Sanctuary Personnel is currently seeking an experienced Band 7 CAMHS Clinical Nurse Specialist/Triage Coordinator to take on a new locum opportunity based in London, within the Child & Adolescent Mental Health (CAMHS) & Eating Disorders Team
Location: Hillingdon
Contract Type: Locum, ongoing block booking.
Pay Rate: £30 per hour (assignment rate)
Main Duties:
- CAMHS Assessments: Conduct comprehensive assessments of children and young people referred to the CAMHS team.
- Screening/Triage: Provide initial screening and triage appointments for referred children and young people.
- Case Management: Manage cases of young people awaiting treatment and contribute to specialist support plans for a range of presenting issues.
- Treatment Planning: Develop treatment and management plans based on a sound conceptual framework and evidence-based methods across various care settings.
- Risk Assessment: Perform risk assessments and manage risks for individual children and young people, providing advice on risk assessment and management to other professionals.
- Care Plan Management: Act as case manager, initiating and reviewing CAMHS care plans in collaboration with children, their carers, referring agents, and other members of the care network.
- Communication: Communicate skillfully and sensitively about assessment outcomes, treatment plans, and progress with children, young people, and their families.
- Duty Rota Participation: Take part in the local duty rota to respond urgently to issues as needed, including working in evening clinics if required.
- Crisis Support: Provide support to parents and young people in crisis or between clinic appointments.
- Agency Liaison: Maintain close liaison with schools and other relevant agencies.
- Reporting: Prepare reports for external agencies while ensuring confidentiality is managed appropriately.
Requirements of the CAMHS Clinical Nurse Specialist/Triage Coordinator:
- Degree or equivalent in Mental Health Nursing
- Proven experience as a Registered Mental Health Nurse
- Valid NMC Registration
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Experience of working with a wide variety of client group presenting with the full range of clinical severity around mental health concerns across a range of care settings including outpatient, community, primary care, in-patient and residential care settings.
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Experience of working within a multidisciplinary Specialist CAMHS team and of proving specialist CAMHS assessment and intervention.
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Experience of delivering evidence based care in a number of cultural contexts.
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Experience of teaching, training and / or supervision.
Contact:
This Band 7 CAMHS Clinical Nurse Specialist/Triage Coordinator job is advertised by Andrew Cleeve; 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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