Full time post for an experienced nurse or allied health professional with experience in Eating Disorders and Core CAMHS.

We are looking for motivated experienced Mental Health Nurses or Mental Health Practitioners to join our well established multi-disciplinary team.

The successful candidate will be part of a stimulating and supportive multidisciplinary child and adolescent mental health team (CAMHS). working with children and adolescents and their families with complex mental health needs. As part of the role we are looking for someone with experience in Eating Disorders to support the Eating Disorder team as part of this role. We will also consider training in NMP for Nurses who are interested in the role.

South Bristol CAMHS currently offers a range of innovative and informed approaches, supports CPD opportunities with a comprehensive in-house training programme. Supervision is highly valued and available to all staff.

We welcome calls/visits from prospective candidate to discuss this opportunity and what the team can offer in more detail.

Main duties of the job

• To carry out assessments and provide treatment for young people presenting with significant mental health difficulties in the community.
• To be highly skilled in clinical risk assessment and management in relation to children and young people including experience of managing self-injurious behaviour. To be able to develop and to implement and review risk management and safety plans collaboratively.

• To be able to offer evidence based interventions to children, young people and families according to NICE guidance and local pathways of care.
• To hold and to manage a case load and using resources creatively to provide excellent intervention for children, young people and families uniquely tailoring therapeutic interventions to meet the needs of service users

• To be able to work as an autonomous practitioner as well as with the wider team and partner agencies within the North Somerset Team and the wider systems within a collaborative care model approach.
• To work and provide leadership in the assessment and treatment within a highly experienced multi-disciplinary team involved in the assessment and treatment of children and young people with serious and complex mental health difficulties.
• To work with the team and the wider care system to deliver care which can positively impact on the welfare of the child.
• To offer 2 days a week Eating Disorder treatment as part of the role
• To either be NMP trained or willing to undertake the training (Nursing Only).

About us

South Bristol CAMHS is a well-established multi-disciplinary team sitting within the City of Bristol where there is a diverse population of young people.

AWP CAMHS is a busy, forward thinking and thriving CAMHS service with excellent on going CPD opportunities. The CAMHS service is committed to continuous improvement and providing therapeutic interventions to children, young people and families, which are accessible, flexible and responsive.

AWP is a forward thinking and inclusive Mental Health Trust with a strong commitment to clinical supervision and professional development and staff wellbeing. AWP CAMHS has developed a rolling program me of comprehensive in house training incorporating the core CAMHS competencies framework that is open to all staff.

At AWP we actively encourage applicants from all backgrounds we are particularly keen to encourage applications from people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, those with disabilities and from the LGBTQ+ community. We want people to bring their unique blend of experiences, backgrounds, perspectives and knowledge to AWP, as diversity makes us stronger.

Job description

Job responsibilities

• To provide a specialist assessment, consultation and evidence based treatment service to children, their families or their professional carers, referred to CAMHS team.
• To have experience of working in Eating Disorder (2 days a week)
• To have NMP qualification or be willing to undertake training (Nursing Only).
• To manage own caseload from referral to discharge, holding medium to high risk cases working autonomously the majority of time using highly developed specialist expertise.
• To always work within Trust/best practice safeguarding guidelines and policy.
• To provide reports and maintain written records of assessments, clinical interventions and consultation meetings.
• To work to a job plan and participate in Choice and Partnership Approach (CAPA) in the delivery of Tier 3 CAMHS. This will include specialist assessments and evidence based treatment for children, adolescents and their families.
• To work with children, young people and their families promoting opportunities for their maximum engagement and involvement in formulation, care planning and evaluation of the service they receive.
• To ensure throughput of young people managing and creating regular appointment slots in work schedule.
• To work closely as part of the multi-disciplinary CAMHS team providing leadership in an agreed area.
• To liaise closely with our partnership agencies of Education, Social Services and the Voluntary Sector in order to facilitate proper coordination and development of services for children/young people with emotional, behavioural and mental health problems.
• To liaise with other disciplines and agencies to ensure the best practice is shared.
• To be prepared to travel to other sites and clinics, to schools and to the childs home.
• To participate in suitable clinical and caseload supervision (as provided) and ensure that time is available to undertake this effectively.
• To engage young people and their families with suitable strategies and approaches.
• To use IT and technology to maintain affective communication and clinical record keeping.
• To work within the guidelines of Clinical Governance and employing AWP Trust policies.
• To keep up to date with statutory mandatory training

Person Specification

essential

Essential

• oProfessional qualification leading to registration with professional body e.g. Mental Health Nursing, Family Therapy, Clinical Psychology, Child Psychotherapy or other professional qualification with evidence of robust community CAMH experience and the use of CAPA approach to clinical assessment and intervention.
• o2 years post qualifying experience in mental health nursing or equivalent as above
• oAdditionally, if not incorporated into the professional qualification, a therapeutic qualification for work with children, adolescents and their families to Masters Level or equivalent is required.

Desirable

• oEvidence of post qualification training and development
• oExperience of clinical supervision

Employer details

Employer name

Avon & Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust

Address

Knowle Clinic

Broadfield Road

Bristol

BS4 2UH

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342-CAMHS118-0924