CAMHS Practitioner - S-CAMHS Core Eating Disorders Team

SCAMHS Mental Health Practitioner working within the Eating Disorders Team, supporting young people and families experiencing eating disorders and recovery.

Main duties of the job

A position has arisen for a Band 6 CAMHS practitioner, to work with the Integrated-CAMHS Core Eating Disorders Team (EDIT), based at Ty-Bryn Unit at St Cadoc's Hospital. The EDIT team is part of the ICAMHS service. The EDIT team aims to work intensively with families, young people and other agencies in order to support young people struggling with the effects of eating disorders and difficulties. The post holder will act as care coordinator for a number of young people, facilitating individual and family work to support recovery.

The post is open to qualified practitioners with CAMHS experience.

The post-holder will be expected to develop and deliver evidence based group and individual work, and will be required to work closely with families, across a range of settings. The post holder will also be required to offer evidence based individual work with young people experiencing psychological distress. The successful applicant will possess a range of evidence based therapeutic skills, and will be able to demonstrate the ability to work in a multi agency and multi-disciplinary way.

The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.

About us

Aneurin Bevan University Health Board is a multi-award winning NHS organisation with a passion for caring. The Health Board provides an exceptional workplace where you can feel trusted and valued. Whatever your specialty or stage in your career, we have opportunities for everyone to start, grow and build your career. The health board provides integrated acute, primary and community care serving a population of 650,000 and employing over 16,000 staff.

We offer a fantastic benefits package and extensive training and development opportunities with paid mandatory training, excellent in-house programmes, opportunities to complete recognised qualifications and professional career pathways including a range of management development programmes. We offer flexible working and promote a healthy work life balance, provide occupational health support and an ambitious plan for a Wellbeing Centre of Excellence to support you at work.

Our Clinical Futures strategy continues to enhance and promote care closer to home as well as high quality hospital care when needed. Join us on our journey to pioneer new ways of working and deliver a world-class healthcare service fit for the future.

Job description

Job responsibilities

You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click Apply now to view in Trac.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered Mental Health Nurse
• Additional post graduate training in a range of therapeutic interventions or advanced practice

Desirable

• Teaching/mentoring qualification.

Experience

Essential

• Relevant experience up to at least band 5 level.
• Evidence of working as part of a multi-disciplinary team.
• Evidence of leading change or new initiatives or other service development.
• Evidence of supervision and development of junior staff.

Desirable

• Previous experience working within S-CAMHS.

Aptitudes and Skills

Essential

• Experience of working with children or young people who have serious mental disorders and engage in risk taking behaviours.
• Experience of working within a multiagency environment.
• Communicate verbally and effectively with service users, managers and other members of the multi-disciplinary team.
• Effective skills and knowledge of mental disorder, risk assessment and management.
• Able to plan and coordinate multi-disciplinary care programme.

Desirable

• Good risk management

Employer details

Employer name

Aneurin Bevan University Health Board

Address

St Cadoc's Hospital

Lodge Road

Caerleon

NP18 3XQ

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040-NMR677-0924