Core CAMHS Practitioner

Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (LPFT NHS); Grantham; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

Training opportunities

Staff networks

Job summary

Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (LPFT NHS) is seeking a full-time Band 6 CAMHS Core Practitioner (RMN/SW/OT) to join a multi-disciplinary team. The post is a 12-month secondment/fixed-term and not suitable for newly qualified practitioners.

You will manage a caseload of complex cases, provide leadership, and collaborate with service users, carers, Children and Young People’s services, schools, and Social Care.

Qualifications

• RMN, SW or OT with CAMHS experience.
• Band 6 practitioner in CAMHS.

Responsibilities

• Deliver evidence-based clinical care for young people with deteriorating mental health.
• Hold a caseload of complex cases and provide MDT leadership.
• Provide clinical supervision and contribute to professional development.

Job description

Are you a compassionate, motivated and experienced mental health professional looking to make a meaningful impact in the lives of children and young people? We are seeking a full-time Band 6 CAMHS Core Practitioner (RMN/SW/OT) to join our dynamic multi-disciplinary team.

You will be required to work independently and with others in the MDT Team to deliver a high standard of evidence-based clinical care for young people who are experiencing significant deterioration in their mental health, requiring specialist interventions.

Please note that this is a 12-month secondment/fixed term post and is not suitable for newly qualified Practitioners.

You will hold a caseload of complex cases, provide leadership and work in partnership with service users, their carers, colleagues across Children's and Young Persons Services as well as external agencies such as schools and Social Care. The successful candidate will provide effective formulation, clinical supervision, management supervision and play an active part in the professional development of the clinical team.

Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust provides mental health services and a number of learning disability, autism and social care services in the county of Lincolnshire. Employing around 2,900 staff, and serving a population of over 768,400, our people lie at the heart of everything we do.

You could be part of a Trust rated by staff as one of the best mental health and learning disability trusts in England. We firmly believe the key to high quality care is a contented workforce. This is reflected in our Care Quality Commission rating of ‘outstanding’ for well-led and ‘good’ overall. In the most recent National NHS Staff Survey, our staff rated us as the number one trust nationally for staff morale and one of the top scoring NHS Trusts in the Midlands for being compassionate and inclusive. We’re really proud of this!

We offer options for flexible working and provide a wide range of training and promotion opportunities in all professions. We support and celebrate diversity, have active staff networks groups and are always looking at what more we can do to support our staff.

Whether you’re taking the first exciting steps in your career, itching for a new challenge or searching for a better place to raise a family, Lincolnshire has a range of rewarding health and social care careers in a county that’s friendly, fascinating, affordable and brimming with everything you need to live a happy life. Visit beinlincolnshire.com to find out more.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Samantha Edwards Job title: CAMHS Team Manager Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 01476 464949