CAMHS Liaison Lead Nurse/Practitioner

Derbyshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust; East Midlands; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 47,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in Derby is seeking a qualified practitioner for the CAMHS Liaison Team to support children's mental health through assessments and interventions. The role involves working within a multi-disciplinary team and offers flexible hours. The ideal candidate should have mental health experience and relevant qualifications, and will benefit from comprehensive training and a supportive work environment.

Benefits

27 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Yearly appraisal and ongoing training

Health service discounts

Flexible working opportunities

Qualifications

• Experience in a mental health setting is required.
• Experience working with children and young people is essential.
• Recent and relevant post-registration experience is necessary.

Responsibilities

• Conduct mental health assessments and interventions with children and young people.
• Provide urgent assessments within the Royal Derby Hospital.
• Work as part of a multi-disciplinary team focusing on severe mental illness.

Skills

Mental health assessment

Care planning

Teamwork

Communication

Education

Registered Nurse/HCPC Registered Practitioner

Post graduate qualification in Child Mental Health

Qualification in a therapeutic modality

Job description

An exciting opportunity has arisen to work within our CAMHS Liaison Team in Derby City & South Derbyshire CAMHS (Children and Young People's Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service).

You will work within the CAMHS Urgent Care Pathway completing direct work with children and young people who have mental health problems, undertaking mental health assessments and interventions. The Urgent Care Pathway is a well-established part of the wider CAMHS Service and is supportive and well organised, with a culture of friendly, multi-disciplinary work.

You will have the opportunity to develop all the necessary knowledge in assessing risk and drawing up robust safety plans. The team report enjoying the fast-paced nature and variety of work and being a part of wider CAMHS service, offering consultation and support to colleagues across the service line.

We welcome applications from Nurses, Social Workers and Occupational Therapists.

We encourage applicants currently working with adults who want to develop a career within CAMHS or working in other health care areas with relevant transferable skills e.g. Children's Nurses.

We have a thorough induction & training package developed to support new staff within the team and insight opportunities within wider CAMHS to further develop learning around our service.

Main duties of the job

The Liaison Team offer urgent assessments within the Royal Derby Hospital and provide 7/14 day follow ups to work with young people and families in developing next steps in their care. Safe discharge care plans and safety assessments being the priority.

The post holder will be part of a Multi-Disciplinary Team (MDT) for children and young people who present with severe mental illness, acute and complex presentations. This will include those with mental health concerns who have traditionally found it difficult to access service (i.e. looked-after children, young offenders, young people with alcohol and substance issues).

The team is 1/3 of South Derbyshire's Urgent Care Pathway that also comprises of a Crisis & Home Treatment Service and a Day Service. All three teams are based at Temple House. There is a 6 weekly afternoon where all services come together to reflect, learn and feedback, including external service introductions.

The team operates from 8am - 11pm, 7 days per week. Staff working in the team report having to work well as a team but also as an autonomous professional and highlight enjoying the variety of these roles bring, across hospital and community bases and forming network relationships. Good assessment, formulation and care planning skills are key in this role.

In accordance with national and local priorities and clinical guidelines the post holder will be responsive to the needs and views of local children, young people and their families.

About us

Join 'Team Derbyshire Healthcare' and become part of a talented, compassionate and enthusiastic workforce committed to a vision of 'making a positive difference in people's lives'.

CQC rated us as 'GOOD' overall, commenting on how our colleagues "treated patients with compassion and kindness" and "felt positive and proud about working for the trust."

Benefits include:

• Commitment to flexible working where this is possible
• 27 days annual leave/year plus bank holidays, increasing to 29 days after 5 years & 33 days after 10 years' service
• Yearly appraisal and commitment to ongoing training
• Good maternity, paternity and adoption benefits
• Health service discounts and online benefits
• Incremental pay progression
• Free confidential employee assistance programme 24/7
• Access to our LGBT+ network, BAME Network and Christian Network
• Health and wellbeing opportunities
• Structured learning and development opportunities

Job responsibilities

Please review the Job Description and Person Specification. To apply, please click APPLY FOR THIS JOB - this link will take you to the TRAC Recruitment Site, you will need to register if you do not already have an account.

We are looking for a suitably experienced qualified practitioner who will improve children and young peoples mental health through providing highly specialist clinical assessment and care planning.

This will include working as part of multi-disciplinary team.

As a CYP IAPT Service we endeavour to offer an accessible, evidence-basedservice to children and young people, that delivers the right intervention at the right time.

We are looking for a motivated and enthusiastic individual, with post registration experience to join our multi-disciplinary team.

We use Routine Outcome Measures (ROMs) to evidence what we do and influence our practice. Training, as support, is offered regarding therapeutic interventions available within the offer.

We welcome applicants wishing to work full or part time.

Feedback from the Team:

What personal and career development support is available for this person and what would a future career possibly look like for them: Alongside an induction and in-house training programme, there is opportunity to shadow other teams in CAMHS, supporting learning and development and experience in other specialist areas.

What constitutes a great day at work for you:Supporting young people to access and engage in a community plan, avoiding long stays in hospitals, enabling them to remain close to their family and friends and all that they know.

How do the team support each other: We have protected supervision, clinical, managerial and safeguarding, as well as regular team meetings and development afternoons supporting training and development, strategic planning and innovation and wellbeing sessions.

We offer flexible working hours to meet the needs of the service.

What sort of flexibility are you able to offer - We offer shift patterns 8am-5pm and 2pm-11pm working across the community and office bases. We support each other across the team offering a split of Early and Late shifts and weekend cover.

As an employer and sponsor licence holder, to be able to provide sponsorship to overseas nationals via the Skilled Worker route we must ensure that we adhere to the sponsorship requirements set by UK Visas and Immigration. Please note without previous NHS Service you will commence at the bottom of the pay band which currently does not meet the minimum salary requirement for sponsorship for this post. For details on eligibility criteria for a Skilled Worker visa, please follow this link to the gov.uk websiteSkilled Worker visa: Overview - GOV.UK(www.gov.uk)

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse/HCPC Registered Practitioner
• BABCP registration
• Post graduate qualification in Child Mental Health
• Registered AMHP
• Qualification in a therapeutic modality

Experience

• Recent and relevant, post-registration experience

Experience

• Experience of working in a mental health setting
• Experience of working with children & young people

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.

£38,682 to £46,580 a yearper annum, pro rata