Job summary
- Main area
- Allied Health Professions
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (12:00-24:00)
- Job ref
- 391-RFL-6859314-D
- Employer
- Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Royal Free Hospital
- Town
- London
- Salary
- £54,320 - £60,981 per annum inclusive of HCAS
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 02/07/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Band 7 Advance Mental Health Practitioner
NHS AfC: Band 7
Our trust has over 17,000 staff serving 2 million patients every year. It comprises Barnet Hospital, Chase Farm Hospital, the Royal Free Hospital, North Middlesex University Hospital and more than 30 services in the community. This larger scale organisation provides an unprecedented opportunity for us to continue our pioneering work, particularly in finding ways to deliver even better care to our patients.
Our mission is to deliver world class care and expertise in our clinical services, underpinned by world class teaching and research and we will continue to measure our progress against our five governing objectives: excellent outcomes, excellent patient and staff experience, excellent value for taxpayers’ money, being safe and meeting our external duties, and building a strong organisation.
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Job overview
These positions have been set up to meet the mental health crisis needs of NCL (North Central London) population, defined as those people under the age of 18, who present to A&E departments, pediatric wards, Crisis Hubs and NCL CAMHs clinicians if required.
The post holder will contribute to providing a 7-day crisis service for children and young people experiencing mental health problems. The service will operate (12:00 noon to 12am midnight with possible extension to 24hours in near future) including weekends and Bank Holidays.
Working autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the CAMHS Services, the post holder will undertake a range of therapeutic tasks individually and jointly with members of the multi-disciplinary NCL CAMHS Crisis Team including:
Assess deliberate self-harm (DSH) cases in A&E or on the paediatric wards. Crisis support, intervention and consultation to our community based CAMHS colleagues across NCL and assessments in Crisis Hubs (North and South Hub).
Triage young people in A&E and identify whether there are concerns about mental health but where it is not clear that they require a psychiatric assessment.
Provide training to A&E staff and paediatric ward staff.
The post holder will provide operational management and clinical supervision to band 6 practitioners across NCL when required.
Main duties of the job
Crisis and Liaison Intervention Service
To undertake initial mental health and risk assessments of young people following acts of deliberate self-harm. These will take place mainly in A&E, Crisis Hubs and on the paediatric wards. We use Biopsychosocial modality to undertake comprehensive assessments which will inform care pans.
To undertake initial mental health and risk assessments following other risky behaviors and urgent mental health presentations, in the A&E departments and the hubs
To consult with staff at the Tier 3 CAMHS teams to provide further specialist assessment if necessary.
To follow the assessment protocol for such cases and to complete the clinical record on the relevant (Electronic patient records).
To identify and respond appropriately to child protection issues within Local Authority, Pan– London and national Safeguarding Children guidelines.
To provide training to the mental health leads of children’s wards, A & E staff and others as appropriate.
Working for our organisation
The Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK’s biggest and most innovative trusts. Across three main hospitals, our dedicated army of staff care for over 1.6million patients, treat more than 200,000 in A&E, deliver over 8,000 babies and carry out more than 17million tests.
Our size, scale and influence offer you unrivalled career opportunities and a forward-thinking approach to working that works around your lifestyle. From flexible hours and generous benefits, to next level training, we make it easier to take your career to the top
For more information please follow link https://www.royalfreelondonjobs.co.uk
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see attached job description for more information about this role and working at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust.
Person specification
TRAINING & QUALIFICATIONS
Essential criteria
- Qualification at degree level or equivalent and registration with relevant professional body with a core profession clinical/counselling Psychology, psychotherapy, systemic family psychotherapy social work, nursing, occupational therapy.
- Relevant training or qualification in child and adolescent mental health.
- Relevant training on safeguarding and child protection.
Desirable criteria
- Training in one of the main therapeutic modalities.
EXPERIENCE
Essential criteria
- Experience of clinical and risk assessment and treatment of children and young people across the full range of care settings, including outpatient, community, primary care and in patient settings
- Previous experience of working in CAMHS, with proven track record of working with children, young people and their families offering assessment and stabilisation during periods of high risk
- Experience of case load management.
- Experience of working in a multidisciplinary team.
Desirable criteria
- Experience of teaching colleagues of other disciplines.
- Experience of working in an adolescent in-patient setting.
KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS
Essential criteria
- Working knowledge in at least one model of therapeutic work (e.g. Systemic, CBT, SFT, Psychodynamic).
- Teaching skills in clinical settings
- Capacity to deal with working conditions that may occasionally involve verbal abuse and frequent exposure to highly emotive material such as child abuse and family breakdown
- Awareness of current national guidelines and policies in the field of CAMHS
- Good computer skills and knowledge of patient management systems.
- Accurate record keeping.
- Evidence of continuing professional development.
Desirable criteria
- Specific knowledge of current issues for Adolescent mental health.
- Experience in using CBT techniques Experience in setting up and facilitating groups.
- Specific knowledge of current issues for Adolescent mental health.
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
- Jaswinder Chauhan
- Job title
- Team Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07971486486
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