Lewisham Camhs Crisis Team Senior Practitioner - London, United Kingdom - South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust

South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
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1 month ago

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The Lewisham CAMHS Crisis Team is a Multi-disciplinary Tier3 CAMHS Service that works with young people who attend University Hospital Lewisham in a crisis.

Adolescents who present have a range of mental health disorder and distress. Some present with self-harming behaviour or suicidal ideation. Others have mental health disorders including psychosis or severe mental ill-health. The team undertake mental health assessment, formulation and diagnosis, brief interventions and care and risk planning


The team is currently composed of a Consultant Psychiatrist and CAMHS Nursing colleagues; though experienced professional applicants from other health care related backgrounds would be welcomed.

We work closely alongside wider tier 3 CAMHS teams, specialist tier 4 services and inpatient settings as required.

The team work in collaboration with complex networks around the young person including social care, education, residential services and other healthcare providers.

We are seeking to recruit a Band 7 CAMHS Crisis Senior Practitioner.

We would like to recruit someone who has:

  • Experience of assessing, formulating and (sometimes) offering brief interventions to young people with complex mental health needs as described above.
  • The applicant will also need the negotiation and communication skills necessary to liaise with the range of colleagues from CAMHS and partner agencies to ensure safe discharge or inpatient admission.
The Lewisham CAMHS Crisis Team is located at Kaleidoscope, Rushy Green, Catford. There is an expectation that clinicians assess young people in University Hospital Lewisham A&E Department.

During the covid pandemic there is an expectation that some work will be completed from home and some from the clinic (2/3).


We are committed to ensuring our staff get the most out of their benefits package and understand the importance of a healthy work life balance.

There is an extensive range of excellent benefits for you and your family. We want you to feel like you are part of a close knit team at SLaM. It's important to us that you valued and appreciated and that are why we have a comprehensive benefits package on offer


Some of our benefits are highlighted here:

  • Generous pay, pensions and leave,we offer a comprehensive pay, pensions and leave package which is dependent on the role and length of service.
  • Work life balance,flexible working and support a range of flexible options, such as: parttime working and job sharing.
  • Career development,There are plenty of opportunities to progress your career and we support your development through a number of programmes such as mentoring, coaching, positive people management, collective leadership and other talent programmes
  • Car lease,our staff benefits from competitive deals to lease cars
  • Accommodation,our staff benefits fromkeyworker housing available which is available on selected sites
  • NHS discounts,with discounts up to 10% from a variety of wellknown retail brands though Health Service Discounts website

Other benefits include:


  • Counselling services
  • Wellbeing events
  • Long service awards
  • Cycle to work scheme
  • Season ticket loan
  • Childcare vouchers
  • Staff restaurants
Registered General Nurse and/or Registered Mental Nurse and/or Registered Learning Disability Nurse, or Clinical registration in a healthcare profession including therapy, social work, clinical psychology

Experience working in CAMHS / acute setting

Experience of research-based / reflective practice. Significant relevant clinical experience.

Evidence of continuing professional development

Knowledge of clinical governance and audit

Knowledge of adult and child safeguarding

Able to provide quality care that is responsive to service
user's needs.

Ability to supervise clinically

Teaching ability.


Resilient:
able to cope with difficult interpersonal situations.

Approachable.

Self-aware, self-confident and intrinsically motivated to do a good job and to motivate others
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