We are looking for an experienced and enthusiastic CAMHS practitioner to join an extended Mental Health Liaison Service for all-age mental health problems within the Princess Royal Hospital and Royal Shrewsbury Hospital, to be the lead in ensuring Children and Young People have access to quality and timely psychiatric assessment and support.

To provide mental health assessment and support for patients within general hospital settings and develop and implement care plans in co-operation with the General Hospital staff, ensuring Acute providers and Psychiatric Liaison services have access to specialist CAMHS knowledge and resources.

To improve the overall quality and provision of psychological aspects of care by sharing mental health skills and knowledge with other health care colleagues, ensuring pathways for Children and Young People attending Acute Providers are safe and effective, clearly communicated and robustly evaluated.

Main duties of the job

• To lead and develop the offer of Psychiatric Liaison to Children and Young People in Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin.
• To undertake assessment of mental health and care needs of inpatients in the acute hospitals with mental health problems in cooperation with multi-disciplinary teams within the hospital.
• To undertake assessment of carer views and needs and provide appropriate advice and support.
• To provide clinical advice relating to complex mental health issues to nurses and other health care professionals.
• To effectively refer to and liaise with a range of agencies and services so that the patient's mental health needs are met effectively and appropriately during their admission and following discharge from the acute hospital setting.
• To contribute to the development of operational and clinical policies relevant to the Liaison Mental Health Service.
• To take the lead in promoting, maintaining and developing the multi-disciplinary concept of care working.
• To develop therapeutic relationships with the client and their carers.
• Participate in research within area of clinical expertise where possible to raise understanding and awareness of good clinical practice.
• Actively engage in the organisations clinical governance initiatives, for example to participate in audit, clinical supervision and bringing critically evaluated evidence and research into practice.

About us

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
• Excellent NHS Pension scheme
• Generous maternity, paternity and adoption leave
• Options for flexible working
• Up to 27 days annual leave (increasing with service up to 33 days) and the opportunity to purchase additional leave
• 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, milage paid at business rate s
• 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)

And more. 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.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for full details, and for any further queries please contact Hope Lloyd, Modern Matron responsible for Liaison Psychiatry Team

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Qualification and Professional Registration in one of the following: Nursing, Social Work, Clinical Psychology/Psychological Therapy, Allied Health (SaLT, OT)
• Masters / Post Graduate qualification related to child and adolescent mental health or equivalent extensive experience

Desirable

• Enhanced clinical qualification / training (e.g ACP, Independent Prescriber, DBT, EMDR, CBT)

Experience

Essential

• Experience working with children and young people with complex social, emotional and mental health needs, in high levels of distress, including risk assessment and safety planning
• Experience of working as part of a multidisciplinary team
• Experience of local authority child protection processes
• Experience of supervising and supporting a nursing/healthcare team

Desirable

• Experience of working in acute / inpatient / crisis settings and using the Mental Health Act

Personal Attributes

Essential

• Resilience to manage patients presenting with highly distressing conditions on a daily basis
• Demonstrates trust values consistently

Desirable

• Passion for working with children, young people and families

Employer details

Employer name

Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Princess Royal Hospital & Royal Shrewsbury Hospital

Telford

TF1 6TF

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