Specialist CAMHS Mental Health Practitioner – Non-Medical Prescriber

Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust; Shrewsbury; On-site; GBP 46,000 - 53,000; Part time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Specialist CAMHS Mental Health Practitioner to provide essential mental health services to children and young people. This role involves delivering high-quality assessments and interventions, acting as a non-medical prescriber, and working closely with families and multi-disciplinary teams. You will have the opportunity to make a significant impact on the lives of young individuals facing complex mental health challenges. Join a supportive organization that values your career development and offers flexible working options, generous leave, and extensive health and wellbeing resources.

Benefits

Career development support

Generous maternity, paternity and adoption leave

Flexible working options

Up to 27 days annual leave

Health and Wellbeing support

Travel time compensation

Lease car options

Salary sacrifice car and bikes

Free car parking

Free flu vaccinations

Qualifications

• Registered health professional trained to degree level or equivalent.
• Non Medical Prescriber (V300) with experience in CAMHS.

Responsibilities

• Provide specialist assessments for children and young people referred to CAMHS.
• Lead the development of clinical services for young people accessing CAMHS.

Skills

Non Medical Prescriber (V300)

Experience in providing supervision

Psychotherapeutic interventions training

Experience in MDT

Experience with multi agencies

Assessing and managing complex needs

Education

Degree level health professional

Non Medical Prescriber (V300)

Job description

Main area Non-Medical Prescribing Grade NHS AfC: Band 7 Contract Fixed term: 9 months (Maternity Cover) Hours Part time - 15 hours per week (Flexible hours) Job ref 301-VA-25-7112415

Employer Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Salary £46,148 - £52,809 Closing 05/05/2025 23:59

Specialist CAMHS Mental Health Practitioner – Non-Medical Prescriber

NHS AfC: Band 7

Job overview

BeeU provides emotional wellbeing and mental health services for children and young people (ages 0 to 25) in Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin.

This role will be providing maternity cover to deliver a high quality, comprehensive mental health service for children and young people with serious and enduring mental health difficulties. The role involves managing a defined caseload with a focus on working with children and young people and their families who experience a complex range of needs and difficulties.

You will provide assessments and interventions for CYP as part of the MDT and act as a non-medical prescriber/trainee non-medical prescriber within the team. Liaison, advice and consultation with a wide range of agencies are central to the role.

You will provide specialist assessments of children and young people referred to CAMHS who may require the prescribed medication.

You will provide psychoeducation around healthy lifestyles and positive emotional well-being, and ensure physical health monitoring is undertaken for CYP requiring medications.

Main duties of the job

• To provide specialist assessments of children and young people referred to CAMHS based upon the appropriate use, interpretation and integration of complex data from a variety of sources including psychological & physical health self-report measures, rating scales, outcome measures, direct and indirect structured observations and semi-structured interviews with clients, family members and others involved in the CYP’s care.
• To take a lead role in the development of clinical services for young people accessing CAMHS, both referred to the team and those identified as requiring additional consultation.
• Be an essential member of the multi-disciplinary team and will be able to facilitate the coordination of care on a multi-disciplinary basis to the CYP & Family.
• You will also be a non-medical prescriber with a qualification recorded on the appropriate professional register as an independent / supplementary prescriber or will be starting their training to achieve this. You will work in partnership with CYP, families and medical prescribers to fulfil the role of non-medical prescriber.
• Provide expert assessment, formulation and intervention and support to all children, young people and families referred to the service providing evidence-based specialist interventions.

Working for our organisation

By joining Team MPFT, you will be helping your communities and in return for this, we will support you by:

• Supporting your career development and progression
• Generous maternity, paternity and adoption leave
• Options for flexible working
• Up to 27 days annual leave (increasing with service up to 33 days)
• Extensive Health and Wellbeing support and resources
• If you work in our community teams, we pay for your time travelling between patients
• Lease car if you complete more than 500 business miles per annum, fully insured and maintained (including tyres), mileage paid at lease car rate
• Salary sacrifice car - fully insured and maintained (including tyres), your gross pay is reduced by the cost of the vehicle before tax, NI and pension deductions are calculated, mileage paid at business rates
• Salary sacrifice bikes up to £2k
• Free car parking at all trust sites
• Free flu vaccinations every year
• Citizens Advice support linked with a Hardship Fund for one off additional support up to £250 (if the criteria is met)

We are proud to be a diverse and inclusive organisation and there is a choice of staff networks that help you meet like-minded people.

Please be aware that the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in completing application forms will be monitored to ensure fairness and transparency. If you have used AI you must state this in your application.

Please note, we may be required to close this vacancy early if we receive a high volume of applications.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For detailed job description please see attached job description and personal specification for this role.

Person specification

Qualifications

• Non Medical Prescriber (V300) Evidence of experience.

Qualifications

• Qualified and Registered (with appropriate professional body) health professional trained to degree level or equivalent.
• Non Medical Prescriber (V300).
• Experience and training in working with Children and adolescents.

Skills

• Experience in providing supervision to junior colleagues.
• Has additional training in psychotherapeutic interventions.

Experience

• Experience of working in an MDT.
• Experience of working with multi agencies.
• Experience of assessing and managing complex needs including risk.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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.