CAMHS Specialist Nurse Practitioner

EAST LONDON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST; Camden Town; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization is seeking a clinician to join the Adolescent Mental Health Team in Camden Town. The role involves providing evidence-based care, working with complex cases, and contributing to service development. Ideal candidates will possess strong engagement skills and experience in child and adolescent mental health. This position encourages flexible working arrangements to meet diverse needs.

Qualifications

• High degree of professional autonomy with accountability.
• Experience with young people at risk of inpatient admission.
• Consultation experience in schools and social care is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Provide flexible, evidence-based care and assessments.
• Work creatively with severe mental illnesses.
• Contribute to service development and quality improvement.

Skills

Engagement skills

Clinical knowledge in child and adolescent mental health

Management of severe mental illnesses

Job description

Overview

This post within City and Hackney CAMHS will be providing services to young people and their families 5 days a week over a 12-month period to cover maternity leave. This is a community based post, located within the Adolescent Mental Health Team (AMHT) offering therapeutic work to families with specific emphasis on adolescents with complex and severe mental health problems.

The post holder will be able to offer flexible, evidence-based care including a range of assessments and treatments such as individual, parenting, family work and group based intervention, as well as specialist advice/consultation and liaison with other agencies.

Responsibilities

• Specialist and experienced clinician with substantial knowledge of the field of child and adolescent mental health.
• Demonstrate strong engagement skills, work creatively with severe mental illnesses (including psychosis) and with young people at risk of inpatient admission.
• Work effectively with complex multi-agency networks, including inpatient adolescent units.
• Contribute to the positive working environment within the multi-disciplinary team.
• Directly contribute to service development and quality improvement through appraisal and audit.
• Support risk management and, where applicable, experience of working with young people at risk of inpatient admission and in schools, children’s social care and adolescent inpatient units.

Qualifications and Experience

• High degree of professional autonomy with ability to account for professional practice through appraisal and audit.
• Experience of working with young people at risk of inpatient admission, risk management, and experience consulting in schools, children’s social care and adolescent inpatient units is highly desirable.

About ELFT and Our Values

ELFT has long been recognised as a centre of excellence for mental and health care, innovation and improvement. Our mission is to make a positive difference to people\'s lives by improving quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive. We are a multi-professional team working with young people, families and their networks, providing intensive therapeutic interventions to enable recovery and promote well-being. Our team\'s philosophy is to provide an accessible, high-quality mental health service for young people in City and Hackney which is sensitive to cultural, ethnic, religious, contextual, family and developmental needs.

We promote mental health, well-being and personal and family growth. We emphasize informed choices and the use of evidence-based resources and treatment packages. We work in partnership with young people, families, carers and significant others/networks including statutory and voluntary agencies. We strive to be a flexible, inclusive organisation and welcome applicants who can discuss flexible working arrangements (e.g., job share, part-time) to meet service and patient needs.

Diversity and Inclusion

ELFT is committed to being a diverse organisation and our workforce reflects the populations we serve. We value colleagues with diverse backgrounds and life experiences and support inclusive practices and staff networks throughout recruitment and career development.