You will participate in the provision of a responsive, needs-led mental health assessment and short-term intervention service to young people aged 11 - 15yrs presenting to the General Hospital following an episode of mental distress, mental illness and/or self harm and signposting to other support services if needed.

There will also be a teaching, education and support role, assisting non-mental health staff to respond to mental health needs more effectively.

You will hold a registered mental health qualification and be able to demonstrate post registration experience at Band 5 or above. You will need to provide evidence of continual professional development.

The successful applicant will have excellent interpersonal skills, good communication skills, be IT literate and work across a multitude of clinical systems, RIO, e-Roster, Trakcare, Sunrise. You will be responsible for handling highly confidential information.

There is an emphasis on continued professional development.

Main duties of the job

• Offer an assessment service to patients presenting at the emergency and paediatric departments with broad range of mental health and psychological problems, and psychiatric illnesses
• Providing a mental health consultation, liaison and advice service throughout the departments
• Delivering a range of evidence based psychological interventions to individual patients aged 11-15 who have predominantly self-harmed
• Assisting and supporting general hospital colleagues in making decisions about treatment and care in complex situations
• Providing formal and informal education and clinical supervision to registered and unregistered staff
• Representing mental health services within Hospitals Trust
• Providing a communication structure between secondary mental health services, primary care and non-statutory services, as a means of ensuring the highest possible standards patients car

Contact prior to application, including site visits are positively encouraged.

About us

At Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust, we are supportive of the people we care for in the community and aim to provide a fully responsive service to everyone who needs it. This is the same approach we take for our employees. We look to value the skills and experiences of those we work with, whether they are service users, carers, families or those looking to work with us.

Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust is part of the NHS. We treat NHS patients according to NHS principles and standards. The difference is the Trust is accountable to local people, rather than to Government, and so we are able to work closely with our community to develop services in the way that best suits the needs of local people.

Job description Job responsibilities

The qualification, training & experience requirements for the role are underlined in the Job Description/Person Specification.

Please refer to the Additional Information attachment before submitting your application.

Person Specification Qualifications Essential

• Professional Health or Care Qualification (MHSW, SROT, RMHN, RNLD)

Desirable

• oLeadership training e.g. LEO/ILM

Experience Essential

• oDemonstrate extensive experience and expertise regarding delivering evidence based/best practice clinical interventions within CAMHS or related services and/or adult mental health settings.
• oDemonstrate current registration with a regulated professional body/ organisation: NMC, HCPC, BPS, ACP
• oDemonstrate clinical expertise and high levels of competency regarding assessing and managing people with high clinical risk needs. This will include significant evidence of working within a positive risk management model of practice within either a mental health or learning disability setting.
• oSignificant proven post qualifying experience of working with children and young people with severe and enduring mental illness
• oA knowledge of CAMHS/Children & Young People's issues including assessment and interventions

Desirable

• oRecognised qualification in a specific model of therapy e.g. family therapy, CBT etc.
• oExperience of teaching, assessing and development of informal and formal training programmes
• oExperience of working in a general hospital setting

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