Job summary
Herefordshire &Worcestershire Child & Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) provides specialist mental health
support for children & young people with moderate to severe mental health
needs. We deliver face-to-face assessments and therapeutic interventions.
We are seeking an experienced clinician
to lead clinical delivery on our new disordered eating pathway across core
CAMHS. You will hold a caseload of approx. 12-14 CYP & will deliver therapeutic
interventions at all bases across the two counties.
Key Responsibilities:
Holding a defined caseload & providing
evidenced based therapeutic
interventions to children & young people with
disordered eating
Leading on the disordered eating MDT
Providing education & training to staff
Providing supervision, consultation & advice to staff & system
members
Being an active member of the leadership
team and role modelling Trust
behaviours to all
Undertaking regular travel to all bases
across Herefordshire and
Worcestershire
About You
You
will have significant previous experience of undertaking evidenced based
psychological therapeutic interventions to support children and young
people with disordered eating.
You
will have experience of autonomously leading on clinical pathways
You will have experience of
providing clinical supervision and consultation to clinical staff
You will be solution-focused, driven
and passionate in delivering high standards of care to children, young
people and families
This is a full time role.
Main duties of the job
What you'll be
doing
Providing
high-quality evidenced based therapeutic assessments and interventions to
support children and young people who present with disordered eating
Undertaking
consultation on, advice for and review of referrals in which disordered eating
is a primary concern
Providing
supervision and training to clinical staff
Clinical
leadership of the disordered eating pathway and MDT
Liaising with
clinicians, families, and external agencies
Leading on care
planning for identified cohort of children and young people
Managing data, outcomes
and undertaking clinical service evaluation
Undertaking
clinical audits
Why join us?
You'll be part of a supportive and
committed team that makes a real difference to the lives of children, young
people, and their families.
About us
At Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust,
we are working together to deliver outstanding care. We run community hospitals
and community health services across Worcestershire and provide mental health
and learning disability services across both Herefordshire and Worcestershire.
Our people (all 4500+ of them) provide services for people of
all ages, experiencing both physical and/or mental health conditions from over
100 sites.
We will support you to thrive; offer flexible
working options for a great work-life balance, help you fulfil your ambitions,
and empower you to make positive changes within your team or service. We value
diversity and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, cultures,
and ethnicities.
What we offer;
-
27 days leave plus bank holidays, increasing up to
33 days with long service
-
Generous NHS pension and enhanced pay when you work
unsocial hours
-
Flexible and agile working opportunities
-
Great maternity, paternity, and adoption support
-
Wide range of supportive staff networks
-
Health and wellbeing opportunities
If you would like to know more, please visit our
website.
We encourage you to read the attached applicant guidance notes.
Sharing
your data - As a data controller we may sometimes need to process your data to
pursue our legitimate business interests, for example to request a survey from
you (optional), to support the Trusts understanding of where you gained
interest in working for the Trust.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Act as a role model to colleagues, always seeking to
maintain the highest standards of professionalism.
Be responsible for ensuring the delivery of the commissioned
CAMHS Disordered Eating service across Herefordshire & Worcestershire, to
meet the mental health needs of the children and young people
Provide professional leadership, day-to-day supervision
and support for clinical staff, to take on a consultative role, based on
developing skills, experience and expertise within the wider service.
Use advanced expertise and knowledge to take on
management of the most complex cases or oversee and support colleagues in doing
so.
Be responsible for a defined caseload and ensure full
compliance with Trust policies and protocols at all times.
Be required to work flexibly across the Trust to meet the
needs of the service
Effectively manage
a defined caseload as key worker, fully implementing all agreed care plans and
ensuring that they are regularly reviewed.
Undertake Choice assessments and deliver planned
treatment through partnership work, using a range of evidence-based approaches
to care.
Undertake
clinician led clinics.
Utilise the appropriate frameworks to identify, refer,
monitor and support children in need, working in partnership with external
agencies.
Prepare clinical
reports e.g. Safeguarding and to support junior staff in doing so.
Participate in and deliver appropriate clinical and
safeguarding supervision.
Provide highly
specialised advice/clinical guidance concerning best practice to colleagues or
external agencies where necessary.
Develop and maintain team communication systems which
ensure effective 2-way dissemination of information in relation to all team and
provider services activity, in liaison with other teams and agencies as
required.
Liaise and work in
partnership with colleagues from statutory and voluntary agencies including
schools, early help providers, stronger families, childrens social care, other
Trust staff/services and acute agencies, children and families, in pursuit of
health gain for the population.
Provide and
receive complex, sensitive or contentious information, where there are
significant barriers to acceptance which need to be overcome using developed
interpersonal and communication skills such as would be required when
communicating in a hostile, antagonistic or highly emotive atmosphere.
Positively promote the CAMHS service.
Support the collection, monitoring and evaluation of data
related to CAMHS in line with Trust policy and local and national requirements.
Ensure that each service user receives an individual
assessment and is given a regularly updated care plan which, wherever
practicable, is formulated in conjunction with the Service User and approved by
the post holder as senior clinician.
Support and lead other mental health practitioners to
ensure quality outcomes throughout the service.
Organise, plan and
provide practice-based learning for all team members and students.
Contribute to
workforce planning, the development of training needs analysis and plans.
Act as the senior clinician for their discipline
representing the discipline at strategic meetings, disseminating knowledge and
leading development as appropriate.
For full details of the duties and criteria
for the role please refer to the job description and person specification
attached.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Act as a role model to colleagues, always seeking to
maintain the highest standards of professionalism.
Be responsible for ensuring the delivery of the commissioned
CAMHS Disordered Eating service across Herefordshire & Worcestershire, to
meet the mental health needs of the children and young people
Provide professional leadership, day-to-day supervision
and support for clinical staff, to take on a consultative role, based on
developing skills, experience and expertise within the wider service.
Use advanced expertise and knowledge to take on
management of the most complex cases or oversee and support colleagues in doing
so.
Be responsible for a defined caseload and ensure full
compliance with Trust policies and protocols at all times.
Be required to work flexibly across the Trust to meet the
needs of the service
Effectively manage
a defined caseload as key worker, fully implementing all agreed care plans and
ensuring that they are regularly reviewed.
Undertake Choice assessments and deliver planned
treatment through partnership work, using a range of evidence-based approaches
to care.
Undertake
clinician led clinics.
Utilise the appropriate frameworks to identify, refer,
monitor and support children in need, working in partnership with external
agencies.
Prepare clinical
reports e.g. Safeguarding and to support junior staff in doing so.
Participate in and deliver appropriate clinical and
safeguarding supervision.
Provide highly
specialised advice/clinical guidance concerning best practice to colleagues or
external agencies where necessary.
Develop and maintain team communication systems which
ensure effective 2-way dissemination of information in relation to all team and
provider services activity, in liaison with other teams and agencies as
required.
Liaise and work in
partnership with colleagues from statutory and voluntary agencies including
schools, early help providers, stronger families, childrens social care, other
Trust staff/services and acute agencies, children and families, in pursuit of
health gain for the population.
Provide and
receive complex, sensitive or contentious information, where there are
significant barriers to acceptance which need to be overcome using developed
interpersonal and communication skills such as would be required when
communicating in a hostile, antagonistic or highly emotive atmosphere.
Positively promote the CAMHS service.
Support the collection, monitoring and evaluation of data
related to CAMHS in line with Trust policy and local and national requirements.
Ensure that each service user receives an individual
assessment and is given a regularly updated care plan which, wherever
practicable, is formulated in conjunction with the Service User and approved by
the post holder as senior clinician.
Support and lead other mental health practitioners to
ensure quality outcomes throughout the service.
Organise, plan and
provide practice-based learning for all team members and students.
Contribute to
workforce planning, the development of training needs analysis and plans.
Act as the senior clinician for their discipline
representing the discipline at strategic meetings, disseminating knowledge and
leading development as appropriate.
For full details of the duties and criteria
for the role please refer to the job description and person specification
attached.
Person Specification
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of research and clinical governance
- Knowledge of Public Health developments / agenda
- Knowledge of current NHS and national priorities in relation to mental and emotional health and wellbeing of Children and Young People
- Knowledge of the wider influences which impact on service delivery e.g. the commissioning agenda
Experience
Essential
- Experience in undertaking research projects / clinical audits
- Significant recent and relevant clinical experience post-registration
- Previous experience providing a service to children and young people within a multi-disciplinary team
- Able to demonstrate evidence-based practice
- Leadership experience / experience managing a clinical team
- Experience of working with patients with severe and enduring mental illness
- Experience of partnership working / liaison in inter-agency environment
- Able to demonstrate experience and skill in assessing mental health and risk
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Ability to challenge poor behaviour
- Role modelling good behaviour
- Ability to praise and be supportive to others
- Ability to communicate clearly and effectively in English in both verbal and written formats
- Group presentation skills
- Good numeracy skills
- IT skills / Microsoft Office: Word / Outlook / Excel
- Ability to support the learning needs of self and others
- Ability to prioritise work dealing with a complex range of agendas
- Motivational leadership skills and effective team player
- Ability to develop new skills and manage change / conflict
- Ability to work across organisational and professional boundaries
Additional Criteria
Essential
- Demonstrates commitment to own professional development
- Ability to meet the travel requirements of the post
- Current registration with appropriate professional body
Qualifications
Essential
- A current professional qualification (RMN, RSCN, Social Worker, Occupational Therapist, Clinical Psychologist)
- Evidence of continuous and recent professional development and post qualification training / studies
- I understand that I will be asked to provide original certificates to verify my qualifications at point of offer.
Person Specification
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of research and clinical governance
- Knowledge of Public Health developments / agenda
- Knowledge of current NHS and national priorities in relation to mental and emotional health and wellbeing of Children and Young People
- Knowledge of the wider influences which impact on service delivery e.g. the commissioning agenda
Experience
Essential
- Experience in undertaking research projects / clinical audits
- Significant recent and relevant clinical experience post-registration
- Previous experience providing a service to children and young people within a multi-disciplinary team
- Able to demonstrate evidence-based practice
- Leadership experience / experience managing a clinical team
- Experience of working with patients with severe and enduring mental illness
- Experience of partnership working / liaison in inter-agency environment
- Able to demonstrate experience and skill in assessing mental health and risk
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Ability to challenge poor behaviour
- Role modelling good behaviour
- Ability to praise and be supportive to others
- Ability to communicate clearly and effectively in English in both verbal and written formats
- Group presentation skills
- Good numeracy skills
- IT skills / Microsoft Office: Word / Outlook / Excel
- Ability to support the learning needs of self and others
- Ability to prioritise work dealing with a complex range of agendas
- Motivational leadership skills and effective team player
- Ability to develop new skills and manage change / conflict
- Ability to work across organisational and professional boundaries
Additional Criteria
Essential
- Demonstrates commitment to own professional development
- Ability to meet the travel requirements of the post
- Current registration with appropriate professional body
Qualifications
Essential
- A current professional qualification (RMN, RSCN, Social Worker, Occupational Therapist, Clinical Psychologist)
- Evidence of continuous and recent professional development and post qualification training / studies
- I understand that I will be asked to provide original certificates to verify my qualifications at point of offer.
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).
