Mental Health Clinician - Core Eating Disorders Team, CAMHS

Aneurin Bevan University Health Board; Caerleon; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS organization in Wales is seeking a Mental Health Clinician for a 9-month fixed-term position. The role involves providing specialist mental health services for children and adolescents, particularly focusing on eating disorders. Successful candidates will have experience in CAMHS, professional registration, and be able to work collaboratively with families and professionals. This position offers extensive training, a supportive environment, and a strong focus on wellbeing, making it an exceptional opportunity for career development.

Benefits

Flexible working

Occupational health support

Career development opportunities

Extensive training programs

Qualifications

• Must have professional registration and CAMHS experience.
• Experience in liaison with various agencies.
• Understanding of mental health treatment for young people.

Responsibilities

• Lead role in assessment and treatment planning for children with mental health issues.
• Provide clinical support within a multi-disciplinary team.
• Work closely with families to aid recovery.

Skills

Clinical consultation

Child and adolescent mental health expertise

Knowledge of the Maudsley Model of Care

Liaison with professionals

Ability to work with families

Education

Professional registration

Job description

Mental Health Clinician - Core Eating Disorders Team, CAMHS

This post is fixed term/secondment for 9 months due to Maternity Cover

If you are interested in applying for the secondment position, you must obtain permission from your current line manager prior to applying for this post.

As a member of the Core Eating Disorders CAMHS multi-disciplinary team the post holder will:

Provide a clinical perspective within the multi-disciplinary team and to referring agencies and external professionals, being able to provide clinical consultation and liaison when appropriate.

Provide a child and adolescent mental health service specialising in the care and treatment of children and young people with a range of complex mental health problems and disorders in particular working with young people with eating disorders.

Take a lead role in the assessment, planning, delivering and evaluating the provision of specialist child mental health therapeutic and psychological interventions within individual, groups and families requiring specialist CAMHS interventions.

Main duties of the job

• Responsibility for the CAMHS assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of treatment of care for children or young people accessing services.
• To have knowledge and understanding of the Maudsley Model of Care and MEED Risk assessment in the treatment of eating disorders.
• To work with families to support the young person's recovery.
• To liaise and work closely with other professionals to provide holistic care.

The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.

About us

Aneurin Bevan University Health Board is a multi-award-winning NHS organisation with a passion for caring. The Health Board provides an exceptional workplace where you can feel trusted and valued. Whatever your specialty or stage in your career, we have opportunities for everyone to start, grow and build your career. The health board provides integrated acute, primary and community care serving a population of 650,000 and employing over 16,000 staff.

We offer a fantastic benefits package and extensive training and development opportunities with paid mandatory training, excellent in-house programmes, opportunities to complete recognised qualifications and professional career pathways including a range of management development programmes. We offer flexible working and promote a healthy work life balance, provide occupational health support and an ambitious plan for a Wellbeing Centre of Excellence to support you at work.

Our Clinical Futures strategy continues to enhance and promote care closer to home as well as high quality hospital care when needed. Join us on our journey to pioneer new ways of working and deliver a world-class healthcare service fit for the future.

Job responsibilities

Applicants please be advised to review the attached Job Description and Person Specification for further information.

Person Specification

Professional Registration

• Evidence of professional registration
• CAMHS experience

Experience

• Experience of liaison with variety of agencies to support patients and families

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.