Job summary
An exciting opportunity for newly qualified/existing nurses. The post begins at band 5 with a year's development programme incorporated into the working week. On successful completion you will transition to a permanent band 6 Crisis Practitioner role.
The crisis service provides integrated, high quality assessment & support interventions in & out of hours. We work closely with adolescent teams & borough based clinical teams across the 3 boroughs & with tier 4 inpatient services provided by the SLP. The crisis team is multidisciplinary & is supported by a Team Manager, Consultant Nurse, Consultant Clinical Psychologist & a full time Consultant Psychiatrist.
We have been developing & will shortly mobilise a brief intervention pathway to complement our crisis assessments & existing interventions. The pathway will provide CYP across the boroughs to access time limited interventions to support development of self-management/regulatory skills enabling discharge to tier 2 services or strategies to enable self-management whilst awaiting longer term intervention.
You may not have experience of working within CAMHS - This is not a barrier to joining our service. Through a supportive induction process we will work with you to identify transferrable skills. The induction plan will be adapted to support developing areas you may not feel as confident in & we will support you to access additional training to support your development & confidence.
Main duties of the job
To co-ordinate and deliver individualised care packages / programmes for children and young people and evaluate these programmes, ensuring high standards of practice in accordance with national guidelines and trust policy.
To provide specialist mental health advice, consultation and signposted using an outcome based triage model, to the multi-agency network.
To carry out effective bio psychosocial assessments of individuals in crisis referred to the team from community mental health teams, GPs and other sources.
To carry out effective risk assessment and management, seeking advice from multi- disciplinary colleagues and other teams where needed
To provide a range of agreed brief crisis clinical interventions to service users and their relatives in any setting, aimed at increasing the individual's psychological stability
To develop effective crisis plans with individuals which will improve their future resilience
To liaise collaboratively with hospital and community based mental health services, both within Oxleas and elsewhere, also with emergency services and non-statutory bodies.
To maintain comprehensive and timely clinical records in accordance with Trust standards
About us
Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people living in South East London and Kent and to people in prison. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,000 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, children's centres, schools and people's homes. We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations across the London Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent and manage hospital sites including Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital in Woolwich as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs. We are one of the largest providers of prison health services providing healthcare to prisoners across Kent and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people
Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families. This is strengthened by our new values:
- We're Kind
- We're Fair
- We Listen
- We Care
Job description
Job responsibilities
For all successful candidates you will have an opportunity to access CAMHS specific training within the first year of your employment. Below is our menu of training available:
- Child and Adolescent Mental Health: Assessment and Treatment Level 6 6KNIM603 (kcl.ac.uk)
- Adolescent Healthcare: Meeting the Challenge Level 6 6KNIE610 (kcl.ac.uk)
- Wozzad Online Course Application for University of Greenwich (applycpd.com) (Advanced Assessing and Formulation in Mental Health)
- DBT Skills Training
- Role specific development workshops
We also have close links with the Anna Freud Centre and Greenwich University with post graduate module and full courses available.he CAMHS Crisis Practitioner is responsible for supporting the crisis team in implementing Directorate and Trust initiatives at service level and for playing a key role in monitoring and evaluating the quality of care delivered locally.
The post holder must be a good team worker and be able to work within a crisis team managing complex and high-risk children and young people. The post holder will be responsible for working independently and managing a caseload of clients, ensuring safe and effective clinical practices.
The Trust has a three borough-based multidisciplinary crisis pathway across Bromley, Bexley and Greenwich. The crisis service will operate between 08.00am-10pm seven days a week. It will support individuals in mental health crisis with the principal aim of providing an effective alternative to inpatient care. This involves intensive clinical work over short periods of time to prevent the need for admission or facilitate safe early discharge from acute and CAMHS inpatient hospitals. The crisis pathway will comprise of nurses, psychologists, social workers, occupational therapists, a consultant psychiatrist and a crisis manager.
The crisis pathway will work in close collaboration with the specialist community CAMHS services, Mental Health Liaison services, local authorities and emergency services.
The post holder will have the opportunity to work a varied work pattern including both early, long day and late shifts.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For all successful candidates you will have an opportunity to access CAMHS specific training within the first year of your employment. Below is our menu of training available:
- Child and Adolescent Mental Health: Assessment and Treatment Level 6 6KNIM603 (kcl.ac.uk)
- Adolescent Healthcare: Meeting the Challenge Level 6 6KNIE610 (kcl.ac.uk)
- Wozzad Online Course Application for University of Greenwich (applycpd.com) (Advanced Assessing and Formulation in Mental Health)
- DBT Skills Training
- Role specific development workshops
We also have close links with the Anna Freud Centre and Greenwich University with post graduate module and full courses available.he CAMHS Crisis Practitioner is responsible for supporting the crisis team in implementing Directorate and Trust initiatives at service level and for playing a key role in monitoring and evaluating the quality of care delivered locally.
The post holder must be a good team worker and be able to work within a crisis team managing complex and high-risk children and young people. The post holder will be responsible for working independently and managing a caseload of clients, ensuring safe and effective clinical practices.
The Trust has a three borough-based multidisciplinary crisis pathway across Bromley, Bexley and Greenwich. The crisis service will operate between 08.00am-10pm seven days a week. It will support individuals in mental health crisis with the principal aim of providing an effective alternative to inpatient care. This involves intensive clinical work over short periods of time to prevent the need for admission or facilitate safe early discharge from acute and CAMHS inpatient hospitals. The crisis pathway will comprise of nurses, psychologists, social workers, occupational therapists, a consultant psychiatrist and a crisis manager.
The crisis pathway will work in close collaboration with the specialist community CAMHS services, Mental Health Liaison services, local authorities and emergency services.
The post holder will have the opportunity to work a varied work pattern including both early, long day and late shifts.
Person Specification
education
Essential
- RN Mental Health/LD/Paediatric
- Registration with relevant Professional body
Desirable
- Experience in a subject/skill relevant to Child & and Adolescent Mental Health (0-18 years) together with CYP IAPT Dip in CBT/SFP/IPT-A is desirable
Experience
Essential
- Experience in a setting where mental health is the primary focus some of which should have been in a CAMHS setting is desirable
Skills, Ability and Knowledge
Essential
- Ability to assess, plan, implement and evaluate risk/care plans to meet the needs of clients with support of the team
- Ability to work to standards for quality within the Service
- Ability to develop and demonstrate awareness of MDT functioning, in order to work as a member of a multi-disciplinary team
- Develop and demonstrate ability to maintain and manage own workload and work, at times, autonomously within the specialist area
- Willingness and ability to develop specialist knowledge of clinical aspects of child & adolescent mental health
- Ability to recognise own limits & seek support re supervision as appropriate
- To have developed computer skills to enable input of relevant data and typing of summaries and reports etc
- The ability to supervise, teach and develop the skills of student nurses as appropriate raising any concerns with practice assessors
- Excellent written & verbal communication skills
- Good understanding of interpersonal skills & demonstrable ability to work flexibly and respectfully with others
- Develop and demonstrate ability to analyse risk and respond appropriately, seeking support as necessary
Person Specification
education
Essential
- RN Mental Health/LD/Paediatric
- Registration with relevant Professional body
Desirable
- Experience in a subject/skill relevant to Child & and Adolescent Mental Health (0-18 years) together with CYP IAPT Dip in CBT/SFP/IPT-A is desirable
Experience
Essential
- Experience in a setting where mental health is the primary focus some of which should have been in a CAMHS setting is desirable
Skills, Ability and Knowledge
Essential
- Ability to assess, plan, implement and evaluate risk/care plans to meet the needs of clients with support of the team
- Ability to work to standards for quality within the Service
- Ability to develop and demonstrate awareness of MDT functioning, in order to work as a member of a multi-disciplinary team
- Develop and demonstrate ability to maintain and manage own workload and work, at times, autonomously within the specialist area
- Willingness and ability to develop specialist knowledge of clinical aspects of child & adolescent mental health
- Ability to recognise own limits & seek support re supervision as appropriate
- To have developed computer skills to enable input of relevant data and typing of summaries and reports etc
- The ability to supervise, teach and develop the skills of student nurses as appropriate raising any concerns with practice assessors
- Excellent written & verbal communication skills
- Good understanding of interpersonal skills & demonstrable ability to work flexibly and respectfully with others
- Develop and demonstrate ability to analyse risk and respond appropriately, seeking support as necessary
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).
