Tees Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust
The North Yorkshire and York CAMHS Eating Disorder Service is looking for 1x 37.5 permanent Band 6 CAMHS (Child & Adolescent Mental Health Services) Practitioner and 1x 18.75 hours fixed term Band 6 CAMHS Practitioner, to join the team. The applicant must hold a professional registration with an appropriate body.
This is an exciting opportunity to join an established community eating disorder team supporting young people and families with eating disorders. The role of a CAMHS practitioner is varied, including opportunities in providing assessment, care coordination, physical health monitoring and therapeutic treatment.
Minimum Requirements: 18 months post qualifying experience including signoff of appropriate preceptorship or competency framework is essential.
Main Duties of the Job
The post holder will provide eating disorder services and treatment to young people and their families across North Yorkshire and York. The team operates out of Orca House, York and Dragon Parade Clinic, Harrogate (soon to be Jesmond House Harrogate), also providing outreach to Northallerton and Scarborough. The post holder will be based in either York or Harrogate; however, they may be asked to travel to other bases due to service need.
The team includes clinical psychologists, family therapists, nurses, dietitians, psychiatrists, and social workers. Therefore, the ability to work effectively within a multi-disciplinary team is a requirement.
The post holder will provide evidence-based assessment and treatment-based interventions as part of the clinical eating disorder pathways and offer input to individuals, their families, and carers in a clinic setting. The candidate will also provide supervision and mentorship to students and junior staff working within the team. The post holder will support the team with service development using the Trust's quality improvement methods.
Due to the nature of the role, it is essential that applicants are able to travel independently across the locality and have access to a suitable vehicle for business purposes. If necessary, adjustments can be considered in accordance with the Equality Act 2010.
About Us
We are the Mental Health & Learning Disability NHS Trust for County Durham and Darlington, Teesside, North Yorkshire, York, and Selby. Our talented and compassionate teams work in partnership with our patients, communities, and partners to help the people of our region feel safe, understood, believed in, and cared for.
We're committed to new thinking that improves the wellbeing of our region. We connect with our communities and partners to get mental health care right, in areas that really need it.
Job Responsibilities
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for further detailed information to ensure that you meet the role criteria before applying.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Current professional registration with appropriate body in healthcare or social work
* Evidence of Continuing Professional Development
* Key skills in literacy, numeracy, and ITQ level 2 (or equivalent)
* Post-graduate qualification in a relevant area (within agreed timescale)
* Depending on work area, recognised sign-off mentor (or equivalent) or must be achieved within agreed timescale
* 18 months post qualifying experience including sign off of appropriate preceptorship or competency framework
* Certificate in teaching & assessing in clinical practice as appropriate to own profession
* Recognised qualification in a specific model of therapy e.g. family therapy, CBT etc.
* Recognised training in Facilitation of Parenting Groups
* CAMHS Degree
Skills
* Provide effective clinical supervision, teaching, training, and assessing in clinical practice
* Work effectively as part of a multidisciplinary team and undertake lead professional / care co-ordinator responsibilities
* Communicate complex and sensitive information effectively to children and young people, carers/families, and all members of the multidisciplinary team
* Provide leadership and monitor, co-ordinate and prioritise the activities of a team
Experience
* Working collaboratively with service users and their families/carers
* Quality improvement activities
* Working in a multi-disciplinary team
* Provide clinical supervision
* Leadership or management experience
* Significant experience working with children and young people with mental ill health in a community setting
* Mentoring students on practice placement experiences
Knowledge
* Demonstrable knowledge to post-graduate level of evidence-based practice in caring for children and young people in the designated field
* Understanding of relevant legislation (e.g. Mental Health Act, Mental Capacity Act)
* Clinical Risk Assessment and Management and its application in practice
* Clinical Governance and its application in practice
* The Trust's Quality Improvement System (QIS)
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.
Tees Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust
£37,338 to £44,962 a year (pro rata) per annum
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