CAMHS Crisis Lead Clinician

Job description

Job responsibilities

You will work closely with colleagues within the crisis team, borough CAMHS services and wider colleagues across the South London Partnership. In addition, there will be opportunity to work closely with acute trust and social care colleagues.

Robust personalised induction plan, which identifies your transferrable skills and where development to adjust to your new role may be helpful.

Buddy allocated to support you through your first few months within the service

All applicants are able to access in house and external CAMHS specific training

This role allows colleagues to develop their skills in autonomous and multi-disciplinary/agency working. Colleagues that have worked in this role have successfully been promoted to senior practitioner roles within the team, other colleagues have successful secured training to become therapists as well as some colleagues successfully moving into managerial roles.

21% (174,611) of the Bromley, Bexley and Greenwich combined population is under 18 years of age

Bromley, Bexley and Greenwich combined

ethnicity breakdown

count

%

White

260,870

84.9

Mixed/multiple ethnic groups

10,897

3.5

Asian/Asian British

16,067

5.2

Black/African/Caribbean/Black British

18,686

6.0

Other ethnic group

2,872

0.9

The Liaison and Crisis team will receive approximately 1029 crisis referrals per annum via A&E (based on all hours 2019/2020 data) across the three boroughs. 5% of these presentations took place out of hours (20:00-08:00). Around 50% of young people presenting in crisis to A&E are currently receiving treatment from Community CAMHS. At any one time there are around 390 young people on the caseload of the three adolescent teams (tier 3.5), which work with young people who present with acute mental health needs and crises and the most significant, high risk mental health conditions. The Liaison and crisis team work collaboratively with borough adolescent and crisis pathways to support those young people known to the service who present in crisis via A&E, as well as support the most vulnerable young people through a telephone support system during the evenings and weekend.

The crisis team works with young people for the duration of their crisis, and for existing patients, this will be done in conjunction with their existing care coordinator in the Community CAMHs team.

The liaison and crisis team works closely with the three Oxleas community CAMHS services, to ensure a coordinated approach to care and careful transition. The team undertakes assessments for young people who present in crisis out of hours and link with the existing day crisis service for these services.

Assessment in the team consists of individual and family assessment. The outcome from the assessment might be admission to a CAMHS in-patient unit, an individual piece of work around an episode of mental ill-health, joint work alongside the Community CAMHS Care Coordinator, or working with partner organisations to facilitate appropriate multi-agency support and intervention for the young person.

The nature of the work of the consultant psychiatrist in the team is to provide crisis assessments and interventions, supervision and consultancy to non-medical colleagues and clinical leadership including taking a lead role in managing the interface with CAMHS and hospital departments.

All clinicians within the pathway will provide both crisis assessment, follow up and interventions and will be supported via bespoke training opportunities, supervision and CPD events.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• At least 4 years post registration experience in a setting where mental health is the primary focus.

Person Specification

Essential

• Professional Qualification from relevant professional body (e.g. Occupational Therapy, Social Work, Nursing)
• Specialist training in a subject/skill relevant to Child and Adolescent Mental Health. (0-18 years)

Skills

Essential

• Ability to assess, plan, implement and evaluate risk/care plans to meet the needs of clients.
• Ability to work to standards for quality within the Service.
• Ability to work as a member of a multi-disciplinary team and demonstrate awareness of MDT functioning.
• Ability to maintain and manage own caseload and work autonomously within the specialist area
• Willingness and ability to develop specialist knowledge of clinical aspects of child & adolescent mental health
• Ability to recognise own limits & seek support re supervision as appropriate.
• To have developed computer skills to enable input of relevant data and typing of summaries and reports etc
• The ability to supervise, teach and develop the skills of student nurses and junior staff as appropriate
• Excellent written & verbal communication skills.
• Good interpersonal skills & demonstrable ability to work with others.
• Ability to analyse risk and respond appropriately, seeking support as necessary

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Highpoint House

Shooters Hill

London

SE18 3RG

Employer's website

http://oxleas.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)