# CAMHS Practitioner > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/camhs-practitioner/66e87ed9-5cc4-40f5-b614-04cf3fa53ce3 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/camhs-practitioner/66e87ed9-5cc4-40f5-b614-04cf3fa53ce3.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** Trust Headquarters, Woodfield House - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Mental health practitioner - **Grade:** Band 6 - **Salary:** £39959.00 to £48117.00 - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time, Flexible working, 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-10-25T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-10-05T13:28:43.498Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/-v8335748 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8335748?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.rdash.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview We are looking to recruit an enthusiastic and committed CAMHS Practitioners to join the Getting Advice Team Pathway to support the delivery of our single session therapy offer and consultation and advice to key stakeholders. This is an exciting time to join our evolving service in the Getting Advice Pathway, where we are committed to improving access to mental health advice and support for children, young people, and their families. Applications are invited from qualified Registered Mental Health Nurses and Learning Disability Nurses, Social Workers and Occupational Therapists. Successful applicants will be required to co-work effectively with colleagues and maintain good clinical records and data collections. Current hours of work are Monday – Friday 9am – 5pm ### Main duties of the job We are looking for a CAMHS Practitioner who is passionate about delivering high quality and effective services to children, young people and their families. You will be child and young person centered in your approach and have excellent clinical skills, experience of multi-agency working and be able to demonstrate the ability to work independently and autonomously. You will have experience of working within a children and young people safeguarding framework. As a service we are committed to the professional development of the workforce, we have a well- established preceptorship programme and clinical, safeguarding and managerial supervision alongside a talent management programme. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Please view the attached job description and person specification to view the full details about the role We reserve the right to close the vacancy early if there are a high amount of applications ### Applicant requirements You must have appropriate UK professional registration. This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service. ## Person Specification ### Skills **Essential** - Ability / Skills to support change and improvement, support and inspire colleagues / act as a role model - Ability to motivate others - Good planning and organizational skills - Good Assessment skills selecting treatment from a range of options - Able to manage caseload and to prioritise under time pressures for self and team - Good clinical reasoning skills - Ability to work autonomously - Flexible approach to problem solving - Multi-agency team work - Effective communication skills with all disciplines and agencies to optimise patient management - Effective communication skills both orally and in written form - Providing clinical supervision - Time management - IT literate – use of Microsoft Word, PowerPoint and email and Internet - Manage a varied workload and deliver to deadlines under pressure **Desirable** - Ability to give presentations ### Knowledge **Essential** - Theoretical and practical knowledge in areas of child and adolescent mental health and good awareness of key drivers in the field - Highly competent in making a decision regarding ongoing patient care based on clinical and risk factors - High level of problem solving and planning skills - Effective communication skills with all disciplines and agencies to optimise patient management - Awareness of own competency level and how to seek appropriate help - Understanding of confidentiality and risk management. - Clinical audit, research and clinical governance principles - 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. **Desirable** - Wider NHS and social care policy - Importance of public relations - Research, audit and quality improvement methodologies - Understanding of assessment of children suspected of having ADHD/ ASD. ### Experience **Essential** - Demonstrable post qualification experience, including experience of working with young people with complex mental health problems and working with children and families in particular. - Managing and prioritising a complex caseload - Experience of Multi-Disciplinary Working - Currently engaged in an advanced level of practice and able to demonstrate a degree of professional autonomy - The ability to provide patientcentered assessment, care planning, implementation and evaluation with children, young people, parents and families using mental health nursing skills. - Ability to undertake Risk Assessments and identify appropriate plans in partnerships with the young person, families and other agencies **Desirable** - Planning and delivering presentations and training to groups - Experience in delivering comprehensive family work in a child and family setting ### Qualifications **Essential** - A professional Nursing qualification or Occupational Therapist qualification or Social Work with current registration **Desirable** - Specialist Qualification in CBT, FT or other appropriate therapy Degree or equivalent - A qualification, or have undertaken a program of formal training in Clinical Supervision ## Documents - [main terms and conditions (pdf, 2.9mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2515) - [job description and person specification (pdf, 240.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10659314) - [rdash clinical & organisational strategy - 2023 to 2028 (pdf, 4.3mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2789) - [use of artificial intelligence (ai) when writing job applications (pdf, 280.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2919) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.