Specialist CAMHS Mental Health Practitioner – Non-Medical Prescriber

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 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

1. 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.
2. 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.
3. Be an essential member of the multi-disciplinary team and facilitate the coordination of care on a multi-disciplinary basis to the CYP & Family.
4. 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 fulfill the role of non-medical prescriber.
5. Provide expert assessment, formulation, and intervention and support to all children, young people, and families referred to the service providing evidence-based specialist interventions.