Band 7 Advance Mental Health Practitioner

NHS; London; On-site; GBP 54,000 - 61,000; Full time

Job summary

The NHS is seeking a Band 7 Advance Mental Health Practitioner to address the mental health crisis needs of the North Central London population. The post holder will provide essential crisis intervention services, conduct assessments, and contribute to training within a multidisciplinary team environment. This role offers a chance to make a significant impact in the mental health field, with competitive remuneration and opportunities for professional growth.

Benefits

Flexible working hours

Generous benefits

Continual professional development

Qualifications

• Experience of clinical assessment and treatment of children and young people.
• Previous CAMHS experience with a focus on high-risk stabilization.
• Experience working in multidisciplinary teams.

Responsibilities

• Conduct mental health and risk assessments in A&E and crisis hubs.
• Provide training to A&E and pediatric ward staff.
• Operational management and supervision of band 6 practitioners.

Skills

Assessment

Crisis intervention

Teaching skills

Therapeutic modalities

Risk assessment

Education

Degree or equivalent in relevant field

Qualification in child and adolescent mental health

Safeguarding and child protection training

Tools

Patient management systems

Job description

Band 7 Advance Mental Health Practitioner

These positions have been set up to meet the mental health crisis needs of NCL (North Central London) population, defined as those people under the age of 18, who present to A&E departments, pediatric wards, Crisis Hubs and NCL CAMHs clinicians if required.

The post holder will contribute to providing a 7-day crisis service for children and young people experiencing mental health problems. The service will operate (12:00 noon to 12am midnight with possible extension to 24hours in near future) including weekends and Bank Holidays.

Working autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the CAMHS Services, the post holder will undertake a range of therapeutic tasks individually and jointly with members of the multi-disciplinary NCL CAMHS Crisis Team including:

Assess deliberate self-harm (DSH) cases in A&E or on the paediatric wards. Crisis support, intervention and consultation to our community based CAMHS colleagues across NCL and assessments in Crisis Hubs (North and South Hub).Triage young people in A&E and identify whether there are concerns about mental health but where it is not clear that they require a psychiatric assessment.Provide training to A&E staff and paediatric ward staff.The post holder will provide operational management and clinical supervision to band 6 practitioners across NCL when required.

Main duties of the job

Crisis and Liaison Intervention Service

To undertake initial mental health and risk assessments of young people following acts of deliberate self-harm. These will take place mainly in A&E, Crisis Hubs and on the paediatric wards. We use Biopsychosocial modality to undertake comprehensive assessments which will inform care pans.To undertake initial mental health and risk assessments following other risky behaviors and urgent mental health presentations, in the A&E departments and the hubsTo consult with staff at the Tier 3 CAMHS teams to provide further specialist assessment if necessary.To follow the assessment protocol for such cases and to complete the clinical record on the relevant (Electronic patient records).To identify and respond appropriately to child protection issues within Local Authority, Pan- London and national Safeguarding Children guidelines.To provide training to the mental health leads of children's wards, A & E staff and others as appropriate.

About us

The Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK's biggest and most innovative trusts. Across three main hospitals, our dedicated army of staff care for over 1.6million patients, treat more than 200,000 in A&E, deliver over 8,000 babies and carry out more than 17million tests.

Our size, scale and influence offer you unrivalled career opportunities and a forward-thinking approach to working that works around your lifestyle. From flexible hours and generous benefits, to next level training, we make it easier to take your career to the top

For more information please follow link https://www.royalfreelondonjobs.co.uk

Job responsibilities

Please see attached job description for more information about this role and working at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust.

Person Specification

TRAINING & QUALIFICATIONS

• Qualification at degree level or equivalent and registration with relevant professional body with a core profession clinical/counselling Psychology, psychotherapy, systemic family psychotherapy social work, nursing, occupational therapy.
• Relevant training or qualification in child and adolescent mental health.
• Relevant training on safeguarding and child protection.
• Training in one of the main therapeutic modalities.

EXPERIENCE

• Experience of clinical and risk assessment and treatment of children and young people across the full range of care settings, including outpatient, community, primary care and in patient settings
• Previous experience of working in CAMHS, with proven track record of working with children, young people and their families offering assessment and stabilisation during periods of high risk
• Experience of case load management.
• Experience of working in a multidisciplinary team.
• Experience of teaching colleagues of other disciplines.
• Experience of working in an adolescent in-patient setting.

KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS

• Working knowledge in at least one model of therapeutic work (e.g. Systemic, CBT, SFT, Psychodynamic).
• Teaching skills in clinical settings
• Capacity to deal with working conditions that may occasionally involve verbal abuse and frequent exposure to highly emotive material such as child abuse and family breakdown
• Awareness of current national guidelines and policies in the field of CAMHS
• Good computer skills and knowledge of patient management systems.
• Evidence of continuing professional development.
• Specific knowledge of current issues for Adolescent mental health.
• Experience in using CBT techniques Experience in setting up and facilitating groups.
• Specific knowledge of current issues for Adolescent mental health.

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.

£54,320 to £60,981 a yearper annum inclusive of HCAS