Specialist CAMHS Mental Health Practitioner – Non-Medical Prescriber

Job summary

BeeU provides emotional wellbeing and mental health services for children and young people (ages 0 to 25) in Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin.

This role will beproviding maternity cover to deliver a high quality, comprehensive mental health service for children and young people with serious and enduring mental health difficulties. The role involves managing a defined caseload with a focus on working with children and young people and their families who experience a complex range of needs and difficulties.

You will provide assessments and interventions for CYP as part of the MDT and act as a non-medical prescriber/trainee non-medical prescriber within the team. Liaison, advice and consultation with a wide range of agencies are central to the role.

You will provide specialist assessments of children and young people referred to CAMHS who may require the prescribed medication.

You will provide psychoeducation around healthy life styles and positive emotional well-being, and ensure physical health monitoring is under taken for CYP requiring medications

Main duties of the job

• To provide specialist assessments of children and young people referred to CAMHS based upon the appropriate use, interpretation and integration of complex data from a variety of sources including psychological & physical health self-report measures, rating scales, outcome measures, direct and indirect structured observations and semi-structured interviews with clients, family members and others involved in the CYP's care.
• To take a lead role in the development of clinical services for young people accessing CAMHS, bothreferred to the team and those identified as requiring additional consultation.
• Be an essential member of the multi-disciplinary team and will be able to facilitate the coordination of care on a multi-disciplinary basis to the CYP & Family.
• You will also be a non-medical prescriber with a qualification recorded on the appropriate professional register as an independent / supplementary prescriber or will be starting their training to achieve this. You will work in partnership with CYP, families and medical prescribers to fulfil the role of non-medical prescriber.
• Provide expert assessment, formulation and intervention and support to all children, young people and families referred to the service providing evidence-based specialist interventions

About us

By joining Team MPFT, you will be helping your communities and in return for this, we will support you by;

• Supporting your career development and progression
• Excellent NHS Pension scheme
• Generous maternity, paternity and adoption leave
• Options for flexible working
• Up to 27 days annual leave (increasing with service up to 33 days)
• Extensive Health and Wellbeing support and resources
• If you work in our community teams, we pay for your time travelling between patients
• Lease car if you complete more than 500 business miles per annum, fully insured and maintained (including tyres), mileage paid at lease car rate
• Salary sacrifice car - fully insured and maintained (including tyres), your gross pay is reduced by the cost of the vehicle before tax, NI and pension deductions are calculated, mileage paid at business rates
• Salary sacrifice bikes up to £2k
• Free car parking at all trust sites
• Free flu vaccinations every year
• Citizens Advice support linked with a Hardship Fund for one off additional support up to £250 (if the criteria is met)

We are proud to be a diverse and inclusive organisation and there is a choice of staff networks that help you meet like-minded people.

Please be aware that the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in completing application forms will be monitored to ensure fairness and transparency. If you have used AI you must state this in your application.

Please note, we may be required to close this vacancy early if we receive a high volume of applications