CYPMH Crisis Response Clinician

Job summary
Post Holder to respond within the hour to crisis referrals from acute hospital teams, community CAMHS teams and other stakeholders who refer into the Service.

To conduct biopsychosocial risk assessment and clinical formulation of the crisis to be able to make a care plan to reduce crisis.

Co-ordinate MDT meetings with CYPS professional network as part od discharge planning meetings for complex cases.

Identify frequent attenders and work collaboratively with community team to formulate a crisis plan to build resilience in CYP.

Work effectively within the team to support service development.

Support induction of new team members, students and graduate mental health workers

Utilise the support of clinical team to support in assessment and planning.

Be proactive in identify on developmental needs and request support from supervisor in learning opportunities

Main duties of the job
The post holder will be required to work on a shift pattern, to assess patients across the urgent care pathway, working autonomously and flexibly to manage the day-to-day assessments and/or advising on management of CYP under the age of 18 years and their families presenting to A&E Diversion Hubs based at Chase Farm, A&E and ward admissions to Barnet hospital or North Middlesex University Hospital with self-harm and acute mental health difficulties.

The post holder will be required to undertake a range of therapeutic tasks individually and jointly with members of the multi-disciplinary team. To develop & maintain specialist clinical skills and expertise in the assessment of CYP psychiatric emergencies and deliberate self-harm. To receive and assess referrals from A&E, paediatric/general wards, Community Teams, schools, and health colleagues across the NCL as well as self-referrals from CYP and their families. To offer advice on management of patients with mental health issues and non-organically based physical symptoms. Identifying regular attendees at Acute Hospitals with mental health problems and in liaison with Community CAMHS teams to make available current care plan as and when appropriate.

There is a need to use effective and efficient IT skills in the recording of clinical information and in communicating with colleagues from CAMHS and allied services.

About us
North London NHS Foundation Trust (NLFT) is committed to improving mental health care across North London to deliver excellent services to our local people.

Our Five-Year Strategy:

• We will provide consistently high-quality care closer to home.
• With our partners in North London and each borough we will ensure equity of outcome for all
• We will offer great places to work, providing staff with supportive environment to deliver outstanding care

Why NLFT?

• We develop and retain our staff through leadership behaviours and managers programme and many more opportunities.
• We promote flexible working and support staff with a range of health and wellbeing initiatives.
• NHS Discounts, generous annual leave and NHS pension scheme
• Excellent internal staff network
• We Are Proudly Diverse

In order to meet the needs of the Trust you may be required from time to time to work at different locations to your normal place of work. This may mean that you are required to work at any location that fall under Barnet, Camden, Enfield, Haringey or Islington. The Trust reserves the right to require staff to work at such other places or locations as it considers reasonable and necessary on a temporary or permanent basis.

Job responsibilities
The clinician will complete a full biopsychosocial assessment and crisis plan working closely with the MDT to clincially formulate the young persons needs to understand triggers and perpetuating factors that can cause the crisis presentation.

The clinician will work in partnership with the young person and their carers along with all involved in the young persons professionals network to coordinate care to formulate safe discharge plans.

The clinician will utilise a range of therapeutic skills to engage a young person in accordance with their needs and keep the young person at the center of any decision making when signposting young person to additional service to support in treatment and recovery and build resilience and reduce risk behaviours

Qualifications/Registration
Essential

• Qualification at degree level or equivalent and registration with registration with relevant professional body with a core profession (clinical/counselling psychology, psychotherapy, systemic family psychotherapy social work, nursing, occupational therapy - NMC/Relevant training on safeguarding and child protection.

Desirable

• oTraining in one of the main therapeutic modalities. oCurrent experience of line management of Band 5 oCAMHS experience and evidence of leading a change initiative which improved patient care. oWorking within Mental Health Service as a Band 5 oExperience of working with CAMHS crisis acute services in the community

Skills and Abilities
Essential

• oEvidence of well-developed clinical skills and knowledge in CAMHS. oWorking knowledge in at least one model of therapeutic work (e.g. Systemic, CBT, SFT, Psychodynamic).Proven qualities in sustaining the mental, emotional, and physical demands of specialised therapeutic work with disturbed and distressed adolescents and their families/care networks.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.oAwareness of current national guidelines and policies in the field of CAMHS oKnowledge of legislation including the Mental Health Act 1983 in relation to children and adolescents including safeguarding children and young people, child protection procedures and policies.

Desirable

• experience of working within community CAMHS, previous working in acute and inpatient settings, experience of line management , training within a therapeutic modality

Experience and Knowledge
Essential

• Experience and KoExperience 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 oPrevious 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. oExperience of case load management. oExperience of working in a multi-disciplinary team.nowledge

Desirable

• oExperience of teaching colleagues of other disciplines. oExperience of working in a culturally diverse area. oExperience of working in an adolescent in-patient setting.

Personal Qualities
Essential

• oCommitment to equal opportunities. oSelf-motivated, assertive, and flexible

Other requirements
Essential

• oEssential car driver oWillingness to drive for work purposes

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).