Job summary
Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS)
Post Title: Highly Specialist Nurse - 8 sessions Paediatric Liaison Team
Grade: 8A
Hours: 30 hours (0.80WTE)
Responsible to: Clinical Lead - Paediatric Liaison Team and CAMHS Nurse Lead
Accountable to: General Manager City and Hackney CAMHS
Location: City & Hackney CAMHS and Homerton University Hospital
Main duties of the job
Job Purpose
The Paediatric Liaison Team (PLT) provides mental health input for the assessment and treatment of children and families affected by physical illness difficulties, including medically unexplained physical symptoms (MUPS), at our Specilaist CAMHS service at Homerton Row and the Paediatric Ward at Homerton University Hospital. This post will join the Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist and part-time band 7 paediatric liaison nurse in providing the paediatric liaison service as well as providing a role in the interface between CAMHS services and the paediatric department in the Homerton Hospital.
The post holder will provide a highly specialist mental health nursing service for the PLT, holding a caseload for which they will offer evidence-based episodes of care. They will provide clinical supervision and line management to other nurses in CAMHS including the crisis service, and will take a lead in nursing issues as required by the Nurse Lead for CAMHS.
The post holder will directly contribute to the positive working environment within the multi-disciplinary team. The post holder will require a high degree of professional autonomy and self-management, and will be required to account for their professional practice through appraisal and audit.
About us
Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving the quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive - so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To help to coordinate and manage the CAMHS Paediatric Liaison Assessments once weekly, including triaging referrals, managing bookings & staffing, coordinating and completing assessments, liaison and follow up.
- To develop effective working relationships in order to provide effective consultation to hospital staff in creating effective and evidence based care plans for young people referred to the paediatric liaison service following assessment.
- To assess and formulate at community, systemic and individual levels, utilising theoretical knowledge as well as the analysis, interpretation and integration of complex clinical information from a variety of sources.
- To work collaboratively with hospital, community and other partner organisations including the Clinical Commissioning Group, primary care, primary and secondary schools, social care services, acute hospitals and voluntary/third sector providers
- To work collaboratively with staff, children, young people and their families/carers to ensure that their care experience is to a high standard.
To provide comprehensive highly specialist CAMHS assessments, including risk assessment of children, young people and their families/carers referred with mild, moderate, complex and severe mental health problems.
To provide direct highly specialist therapeutic interventions informed by a range of modalities including CBT, systemic therapy and motivational interviewing.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To help to coordinate and manage the CAMHS Paediatric Liaison Assessments once weekly, including triaging referrals, managing bookings & staffing, coordinating and completing assessments, liaison and follow up.
- To develop effective working relationships in order to provide effective consultation to hospital staff in creating effective and evidence based care plans for young people referred to the paediatric liaison service following assessment.
- To assess and formulate at community, systemic and individual levels, utilising theoretical knowledge as well as the analysis, interpretation and integration of complex clinical information from a variety of sources.
- To work collaboratively with hospital, community and other partner organisations including the Clinical Commissioning Group, primary care, primary and secondary schools, social care services, acute hospitals and voluntary/third sector providers
- To work collaboratively with staff, children, young people and their families/carers to ensure that their care experience is to a high standard.
To provide comprehensive highly specialist CAMHS assessments, including risk assessment of children, young people and their families/carers referred with mild, moderate, complex and severe mental health problems.
To provide direct highly specialist therapeutic interventions informed by a range of modalities including CBT, systemic therapy and motivational interviewing.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- oRegistered Mental Health Nurse with NMC or Children's Nurse (part 3/8/13 or 15 of the UKCC Register
- oSpecific therapeutic modality training and qualification relevant to paediatric liaison e.g. CBT or systemic therapy
Experience
Essential
- oprevious experience of working with children, adolescent, families in a mental health setting
- oexperience of working with a wide range of mental health problems commonly seen in CAMHS
Skills
Essential
- oevidence of well-developed clinical skills and knowledge in CAMHS and liaison work
- ospecialist clinical skills in specific therapeutic modalities relevant to paediatric liaison
Knowledge
Essential
- oa high degree of self-awareness and an ability to reflect on personal and professional attitudes and accept feedback
- oawareness of current national guidelines and policies in the field of CAMHS/liaison work
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- oRegistered Mental Health Nurse with NMC or Children's Nurse (part 3/8/13 or 15 of the UKCC Register
- oSpecific therapeutic modality training and qualification relevant to paediatric liaison e.g. CBT or systemic therapy
Experience
Essential
- oprevious experience of working with children, adolescent, families in a mental health setting
- oexperience of working with a wide range of mental health problems commonly seen in CAMHS
Skills
Essential
- oevidence of well-developed clinical skills and knowledge in CAMHS and liaison work
- ospecialist clinical skills in specific therapeutic modalities relevant to paediatric liaison
Knowledge
Essential
- oa high degree of self-awareness and an ability to reflect on personal and professional attitudes and accept feedback
- oawareness of current national guidelines and policies in the field of CAMHS/liaison work
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.
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).
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.
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).
