CAMHS Crisis Clinician

Job overview

This is a great opportunity to work in a fast-paced team completing urgent assessments for children and young people in need of psychiatric care & support.

The team cover all the 6 major hospitals in Kent and Medway as well as Urgent treatment centres, community and home assessments. All assessments need to be completed within 4hrs; therefore, car transportation is essential. The team operates 24/7 working mixed shift patterns of days, nights and weekends. Working shifts, you can enjoy great work-life balance with 3 long days on and 4 days off, perfect for those where 9-5 doesn’t compliment your personal life.

As an assessment team, we complete comprehensive and robust assessments, providing onward signpost. In complex cases, we convene a network around the child to support system working to ensure the right support is available to the child and family. We work closely with NHS 111, Intensive Home Treatment Team, Kent & Medway Adolescent Hospital and Locality Teams.

Main duties of the job

The post-holder will be a graduate qualified health care professional (e.g. nurse, social worker, occupational therapist), or will have substantial CAMHS clinical experience, and be fully registered with the appropriate professional or regulatory body (e.g. HCPC, NMC BACP). They will have extensive clinical experience working with children and young people with emotional wellbeing and mental health difficulties.

• They will be competent and able to provide targeted therapy relevant to their training and qualification for Intensive Home Treatment Team intervention.
• Be able to work autonomously curating care plans and risk formulations that are reflective of the needs of the young person/child. When indicated, the post holder can reflect with their colleagues to discuss complex cases and implement collective decisions/actions

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

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

The post holder must hold a full, valid, UK driving licence and have access to a car/vehicle to use for business purposes (unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010).