Job summary
- Main area
- CAMHS
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 8a
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 311-HYM532-24-A
- Employer
- Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Horton House
- Town
- Oldham
- Salary
- £50,952 - £57,349 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 08/05/2024 23:59
Employer heading
CAMHS Crisis Team Advanced Clinical Practitioner
NHS AfC: Band 8a
About the Trust
We are proud to provide high quality mental health and learning disability services, both inpatient and in the community across five boroughs of Greater Manchester - Bury, Oldham, Rochdale, Stockport and Tameside and Glossop.
Our vision is for a happier and more hopeful life for everyone in our communities and our staff work hard to deliver the very best care for the people who use our services. We’re really proud of our #PennineCarePeople and do everything we can to make sure we’re a great place to work.
Our ambition is to maximise people’s potential and we aim to promote an inclusive environment and improve the diversity of our workforce so our people truly represent the communities we serve.
All individuals regardless of race, age, disability, ethnicity, nationality, gender, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership are encouraged to apply for this post. We would also encourage applications from individuals with a lived experience of mental illness, either individually or as a carer.
If you come and work for us we will offer a range of benefits and opportunities, including:
- Generous annual leave entitlement for Agenda for Change and Medical and Dental staff.
- Flexible working opportunities to support your work/life balance
- Access to Continued Professional Development
- Involvement in improvement and research activities
- Health and Wellbeing activities and access to an excellent staff wellbeing service
- Access to staff discounts across retail, leisure and travel
If you are Kind, Fair, Ingenious and Determined then we want you to come and join our #PennineCarePeople
Job overview
We are seeking to recruit an Advanced clinical Practitioner to work within an exciting new service development within Pennine Care. We are looking for individuals who are passionate about working with children and young people and working innovatively across pathways and traditional boundaries to ensure that young people get the right care, from the right clinician/team, at the right time and in the right place in order to improve their outcomes and the families/carers experience of mental health support.
This is an exciting opportunity for a qualified advanced clinical practitioner to work alongside the highly skilled existing team consisting of band 6 MHPs, band 7 SMHP /team leaders, youth support workers, an Operational manager, and an Advanced clinical practitioner. The successful candidate will offer clinical leadership, advanced level of assessments and risk formulations for CYP seen in the crisis team. They will have responsibilities for the training needs of the workforce and provide clinical supervision to those providing assessment, support, signposting as well as brief therapeutic intervention where appropriate to young people who required crisis support within our CYP crisis teams which include Home Treatment, Rapid Response and Enhanced Rapid Response-pediatrics liaison within the Pennine Care footprint.
Main duties of the job
Main Duties and Responsibilities
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Responsibility for Patient Care (including monitoring, diagnostics, investigations, assessment, formulation)
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As a member of the CAMHS care hub to act as an autonomous practitioner providing clinical assessment, diagnosis (where possible), and treatment (where appropriate) for patients referred to the urgent and acute pathways within their scope of professional practice.
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To be responsible for managing referrals including the initial assessment request and interpret investigations and propose differential diagnoses for children with complex mental health conditions.
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To offer clinical supervision, reflective practice and complex case management support to the senior mental health practitioners and Team Manager within the care hub.
Working for our organisation
We are proud to provide high quality mental health and learning disability services, both inpatient and in the community across five boroughs of Greater Manchester - Bury, Oldham, Rochdale, Stockport and Tameside and Glossop.
Our vision is for a happier and more hopeful life for everyone in our communities. We are really proud of our #PennineCarePeople and do everything we can to make sure we're a great place to work.
All individuals regardless of race, age, disability, ethnicity, nationality, gender, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership are encouraged to apply for this post.
Within Pennine Care we are committed to the development of our staff. We have many great training opportunities to continue to develop your career within the Acute Care Pathway including:
- AMBIT (Adaptive Mentalization Based Integrative Treatment)
- DBT skills workshops
- STORM Skills Training (Suicide Prevention and Self-Harm Mitigation)
- Risk formulation Training
Our services are being designed to work flexibly around the needs of the young person and as such this also allows us to extend the offer of flexibility in working across the pathway to our staff. This allows staff to be able to get a diverse profile of learning in many different environments allowing you to use and develop a whole range of skills in working with young people in a number of different settings.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To provide advice, consultation and liaison to CAMHS teams and wider children’s services regarding referrals, signposting and appropriate care and treatment
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To triage and prioritise children and young people referred to the Acute Pathway demonstrating the use of a variety of techniques to elicit a comprehensive history to determine an appropriate care plan.
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To identify changes in a patient’s condition through clinical examination and take appropriate action to ensure the safety of the patient.
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To undertake interventions consistent with evidence-based practice, transferring and applying knowledge and skills to meet the child or young person’s needs.
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To use the skills and knowledge to make referrals for diagnostic tests and instigate investigations to support diagnosis if required
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To evaluate the effectiveness of interventions in meeting prior agreed goals and making any necessary modifications.
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To undertake necessary assessments and as a non-medical prescriber, prescribe within the scope of professional practice.
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To ensure that the care provided and services delivered are in line with local policies and procedures and the Clinical Governance Framework.
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To maintain accurate and contemporaneous records in accordance with local and national professional policies and guidelines.
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To use advanced clinical skills and expert knowledge to provide proactive monitoring and provide timely intervention.
Person specification
Essential
Essential criteria
- Relevant Core Professional qualification in mental health e.g. registered nurse, clinical psychologist, social worker plus evidence of continued Professional development in a HYM related area
- Master Level qualification, minimum PGD level advance clinical practice.
- Advanced Nurse practitioner Qualification
- V300 Non-medical prescribing qualification or willingness to work towards
- • Demonstrate significant post- registration experience at senior grade • Extensive experience of mental health nursing ideally in a child and adolescent setting
- Extensive experience of mental health nursing ideally in a child and adolescent setting
- Professional development and clinical expertise at Masters Level.
- Up to date professional portfolio demonstrating extensive evidence of reflective practice.
- Evidence of experience working collaboratively with other disciplines / agencies and supervision of others
- An understanding of systems in health and social care that is wider than their immediate role.
- Excellent risk assessment and formulation skills
- Extensive clinical knowledge of complex neurodevelopmental and child and adolescent mental health conditions and their management.
- First contact initial assessment and diagnostic skills
- Extensive knowledge of safeguarding with particular evidence of children with complex mental health conditions.
- Excelle• Knowledge and understanding the principles of governance, particularly in relation to their service area.nt leadership skills
- Excellent time management and ability to work under pressure.
- Knowledge and understanding the principles of governance, particularly in relation to their service area.
- Demonstrate excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Desirable criteria
- Relevant post graduate training courses e.g. ADOS; DBT,
- Masters’ Degree
- • Experience of developing ACP assessment clinics
- Experience of working with children and young people in a community setting
- Experience of a mentoring / teaching role.
- Able to plan proactively, manage and evaluate their own learning, to negotiate learning opportunities, establish learning contacts.
- To demonstrate an awareness and understanding of the factors that contributes to good health and the importance of promoting these.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Joanne Whittingham
- Job title
- CAMHS Directorate Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0161 716 2020
- Additional information
CAMHS Crisis team Operational Manager Abigail Ribchester
07517466010
If you have problems applying, contact
- Address
-
Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust
225 Old Street
225 Old Street
OL6 7SR
- Telephone
- 01617163181
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