Northamptonshire Healthcare Foundation Trust

Specialist Mental Health Practitioner

The closing date is 24 July 2025

Job summary

To provide specialist mental health intervention within Core CAMHS, including assessment, care planning, treatment and case management of children/young people with moderate to severe mental health concerns.

To provide consultation, supervision and support to other clinical members of the team who provide care and treatment.

Our current MDT includes SALT, social work, CBT trained therapists, EMDR trained therapist as well as psychologist, medics NMP's, providing a wide range of knowledge, experience and support to ensure that the service users receive outstanding quality of treatment.

To work autonomously within professional guidelines and exercise responsibility for the governance of practice with the specialism.

Main duties of the job

For the full list of Key Responsibilities please refer to the job description:

To plan and implement formal mental health treatment and/or management of a child/young person's mental health problems, based upon the client's problems, and employing methods of proven efficacy.

To provide specialist assessment of clients based upon the appropriate use, interpretation and interrogation of complex data from a variety of sources including self-report measures, rating scales, direct and indirect structured observations and semi-structured interview with clients, family members and others involved in the child/young person's care

To implement appropriate psychological interventions for individuals, carers, families and groups, adjusting and refining formulations drawing up on different explanatory models and maintaining a number of provisional hypotheses.

To evaluate and make decisions regarding treatment options taking into account both theoretical and therapeutic models and complex factors concerning historical developmental processes, for example Trauma that have shaped the individual.

To make judgements on an individual basis involving highly sensitive and complex information and/or situations, which require analysis, interpretation and the comparison of a range of options, and to provide support to other team members regarding their clinical decision making and risk assessment.

To carry a complex case load, using advanced clinical skills.

About us

NHFT is an integrated primary care and mental health Trust, providing physical, mental health and specialty services in both hospital settings and out in the community. Because we put the person at the centre of all we do, we focus on delivering care that is as easy to access as possible. This means many of our services can be provided at home, work or in schools.We also provide health services to various prisons and detention centres in Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire.

NHFT promotes a culture of learning to improve the care and safety of our patients and staff, which focuses on people who enable our Trust to be 'outstanding' by supporting opportunity, innovation, development and growth.

Date posted

10 July 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£37,338 to £44,962 a year pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

270-TG161-ACS

Job locations

Newland House

Campbell Street

Northampton

NN1 3EB

Job description

Job responsibilities

For further information on the advertised role, please refer to the job description located under the Supporting Documents heading. The full person specification can be accessed under the About You Section of the document.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

oProfessional degree in a psychological therapy/RMN/RLDN/OT/Social work.
oRegistration with an appropriate governing body. Eg. BACP, BABCP, HCPC.

Desirable

oEvidence of continuing professional development.
oProven post qualification experience of working in community settings.

Experience

Essential

oKnowledge of a range of mental illnesses in children and young people, and how to work alongside NICE guidance and evidence based practice to intervene effectively.
oAbility to effectively and appropriately communicate complex and sensitive information to patients, carers/families and all members of the multidisciplinary team.
oWork effectively as part of a multidisciplinary team and undertake lead professional and/or care co-ordinator responsibilities.

Desirable

CAMHS community experience
oGood self/time management and organisational skills.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

oProfessional degree in a psychological therapy/RMN/RLDN/OT/Social work.
oRegistration with an appropriate governing body. Eg. BACP, BABCP, HCPC.

Desirable

oEvidence of continuing professional development.
oProven post qualification experience of working in community settings.

Experience

Essential

oKnowledge of a range of mental illnesses in children and young people, and how to work alongside NICE guidance and evidence based practice to intervene effectively.
oAbility to effectively and appropriately communicate complex and sensitive information to patients, carers/families and all members of the multidisciplinary team.
oWork effectively as part of a multidisciplinary team and undertake lead professional and/or care co-ordinator responsibilities.

Desirable

CAMHS community experience
oGood self/time management and organisational skills.

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

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Northamptonshire Healthcare Foundation Trust

Address

Newland House

Campbell Street

Northampton

NN1 3EB

Employer's website

https://www.nhft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Northamptonshire Healthcare Foundation Trust

Address

Newland House

Campbell Street

Northampton

NN1 3EB

Employer's website

https://www.nhft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)