CAMHS Clinical Nurse Specialist (N&S OPD MCCAED Outreach)

Job responsibilities

Key responsibilities:

• Assessment and management of young people with eating disorders
• Assessment and management of common comorbidities including depression, anxiety, self-harm and OCD
• Contribution to audit and research
• Contribution to service development and service management
• Provision of clinical supervision, consultation and training to other professionals

Qualifications

Essential

• Doctorate in Clinical Psychology, or MSc PG Diploma or Doctorate in Counselling Psychology or equivalent nursing or family therapy qualification . (A/I)
• Registration (or eligibility for registration) with the HCPC as Practitioner Psychologist or equivalent professional registration with AFT, UKCP, NMC
• Additional training in psychotherapeutic interventions (A/I)

Experience

Essential

• Experience of receiving clinical supervision across a range of client needs. (A/I)
• Experience of psychotherapeutic assessment and treatment of clients with a range of mental health needs of a complex nature. (A/I)
• Experience that supports working with, and addressing issues of, diversity within local communities. This may have been gained through work, research, volunteering and / or lived experience. (A/I)
• Experience of developing and carrying out research projects. (A/I)

Desirable

• The Trust encourages and welcomes applications from people with lived experience of mental health challenges. We see this as valuable and recognise the positive impact this experience can have on the work we do. (A/I)
• Experience of assessment and treatment of clients with eating disorders. (A/I)
• Experience of group interventions with young people and parents/carers (A/I)
• Experience of psychotherapeutic assessment and treatment of clients engaging in challenging behaviour (A/I)

Understanding and Knowledge

Essential

• Theoretical knowledge of a wide range of psychopathology and the evidence base for relevant treatment. (A/I)
• Knowledge of legislation in relation to the client group and mental health issues, child and adult protection, and equalities. (A/I)
• Knowledge of research methodology and complex statistical analysis. (A/I)
• Knowledge of factors affecting acceptability and accessibility of mental health care. (A/I)

Desirable

• Knowledge of the potential physical risks associated with eating disorders. (A/I)
• Knowledge of current evidence base relating to the assessment and treatment of eating disorders in children and young people (A,I)

Skills

Essential

• To deliver psychotherapeutic interventions across diverse client groups. (A/I)
• To select and administer specialist mental health assessments, interpreting and integrating complex data that require analysis, interpretation and comparison, drawn from several sources. (A/I)
• To communicate skillfully and sensitively complex and sensitive information with clients, carers and colleagues overcoming barriers to communication including sensory, and emotional difficulties, cultural differences and hostility to or rejection of information. (A/I)
• To plan and schedule assessment and interventions for individual clients and groups and carers, and for meetings such as CPA and case reviews. (A/I)
• To plan allocation of tasks to more junior members of the multi-disciplinary team. (A/I)
• Well-developed IT skills. (A/I)
• Full UK driving license

Desirable

• Skills in working with young people with ASD/ADHD and or learning disabilities (A/I)
• Skills in working with young people presenting with risky behaviours such as self-harm (A/I)

Abilities

Essential

• Ability to work effectively within a multi- disciplinary team, contributing to effective team functioning and holding team roles. (A/I)
• Ability to identify and employ mechanisms of clinical governance as appropriate. (A/I)
• Ability to maintain concentration and to remain in restricted positions for long periods during observations, assessments and psychotherapeutic interventions, and to deal with unexpected interruptions or changes during these. (A/I)
• Ability to manage emotionally stressful situations such as working with victims of abuse or trauma, or with people who engage in severe self-harming aggressive behaviour. (A/I)
• Ability to manage verbal aggression and hostility directed at self. (A/I)

Desirable

• Ability to treat co-morbidities such as OCD, anxiety, depression and self-harm. (A/I)
• Ability to work with young people with eating difficulties in the context of neurodevelopmental disorders such as ASC (A/I)

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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).