Specialist Mental Health Practitioner

Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust; Manchester; On-site; GBP 33,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust is inviting applications for a highly specialist Mental Health Practitioner to join the CAMHS service for a 12-month period. The post involves autonomous and multidisciplinary work, providing expert assessment, formulation and evidence-based interventions for children and young people with complex mental health needs.

You will deliver written reports, contribute to risk management and service development, and provide training on adolescent

Qualifications

• Specialist CAMHS practitioner with experience in assessment and formulation.
• Ability to deliver evidence-based interventions for children and young people with complex needs.
• Autonomous practice within a multi-disciplinary team and contribute to risk management and training.

Responsibilities

• Provide detailed, comprehensive written reports on a multi-disciplinary basis after assessments.
• Deliver specialist input on clinical policy, case management and care planning to services inside and outside the Trust.
• Deliver and develop specialist training on adolescent forensic mental health to professionals in probation, youth offending teams and social services.
• Contribute to service development, policy setting and clinical standards across FCAMHS and the Trust.

Skills

CAMHS assessment

Formulation

Evidence-based interventions

Risk assessment & management

Job description

An opportunity has come available to join our compassionate, supportive and specialist team at FCAMHS for 12 months.

We are looking for a highly specialist Mental Health Practitioner to join our CAMHS service, providing expert assessment, formulation and evidence-based interventions for children and young people with complex mental health needs. The postholder will work autonomously and as part of a multidisciplinary team, supporting young people, families and carers, contributing to risk management, consultation, teaching, audit and service development.

• To provide detailed comprehensive written reports on a multi-disciplinary basis following the assessments
• To provide specialist nursing input regarding clinical policy, case management and individual care planning to other services both inside and outside the health service who are working with this client group.
• To deliver and develop specialised training regarding adolescent forensic mental health to other mental health professionals and to other professionals in probation, youth offending teams and social services who also work with young offenders.
• To provide input regarding service development, and to develop clinical policies, procedures and set clinical standards to meet the needs of this client group both with the FCAMHS Team and across the Trust.

Greater Manchester Mental Health (GMMH) Foundation Trust employs over 7000 members of staff, who deliver services from more than 122 locations.

We provide inpatient and community-based mental health care for people living in Bolton, the city of Manchester, Salford, Trafford and the borough of Wigan, and a wide range of specialist mental health and substance misuse services across Greater Manchester, the north west of England and beyond.

Greater Manchester is one of the world's most innovative, original and exciting places to live and work. From the beauty of the surrounding countryside to the heart of the vibrant inner city with great shopping, entertainment and dining options.

Wherever you go you will experience a great northern welcome with people famed for their warmth, humour and generosity.

Our people enjoy their work, have opportunities to learn and develop their skills and are encouraged to generate new ideas that improve care for our service users.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Simon Postlethwaite Job title: Clinical Service manager Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 07813974294