Job summary
This is an exciting opportunity for experienced Mental Health Nurses to work within the CAMHS Crisis Liaison/Single Point of Access Team based in Tonteg Hospital.
The CAMHS Service has a number of bases across the locality which includes Tonteg Hospital, Carnegie Clinic in Rhondda, KHHP in Merthyr and Princess of Wales Hospital, Bridgend.
Main duties of the job
The post holders will manage their own caseload and provide timely assessment, risk management and follow up intervention for children and young people presenting in crisis related to mental health eg. acute psychosis, eating disorder or intent to inflict harm upon themselves and/or others.
To provide triage, assessments of all referrals in to the service, establish the most appropriate sign posting and allocation of the referral to meet the needs of the young person.
Welsh Skills Desirable: This post is advertised as Welsh Desirable. This doesn't mean essential; whilst the candidate doesn't need to have skills in Welsh, we'll consider it an advantage when short-listing and selecting candidates. This isn't 'fluency', just Speaking & Listening skills at Level 3 (equivalent to CEFR B2) or above. Level 3 means basic conversations with patients about their everyday health.
About us
Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board is part of the NHS Wales family. Our Health Board provides primary, secondary and community health and wellbeing services to around 450,000 people living in three County Boroughs: Bridgend Merthyr Tydfil, and Rhondda Cynon Taf.
We live by our core values:
- We listen, learn and improve
- We treat everyone with respect
- We all work together as one team
We are a proud local employer; around 80% of our 15000 workforce live within our region, making our staff not only our lifeblood of our organisation but of the diverse communities that we serve.
Job description
Job responsibilities
You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click Apply now to view in Trac.
Job description
Job responsibilities
You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click Apply now to view in Trac.
Person Specification
Qualifications and/or knowledge
Essential
- Professional knowledge acquired through Degree in Nursing, Social Work, or Occupational Therapy. Evidence of relevant postregistration continuing Professional Development. Specialist knowledge, skills and experience for working in the community within specialist area. Advanced knowledge of Nursing Speciality. Knowledge of the Mental Health Act, Mental Capacity Act, Mental Health Measures. Knowledge of audit and research. Knowledge of Adult Protection and Child Protection policies and procedures. Knowledge of Clinical Governance. Knowledge of Infection Prevention and Control Procedures. Sound working knowledge of the Welsh Government's Strategies, National Frameworks and NICE Guidelines. Undertaken and maintain updates in restraint of patients/clients.
Desirable
- Teaching and assessing qualification. Clinical Leadership qualification/training. Clinical Supervision qualification/training
Experience
Essential
- Significant post-registration experience, including working with children and young people in a variety of settings. Substantial experience of working with children and young people with complex and diverse mental health needs. Experience of assessing children and young people, presenting with challenging, high risk behaviours. Ability to formulate risk management plans and programmes of care. Clinical and theoretical teaching in a range of contexts. Working knowledge of Clinical Governance. Evidence of implementing innovation and change in clinical practice. Evidence of undertaking clinical audit and/or research in clinical practice. Experience and management of working with families in distress and high expressed emotion
Desirable
- Experience in a range of clinical settings. Working knowledge of Primary Care Teams.
Aptitudes and abilities
Essential
- Organisational ability and time management skills. Advanced clinical assessment skills of children and young people presenting with mental health difficulties. Crisis assessment skills. Excellent interpersonal skills. Ability to prioritise and problem solve. Excellent verbal and written communication skills. Keyboard/word processing skills. Ability to present information clearly. Good negotiating skills. Facilitation/Presentation and Teaching skills. Clinical competency across a range of clinical skills. De-escalation skills and application in practice. Ability to demonstrate sound clinical knowledge and awareness of current evidence base relevant to the area of practice.
Desirable
- Welsh Language Skills (Level 3 and above/B2) are Desirable for this Role.
Values/personal qualities
Essential
- Motivated and possesses a non-judgemental attitude towards others. Work well both as an individual and as part of a team, always acting in a professional manner. Able to demonstrate a positive and caring attitude to all children and young people, relatives and members of staff in a calm and professional manner. An effective team player with ability to enthuse and develop potential in others. Able to maintain judgement when under pressure or in highly distressing/emotive situations. Ability to manage anxiety of self and others. Possess a strong commitment to improving children and young peoples' experiences and care. Ability to work to unplanned and planned deadlines. Demonstrate assertive qualities and diplomacy. Proactive and innovative. Collaborative, personable and a good listener. Resilient and self-motivated with drive and vision. Able to work on own initiative and manage a range of priorities across competing agendas. Possess a positive attitude to joint working.
Person Specification
Qualifications and/or knowledge
Essential
- Professional knowledge acquired through Degree in Nursing, Social Work, or Occupational Therapy. Evidence of relevant postregistration continuing Professional Development. Specialist knowledge, skills and experience for working in the community within specialist area. Advanced knowledge of Nursing Speciality. Knowledge of the Mental Health Act, Mental Capacity Act, Mental Health Measures. Knowledge of audit and research. Knowledge of Adult Protection and Child Protection policies and procedures. Knowledge of Clinical Governance. Knowledge of Infection Prevention and Control Procedures. Sound working knowledge of the Welsh Government's Strategies, National Frameworks and NICE Guidelines. Undertaken and maintain updates in restraint of patients/clients.
Desirable
- Teaching and assessing qualification. Clinical Leadership qualification/training. Clinical Supervision qualification/training
Experience
Essential
- Significant post-registration experience, including working with children and young people in a variety of settings. Substantial experience of working with children and young people with complex and diverse mental health needs. Experience of assessing children and young people, presenting with challenging, high risk behaviours. Ability to formulate risk management plans and programmes of care. Clinical and theoretical teaching in a range of contexts. Working knowledge of Clinical Governance. Evidence of implementing innovation and change in clinical practice. Evidence of undertaking clinical audit and/or research in clinical practice. Experience and management of working with families in distress and high expressed emotion
Desirable
- Experience in a range of clinical settings. Working knowledge of Primary Care Teams.
Aptitudes and abilities
Essential
- Organisational ability and time management skills. Advanced clinical assessment skills of children and young people presenting with mental health difficulties. Crisis assessment skills. Excellent interpersonal skills. Ability to prioritise and problem solve. Excellent verbal and written communication skills. Keyboard/word processing skills. Ability to present information clearly. Good negotiating skills. Facilitation/Presentation and Teaching skills. Clinical competency across a range of clinical skills. De-escalation skills and application in practice. Ability to demonstrate sound clinical knowledge and awareness of current evidence base relevant to the area of practice.
Desirable
- Welsh Language Skills (Level 3 and above/B2) are Desirable for this Role.
Values/personal qualities
Essential
- Motivated and possesses a non-judgemental attitude towards others. Work well both as an individual and as part of a team, always acting in a professional manner. Able to demonstrate a positive and caring attitude to all children and young people, relatives and members of staff in a calm and professional manner. An effective team player with ability to enthuse and develop potential in others. Able to maintain judgement when under pressure or in highly distressing/emotive situations. Ability to manage anxiety of self and others. Possess a strong commitment to improving children and young peoples' experiences and care. Ability to work to unplanned and planned deadlines. Demonstrate assertive qualities and diplomacy. Proactive and innovative. Collaborative, personable and a good listener. Resilient and self-motivated with drive and vision. Able to work on own initiative and manage a range of priorities across competing agendas. Possess a positive attitude to joint working.
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).
