CAMHS Clinical Specialist

South West London and St. George's Mental Health NHS Trust; Greater London; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust seeks a Senior CAMHS Clinical Specialist to join the Intensive Outreach Team (IOT) on a 1.0 WTE basis. You will provide specialist assessments and interventions for children and adolescents with eating disorders in a multidisciplinary setting.

The role includes outreach to home and community, collaboration with paediatric wards, family support, and delivery of training to colleagues while upholding safeguarding and risk management

Qualifications

• Significant experience working with children and adolescents with mental health difficulties.
• Experience in multidisciplinary teams and inter-agency working.
• Experience of safeguarding and Child Protection.
• Providing and receiving supervision.
• Clinical risk assessment and management.

Responsibilities

• Provide specialist multi-disciplinary assessment and expert clinical interventions to children and adolescents with eating disorders and their families.
• Undertake diverse therapeutic responsibilities including outreach to homes, community, and on-site clinics to stabilise weight under medical guidance.
• Develop closer links between CAMHS and paediatric wards/hospitals; contribute to training.
• Manage risk within team, Directorate and Trust structures; participate in service development.
• Work within professional guidelines and Trust policies.

Skills

Clinical psychologist

Multidisciplinary teamwork

Risk assessment

Supervision delivery

Children & adolescent MH

Safeguarding

Education

HCPC-registered Clinical Psychologist

NMC-registered Nurse (First Degree)

HCPC-registered Occupational Therapist

UKCP Systemic Family Psychotherapy (with equivalence)

Job description

South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust has a rich history, well-established community links and an international reputation. We provide a full range of local mental health services to the Kingston, Merton, Richmond, Sutton and Wandsworth London boroughs, as well as specialist forensic mental health services, including specialised services such as national deaf adults and CAMHS inpatients and OCD.

We are committed to providing high quality integrated health and social care for local people with mental health problems in South West London and more specialist mental health services for people throughout the UK. The Care Quality Commission already rates our services as 'good' however we aim to be 'outstanding'.

Our Values

We take pride in providing specialist care to our service users where our Trust values; being consistent, compassionate, collaborative, respectful and open is at the heart of everything we do. Our mission is "making life better together".

When you join us, you'll be part of something special - an innovative and rapidly growing organisation that is helping to redefine the Mental Health, education and social care landscape in the UK.

As a Trust, we are happy to talk flexible working.

Job overview

An opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic Senior CAMHS Clinical Specialist(1.0WTE) to join the Intensive Outreach Team (IOT) in a developing clinical role.

It is an exciting time to join the Intensive Outreach Team (IOT), which is a pilot project proposed by the South London Partnership (SLP). As such, the team is relatively newly formed, but well-structured with a clear remit of work. It provides intensive outreach treatment for patients at risk of, or currently admitted to hospital, whether this be to a local acute hospital, or to the onsite in-patient specialist eating disorder unit (Wisteria Ward). The service works closely with our colleagues in Wisteria Ward; St George's Hospital; St Helier's Hospital; Kingston Hospital; SWLSTG Adult Eating Disorder Services; Adolescent Outreach Team (AOT); and the co-created pilot outreach team 'START', of South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust. IOT supports on-site and home-based care, depending on clinical need, and works directly with children or young people admitted to paediatric wards or Wisteria Ward.

Main duties of the job

IOT is embedded within the Children and Young People Community Eating Disorders Service (CYP-CEDS), which is part of the CAMHS Directorate of South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust (SWLSTG). Both IOT and CYP-CEDS are multidisciplinary teams and together comprise of consultant and trainee psychiatrists, clinical nurse specialists, occupational therapists, clinical psychologists, assistant psychologists, family therapists, a dietitian, and a consultant paediatrician. The service also hosts students from nursing, undergraduate psychology courses, trainee clinical psychologists, and medical trainees, fostering a welcoming culture with a focus on learning and development within the service. The Trust is a well-established provider of mental health services to the populations of Wandsworth, Merton, Sutton, Kingston and Richmond, as well as providing a range of specialist services to a wider, regional and national catchment area.

The team operate mainly core hours 9am to 5pm, Monday to Friday.

Working for our organisation

Unless expressly stated in the job advert this role is not subject to sponsorship, please be advised that all offers of employment are subject to evidence of right to work in the UK.

We are Proud to Belong at South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust.

We have expert services, a rich history and a clear commitment to providing the best quality care for those with mental ill-health. The Care Quality Commission already rates our services as 'good' - we aspire to be 'outstanding'.

This is a great time to join us. We are transforming the way we care for our communities to support our mission of Making Life Better Together. We have built two brand new mental health facilities at Springfield University Hospital, which are amongst the best in the world. More developments are planned across our sites and services as we invest a further £120m to upgrade and modernise our estate by 2027.

We are inclusive and diverse and strive to be actively anti racist. We want to attract people from all backgrounds and experiences to enrich the work we do together. We are proud to co-produce and involve our local communities in all that we do.

We offer flexible working, career development and a variety of benefits to enable a positive, welcoming environment in which our people and their careers can thrive.

Come and join our inclusive teams and help our patients on their recovery journey.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Suitable applicants will have extensive experience of working with children and adolescents with mental health difficulties and in managing risks. You will provide specialist multi-disciplinary assessment and expert clinical interventions to children and adolescents with eating disorders, and their families.

The post holder will undertake a diverse set of therapeutic responsibilities, including, but not limited to:

• Providing high quality, comprehensive CAMHS assessments for children and young people presenting with a mental health crisis that may include or be solely related to a food-restriction- crisis, at A&E Departments, and following admission to a paediatric ward.
• Providing follow up appointments with staff and families to review and plan ongoing care for young people admitted to a paediatric ward and help to facilitate earlier discharge.
• Providing outreach appointments in patients' homes, in the community, and in our on-site clinic, to support parents with developing necessary skills and confidence to stabilise and increase their child's weight in line with medical guidance. This will involve leading regular, intensive family meal support.
• Developing closer links between CAMHS services and the multidisciplinary teams on paediatric wards and A&E's in local hospitals across the South London Partnership (SLP). As part of this, to collaborate with colleagues to develop and deliver appropriate training to colleagues in these teams and hospitals.
• Manage risk within team, Directorate and Trust structures.
• Actively participating in the ongoing development and enhancement of the service.
• Work to relevant professional and ethical guidelines, and within the framework of Directorate and Trust policies and procedures.

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Person specification

Training & Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Qualified Clinical Psychologist registered with the HCPC as an applied psychologist
• First Degree in Mental Health Nursing with professional registration with NMC
• Diploma/Degree in Occupational Therapy (BSc/MSc) registered with the HCPC
• Masters level qualification in Systemic Family Psychotherapy and relevant professional Qualifications indicated by AFT Guidance or AFT recognised equivalence, with UKCP registration as Systemic Family Psychotherapist

Desirable criteria

• Work in a range of settings e.g. inpatient, community, residential
• Further post registration training in child and adolescent mental health
• Additional qualification in a treatment modality, e.g. DBT, CBT
• Supervision training
• Membership of a professional interest group relating to eating disorders.

Experience

Essential criteria

• Significant experience of working with children and adolescents with mental health difficulties
• Experience of multi-disciplinary team and inter-agency working
• Experience of safeguarding and Child Protection
• Providing and receiving supervision
• Clinical risk assessment and