Camhs Clinical Specialist - Peterborough, United Kingdom - Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust

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Peterborough, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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We are currently looking to recruit an enthusiastic and motivated Band 7 Clinical Specialist to join our Core CAMHS Team.

We are a multidisciplinary team who work with young people who have moderate to severe mental health issues. The team provides mental health assessments and psychological therapies for co-morbid mental health issues.

The post holder will be expected to provide a highly specialist service to children and their families and carers. Responsibilities within the role include specialist assessment, formulation, therapy, supervision and research. consultation to other professionals involved in their care. The post holder will also be expected to undertake service development projects as agreed with the senior leadership team.

The post holder will be part of the Core CAMHS team providing services across Cambridgeshire and Peterborough, with an office and clinical base in the North Team.

They will provide evidence-based assessment and treatment to Children, young people, and families with moderate to severe mental health difficulties.

The post holder will work closely with the leadership team to supervise and support the assessment and therapy provided by other practitioners and other clinical members of teams who provide care and treatment.

Cambridgeshire & Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust is a health & social care organisation dedicated to providing high quality care with compassion to improve the health & wellbeing of the people we care for, as well as supporting & empowering them to lead a fulfilling life.

Our clinical teams deliver many NHS services not only via inpatient and primary care setting but also with the community.

These services include Children, Adult & Older Peoples mental & physical health, Forensic & Specialist mental health, Learning Disabilities, Primary Care & Liaison psychiatry, Substance misuse, Social care, Research & Development.

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details of responsibilities.

Clinical:

Deliver evidencebased programmes of assessment and therapy within the Core CAMHS service.
To assess complex young people and families entering the service.
To provide clinical supervision and leadership to other practitioners working within the service with children, young people, and families.

Service Specific:

Support the development of assessment and treatment pathways in the Core CAMHS service and reviewing clinical capacity in conjunction with the Team Manager.
To work alongside the team manager and leadership team to continue to develop close working links with outside agencies.