Senior CAMHS Clinician / Nurse

The CAMHS Crisis Team Senior Practitioner role is suitable for Registered Nurses and Allied Professionals.
They are expected to form a close working relationship with colleagues across Lewisham CAMHS and the South London Partnership. This role exists to contribute to Crisis Care, particularly through clinical presentations at University Hospital Lewisham A&E.
The post holder will deliver, or advise on the delivery of high quality safe crisis care, ensuring consistently high standards of practice and clinical excellence which comply with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) code of professional conduct. As a CAMHS Crisis Team Senior Practitioner you will support the Team Leader and junior colleagues to promote and develop excellent clinical practice. You will be a positive role model to junior members of the team through the practice of evidence-based care. You will be expected to support professional development through clinical appraisal and supervision and contribute to the ongoing educational programme for all staff, fostering a positive learning environment., 1. To provide a specialist triage, and mental health assessment for children and young people attending University Hospital Lewisham A&E in Crisis.
2. To undertake and co-ordinate CAMHS assessments assimilating and interpreting complex information from a variety of sources.
3. To coordinate and manage treatment delivery to young people, including developing, reviewing and adapting interventions whilst they remain in A&E.
4. To communicate assessment and treatment information to young people their families and to other professionals.
5. To liaise with a range of professionals from across services to develop appropriate care plans for the safe discharge of young people from A&E.
6. To undertake proactive risk management and safety planning in conjunction with the multi-disciplinary team.

Working for our organisation
The Lewisham CAMHS Crisis Team is based in the Kaleidoscope Centre, Rushy Green Catford and provides an outreach service to University Hospital Lewisham A&E for young people up to age 18 years who are presenting in Crisis.
This is a small dedicated and friendly multidisciplinary team of mainly nurses with a consultant rota. The team work flexibly with some opportunity to work from home (25% max). There is good support within the team, from psychiatry and senior leadership within Lewisham CAMHS.
South London & Maudsley Trust has a commitment to anti-racist practice and is renowned for its commitment to staff development and training opportunities., To provide specialist mental health and risk assessments, formulations and interventions for children and young people in Lewisham CAMHS Crisis Team whilst they are in A&E.
To assess and monitor risk and draw up appropriate risk management plans for children and young people in your care and work under the supervision of senior clinicians and closely with consultant psychiatrists to manage these situations effectively.
To be a member of a number of internal and external professional networks to ensure that care plans for individual children and services across agencies are coordinated efficiently and effectively.
Support and empower children, young people and families to make informed choices about the intervention.
To support children and young people experiencing moderate to severe mental health difficulties and their families in the self-management of presenting difficulties upon safe discharge.
To work in partnership with families to provide culturally appropriate psychological interventions with carers or families of referred clients when required.
To assess and monitor risk and draw up appropriate risk management plans.
To develop and help deliver workshops, groups for children and young people especially the 17 plus 6 months and above.
The Trust is committed to providing services which embrace diversity and that promote equality of opportunity. We are a Disability Confident Employer, we welcome applicants from all sections of the community and people of all protected characteristics. We provide reasonable adjustments for candidates with a disability and are committed to treating people fairly with compassion, respect and dignity and in promoting equality and human rights. We aim to put this commitment into practice by:
+ Embedding our commitment to tackling inequality, eliminating discrimination and harassment; promoting equality of opportunity and fostering good relations in our everyday practice
+ Ensuring that all our services and all staff understand and support our commitment
+ We believe that people who use our services, their carers and our staff, should be treated with compassion, respect and dignity
Please note:
+ That all applications for this post will need to be made online
+ That you read and understand the Job Description and Personal Specification attached to the role. Your Statement in Support should reflect the requirements specified as your application will be judged against these criteria
+ That the closing date listed is a guide only and that the vacancy may close earlier should sufficient number of applicants have been received. We advise that you submit your application as early as possible
+ That once you have submitted your application you agree to your application being transferred to a 3rd party e-recruitment system. All subsequent information regarding your application will be generated from apps.trac.jobs
+ That should you not have heard from us within three weeks from the closing date your application has not successful
+ That priority consideration for applications may be given to at-risk NHS employees
+ That should you be successful and appointed, you authorise South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust to confirm your previous NHS service via an Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) process
+ That we are a smoke-free Trust
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South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust has a rich history, well-established community links and an international reputation. We deliver specialist services in the London boroughs of Croydon, Lambeth, Lewisham and Southwark, Bexley, Bromley, Greenwich, Wandsworth and Richmond.
We are committed to provide a high quality and specialist care to our service users and we are recognised for our care and treatment we provide. The Care Quality Commission already rates our services as 'good'.
We launched our five-year strategy, Aiming High; Changing Lives in 2021 together with Our Care Improvement System as our quality management system methodology to make a positive impact on patient care, outcomes and staff experience. By joining SLaM, all staff will get the opportunity to be part of this exciting improvement journey supported with learning and development to harness everyone's potential as change makers.
The trust recognises the unique and valuable contribution that people with lived experience of mental illness can bring to a role. We therefore welcome applications from people with lived experience and consider them as an asset to the Trust.
Our Values
We take pride in providing specialist care to our service users where our Trust values and our promise to be caring, kind, polite, prompt, honest, listen and do what I say I'm going to do is at the heart of everything we do. When you join us, you'll be part of something special.
As a Trust we are happy to talk flexible working.