision for other professionals working with children and young people in other settings.
Main duties of the job
The postholder is responsible for providing clinical leadership to CAMHS in the field of co-occurring mental health and alcohol/drug needs (COMHAD), working collaboratively with service leads in the sub-directorate to improve the quality of the assessment and treatment of CAMHS service users with COMHAD needs.
As the CAMHS COMHAD Lead, the postholder will be responsible for identifying and addressing any COMHAD training/CPD needs for CAMHS clinicians and ensuring staff competencies meet best practice standards.
In undertaking this role, the postholder will work closely with local providers and commissioners of substance misuse services (adult and child) to ensure high quality and effective joint working practice within Bexley, Bromley and Greenwich.
In addition, the postholder will offer specialist mental health and/or substance misuse assessment, consultation, and short- and long-term interventions to CAMHS service users (including parents/carers) who use substances and/or who are open to the Greenwich CAMHS Adolescent and Early Intervention in Psychosis pathways. Interventions may also be provided to professionals working with children and young people who experience substance misuse difficulties.
Working for our organisation
Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives.
Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families. This is strengthened by our new values:
* We Listen
* We Care
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
1. Operate independently in providing leadership and direction regarding the management of COMHAD across Bexley, Bromley and Greenwich CAMHS and within local communities.
2. Develop clinical practice in the area of COMHAD within CAMHS in accordance with NICE and other guidance.
3. Facilitate education, training and development of internal staff and a range of external agencies, statutory and non-statutory in the management and treatment of children and young people with COMHAD accessing CAMHS.
4. Build and maintain relationships with key local stakeholders involved in the development, commissioning or delivery of drug/alcohol/substance misuse services.
5. Represent Greenwich CAMHS in both managerial and clinical decision making (participating in key senior tasks) as a senior staff member.
6. Provide specialist mental health assessment, consultation and short/long-term interventions within Greenwich CAMHS Adolescent Team.
7. Provide effective leadership to a range of clinical staff through formal supervision and appraisal, in accordance with professional standards.
8. Participate fully in continuous professional development and supervision.
9. Support the implementation of the safeguarding children policy and ensuring excellent safeguarding practice within the service area of CAMHS.
Person specification
Education & Qualifications
* NMC Registration
* Excellent working knowledge of mental health presentations in children and young people
* Knowledge of a range of NHS, other statutory agencies and voluntary sector providers
* Demonstrable use of evidenced based research in clinical work
* Evidence of continuous professional development and/or post-graduate qualification
Experience
* Extensive experience of working within areas relevant to designated team
* Experience of working with children and young people presenting with COMHAD
* Experience of working therapeutically with children and young people
* Experience of research and development into practice
* Evidence of facilitating quality improvement in practice
* Experience of managing and supervising clinicians attending emergency presentations of children in a variety of settings
Skills
* Ability to work across professional and organisational boundaries internally and externally
* Leadership, vision, strategic thinking and planning with highly developed political skills
* Skills in providing consultation to a range of disciplines
We are committed to creating an inclusive workplace that welcomes and supports individuals of all abilities. Remember, if you meet the minimum criteria for this role and you have a disability, you can be guaranteed an interview under the Disability Confident Scheme - Please ensure you select this on your application form. We would encourage you to be open about your needs so we can work with you to design a comfortable and accessible interview experience. Any information you provide regarding a disability or a need for adjustments will be treated in confidence and will only be shared with colleagues who are supporting this request.
If you require any adjustments to participate fully in the interview process, please let us know by adding the relevant details when scheduling your preferred interview date and time. Please feel free to contact the appointing manager to discuss your needs.
We encourage applicants to contact the hiring manager before their interview, if they have any questions about the role or the process. This is a great way to get clarity and prepare effectively for the interview.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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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