Clinical Specialist Practitioner

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details of responsibilities.

1. To undertake clinical mental health assessments and support the management of Children and Young People.
2. Ensure that care is based on the assessment of care needs and includes a thorough risk assessment and risk management plan.
3. Use clinical knowledge and expertise to formulate an assessment of relapse risk of the patient after specialist assessment. Liaise with other agencies caring for patients, including community mental health teams and GPs and use collateral information from relatives, GPs and past clinical reports, where available and appropriate, to provide care plans for all patients.
4. Provide Supervision and Clinical leadership within the Service.
5. Deputise for the Team Manager when necessary.
6. Utilise recent research findings in the advancement of best practice and in the delivery of an evidenced based service.
7. To provide support and expert advice to colleagues involved in the care of patients with mental health needs and develop systems to ensure that this support is available in a range of ways.
8. Monitor and evaluate the standards of care and take actions to ensure that a high standard of care is maintained. Contribute to Audit to ensure quality standards are met.
9. Identify and be responsive to the diverse cultural, social and spiritual needs of all patients.
10. Promote general health education and specifically mental health education to the client group.

Person specification

Education / Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Mental Health or Paediatric Nurse/Social work Qualification OR Registered Nurse with CAMHS Experience Or other HCPC-registered profession.
• Current NMC/HCPC Registration appropriate to the job role.

Desirable criteria

• Clinical supervision qualification.
• Specific training in either family work or psychological approaches to helping young people.

Experience

Essential criteria

• Significant experience of working with children and young people presenting with mental health crisis or need.
• Experience of working in a setting relevant to CAMHS.
• Experience of risk assessment and Management.

Knowledge & Skills

Essential criteria

• Enhanced skills in assessing, formulating and working with children and young people (& their families) presenting in heightened state of distress.
• Clinical risk assessment and Contingency planning/management plans.
• An understanding of the current integrated multi-agency models used by agencies working with children, young people and their families, e.g. Think Family, etc.
• A positive approach and energy to working with young people and their families in promoting recovery and resilience.

Other

Essential criteria

• Access to a vehicle for work purposes.
• The post holder must be willing to travel to various locations across the Cambridge and Peterborough geography as required.

Here at Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust (CPFT) we are dedicated to providing high quality care with compassion. We deliver many of the NHS services that are provided outside of hospital and in the community such as physical, mental health and specialist services.

We are a health and social care organisation, offering a wide range of services, including:

• Integrated physical and mental health services for adults and older people;
• Specialist mental health and learning disability services;
• Children and young people's mental health services;
• Children's community services in Peterborough;
• Social care;
• Ground-breaking research.

We strongly encourage applications from all sections of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including disabled people and members of our ethnic minorities and LGBTQ+ communities. For further information about our positive equality, diversity and Inclusion work, please visit our website.

CPFT is looking to build upon its pool of temporary workers with Temporary Staffing Services (TSS). You will be asked at interview if you would be willing to register with TSS. This is an excellent opportunity for those looking to take on additional hours that are flexible around your personal circumstances.

Please be advised that in line with the WHO Health Workforce Support and Safeguards List, 2020 Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust currently are unable to accept applications from overseas candidates whose country of residence is classed as a 'Red List' country.

Applicants who require entry into the UK will be required to provide a valid police certificate from the relevant authority from each country (except the UK) where the applicant has been present for 12 months or more, 10 years before the date of visa application, while aged 18 or over.

If you are successful at interview you will be subject to pre-employment checks, including a DBS (if appropriate), references and Occupational Health. To ensure a smooth process please bring all identity documents to your interview. A list of required identity documents will be attached to your interview invitation.

All communications will be sent to you via TRAC Systems. By applying for this post you are agreeing to CPFT transferring the information contained in this application to TRAC. If you are made an offer, information will also be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Documents to download

• Job Description and Person Specification (PDF, 384.6KB)
• CPFT Values (PDF, 114.7KB)
• CPFT Mindful Employers (PDF, 51.3KB)
• CPFT Accommodation (PDF, 296.6KB)