Sanctuary Personnel is currently looking for an experienced Band 7 ADHD Specialist Practitioner to take on a new ongoing contract role within the CAMHS Team.
Location: Guernsey
Pay Rate: £40 per hour (assignment rate)
Summary: The post holder will work as a senior practitioner as part of the CAMHS Team delivering specialist assessment and interventions in a variety of settings working with young people with moderate to severe mental illness.
Main clinical duties/responsibilities:
- Provide autonomous assessments of complex mental health needs of children and young people as appropriate, in a variety of settings in accordance with the agreed pathway for access to the service.
- Provide care and therapeutic interventions as appropriate and with supervision where required in a variety of settings, in accordance with the agreed Service Specification Document.
- Provide crisis intervention and CAMHS services in the community in addition to clinic-based work.
- Guide, advise and direct other staff in the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of patient/client care
- Undertake escort duties or visits to off-island hospital placements as required.
- Undertake risk assessments and risk management care planning around young people in crisis.
- Write complex reports for case conferences , convenor meetings and the education department with regards to client’s needs.
- Independently liaise and communicate effectively with all member of the multidisciplinary team and other agencies involved in the care of the patient/client and their wider families.
- Act as a Care Co-ordinator for a defined group of clients and organise care in accordance with the principles of the Care Programme Approach.
- Take part in the clinical audit of CAMHS Service. This will include annual CPA and Health Records audits.
Requirements of the ADHD Specialist Practitioner:
- Degree or equivalent in Mental Health Nursing
- Experience working as a Mental Health Nurse
- NMC Registration
- Previous CAMHS experience
- Significant multi-disciplinary experience of working with, clients and families or groups
- Substantial experience of teaching, training and professional supervision
- Experience of exercising autonomous responsibility for working with clients with mental health issues
- Further training in a treatment modality : DBT, CBT, Systemic therapy, EMDR
Contact:
This ADHD Specialist Practitioner job is advertised by Alex Meek; if you are interested in this position please click above to apply now.
We welcome applications from: PIP Assessors, Ward Managers, Deputy Ward Managers, CAMHS Practitioners, Community Mental Health Nurses, Mental Health Nurses, Nurses, Psychiatric Nurses & Community Nurses as we have vacancies that match with these job titles. Online remote nurse jobs are available from time to time so please get in touch.
Regretfully we are only able to respond to candidates who meet these requirements for this Registered Mental Health Nurse role as we need to meet our clients’ requirements.
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Reasonable Adjustments:
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