Job summary
Are you a Learning Disability or Mental Health Nurse with a passion for supporting children and young people with intellectual disabilities?
We're looking for a Clinical Nurse Specialist and NMP to join Buckinghamshire CAMHS Intellectual Disability team.
You will join a friendly and supportive, well-established, and knowledgeable multi-professional team. You will receive quality reflective supervision. You will use your skills to deliver quality assessments and interventions and influence service improvements. You will have opportunities grow in your career and continuing professional development. You will be a vital member of the team helping the system to understand the complete identity of the young person including their neurodivergence, mental health and developmental profile.
As a service we pride ourselves on being creative, innovative, forward thinking, dynamic and research-led.
The wellbeing of our Clinical staff is top of our agenda; we have an active Wellbeing Team and regular opportunities for staff support including a service wide well being week each year. We have a strong ethos of collaboration, shared reflection and team working.
Main duties of the job
Some of the key duties will be to:
- Work with a dynamic and inspirational team to support young people with intellectual disabilities and their families.
- Hold responsibility for a caseload of Children and young people, offering therapeutic support and independent prescribing and medication monitoring .
- Supporting the development of the intervention offer in the team
- Attending supervision
- Provide expert specialist practice and ensure the delivery of treatment is evidence based.
About us
Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust provides physical, mental health and social care for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and North East Somerset.
Our services are delivered at community bases, hospitals, clinics and people's homes, delivering care as close to home as possible
Our vision is that no matter who you are or where you are, you will tell us that you receive:"Outstanding care delivered by an outstanding team"
Our values are:"Caring, safe and excellent"
At Oxford Health we offer a wide range of benefits designed to support your career and wellbeing. These include:
- Excellent opportunities for career progression
- Access to tailored individual and Trust wide learning and development
- 27 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days with continuous service
- NHS Discount across a wide range of shops, restaurants and retailers
- Competitive pension scheme
- Lease car scheme
- Cycle to work scheme
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Mental Health First Aiders
- Staff accommodation (please note waiting lists may apply)
- Staff networking and support groups hosted by our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion team
Job description
Job responsibilities
The Bucks CAMHS Service covers a diverse catchment area, that is both rural and urban. The Intellectual Disabilities team offers flexible care in young people's homes and in school. Our main office is at the Sue Nicholls Centre in Aylesbury with additional service offered from Saffron House in High Wycombe .
Bucks CAMHS is a great place to work and to be able to showcase the best of yourself when making an application you are encouraged to read the candidate guide to making an application which is attached to all roles. Please include details around qualifications (including years these were gained particularly if we need to assess for clinical roles that these are still valid) and ensure that the supporting statement is tailored to the role you are applying for and addresses the essential criteria found in the JD.
The role will include the following responsibilities and you will be expected to carry out non-medical prescribing supported through Governance framework and in adherence to agreed policy.
- Gain and maintain relevant clinical and pharmaceutical knowledge, critically appraise, and apply information in practice.
- Consult with patients, diagnose, and generate treatment options and follow- up plans, where applicable, within clinical management plans.
- Prescribe safely and effectively, acknowledging own limitations and scope of practice, following training if applicable.
- Work within Trust and local policies including those that guide prescribing practice.
- Offer theraputic interventions that support families to reduce risks from behaviours of distress, including psychological interventions such as adapted CBT according relevant training and experience
- Access continuing professional development opportunities relating to the theraputic and Non-Medical prescribing role.
- Understand the mode of action and pharmacology of medicines and how these medications are altered e.g., by age, renal or hepatic impairment and how this affects dosage (after training if applicable).
- Ensure routine monitoring of physical health of children and young people (e.g., height, weight, BP) and liaise with other professionals as appropriate, including making referrals and/or request further tests.
- Assess risk and benefits to the child or young person of taking or not taking medication, considering the potential for unwanted affects e.g., allergies, adverse drug reactions, drug interactions and contra indications (after training if applicable).
- Support the duty function of the service as required.
- Undertake annual audit of prescribing practice
Job Description subject to evaluation.
We are aware that some candidates may choose to use AI tools to support their application. We kindly remind applicants that submissions should remain an honest and accurate representation of their experience and must take care to ensure the use of AI tools does not generate an application that does not accurately reflect their knowledge, skills and values.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The Bucks CAMHS Service covers a diverse catchment area, that is both rural and urban. The Intellectual Disabilities team offers flexible care in young people's homes and in school. Our main office is at the Sue Nicholls Centre in Aylesbury with additional service offered from Saffron House in High Wycombe .
Bucks CAMHS is a great place to work and to be able to showcase the best of yourself when making an application you are encouraged to read the candidate guide to making an application which is attached to all roles. Please include details around qualifications (including years these were gained particularly if we need to assess for clinical roles that these are still valid) and ensure that the supporting statement is tailored to the role you are applying for and addresses the essential criteria found in the JD.
The role will include the following responsibilities and you will be expected to carry out non-medical prescribing supported through Governance framework and in adherence to agreed policy.
- Gain and maintain relevant clinical and pharmaceutical knowledge, critically appraise, and apply information in practice.
- Consult with patients, diagnose, and generate treatment options and follow- up plans, where applicable, within clinical management plans.
- Prescribe safely and effectively, acknowledging own limitations and scope of practice, following training if applicable.
- Work within Trust and local policies including those that guide prescribing practice.
- Offer theraputic interventions that support families to reduce risks from behaviours of distress, including psychological interventions such as adapted CBT according relevant training and experience
- Access continuing professional development opportunities relating to the theraputic and Non-Medical prescribing role.
- Understand the mode of action and pharmacology of medicines and how these medications are altered e.g., by age, renal or hepatic impairment and how this affects dosage (after training if applicable).
- Ensure routine monitoring of physical health of children and young people (e.g., height, weight, BP) and liaise with other professionals as appropriate, including making referrals and/or request further tests.
- Assess risk and benefits to the child or young person of taking or not taking medication, considering the potential for unwanted affects e.g., allergies, adverse drug reactions, drug interactions and contra indications (after training if applicable).
- Support the duty function of the service as required.
- Undertake annual audit of prescribing practice
Job Description subject to evaluation.
We are aware that some candidates may choose to use AI tools to support their application. We kindly remind applicants that submissions should remain an honest and accurate representation of their experience and must take care to ensure the use of AI tools does not generate an application that does not accurately reflect their knowledge, skills and values.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- HCPC, NMC or Other Relevant Clinical Registration
- Independent Non- Medical Prescribing qualification (v300).
- Evidence of continuous professional development
Desirable
- Experience of teaching, training and/or supervision.
Experience
Essential
- Experience of and ability to undertake supervision and appraisal in the workplace.
- working in a Mental Health or learning disability service.
- Interest in children and young people, and in neurodevelopmental conditions
Skills
Essential
- Experience of assessment and management of self-harm/risk/crisis management/safeguarding
Desirable
- Therapeutic qualifications, e.g IAPT, CBT, DBT.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- HCPC, NMC or Other Relevant Clinical Registration
- Independent Non- Medical Prescribing qualification (v300).
- Evidence of continuous professional development
Desirable
- Experience of teaching, training and/or supervision.
Experience
Essential
- Experience of and ability to undertake supervision and appraisal in the workplace.
- working in a Mental Health or learning disability service.
- Interest in children and young people, and in neurodevelopmental conditions
Skills
Essential
- Experience of assessment and management of self-harm/risk/crisis management/safeguarding
Desirable
- Therapeutic qualifications, e.g IAPT, CBT, DBT.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
