CAMHS First Response Clinical Lead: Safe, Recovery‑Focused Care

NHS Jobs; Pennsylvania; On-site; USD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a CAMHS Clinical Lead for the First Response Service. The role involves comprehensive assessments, safety planning, and brief interventions for patients accessing First Response, with coordination of shifts and delegation to ensure timely, safe service delivery.

You will act as a clinical role model, promote recovery-focused care, and advocate for patients and relatives while maintaining high-quality documentation.

Qualifications

• Undertake comprehensive assessments, safety plans and brief interventions for patients accessing First Response.
• Coordinate shifts, support colleagues, delegate duties and prioritise the urgency of assessments to ensure safe and effective service delivery.
• Act as a professional and clinical role model for staff, service users, carers, partner agencies and the wider public.
• Promote a recovery-focused approach that empowers patients, carers and relatives to be actively involved in decision-making and ownership of care and treatment plans.
• Undertake clinical risk assessments in line with current evidence, local policies and procedures.
• Advocate for patients and their relatives, ensuring their views and needs are represented.
• Champion patient rights, including dignity, equality, diversity, choice and respect.
• Maintain accurate, timely and high-quality clinical documentation within appropriate record systems.
• Travel independently around the county meeting strict time deadlines; full UK driving licence and use of a vehicle required.

Job description

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a CAMHS Clinical Lead for the First Response Service. The role involves comprehensive assessments, safety planning, and brief interventions for patients accessing First Response, with coordination of shifts and delegation to ensure timely, safe service delivery.

You will act as a clinical role model, promote recovery-focused care, and advocate for patients and relatives while maintaining high-quality documentation.