CAMHS Senior Mental Health Nurse Practitioner

Job overview

We are looking for a CAMHS Senior Mental Health Nurse Practitioner for the CAMHS Team.

The successful candidates will work in an autonomous role supporting the assessment, diagnosis and treatment of young people in the CAMHS service. There will be good access to supervision and advice from medical and non-medical colleagues to provide a safe professional framework in which to practice.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be required to undertake assessments, screening, diagnosis and case holding.

The post holder will be expected to deliver a high-quality innovative service for adolescents using research and good practice guidelines. They will take a lead role in developing a seamless service between community services, in-patient services, and adult mental health services.

Working for our organisation

We are passionate about delivering first-class patient-centred, safe and effective care, whether it is in a hospital setting, in a community clinic or in the patient’s own home. Patients are at the heart of everything we do.

Providing top quality care depends on our ability to employ the best people. We are always looking to recruit outstanding people who will go the extra mile to support our patients, colleagues, teams and the Trust. With every new employee we are hoping to find our future leaders and we will support our staff by providing opportunities to develop your career.

With a diverse culture and equally diverse range of opportunities across mental health, community services, addictions, eating disorders, learning disabilities and more – whatever stage of your career you are at, there's always a place for you at CNWL.

• Provide treatment to a caseload of complex cases depending on role within the team.
• Ensure that appropriate systems are in place and in accordance with local policy
• Facilitate the effective assessment, diagnosing, care planning, prescribing and review of children and young people referred to the specialist CAMHS service.
• Link regularly with other agencies to facilitate effective communication between NMP clinics and the MDT Teams to ensure a quality service is maintained
• To be supportive of the multi-professional team and encourage effective team working, implementing and maintaining high professional standards within and outside the team
• Responsible for the supervision and appraisal of staff members of the team

Person specification

Qualifications

• Professional Qualification in Nursing, Pharmacy or Occupational Therapy
• Non-medical prescriber (V300)
• Evidence of continuous professional development – mentoring qualification
• Evidence of continuous professional development at band 6

• Dual qualified
• Advanced history taking and diagnostics

Experience

• Professional experience in the field of Children’s mental health or equivalent
• Consolidated years of working at Band 6 in the community.
• Experience of dealing with crisis situations
• substantial experience working as an NMP
• Experience of managing & supervising staff

Knowledge

• Knowledge of current developments and practice
• Knowledge of the principles of Best Value/Clinical Governance

• Knowledge of the principles of current research around Advancing Practice

Key Skills and Abilities

• Good communicator with competent presentation skills. Able to communicate verbally and in writing with a wide range of people at all levels
• Able to manage change and respond flexibly to non-routine situations
• Clinically competent at diagnosing and prescribing in field of experience and competent in liaising and referring on to MDT colleagues.
• Able to work independently

• Able to carry out a full Mental and physical health assessment including a physical examination where possible
• Advanced knowledge in interpretation of biomedical investigation

Personal Disposition

• Ability to maintain quality in own work and of others to do so (KSF 5.2)
• Willingness to travel to different locations to undertake role effectively
• Committed to the continuous development of job -related knowledge and skills
• Willing and able to work flexibly, in terms of the requirements of the role, working hours and place of employment
• Thorough understanding and commitment to operating and promoting Equality of Opportunity in relation to service users and employees

CNWL (Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust) has almost 8,000 staff providing integrated healthcare to a third of London's population, Milton Keynes and areas beyond. We involve service users, carers, the public, staff and partner organisations in the way that we are run.

We’re proud of our diversity and we continue to undertake new initiatives to advance equality for LGBT+, BME and people with disabilities to promote good relations and understanding between our staff.

We are recognised locally, nationally and internationally for providing high quality, innovative healthcare. We aim to employ only the best people, and our experts are frequently called upon to contribute to national health strategy and policy, and many models of our care have been adapted for use in other countries.

We offer a generous relocation package (subject to eligibility assessment) and flexible working options, including bank assignments for most roles. For more information on these and other benefits of working for us, see our Benefits, Reward and Wellbeing page

Become part of our team. We care for you as much as you care for others.

CNWL NHS Foundation Trust are committed to safeguarding all children and vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We follow safe recruitment practices to protect children and vulnerable adults.

Due to the high response levels we receive for some vacancies, we may expire any of them prior to the advertised closing date and advise you to submit your application as soon as possible.

Our Agenda for Change employment contracts are subject to a contractual 13 week probationary period.

If you are offered a job, information will be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system.