Job summary
Following further expansion of the CAMHS LDT an exciting new post is available for a dynamic and experienced Registered Learning Disability Nurse with post graduate training/qualification, including Advanced Nurse/Clinical Practitioner qualification, experience in regard to the provision of care for Children & Young People and/or adults presenting with Intellectual Developmental Disability, Mental Health issues and complex behavioural concerns with additional co-morbid diagnoses. Established skills and qualification within in Non-medical prescribing essential.
The post holder will work within the specialist community multi disciplinary CAMHS LD team, in conjunction with the operational team leader and team consultant psychiatrist.
The CAMHS LDT is a nationally recognised innovative team which has developed and grown in order to meet the ever increasing needs and challenges of the CYP and their families, achieving Beacon award status for the introduction of the Home Intervention Project. Through the project families received direct hands on intervention within family homes to guide and teach parents/carers to understand their child and manage their difficulties and needs through consistent implementation of appropriate strategies. This has since developed into a wider outreach service.
Training and development of staff is actively encouraged and supported at all levels, with many staff undertaking speicalist training in order to widen the provision of specialist care we provide.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will undertake the role of clinical lead for the team, working alongside the operational team lead. In addition, working clinically as a nurse consultant they will undertake assessment of CYP referred into the service presenting with complex mental ill health and other conditions including ADHD, ASD, Tics, complex sleep disruption and physical health factors. Diagnosing and initiating treatments, and undertaking referrals to other services as appropriate. This includes urgent assessment of patients in Crisis.
The post holder will provide leadership and expertise for non-medical prescribers within CAMHS LDT and for ANP/ACP within wider CAMHS, in addition to holding a complex prescribing case load.
The responsibilities of the clinical lead for the team include overseeing referrals into the team, provision of clinical supervision and mentoring to team members, and other clinicians within wider CAMHS. Provision of consultancy for professionals within LPT and outside agencies, including commissioners, to also be undertaken.
Input into appropriate trust development and governance groups and policy making will be required.
Working hours are Mon-Fri 8am to 8pm with flexibility to work around these times plus some weekends/bank holidays when clinically required.The post holder will undertake out of hours on call duties within the CAMHS LD Senior Nurse on-Call rota.
Due to the wide geographical area the service covers own transport or suitable alternative is essential.
About us
The CAMHS LDT is a nurse lead service providing assessment, treatment and direct intervention for CYP presenting with a moderate to Profound Intellectual Developmental Disability with mental ill health problems, co-morbid diagnoses and high risk complex behaviours of concern.
We work within the framework of Positive Behaviour Support ensuring that all intervention/treatment is appropriate and as least restrictive as possible. Alongside this, within our prescribing, we also follow the principles of the STOMP/STAMP policies to avoid inappropriate and/or over prescribing of medications for children and vulnerable people.
We also seek to avoid inpatient admissions via our outreach service undertaking extended day patient assessment and input in Rothesay and the patient home.
CAMHS LDT sits within LPT FYPC/LD directorate aligned with wider CAMHS services.
LPT provides a range of community health, mental health and learning disability services for people of all ages. Delivered through over 100 settings and serving over 1 million people living in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland.
Here at LPT, our values are Compassion, Respect, Integrity and Trust, which we keep at the heart of everything we do.
We aim to develop a workforce that reflects our community. We actively implement equal opportunities in employment and service delivery and seek people who share our commitment. We strongly encourage applications from all sections of the community, particularly from under represented groups
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Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Learning (Intellectual) Disability Nurse Registered with the NMC.
- Post graduate qualification in Advanced Nurse/Clinical Practitioner MSc
- Independent Non-Medical Prescribing qualification (V300)
- Teaching / Mentoring experience / course
- Training in undertaking ASD assessment and diagnosis (or willing to undertake
- Training in undertaking ADHD assessment and diagnosis (or willing to undertake)
- Training completed to undertake ADOS assessments (or willing to undertake)
- Specialist Training module completed at MSc level to undertake mental health assessment and diagnosis for CYP/A with Intellectual disability
Experience
Essential
- 1st level Registered LD Nurse with extensive post registration experience including 2 years at senior level and relevant experience
- demonstrating the appropriate competencies for the job.
- Extensive experience as an independent non-medical prescriber working within specialist mental health provision
- Portfolio of evidence showing achievements in practice.
- Extensive experience and management of CYP with ID, MH and behaviours of concern and their families / carers
- Experience of working with families and professional networks to undertake highly specialised clinical assessment and deliver highly specialised evidence based therapeutic interventions for CYP with complex needs.
- Experience of providing clinical supervision and consultation for complex cases to team members
Desirable
- Evidence of delivering teaching programmes to staff groups.
- Evidence of research/audit.
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- Demonstrate the ability to work in highly demanding environment.
- Nurse led triage, telephone communication skills.
- Negotiation and conflict management skills.
- Able to demonstrate imaginative and effective use of resources.
- Able to articulate personal development needs.
- Implementation of audit/research recommendations.
- Proven ability to work and think strategically.
- Ability to use influencing/ persuasion/motivating skills to achieve
- results.
- Ability to manage complexity within the service.
- Demonstrate an awareness and understanding of supporting equality and valuing diversity.
- Able to work and make decisions autonomously and take initiative.
- Highly developed clinical judgement in holistic assessment of patient needs.
- Understanding of the skills required by staff for successful interdisciplinary team working.
- Manage and facilitate staff development.
- Understanding of clinical and information governance.
- Excellent communication and leadership skills.
- Evidence of involvement in change management.
- Specialist knowledge relating to the assessment and delivery of care and interventions with regard to Intellectual disability, PBS, mental health, autism, ADHD, communication and other co-morbid conditions
- Knowledge of relevant legislation, policy and guidance in relation to working with CYP with ID, MH and behaviours of concern and ability to translate this into practice including STAMP/STOMP and transforming care
- Able to innovate and work creatively and flexibly, drawing on theoretical and evidence base, and ensuring work is child and family centred
- Skills in engaging and working with CYP with ID and families, carers and other professionals using an intensive support approach
Personal Attributes and Interpersonal Skills
Essential
- Ability to prioritise and deal with complex issues.
- Ability to manage a complex caseload and delegate to appropriate
- skill mix members of team or refer to other professionals if required.
- Effective high level communication, facilitation and counselling skills.
- Self-motivated and the ability to motivate others.
- Ability to embrace change within the service and organisation.
- Demonstrate skills required for effective integrated team working.
- Ability to influence, negotiate and make decisions.
- Ability to create an effective learning environment.
- Ability to provide constructive feedback and support performance review framework.
- Ability and willingness to undertake travel within Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland and beyond when need arises.
- Ability and willingness to do some planned work early mornings, evenings, weekends and bank holidays
- Ability to undertake direct work within family homes and in a range of community settings
- Ability to manage challenging situations in a calm and constructive manner
- Ability to recognise and mange own stress
- Flexibility of approach and attitude
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Learning (Intellectual) Disability Nurse Registered with the NMC.
- Post graduate qualification in Advanced Nurse/Clinical Practitioner MSc
- Independent Non-Medical Prescribing qualification (V300)
- Teaching / Mentoring experience / course
- Training in undertaking ASD assessment and diagnosis (or willing to undertake
- Training in undertaking ADHD assessment and diagnosis (or willing to undertake)
- Training completed to undertake ADOS assessments (or willing to undertake)
- Specialist Training module completed at MSc level to undertake mental health assessment and diagnosis for CYP/A with Intellectual disability
Experience
Essential
- 1st level Registered LD Nurse with extensive post registration experience including 2 years at senior level and relevant experience
- demonstrating the appropriate competencies for the job.
- Extensive experience as an independent non-medical prescriber working within specialist mental health provision
- Portfolio of evidence showing achievements in practice.
- Extensive experience and management of CYP with ID, MH and behaviours of concern and their families / carers
- Experience of working with families and professional networks to undertake highly specialised clinical assessment and deliver highly specialised evidence based therapeutic interventions for CYP with complex needs.
- Experience of providing clinical supervision and consultation for complex cases to team members
Desirable
- Evidence of delivering teaching programmes to staff groups.
- Evidence of research/audit.
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- Demonstrate the ability to work in highly demanding environment.
- Nurse led triage, telephone communication skills.
- Negotiation and conflict management skills.
- Able to demonstrate imaginative and effective use of resources.
- Able to articulate personal development needs.
- Implementation of audit/research recommendations.
- Proven ability to work and think strategically.
- Ability to use influencing/ persuasion/motivating skills to achieve
- results.
- Ability to manage complexity within the service.
- Demonstrate an awareness and understanding of supporting equality and valuing diversity.
- Able to work and make decisions autonomously and take initiative.
- Highly developed clinical judgement in holistic assessment of patient needs.
- Understanding of the skills required by staff for successful interdisciplinary team working.
- Manage and facilitate staff development.
- Understanding of clinical and information governance.
- Excellent communication and leadership skills.
- Evidence of involvement in change management.
- Specialist knowledge relating to the assessment and delivery of care and interventions with regard to Intellectual disability, PBS, mental health, autism, ADHD, communication and other co-morbid conditions
- Knowledge of relevant legislation, policy and guidance in relation to working with CYP with ID, MH and behaviours of concern and ability to translate this into practice including STAMP/STOMP and transforming care
- Able to innovate and work creatively and flexibly, drawing on theoretical and evidence base, and ensuring work is child and family centred
- Skills in engaging and working with CYP with ID and families, carers and other professionals using an intensive support approach
Personal Attributes and Interpersonal Skills
Essential
- Ability to prioritise and deal with complex issues.
- Ability to manage a complex caseload and delegate to appropriate
- skill mix members of team or refer to other professionals if required.
- Effective high level communication, facilitation and counselling skills.
- Self-motivated and the ability to motivate others.
- Ability to embrace change within the service and organisation.
- Demonstrate skills required for effective integrated team working.
- Ability to influence, negotiate and make decisions.
- Ability to create an effective learning environment.
- Ability to provide constructive feedback and support performance review framework.
- Ability and willingness to undertake travel within Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland and beyond when need arises.
- Ability and willingness to do some planned work early mornings, evenings, weekends and bank holidays
- Ability to undertake direct work within family homes and in a range of community settings
- Ability to manage challenging situations in a calm and constructive manner
- Ability to recognise and mange own stress
- Flexibility of approach and attitude
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
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).
