CAMHS Clinician - Expert Child & Adolescent MH

NHS Jobs; Colchester (VT); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

North East London NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a clinically autonomous professional registered with the appropriate regulator to lead child and family assessments within CAMHS. You will work with the multidisciplinary team to formulate strengths and difficulties and determine the most appropriate treatment plan.

The role involves delivering highly specialist interventions for complex mental health conditions, conducting school observations, and collaborating with parents and networks.

Responsibilities

• Act as autonomous professional fully registered with a regulatory body (e.g. HCPC, ACP AFT, RMN, BABCP).
• Use expert clinical understanding to assess children, adolescents and their families with the MDT to formulate strengths and difficulties and determine the most appropriate treatment plan.
• Work with SET CAMHS and care pathways to provide in-depth assessments of family functioning when high dysfunction is present; clinically lead this process.
• Provide therapeutic interventions with regard to cultural, racial, religious differences and sexual orientation.
• Undertake highly specialist clinical assessments of children and young people with severe, complex mental health problems.
• Conduct specialist observations of children in school settings as part of wider assessments.
• Provide expert therapeutic interventions including parent/child work, group work, parent support, psycho-education and brief individual work for complex neurodevelopmental, emotional, attachment and behavioural disorders.
• Engage with parents/carers/networks of referred children and young people.
• Utilise literature and research to support evidence-based practice in individual work and team settings.

Job description

North East London NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a clinically autonomous professional registered with the appropriate regulator to lead child and family assessments within CAMHS. You will work with the multidisciplinary team to formulate strengths and difficulties and determine the most appropriate treatment plan.

The role involves delivering highly specialist interventions for complex mental health conditions, conducting school observations, and collaborating with parents and networks.