CAMHS Practitioner, AAP

NHS Jobs; Bedford; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

NHS Jobs in the United Kingdom is seeking an experienced clinician to conduct comprehensive autism assessments using standard tools and to produce confidential diagnostic reports for families and professionals.

You will provide specialist autism advice to families and professionals, deliver training, participate in audits and research, and collaborate within CAMHS and other services while upholding safeguarding and data standards.

Responsibilities

• Provide autism assessments using standardised tools (ADOS, 3Di, ADI-R) tailored to the young person's needs.
• Write confidential diagnostic reports for families and professionals.
• Convey sensitive information to clients and professionals and manage it constructively.
• Provide specialist autism advice in individual and group formats for young people and families.
• Provide autism consultation and training to other professionals.
• Undertake additional training as required.
• Undertake clinical audit and research activities.
• Liaise with NDT team and CAMHS clinicians in joint work.
• Offer liaison and consultation to primary care and key agencies for NDT/ID issues and comorbid mental health problems.
• Prioritise client needs and adhere to safeguarding guidelines.
• Maintain safety and follow lone worker policy and update breakaway training as needed.
• Maintain accurate clinical records in RiO and CPA databases; assist line-managed staff.
• Help develop standards underpinned by theory and research.
• Stay up to date with CAMHS legislation.
• Be responsible for personal development and education per statutory and professional requirements.
• Establish effective interpersonal communication channels.
• Be involved in audit and research projects.
• Work within national professional and ethical frameworks.
• Ensure comprehensive, high-standard documentation and care plans per Trust policy.
• Record information per Trust policy.
• Collate and report clinical information across areas.
• Provide clinical information for local and Trust electronic systems.
• Monitor and report clinical work; communicate complex info to service users, families, carers, and professionals.
• Provide service information to senior managers to aid planning.

Job description

Clinical Responsibilities

• To provide comprehensive specialist autism assessments using the standardised tools such as ADOS, 3Di or ADI-R or other tools to suit the needs of the young person.
• To write confidential reports for families and other professionals containing the diagnosticdetails.
• To convey sensitive, complex and sometimesunwelcome information to clients and other professionals and manage this asconstructively as possible.
• To be a resource of specialist advice related to Autism which will be delivered in both anindividual and group format to young people and their families.
• To provide consultation and training on Autism to other professionals.
• To undertake additional training as required by the role.
• To undertake clinical audit and research activities.
• To liaise with and, where appropriate, participate in joint work with other members of the NDT team and other clinicians in CAMHS.
• To offer and provide a liaison and consultation service to primary care clinicians and other key agencies working with children, young people and their families/carers referred with NDT and ID issues, and their co-morbid mental health problems.
• To ensure that the needs of the client group is paramount, and be aware of and adhere to local, trust-wide and HCPC guidelines relating to Child Protection and safeguarding.
• To ensure acceptable levels of safety (regarding potential verbal and physical aggression from disturbed clients) for self and to advise other colleagues when necessary. To adhere to the lone worker policy and update training in breakaway techniques when necessary.
• To maintain accurate clinical records in accordance with service standards and to record and maintain patient data in local database systems (RiO) and the trust wide electronic CPA database. To aid line-managed staff to achieve this commitment.

Policy and Service Development

• To help to develop standards underpinned by theory and research.

Training and Development

• To keep up to date with appropriate legislation in line with CAMHS.
• To be responsible for personal development and education in line with statutory, mandatory and professional requirements.

Human Resources

• To establish effective interpersonal channels of communication.

Clinical Governance

• To be involved in audit and research projects undertaken by the service.
• To work within professional and ethical frameworks established by national bodies

Performance Management

• To ensure documentation and care plans are comprehensive and of the highest standard in line with Trust policy.
• To record relevant information as consistent with Trust record keeping policy.
• To collate and report on clinical information across a specific area(s).
• To provide clinical information as required for input into local and Trust electronic information.
• Be responsible for monitoring and recording and reporting on clinical work and communicating complex clinical information to a variety of recipients e.g. service users, families and carers, other professionals orally and in writing
• To provide service related information to senior managers and staff to aid day-to-day service management and future planning.