CYPMH Crisis Response Clinician | North London NHS Foundation Trust

Camden And Islington NHS Foundation Trust; Greater London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading health service provider in the United Kingdom is seeking a clinician to work in crisis intervention for children and young people. The role involves conducting biopsychosocial assessments, coordinating care plans, and responding to crisis referrals from various stakeholders. Candidates should possess relevant clinical qualifications and experience in mental health settings. The position requires effective communication and collaboration with multi-disciplinary teams. The role also accommodates shift patterns, focusing on urgent care pathways and assessments for those under 18. Application deadline is December 15, 2025.

Benefits

NHS Discounts

Generous annual leave

Health and wellbeing initiatives

Qualifications

• Experience in mental health settings, particularly with children and young people.
• Ability to conduct biopsychosocial assessments.
• Knowledge of crisis planning and management.

Responsibilities

• Respond to crisis referrals swiftly.
• Conduct comprehensive risk assessments and formulate care plans.
• Coordinate MDT meetings for complex cases.

Skills

Crisis intervention skills

Clinical assessment

Collaboration with multi-disciplinary teams

Therapeutic skills

Effective communication

Education

Relevant clinical qualification

Job description

About the Employer

North London NHS Foundation Trust (NLFT) is committed to improving mental health care across North London to deliver excellent services to our local people.

Our Five-Year Strategy

1. We will provide consistently high-quality care closer to home.
2. With our partners in North London and each borough we will ensure equity of outcome for all.
3. We will offer great places to work, providing staff with supportive environment to deliver outstanding care.

Why NLFT?

• We develop and retain our staff through leadership behaviours and managers programme and many more opportunities.
• We promote flexible working and support staff with a range of health and wellbeing initiatives.
• NHS Discounts, generous annual leave and NHS pension scheme.
• Excellent internal staff network.
• We Are Proudly Diverse.

Working Conditions

In order to meet the needs of the Trust you may be required from time to time to work at different locations to your normal place of work. This may mean that you are required to work at any location that fall under Barnet, Camden, Enfield, Haringey or Islington. The Trust reserves the right to require staff to work at such other places or locations as it considers reasonable and necessary on a temporary or permanent basis.

Responsibilities

• Post Holder to respond within the hour to crisis referrals from acute hospital teams, community CAMHS teams and other stakeholders who refer into the Service.
• To conduct biopsychosocial risk assessment and clinical formulation of the crisis to be able to make a care plan to reduce crisis.
• Co‑coordinate MDT meetings with CYPS professional network as part of discharge planning meetings for complex cases.
• Identify frequent attenders and work collaboratively with community team to formulate a crisis plan to build resilience in CYP.
• Work effectively within the team to support service development.
• Support induction of new team members, students and graduate mental health workers.
• Utilise the support of clinical team to support in assessment and planning.
• Be proactive in identifying developmental needs and request support from supervisor in learning opportunities.

The post holder will be required to work on a shift pattern, to assess patients across the urgent care pathway, working autonomously and flexibly to manage the day-to-day assessments and/or advising on management of CYP under the age of 18 years and their families presenting to A&E Diversion Hubs based at Chase Farm, A&E and ward admissions to Barnet hospital or North Middlesex University Hospital with self-harm and acute mental health difficulties.

The post holder will be required to undertake a range of therapeutic tasks individually and jointly with members of the multi-disciplinary team. To develop & maintain specialist clinical skills and expertise in the assessment of CYP psychiatric emergencies and deliberate self-harm. To receive and assess referrals from A&E, paediatric/general wards, Community Teams, schools, and health colleagues across the NCL as well as self-referrals from CYP and their families. To offer advice on management of patients with mental health issues and non-organically based physical symptoms. Identifying regular attendees at Acute Hospitals with mental health problems and in liaison with Community CAMHS teams to make available current care plan as and when appropriate.

There is a need to use effective and efficient IT skills in the recording of clinical information and in communicating with colleagues from CAMHS and allied services.

The clinician will complete a full biopsychosocial assessment and crisis plan working closely with the MDT to clinically formulate the young persons needs to understand triggers and perpetuating factors that can cause the crisis presentation.

The clinician will work in partnership with the young person and their carers along with all involved in the young persons professionals network to coordinate care to formulate safe discharge plans.

The clinician will utilise a range of therapeutic skills to engage a young person in accordance with their needs and keep the young person at the center of any decision making when signposting young person to additional service to support in treatment and recovery and build resilience and reduce risk behaviours.

Application Deadline

This advert closes on Monday 15 Dec 2025.