Job summary
Salford CAMHS are looking for passionate, skilled, and ambitious CAMHS practitioner who has extensive clinical experience and is qualified as, or in the process of qualifying as a Non Medical Prescriber. The service provides specialist neurodevelopmental assessments for children and young people as well as treatment and support via our medication pathway.
As an NMP and neurodevelopmental practitioner you will need to be experienced working with children and young people who have a diagnosis or are being assessed for neurodevelopmental conditions. You will contribute to the post diagnostic support needed and offer signposting and consultation and training as appropriate.
The successful candidate will join our multidisciplinary CAMH's Team in Salford and work alongside a wide range of colleagues from nursing, speech and language therapy, social work and psychology. They will be joining a warm, dynamic and hardworking team who look after each other and have a range of excellent skill, knowledge and experience to share with you.
Dependent upon experience and interests the post holder will be supported to develop a job plan which will allow for development of prescribing skills alongside generic CAMHS assessments, formulation building and therapeutic interventions. We offer excellent training opportunities and regular supervision.
Main duties of the job
You will offer assessment for complex mental health needs and levels of risk, including safeguarding and self-harm.
You will offer prescribing clinics, involving initiation and titration dependent upon qualifications and experience and alongside colleagues in the multi disciplinary in the team. You will be responsible for delivering evidence based and medication interventions in line with national guidance and care pathways.
You will manage your own caseload, providing a range of high quality care appropriate to the child or young person's needs which will include; mental state assessment, risk assessment and management, family and social assessment, consultation and interventions.
You must be confident and experienced in communication, due to the high level of liaison needed between CAMHS and other services and be willing to work flexibly in accordance with the needs of the young people.
You will provide therapeutic intervention for children, young people and their families.
You will offer consultation for schools and partner agencies.
You will provide advice via an allocated duty slot within the service.
About us
MFT is one of the largest NHS Trust In England with a turnover of £2.6bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We're creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.
Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 28,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you'll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.
We've also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.
We're proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What's more, we're excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.
At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience youll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading. So that youre even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, youll need to take time to read the Candidate Essentials Guide that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how we care for you as you care for others. Most importantly, it also contains critical information youll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.
Diversity Matters
MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at resourcing@mft.nhs.uk.
Were looking forward to hearing from you!
Job description
Job responsibilities
To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience youll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading. So that youre even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, youll need to take time to read the Candidate Essentials Guide that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how we care for you as you care for others. Most importantly, it also contains critical information youll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.
Diversity Matters
MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at resourcing@mft.nhs.uk.
Were looking forward to hearing from you!
Person Specification
Registration and Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nursing: RMN/RSCN/RNMH
- Independent and Supplementary Non-Medical Prescribing
- Relevant post graduate qualification or training in area relevant to service delivery
Desirable
- Qualifications in Psychological Therapies to Diploma or Masters level e.g. CBT / SFT/ IPT
- Mentorship course ENB998 or equivalent
- Leadership Qualification
Experience
Essential
- Proven experience of working effectively with children and young people with neurodevelopmental conditions and additional mental health difficulties providing both assessment and intervention
- Substantial experience of working effectively with people with mental health difficulties, including experience of delivering specialist skills in at least one therapeutic modality
- Extensive experience of case management, including experience of assessing and managing risk: including safeguarding
- Experience of liaison and working with a range of other relevant agencies and professionals
- Experience of mentoring and supervision of others
Desirable
- Experience of working in Child and Adolescent Mental Health
- Evidence of project management experience
- Delivery of training and consultation
Knowledge, Skills and Ability
Essential
- Ability to carry out and monitor effective ADHD assessments, treatments and therapies including understanding of potential unwanted side effects from medication
- Ability to perform complex diagnostic assessments as an autonomous practitioner across a range of mental health conditions
- Ability to identify and manage risk in individuals presenting with mental health needs
- Highly developed knowledge of evidence-based practice across a range of therapeutic interventions with this client group
- Able to foster partnerships and working relationships with other professional networks
- To have the ability to manage own caseload and act as lead practitioner
- Able to demonstrate and understanding, acceptance of and commitment to the principles underlying equal opportunities, treating every person with respect
Desirable
- Delivery of group work and workshops
- Experience of audit and research
Person Specification
Registration and Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nursing: RMN/RSCN/RNMH
- Independent and Supplementary Non-Medical Prescribing
- Relevant post graduate qualification or training in area relevant to service delivery
Desirable
- Qualifications in Psychological Therapies to Diploma or Masters level e.g. CBT / SFT/ IPT
- Mentorship course ENB998 or equivalent
- Leadership Qualification
Experience
Essential
- Proven experience of working effectively with children and young people with neurodevelopmental conditions and additional mental health difficulties providing both assessment and intervention
- Substantial experience of working effectively with people with mental health difficulties, including experience of delivering specialist skills in at least one therapeutic modality
- Extensive experience of case management, including experience of assessing and managing risk: including safeguarding
- Experience of liaison and working with a range of other relevant agencies and professionals
- Experience of mentoring and supervision of others
Desirable
- Experience of working in Child and Adolescent Mental Health
- Evidence of project management experience
- Delivery of training and consultation
Knowledge, Skills and Ability
Essential
- Ability to carry out and monitor effective ADHD assessments, treatments and therapies including understanding of potential unwanted side effects from medication
- Ability to perform complex diagnostic assessments as an autonomous practitioner across a range of mental health conditions
- Ability to identify and manage risk in individuals presenting with mental health needs
- Highly developed knowledge of evidence-based practice across a range of therapeutic interventions with this client group
- Able to foster partnerships and working relationships with other professional networks
- To have the ability to manage own caseload and act as lead practitioner
- Able to demonstrate and understanding, acceptance of and commitment to the principles underlying equal opportunities, treating every person with respect
Desirable
- Delivery of group work and workshops
- Experience of audit and research
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).
