Job summary
Rotational Crisis and Home Treatment Practitioner- CAMHS Urgent Care/Place of Safety
Based at Parkview Clinic.
Are you looking for a new challenge? Are you a mental health Nurse with CAMHS experience and want to make a real difference to the outcomes for the young people of Birmingham ?
An opportunity for a Senior Mental Health Practitioner has become available to join our Urgent Care Pathway. The rotational post will cover our CAMHS Crisis Resolution and Home Treatment Team and our Place of Safety (POS). The team working with Young adults under 18 who are within our urgent care pathway
You will spend a defined period of time working in the CAMHS Crisis Resolution and Home Treatment Team and then moving on to the POS team. This is an excellent opportunity to hone your assessment and risk management skills, with great opportunity for continued professional development and learning.
The post will involve completing holistic mental health assessments, signposting and liaison, specialist clinical input to children and young people with physical health and co morbid mental health issues (e.g. eating disorders), working with parents schools and education colleagues.
This is an exciting post for a mental health nurse.
Please contact us if you would like to hear more about this exciting opportunity!
Main duties of the job
Completing assessments of young people's mental health and developing an individual plan of care
Developing and implementing robust risk management plans
Ensuring the physical wellbeing of the young person
Representing the service at professional's meetings and relevant stakeholder events
Liaison with families and carers
Completing and holding oversight of mental health act processes and documentation
You will be part of a robust multidisciplinary team (MDT) and attend regular clinical caseload reviews, as well as completing any associated tasks to ensure safe care and/or discharge planning
To be a point of contact for young people and families as crisis arise. You will be expected to be able to employ effective de-escalation skills and to ensure that the young person is referred or signposted to the most appropriate level of care.
About us
Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust is the first of its type in the UK. Our Trust was formed in February 2017 to drive forward our commitment to provide the highest quality, world-class physical and mental health care for our women, children and families. Uniting our hospitals means more seamless care; more investment to make greater advances in our specialist treatment and world-leading neo-natal and fetal work. Importantly, it also gives us a greater voice in shaping the future of family-centred care.
Birmingham Children's Hospital is a UK leading specialist paediatric centre with an international reputation in several areas.
Birmingham Women's Hospital is one of two dedicated women's hospitals in the UK, with the busiest single site maternity unit, delivering more than 8,200 babies a year offering a full range of gynaecological, maternity and neonatal care.
Forward Thinking Birmingham (FTB) Mental Health Services are a unique, innovative community and inpatient mental health partnership. Alongside partners FTB offers care pathways of mental health assessment and treatment for young people aged 0-25 years old.
Our Trust is committed to creating the best place to work. We believe in promoting and enhancing inclusion, diversity and equality and encourage applications from all areas of the community, who meet the criteria for the role, regardless of age, gender identity, disability, race, religion or sexual orientation.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification to view the full details for this opportunity at Birmingham Womens and Childrens NHS Foundation Trust.
When completing your application, please ensure you have evidenced how you meet the job description and person specification to include transferable experience, qualifications, skills along with professional registration details (if applicable).
Occasionally we receive a large number of applications for our roles and when that happens we sometimes bring the closing date forward, so please apply promptly to avoid disappointment.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification to view the full details for this opportunity at Birmingham Womens and Childrens NHS Foundation Trust.
When completing your application, please ensure you have evidenced how you meet the job description and person specification to include transferable experience, qualifications, skills along with professional registration details (if applicable).
Occasionally we receive a large number of applications for our roles and when that happens we sometimes bring the closing date forward, so please apply promptly to avoid disappointment.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Professional qualification - RMN / RCN/ RNLD qualifications, social worker.
- Relevant Post qualifying qualification e.g. or be able to demonstrate an equivalent level of training
- Relevant Post graduate study or be able to demonstrate further skills based training
Desirable
- Specific qualification in a relevant therapeutic speciality e.g. counselling, Family Therapy, CBT, substance misuse
- Nurse Prescriber
Experience
Essential
- Extensive post registration experience in mental health care
- Experience of working with young people
- Devising robust and effective care plans using SMART goals
- Use of therapeutic interventions with children and young people i.e. 1:1, counselling, family therapy and group work
- Experience of Delivering teaching / training
- Experience of Liaison with inpatient settings and external agencies
Desirable
- Experience of Working in inpatient CAMHS settings
- Experience of Providing care in community settings
- Experience of Developing a specialist area on behalf of the Service/ or local Team
- Experience of Developing policies and protocols
- Experience of Working in a multi-disciplinary Team
- Experience of Supervising less experienced members of staff
Other Requirements
Essential
- Full clean driving license
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Professional qualification - RMN / RCN/ RNLD qualifications, social worker.
- Relevant Post qualifying qualification e.g. or be able to demonstrate an equivalent level of training
- Relevant Post graduate study or be able to demonstrate further skills based training
Desirable
- Specific qualification in a relevant therapeutic speciality e.g. counselling, Family Therapy, CBT, substance misuse
- Nurse Prescriber
Experience
Essential
- Extensive post registration experience in mental health care
- Experience of working with young people
- Devising robust and effective care plans using SMART goals
- Use of therapeutic interventions with children and young people i.e. 1:1, counselling, family therapy and group work
- Experience of Delivering teaching / training
- Experience of Liaison with inpatient settings and external agencies
Desirable
- Experience of Working in inpatient CAMHS settings
- Experience of Providing care in community settings
- Experience of Developing a specialist area on behalf of the Service/ or local Team
- Experience of Developing policies and protocols
- Experience of Working in a multi-disciplinary Team
- Experience of Supervising less experienced members of staff
Other Requirements
Essential
- Full clean driving license
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).
Employer details
Employer name
Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust
Address
CAMHS CRHTT (Based at Parkview Clinic)
Queensbridge Road
Birmingham
B13 8QE
Employer's website
https://bwc.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
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