Job summary
An opportunity has arisen for an experienced and skilled Band 6 CAMHS Nurse to work within our Specialist Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service
This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced Nurse to develop their skills. You will undertake assessments and provide interventions to young people with mental health difficulties to support them and their families.
This post will form part of a multidisciplinary team which includes Consultant Psychiatrists, Psychologists, CAMHS Practitioners , CAMHS Therapists , Support Workers , Non Medical Prescribers and Healthcare assistants
Main duties of the job
To play a key role in the provision of a highly specialist service to Children, Young People and their families accessing North Tyneside Child & Adolescent Mental Health Services.
To offer community based and out patient mental health assessments and therapeutic interventions for children, young people and their families.
To assess and manage clinical Risk
About us
We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, in addition to our state-of-the-art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. We also care for people in their homes and provide services from facilities in local communities such as health centres. We give people greater choice and control over their care to help them to live independently at home and avoid hospital admission where appropriate. High quality patient care is at the heart of everything we do and we strive to ensure every single patient and service user has an exceptional experience with us. We have one of the most extensive patient experience programmes of any trust in England.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Responsible for the assessment and interpretation of the mental health needs of children, adolescents and their families in conjunction with other multi disciplinary team members.
- To participate in the assessment of children and young people involved in deliberate self harm and contribute to the departmental urgent assessment rota.
- Responsible for the development, implementation and evaluation of therapeutic interventions in consultation with other multi disciplinary team members.
- To carry and maintain personal key worker and joint caseworker responsibilities for children and young people Working within multidisciplinary and departmental supervision systems.
- In partnership with other members of the multidisciplinary team to facilitate, plan, organise and evaluate activities regarding clients needs, including group, individual and family workIn partnership with the multidisciplinary teams to provide specialist advice to children, young people their families and staff external to the department on the promotion of mental health and the prevention of mental illness.
- To participate in the establishment, organisation, delivery and evaluation of clinics within the department alongside members of the Multi Disciplinary Team.
- To record and interpret clients physical observations when indicated in conjunction with members of the multidisciplinary team.
- Ensure all children and families receive a high quality, effective service, offering a broad range of interventions.
- To maintain comprehensive confidential notes relating to client activity and subsequent communication.
- To participate in supervision systems, which currently operate within CAMHS, keeping your line manager informed of all matters directly related to the post holders area of responsibility and accountability
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Responsible for the assessment and interpretation of the mental health needs of children, adolescents and their families in conjunction with other multi disciplinary team members.
- To participate in the assessment of children and young people involved in deliberate self harm and contribute to the departmental urgent assessment rota.
- Responsible for the development, implementation and evaluation of therapeutic interventions in consultation with other multi disciplinary team members.
- To carry and maintain personal key worker and joint caseworker responsibilities for children and young people Working within multidisciplinary and departmental supervision systems.
- In partnership with other members of the multidisciplinary team to facilitate, plan, organise and evaluate activities regarding clients needs, including group, individual and family workIn partnership with the multidisciplinary teams to provide specialist advice to children, young people their families and staff external to the department on the promotion of mental health and the prevention of mental illness.
- To participate in the establishment, organisation, delivery and evaluation of clinics within the department alongside members of the Multi Disciplinary Team.
- To record and interpret clients physical observations when indicated in conjunction with members of the multidisciplinary team.
- Ensure all children and families receive a high quality, effective service, offering a broad range of interventions.
- To maintain comprehensive confidential notes relating to client activity and subsequent communication.
- To participate in supervision systems, which currently operate within CAMHS, keeping your line manager informed of all matters directly related to the post holders area of responsibility and accountability
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Professional qualification 1st Level Registered Nurse
- Registered Mentor
- Appropriate post registration training in a relevant area of practice such as IAPT, CBT, family therapy etc.
- Evidence of qualification to undertake the supervision, teaching and assessing of students (essential requirement for post, expectation this will be completed within an 18 month period).
Desirable
- A recognised teaching and training qualification.
- Additional qualification in a specific therapeutic modality.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Professional qualification 1st Level Registered Nurse
- Registered Mentor
- Appropriate post registration training in a relevant area of practice such as IAPT, CBT, family therapy etc.
- Evidence of qualification to undertake the supervision, teaching and assessing of students (essential requirement for post, expectation this will be completed within an 18 month period).
Desirable
- A recognised teaching and training qualification.
- Additional qualification in a specific therapeutic modality.
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
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).
