Job summary
This is a community-based post, located within the Emotional and Behavioural Mental Health Team (EB1) offering assessments and treatments to a wide variety of clinical presentations. The post holder will directly contribute to the positive working environment within the multi-disciplinary team.EB1 is a cohesive community based multi-disciplinary team within South Bedfordshire CAMHS, which provides assessment and treatment of young people presenting moderate to severe mental health difficulties. This includes young people who present with risk self-harm. The EB1 is composed of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry (one full time consultant), Systemic Family Therapy, Clinical Psychology, Child & Adolescent Psychotherapy and Mental Health Nursing. The team model includes joint working between Psychiatry and allocated care-coordinator to provide young people and their families with developmentally informed evidence-based treatments. There is a high level of support within the team and regular supervision with the Consultant Psychiatrist.
Main duties of the job
As part of the EB1 team, the post-holder will offer generic CAMHS assessments and interventions. The post-holder will contribute to a day time emergency rota covering presentations of young people in crisis or who have deliberately self-harmed at the Luton and Dunstable Hospital and providing urgent psychiatric reviews (with support of consultant).
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.
Key Relationships:o Young people and their familieso EBT Consultants and Clinical Team Leadso EBT Clinical Colleagueso EBT Administratorso Multidisciplinary colleagues in CAMHSo Other professionals working with children and young people in social services, Tier 4 inpatient services, education, youth justice system and the voluntary sector.Other SAS Doctors within the trusto Trust corporate departments including Human Resources, Training and Development, IM&T.
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
This job description is intended as a guide to the main duties of the post and is not intended to be a prescriptive document. Duties and base of work may change to meet the needs of the service or because of the introduction of new technology. This job description may be reviewed from time to time and changed, after consultation with the postholder.
Please see attached full job descriptio
Job description
Job responsibilities
This job description is intended as a guide to the main duties of the post and is not intended to be a prescriptive document. Duties and base of work may change to meet the needs of the service or because of the introduction of new technology. This job description may be reviewed from time to time and changed, after consultation with the postholder.
Please see attached full job descriptio
Person Specification
Education/ Qualification/ Training
Essential
- o MB.BS, MBChB or equivalent o Full Registration with the GMC
Experience
Essential
- o Experience of working with children and adolescents o Working with people with serious and enduring mental illness o Auditing practices and services o Experience of working in a multicultural setting
Desirable
- o Evidence based service development
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- o Excellent communication skills, verbal, non verbal and written o Develop effective working relationships o Function autonomously as well as being a team player o Assessing, formulating and prioritising patients' needs o Apply research and theory to practice o Child and adolescent mental health disorders and their management o Mental Health Legislation o Experience of pharmacological treatments o Healthcare Governance
Desirable
- o Skills and a range of therapeutic interventions and psycho-social treatment options
Person Specification
Education/ Qualification/ Training
Essential
- o MB.BS, MBChB or equivalent o Full Registration with the GMC
Experience
Essential
- o Experience of working with children and adolescents o Working with people with serious and enduring mental illness o Auditing practices and services o Experience of working in a multicultural setting
Desirable
- o Evidence based service development
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- o Excellent communication skills, verbal, non verbal and written o Develop effective working relationships o Function autonomously as well as being a team player o Assessing, formulating and prioritising patients' needs o Apply research and theory to practice o Child and adolescent mental health disorders and their management o Mental Health Legislation o Experience of pharmacological treatments o Healthcare Governance
Desirable
- o Skills and a range of therapeutic interventions and psycho-social treatment options
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).
