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Non-Medical Prescriber/ Senior Practitioner - Child and Adolescent

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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you'll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the 'Supporting Documents' heading. So that you're even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, you'll need to take time to read the 'Candidate Essentials Guide' that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how 'we care for you as you care for others'. Most importantly, it also contains critical information you'll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.

Diversity Matters

MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating, and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at resourcing@mft.nhs.uk.

We're looking forward to hearing from you!

Person specification

Registration and Qualifications

Essential criteria

  • Registered Nursing: RMN/RSCN/RNMH
  • Independent and Supplementary Non-Medical Prescribing
  • Relevant post graduate qualification or training in area relevant to service delivery

Desirable criteria

  • Qualifications in Psychological Therapies to Diploma or Masters level e.g. CBT / SFT/ IPT
  • Mentorship course ENB998 or equivalent
  • Leadership Qualification

Experience

Essential criteria

  • Proven experience of working effectively with children and young people with neurodevelopmental conditions and additional mental health difficulties providing both assessment and intervention
  • Substantial experience of working effectively with people with mental health difficulties, including experience of delivering specialist skills in at least one therapeutic modality
  • Extensive experience of case management, including experience of assessing and managing risk: including safeguarding
  • Experience of liaison and working with a range of other relevant agencies and professionals
  • Experience of mentoring and supervision of others

Desirable criteria

  • Experience of working in Child and Adolescent Mental Health
  • Evidence of project management experience
  • Delivery of training and consultation

Knowledge, Skills and Ability

Essential criteria

  • Ability to carry out and monitor effective ADHD assessments, treatments and therapies including understanding of potential unwanted side effects from medication
  • Ability to perform complex diagnostic assessments as an autonomous practitioner across a range of mental health conditions
  • Ability to identify and manage risk in individuals presenting with mental health needs
  • Highly developed knowledge of evidence-based practice across a range of therapeutic interventions with this client group
  • Able to foster partnerships and working relationships with other professional networks
  • To have the ability to manage own caseload and act as lead practitioner
  • Able to demonstrate and understanding, acceptance of and commitment to the principles underlying equal opportunities, treating every person with respect

Desirable criteria

  • Delivery of group work and workshops
  • Experience of audit and research

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Documents to download

  • CAMHS Non-Medical Prescriber Job Description Prescriber Person Specification (PDF, 680.5KB)
  • CAMHS Non-Medical Prescriber Person Specification (PDF, 392.6KB)
  • Functional Requirements (PDF, 992.2KB)
  • Candidate Essential Guide Non Medical (PDF, 1.3MB)

Non-Medical Prescriber/ Senior Practitioner - Child and Adolescent

Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust
Manchester, UK
Full-Time

Published on 26/12/2024

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