Senior Mental Health Practitioner (CAMHS)

Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust; Oldham; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a dedicated mental health professional to lead and coordinate effective services for young people. This role involves managing referrals into specialized inpatient settings and ensuring high-quality clinical services are delivered. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in mental health, with proven experience in risk assessment and case management. Join a passionate team committed to making a positive impact on the lives of young individuals. If you are flexible, collaborative, and focused on recovery-oriented practices, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• Relevant professional qualification in mental health or social care.
• Evidence of continued professional development in CAMHS.

Responsibilities

• Lead and coordinate pathways for young people into specialized inpatient settings.
• Manage referrals and ensure timely responses for young people's needs.

Skills

Risk Assessment

Case Management

Clinical Supervision

Communication Skills

Problem Solving

Team Leadership

Education

Relevant Core Professional Qualification in Mental Health

Educated to Masters Level

Job description

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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• Lead and co-ordinate an effective service to ensure there are safe and effective pathways in place for all young people across the footprint into specialised inpatient settings within the NHS and independent sector.
• Maintain and co-ordinate the Single Point of Access for all referrals into regional specialised inpatient beds on a daily basis.
• To ensure the provision of a 5 day, high quality clinical service to young people before, during and after admission to a specialist inpatient setting, co-ordinating bed management for the whole of the NHS Greater Manchester GAU and ED beds. To also work closely with our providers so the out of hours offer is consistent and meets the needs for those young people.
• To manage and register all referrals into the team and co-ordinate full and timely responses offering alternatives to admission where appropriate.
• To remain committed to ensuring a clear, timely and optimum outcome and resolution for all referrals.
• To promote and maintain partnerships and interface with other professionals and agencies that work within the child and adolescent mental health settings.
• To provide case management role for young people when their pathways have become disrupted, or have complex needs.

Key requirements of Person Specification

• You will have a relevant core professional qualification in mental health or social care plus evidence of continued professional development in a CAMHS related area.
• You will have evidence of professional registration.
• You will have substantial experience of risk assessment and risk management.
• Have experience of assessment, formulation and managing complex cases and risk within a mental health service
• An extensive range of clinical experience within the speciality or within a care pathway
• Experience of exercising clinical responsibility for patients' care and treatment and case management
• Experience of working collaboratively with service users and their families/carers
• Experience of working across professional/organisational boundaries.
• You will have a genuine and passionate belief in the child centred, needs led, recovery focused values base of the service.
• You will need to recognise the value of flexibility and availability for young people and be able to work weekends, unsocial hours and have use of a car or suitable means of transport to enable support of young people across GM.

Person specification

education and qualifications

Essential criteria

• Relevant Core Professional qualification in mental health e.g. registered nurse, clinical psychologist, social worker plus evidence of continued Professional development in a HYM related area
• Evidence of professional registration and continued professional development
• Educated to masters level or equivalent demonstrable experience.

Desirable criteria

• Training in one or more additional specialised areas of practice including children and young people

Experience

Essential criteria

• Experience of working as a senior clinician in clinical settings which meet the core competencies of the post
• Experience of managing complex cases within a mental health service
• An extensive range of clinical experience within the speciality or within a care pathway
• Experience of working across professional / organisational boundaries
• Experience of exercising full clinical responsibility for patients' care and treatment.
• Experience of teaching, training and / or professional and clinical supervision
• Experience of supervision of less experienced practitioners within the MDT
• Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration.
• Well-developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, highly technical and clinically sensitive information to patients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS
• Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups

Desirable criteria

• Experience of working with a wide variety of patient groups, across the whole life span and presenting with the full range of severity.
• Experience of assessing and treating patients across the full range of care settings.
• Experience of using outcome measures to evaluate the impact of their clinical practice
• Experience of children and young peoples' inpatient mental health care
• Skills in service evaluations and service relevant research

Knowledge

Essential criteria

• Knowledge of the use and inputting of outcome measures
• High level of working knowledge of the policy guidance and legislation specifically relating children and young people
• Knowledge of legislation in relation to the patient group and mental health, including the Mental Health Act and issues of capacity and consent
• Detailed knowledge of child safeguarding procedures
• Knowledge of referral and bed management procedures

Desirable criteria

• Knowledge in the practice of specialist therapies in Children and Young People within a stepped model of care
• An understanding of evidenced based psychological therapies from a range of modalities, including systemic working
• Understanding of the acuity and demands of CYP inpatient services

skills and abilities

Essential criteria

• Ability to demonstrate clinical credibility with clinicians, practitioners and stakeholders
• Ability to provide clinical supervision to the workforce
• Ability to lead, manage and motivate a team of practitioners
• Ability to identify, provide and promote appropriate means of support to carers and staff exposed to highly distressing situations and severely challenging behaviours
• Demonstrable commitment to the focus on quality, promotes high standards to consistently improve patient outcomes
• Ability to work across boundaries and look for collective success, listens, involves and respects and learns from the contributions of others
• High level mental health assessment and risk assessment skills
• Case management skills focusing on the needs of the CYP and the context of their pathway in relation to all clinical and legal processes
• Problem solving skills and ability to respond to sudden unexpected demands
• Ability to analyse complex facts and situations and develop a range of options
• Able to anticipate and resolve problems before they arise
• Good organiser, influencer and networker
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills enabling good working relationships with others across professional boundaries
• Able to provide and receive highly complex sensitive information and negotiate with senior stakeholders on difficult issues. Ability to present complex and sensitive information to large and influential groups
• Maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of conflicting priorities and agendas.
• Interpersonally calm and able to defuse difficult situations.
• Ability to inspire others and lead collaboratively.
• Adaptability, flexibility and ability to cope with uncertainty and change
• Works well under pressure and is proactive
• Willingness to work flexibly including non-social hours
• Willingness to participate in on call rotas
• Good organisational and time management skills, ability to plan and prioritise own work load.
• Ability to work as part of a team and independently.
• A commitment to the evaluation of services, and a commitment to performance management.

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 (PDF, 129.4KB)
• Person Specification (PDF, 169.8KB)
• Policy Statement on Recruitment of Ex-Offenders (PDF, 117.0KB)