Senior CAMHS Clinician

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Join us at an exciting time for Barnet, Haringey and Enfield Mental Health NHS Trust and Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust. After three years working in Partnership, we are due to create a new Trust, to be known as the North London NHS Foundation Trust on 1 November 2024, subject to Secretary of State approval. Join us to be part of the North London Way as we:

• Collaborate at every level by living our Values to create the right conditions for us all to work together
• Develop our new Trust culture, to help make our new Trust a great place to work and to receive great care
• Empower our teams to lead the planned improvements in our services, by skilling them and giving them the tools to make the changes
• Focus on delivering excellence at every level to improve our performance and ensure consistently high quality care across all our services
• Ensure that research, Quality Improvement and technology lead the way and are embedded in our services
• Take a trauma informed approach to everything we do

We look forward to welcoming you to the new North London NHS Foundation Trust, where we work in the North London Way to deliver: Better Mental Health, Better Lives, Better Communities.

Our new trust website is: Home | North London Mental Health Partnership

Job overview

The post holder will be key in the development of the Home Treatment Team service for children and young people in the NCL collaborative.

The post holder is responsible for the assessment of care needs and the development/implementation of care plans to meet the needs of children and young people who are presenting in a crisis, as an alternative to in-patient treatment.

The post holder will provide direct clinical interventions to children and young people and will also provide support and advice to parents/carers.

The post holder will work collaboratively with service users, parents and carers as well as other relevant professionals such as GP's, pediatric, medical and nursing staff, dieticians, social care and education staff, and other relevant providers.

The post holder will work as an autonomous practitioner, working closely with Tier 3 and Tier 4 services in CAMHS and within the home treatment Team.

Main duties of the job

• To liaise with and develop partnerships with other professionals, within the tier 4 in- patient service and other specialist services and Tier 3 teams.
• To participate in the allocation of referrals with the responsible Consultant and Manager for the service
• To provide an intensive, safe and flexible service to children and young people presenting in a crisis, in home settings in the community.
• To plan the provision of care with relevant multi-disciplinary team members across the different parts of the service ensuring that users and carers have sufficient information to make an informed choice regarding treatment options.
• The post holder will work closely with the young person and their family to develop care plans for service users who present in a crisis and support treatment in the home as an alternative to an in-patient admission.
• To participate in devising and delivering therapeutic programs for children and adolescents in accordance with best practice guidelines.
• Report responses to treatment and interventions to the relevant multi-disciplinary team(s) and other care professionals involved to ensure integrated service
• To work alongside specialist inpatient provision as appropriate to individual cases but also to develop excellent links to ensure admission and discharge is a seamless process for service users.
• To ensure risk assessments regarding physical and psychological safety are undertaken as appropriate

Working for our organisation

Barnet Enfield and Haringey Mental Health NHS Trust provides local, regional and national award-winning healthcare services. We have more than 3.300 staff working out of 20 main sites serving a population of 1.2 million people. We provide community health services and mental health services for young people, adults and older people. Our North London Forensic Service treats and cares for people in the criminal justice system who have mental health conditions. We also provide one of the largest eating disorders services in England, as well as drug and alcohol services.

We are an organisation that is passionate about equality, diversity and inclusion; one that prides itself in developing the leadership capabilities of its employees, looking after their health and wellbeing, creating safe spaces for staff to speak up and providing opportunities to mentor and be mentored. Our employees are the reason for delivering Good CQC ratings, excellent outcomes and outstanding patient experiences, so it is our aim to create a happy and healthy working environment where you can thrive and succeed.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the attached Job Description and Person specification for more information on the role requirements and duties.

Person specification

EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS

Essential criteria

• RMN, RNLD, SW or OT equivalent first level registration Relevant degree or post graduate diploma/equivalent level of experience

EXPERIENCE AND KNOWLEDGE

Essential criteria

• Minimum 3 years clinical experience in the community and / or hospital based services.
• Demonstrable experience at Band 6 or equivalent.
• Experience of the Supervision process and ability to offer effective supervision to staff at different levels
• Evidence of ability to effectively manage a community service.

SKILLS AND ABILITIES

Essential criteria

• Ability to demonstrate in depth knowledge of the Mental Health Act 2005, Mental Capacity Act 2005, the Code of Practice, and Children's Act. National Service Framework
• Training and advanced skills in a specialised approach such as psycho -social interventions, dual diagnosis, personality disorder or assertive outreach, CBT.
• Knowledge of the process necessary for effective risk assessment and management
• Ability to assess, plan, implement and evaluate care plans to meet needs of clients. Ability to set, monitor and evaluate standards for quality within the service.

References will be required to cover your last 3 years of employment/training. One has to be from your current or most recent employer and the others from your previous employer. The references should be from persons with management responsibility or HR.

If you have been unemployed for a period of four years or more, please give the details of your last employer and one character referee of your choice (not members of your family). If more applicable, references will be requested from your teacher or head of faculty. Please ensure you provide full contact details.

Vacancies that are advertised as Fixed Term Contracts will also be available as secondment opportunities for substantive internal staff.

Please be aware that your documents eg. Passport/NI Card, will be electronically scanned using Home Office accredited Verification System.

Due to the high number of applications that are received for some posts, we will close vacancies before the stated closing date once the first 50 applications are received. Therefore, please apply as soon as possible.

All non-medical posts with the Trust are subject to a probationary period of six months, during which time you will be required to demonstrate to the Trust's satisfaction, your suitability for the position in which you will be employed.

Should you not hear from us within three working weeks of the closing date for this post, then regretfully in this instance, you have not been shortlisted.

By applying for this role, you accept in the event you are successful that your personal data may be transferred from the Trust to another NHS organisation where your employment transfers within the NHS. This is in accordance with the streamlining programme which is aimed at improving efficiencies within the NHS both to make costs savings for NHS organisations but also to save you time when your employment transfers.

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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

• Job Description & Person Specification (PDF, 304.4KB)
• Functional Requirement (PDF, 261.8KB)
• Applicant Information Pack (PDF, 1.6MB)