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Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust

About

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust (CPFT) provides integrated community and mental health, learning disability and social care services of the highest standard due to our continued commitment to quality and service improvement. We aim to support people of all ages to achieve the very best they can for their health and well being. To ensure that we achieve this goal we look to recruit candidates of a high calibre that share our passion for delivering excellent service user care, research and education.

Contact

Address: Elizabeth House; Fulbourn Hospital; Fulbourn; Cambridge; Cambridgeshire; CB21 5EF
Contact Number: 0800 953 7016

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Ref: 310-CYPF-6290972-E Vacancy ID: 6772515

CAMHS Crisis Care Mental Health Practitioner

Accepting applications until: 18-Nov-2024 23:59

Vacancy status: Open

Accepting applications until: 18-Nov-2024 23:59

Location

Site: Kingfisher House
Address: Kingfisher Way
Town: Huntingdon
Postcode: PE29 6FH
Major / Minor Region: Cambridgeshire

Contract type & working pattern

Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week

Salary

Salary: £37,338 - £44,962 per annum pro rata
Salary period: Yearly
Grade: (Band 6)

Specialty

Main area: CAMHS

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details of responsibilities.

Provide evidence based clinical interventions, making autonomous clinical decisions about own professional practice.
Responsibility for the development, planning and implementation of brief care and treatment interventions for individual children and young people.
Provide assessment, planning and implementation of individual packages of care and treatment.
Ensure that individual episodes of care are delivered in a timely, effective and integrated manner.
Provide Supervision to Band 4 Crisis Support Workers
Promote a recovery model that empowers patients, carers and relatives to be at the forefront of decision making and ownership of their packages of care and treatment.
Undertake clinical risk assessments, based on latest empirical evidence and compliant with local policies and procedures.
Act as the patients and relatives advocate.
Enable patients and carers to manage disability, loss and change
Champion patients’ rights, including: dignity, equality, diversity, choice and respect.
When undertaking all of the above ensure good documentation is provided and entered within the appropriate systems of record sharing. Support Audit of clinical record keeping.
CAMHS Crisis Care Practitioners will provide brief clinical risk and mental health assessment, formulation and short-term contingency planning for children and young people presenting in mental health crisis to A&E and in accordance with the operational policy

Please note for this role you will be required to travel independently around the county meeting strict time deadlines. You will need to hold a full UK driving licence* and have use of a vehicle. You cannot use public transport for this role as this is not a reliable form of transport and will not allow you to meet service needs. Please confirm in your application that you meet the specified criteria.

*DVLA have a number of reciprocal arrangements with overseas countries, for further information please visit the DVLA website

Here at Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust (CPFT) we are dedicated to providing high quality care with compassion. We deliver many of the NHS services that are provided outside of hospital and in the community such as physical, mental health and specialist services.

We are a health and social care organisation, offering a wide range of services, including:

Integrated physical and mental health services for adults and older people;
Specialist mental health and learning disability services;
Children and young people’s mental health services;
Children’s community services in Peterborough;
Social care;
Ground-breaking research

We strongly encourage applications from all sections of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including disabled people and members of our ethnic minorities and LGBTQ+ communities. For further information about our positive equality, diversity and Inclusion work, please visit https://www.cpft.nhs.uk/equalityanddiversity.

CPFT is looking to build upon its pool of temporary workers with Temporary Staffing Services (TSS). You will be asked at interview if you would be willing to register with TSS. This is an excellent opportunity for those looking to take on additional hours that are flexible around your personal circumstances.

Please be advised that in line with the WHO Health Workforce Support and Safeguards List, 2020 Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust currently are unable to accept applications from overseas candidates whose country of residence is classed as a ‘Red List’ country.

Applicants who require entry into the UK will be required to provide a valid police certificate from the relevant authority from each country (except the UK) where the applicant has been present for 12 months or more, 10 years before the date of visa application, while aged 18 or over.

If you are successful at interview you will be subject to pre-employment checks, including a DBS (if appropriate), references and Occupational Health. To ensure a smooth process please bring all identity documents to your interview. A list of required identity documents will be attached to your interview invitation.

All communications will be sent to you via TRAC Systems. By applying for this post you are agreeing to CPFT transferring the information contained in this application to TRAC. If you are made an offer, information will also be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system.

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Person specification

Education/Qualifications

Essential criteria

Mental Health Nurse/Social work qualification or Registered Nurse with CAMHS experience
Current NMC/HCPC Registration appropriate to the job role
Evidence of continuing professional development

Desirable criteria

Clinical supervision qualification
Specific training in either family work or psychological approaches to helping young people
Teaching (clinical practice)

Experience

Essential criteria

Willingness to engage in work with children, young people and families who require or who are accessing mental health services
Experience of working with people presenting in mental health crisis
Experience of risk assessment and management
Multi-agency working/working across service interfaces
Working within a multicultural framework

Desirable criteria

Previous experience of working in a CAMHS or other child and adolescent community or inpatient setting which may be relevant to the post
Teaching, training and/or supervision of clinical staff

Knowledge & Skills

Essential criteria

Assessing, formulating and working with children and young people (& their families) presenting in heightened state of distress
Communicating (oral and written) complex/highly technical and clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS
Clinical risk assessment and contingency planning/ management plans
The ability to demonstrate excellent clinical skills relevant to the clinical area
Able to demonstrate commitment to high quality care and service provision
An understanding of the principles of working with children, young people and their families
Models of care and treatment relevant to working with children and young people in mental health crisis
Evidence of continuing professional development. Sound knowledge of Mental Health Act, Care Act, Mental Capacity Act

Desirable criteria

Brief psychological interventions/strategies for managing crisis

Personal Qualities

Essential criteria

There to assist patients, carers, families, referrers and colleagues
Works flexibly
Motivated, reliable and committed to team working
Embrace opportunity to work with local community, 3rd sector and other partners
Values opinions of others. Innovative and pioneering approach to new ways of working

Other

Essential criteria

Able to meet the service needs for mobility across the geographical area covered.
Recognise people’s right to privacy and dignity, treating every person with respect.
Willingness to embrace integrated model and new ways of working.
Willingness to be flexible in approach and attitude