CAMHS Practitioner - Getting Advice Team - SPA

Requirements the employer expects applicants to meet.

• Skills

  Ability / Skills to support change and improvement, support and inspire colleagues / act as a role model

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  Ability to motivate others

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  Good planning and organizational skills

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  Good Assessment skills selecting treatment from a range of options

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  Able to demonstrate a genuine interest in working with young people

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  Demonstrate effective communication skills, written, verbal, non-verbal

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  Ability to work on own initiative without direct supervision, understanding where clinical input is needed.

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  Able organise own workload and respond to delegation.

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  Understanding of team dynamics and to be able to effectively work within a team based setting.

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  IT Literate – Use of word processing software, use of electronic patient records and use of email and video conferencing.

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  Ability to identify risk and manage appropriately within scope of practice. Able to manage caseload and to prioritise under time pressures for self and team

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  Good clinical reasoning skills

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  Ability to work autonomously

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  Flexible approach to problem solving

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  Multi-agency team work

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  Effective communication skills with all disciplines and agencies to optimise patient management

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  Providing clinical supervision

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  Time management

• Knowledge

  Theoretical and practical knowledge in areas of child and adolescent mental health and good awareness of key drivers in the field

• Knowledge

  Highly competent in making a decision regarding ongoing patient care based on clinical and risk factors

• Knowledge

  High level of problem solving and planning skills

• Knowledge

  Effective communication skills with all disciplines and agencies to optimise patient management

• Knowledge

  Awareness of own competency level and how to seek appropriate help

• Knowledge

  Understanding of confidentiality and risk management.

• Knowledge

  Clinical audit, research and clinical governance principles

• Knowledge

  Have a good understanding of child protection/safeguarding policies, recording and reporting any concerns to the appropriate agency including participate in case conferences as required.

• Experience

  Demonstrable post qualification experience, including experience of working with young people with complex mental health problems and working with children and families in particular

• Experience

  Experience of multi-disciplinary working

• Experience

  Currently engaged in an advanced level of practice and able to demonstrate a degree of professional autonomy

• Experience

  The ability to provide patient centred assessment, care planning, implementation and evaluation with children, young people, parents and families using mental health nursing skills.

• Experience

  Ability to undertake Risk Assessments and identify appropriate plans in partnerships with the young person, families and other agencies

• Experience

  Experience of working within a triage-based service

• Qualifications

  A professional Nursing qualification or Occupational Therapist qualification or Social Work with current registration