CAMHS Practitioner

Requirements the employer expects applicants to meet.

• Skills

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

• Skills

  Ability to motivate others

• Skills

  Good planning and organizational skills

• Skills

  Good Assessment skills selecting treatment from a range of options

• Skills

  Able to manage caseload and to prioritise under time pressures for self and team

• Skills

  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

• Skills

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

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  Effective communication skills both orally and in written form

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  Providing clinical supervision

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  Time management

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  IT literate – use of Microsoft Word, PowerPoint and email and Internet

• Skills

  Manage a varied workload and deliver to deadlines under pressure

• 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

  Managing and prioritising a complex caseload

• 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 patientcentered 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

• Qualifications

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