Job summary
37.5 Hours Per Week
As a Registered
Nurse you will be responsible for supporting your Manager in ensuring that our
service users needs are met through the delivery of high-quality care. As a
centre of excellence, you will offer a person-centred approach to their
independence and well-being.
Role will be covering
both the Calderdale and Kirklees CAMHS Eating Disorder Team as well as the
opportunity to work within the developing ARFID pathway. The successful
candidate will offer assessments and interventions appropriate for the needs of
the young people within our service. They will have opportunities to develop
services for the needs of local populations.
We offer training in areas where
you may feel you needs some development. Supervision will be offered within
your professional group as well as supervising other staff and develop their
practice. As a band 6 you will have the opportunity to further develop your
clinical skills and knowledge by offering care co-ordination and intervention
for more complex young people. We are a growing team from a well established
and supportive MDT after additional investment into the service.
At the time of advertising, this role does not meet
the minimum requirements (salary threshold or occupational requirements) set
by UK Visas and Immigration to sponsor candidates to work in the UK. For this
reason, unfortunately we are unable to sponsor anyone on a visa for this role
at this moment in time.
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will offer Eating Disorder
and Mental health assessment and intervention to young people with symptomology
of Eating Disorders or ARFID, as well as engaging families to empower them all
to support recovery.
You will also support the wider team by working with the
MDT with the young person at the centre. You will offer, as well as receiving
robust clinical supervision both from your profession peers and within the
wider team. To use outcome measures to ensure that goals are being met and that
the young person is moving towards recovery.
Care planning and risk assessment
are important parts of this role, as well as completing goal based outcomes as
appropriate for the role. Maintaining a high standard of care and working
within the Trusts values.
For full job description, please see attached supporting documents.
All employees of the Trust are strongly
encouraged to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 to protect patients.
About us
We
are a specialist NHS Foundation Trust that provides community, mental health
and learning disability services for the people of Barnsley, Calderdale,
Kirklees and Wakefield. We also provide low and medium secure services and are
the lead for the west Yorkshire secure provider collaborative.
Our mission is
to help people reach their potential and live well in their communities, we do this
by providing high-quality care in the right place at the right time. We employ
staff in both clinical and non-clinical services who work hard to make a
difference to the lives of service users, families and carers.
We encourage
and welcome applications from all protected characteristic groups, we value
diversity and want our workforce to be reflective of our communities.
Being
a foundation Trust means were accountable to our
members, who can have a say in how were run. Around 14,300 local people
(including staff) are members of our Trust.
Join
us and you will be one of over 4,500 staff committed to supporting and improving
the mental, physical and social needs of the thousands of people we meet and
help each year.
We
are committed
to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and
vulnerable adults and expects all colleagues and volunteers to share this
commitment.
We do reserve to right to close vacancy before the advertised closing date if necessary, so please apply as soon as possible.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The
post-holder will:
Provide assessment and treatment to children
and young people with mental health needs;
Work autonomously and collaboratively within
the MDT, providing consultation for other agencies/professionals;
Work as part of CAMHS first on-call rota.
Promote the safeguarding and welfare of
children and young people.
To
provide routine and urgent assessment and interventions to young people with a
wide range of emotional and psychological problems who are referred to
specialist CAMHS, in keeping with evidence based practice with supervision from
a senior clinician within professional guidelines and within the overall
framework of the teams policies and procedures.
To support the
ongoing process of delivering a comprehensive CAMHS system.
To provide
assessment, interventions, therapy to children, young people with the most
severe, complex and persistent mental health problems, including those who
are severely mentally ill or at
suicidal risk and where appropriate, families as both an autonomous
practitioner and as part of a multidisciplinary team in a variety of settings
to address need. This will include working with the CAPA model.
To apply a sound
knowledge of safeguarding children and guidelines in clinical work.
To be committed
to a quality approach for patient care.
The
post-holder will demonstrate high levels of concentration and provide
sustained effort in assessment of complex family issues.
To
manage own caseload, accessing support and guidance appropriate to individual
need.
To operate within the clinical and case management
supervision framework.
To provide training, consultation and supervision to
other service providers, partner agencies and junior members of staff as
required regarding intensive interventions with children, young people and
families.
To participate in the development, audit and
review of this extension to existing service provision.
To work as part of the CAMHS on call rota when
required and to work in a flexible manner (24/7).
To undertake extended hours of work alongside fellow
specialist CAMHS practitioners.
To work collaboratively with all services to provide
coherent and co-ordinated mental health services for children and young
people as well as other significant partners, ensuring timely transition and
relevant consultation, training and support to universal services and
targeted groups.
To use a range of Information Technology systems
(including Rio) ensuring high quality data is collected appropriately, kept
securely and confidentially
To participate in an agreed clinical audit programme
for the service, and ensure lessons learnt from both audit and clinical
incidents are reported.
To comply with both clinical and corporate governance
frameworks.
To
support the engagement of service stakeholders and users in the development
and monitoring of service delivery and identify opportunities for service
improvement and redesign.
To actively promote user/carer involvement in all
aspects of care planning/delivery whilst respecting the rights, capabilities
and wishes of the individuals concerned.
To work in an innovative and
child, young person and family centred way, in a culture of continuous
improvement and learning.
Apply Trust policies and procedures in instances of
aggression, acute distress and disturbed mental health presentations.
To maintain relevant professional registration
To identify and communicate any concerns through the
relevant management processes.
To demonstrate continued practice development and
engage in annual appraisal.
We are aware that an increasing number
of applicants are using AI technology to generate responses on NHS Job
application forms. Over reliance on AI-generated
content in application forms is strongly discouraged and we will conduct a thorough screening process before selecting
candidates to progress to the next stage. If you are using AI to enhance your
application, please disclose this in your NHS Jobs application form.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The
post-holder will:
Provide assessment and treatment to children
and young people with mental health needs;
Work autonomously and collaboratively within
the MDT, providing consultation for other agencies/professionals;
Work as part of CAMHS first on-call rota.
Promote the safeguarding and welfare of
children and young people.
To
provide routine and urgent assessment and interventions to young people with a
wide range of emotional and psychological problems who are referred to
specialist CAMHS, in keeping with evidence based practice with supervision from
a senior clinician within professional guidelines and within the overall
framework of the teams policies and procedures.
To support the
ongoing process of delivering a comprehensive CAMHS system.
To provide
assessment, interventions, therapy to children, young people with the most
severe, complex and persistent mental health problems, including those who
are severely mentally ill or at
suicidal risk and where appropriate, families as both an autonomous
practitioner and as part of a multidisciplinary team in a variety of settings
to address need. This will include working with the CAPA model.
To apply a sound
knowledge of safeguarding children and guidelines in clinical work.
To be committed
to a quality approach for patient care.
The
post-holder will demonstrate high levels of concentration and provide
sustained effort in assessment of complex family issues.
To
manage own caseload, accessing support and guidance appropriate to individual
need.
To operate within the clinical and case management
supervision framework.
To provide training, consultation and supervision to
other service providers, partner agencies and junior members of staff as
required regarding intensive interventions with children, young people and
families.
To participate in the development, audit and
review of this extension to existing service provision.
To work as part of the CAMHS on call rota when
required and to work in a flexible manner (24/7).
To undertake extended hours of work alongside fellow
specialist CAMHS practitioners.
To work collaboratively with all services to provide
coherent and co-ordinated mental health services for children and young
people as well as other significant partners, ensuring timely transition and
relevant consultation, training and support to universal services and
targeted groups.
To use a range of Information Technology systems
(including Rio) ensuring high quality data is collected appropriately, kept
securely and confidentially
To participate in an agreed clinical audit programme
for the service, and ensure lessons learnt from both audit and clinical
incidents are reported.
To comply with both clinical and corporate governance
frameworks.
To
support the engagement of service stakeholders and users in the development
and monitoring of service delivery and identify opportunities for service
improvement and redesign.
To actively promote user/carer involvement in all
aspects of care planning/delivery whilst respecting the rights, capabilities
and wishes of the individuals concerned.
To work in an innovative and
child, young person and family centred way, in a culture of continuous
improvement and learning.
Apply Trust policies and procedures in instances of
aggression, acute distress and disturbed mental health presentations.
To maintain relevant professional registration
To identify and communicate any concerns through the
relevant management processes.
To demonstrate continued practice development and
engage in annual appraisal.
We are aware that an increasing number
of applicants are using AI technology to generate responses on NHS Job
application forms. Over reliance on AI-generated
content in application forms is strongly discouraged and we will conduct a thorough screening process before selecting
candidates to progress to the next stage. If you are using AI to enhance your
application, please disclose this in your NHS Jobs application form.
Person Specification
Training
Desirable
- Training and experience relating to specialist CAMHS.
- Experience of delivering training to others.
Experience
Essential
- Substantial post qualification experience, some of which must be working with Children, young people and their carers in a mental health or other complex care setting.
- Multidisciplinary team working.
- Inter-agency liaison and consultation.
- Experience of supervising/mentoring junior staff.
- Knowledge of relevant legislation and guidance e.g. NHS plan, Mental Health Legislation, Childrens act, Education Act, Working Together, Childrens NSF, Every Child Matters, etc.
- Clinical/therapeutic knowledge and skills in mental health.
- Experience in assessment and risk management and ability to implement evidence based practice.
- Proven ability to work with other agencies and disciplines and in partnership with other organisations.
- Experience of safeguarding children and young people.
Desirable
- Experience of community settings.
- Experience of working in different cultural contexts.
- Knowledge and experience of working with Equality and Diversity.
Qualifications
Essential
- Relevant professional qualification, e.g. Mental health or Learning disability nursing.
- Membership of professional body.
Desirable
- Post Registration qualification e.g. degree.
- Post graduate qualification in mental health (e.g. CBT, Family Therapy, Counselling).
- A teaching and assessing qualification.
Physical Attributes
Essential
- Ability to undertake the duties and demands of the post.
- A satisfactory sickness record over the previous 2 years (subject to the need to act with fairness and equality of opportunity, particularly where the sickness is related to a disability and/or pregnancy).
Special Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- Good verbal and communication skills.
- Ability to manage own caseload.
- Good negotiation skills, and problem solving skills.
- Customer service orientation.
- Effective record keeping and report writing skills to include care planning and risk assessments.
- IT skills.
- Have good team working skills. Be able to work across disciplines with an ability to predict and manage inter-disciplinary tensions and foster good working practices.
Personal Attributes
Essential
- Able to work autonomously and as part of a team.
- Commitment to multi-agency approach.
- Ability to work and make decisions under pressure.
- Calm, confident, innovative, creative
- and assertive.
- Clarity of decision making.
- Willingness to be flexible and adaptable in accordance with changing service priorities.
- Commitment to challenging discrimination and improving accessibility of services.
- Ability to cope calmly in a crisis.
- To demonstrate good self care and encourage the same in team members.
- A Current driving licence and access to a car during the working day is essential (reasonable adjustments will be considered for any applicants who are unable to drive due to a disability).
- Have training or undertake training to participate in the CAMH Service 24/7 on call rota.
Person Specification
Training
Desirable
- Training and experience relating to specialist CAMHS.
- Experience of delivering training to others.
Experience
Essential
- Substantial post qualification experience, some of which must be working with Children, young people and their carers in a mental health or other complex care setting.
- Multidisciplinary team working.
- Inter-agency liaison and consultation.
- Experience of supervising/mentoring junior staff.
- Knowledge of relevant legislation and guidance e.g. NHS plan, Mental Health Legislation, Childrens act, Education Act, Working Together, Childrens NSF, Every Child Matters, etc.
- Clinical/therapeutic knowledge and skills in mental health.
- Experience in assessment and risk management and ability to implement evidence based practice.
- Proven ability to work with other agencies and disciplines and in partnership with other organisations.
- Experience of safeguarding children and young people.
Desirable
- Experience of community settings.
- Experience of working in different cultural contexts.
- Knowledge and experience of working with Equality and Diversity.
Qualifications
Essential
- Relevant professional qualification, e.g. Mental health or Learning disability nursing.
- Membership of professional body.
Desirable
- Post Registration qualification e.g. degree.
- Post graduate qualification in mental health (e.g. CBT, Family Therapy, Counselling).
- A teaching and assessing qualification.
Physical Attributes
Essential
- Ability to undertake the duties and demands of the post.
- A satisfactory sickness record over the previous 2 years (subject to the need to act with fairness and equality of opportunity, particularly where the sickness is related to a disability and/or pregnancy).
Special Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- Good verbal and communication skills.
- Ability to manage own caseload.
- Good negotiation skills, and problem solving skills.
- Customer service orientation.
- Effective record keeping and report writing skills to include care planning and risk assessments.
- IT skills.
- Have good team working skills. Be able to work across disciplines with an ability to predict and manage inter-disciplinary tensions and foster good working practices.
Personal Attributes
Essential
- Able to work autonomously and as part of a team.
- Commitment to multi-agency approach.
- Ability to work and make decisions under pressure.
- Calm, confident, innovative, creative
- and assertive.
- Clarity of decision making.
- Willingness to be flexible and adaptable in accordance with changing service priorities.
- Commitment to challenging discrimination and improving accessibility of services.
- Ability to cope calmly in a crisis.
- To demonstrate good self care and encourage the same in team members.
- A Current driving licence and access to a car during the working day is essential (reasonable adjustments will be considered for any applicants who are unable to drive due to a disability).
- Have training or undertake training to participate in the CAMH Service 24/7 on call rota.
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).
