Duty Clinician - CAMHS Practitioner

Requirements the employer expects applicants to meet.

• Other

  Ability to identify, provide and promote appropriate means of support to carers and staff exposed to highly distressing situations and severely challenging behaviours.

• Other

  Ability to identify, and employ, as appropriate, clinical governance mechanisms for the support and maintenance of clinical practice in the face of regular exposure to highly emotive material and challenging behavior

• Other

  Ability to develop and use complex multi-media materials for presentations in public, professional and academic settings.

• Personal

  Ability to contain and work with organizational stress and ability to ‘hold’ the stress of others.

• Personal

  Able to build constructive relationships with warmth and empathy, using good communication skills.

• Personal

  Treats service users with respect and dignity at all times.

• Personal

  Enthusiastic, flexible and confident approach to working.

• Personal

  Able to prioritize own workload and meet performance requirements for the role.

• Personal

  Willingness and ability to learn new skills and adapt to change.

• Previous Experience

  Assessed supervised clinical experience working with children and adolescents with mental health problems/needs or clear evidence of transferable skills

• Previous Experience

  Working in collaboration with supervisor, service user, carers and MDT in assessing needs, planning and implementing care

• Previous Experience

  Taking responsibility for care delivery in a specific area and maintaining a safe therapeutic environment

• Previous Experience

  A good understanding and some experience of the following: Group, individual and family work, multidisciplinary work, clinical governance and audit and the process of clinical supervision in CAMHS

• Knowledge and Skills

  Knowledge and skills in assessment intervention

• Knowledge and Skills

  A good working knowledge of mental health disorders in children and adolescents

• Knowledge and Skills

  A good working knowledge of difficulties common to Looked After Children e.g. attachment difficulties

• Knowledge and Skills

  A good working knowledge of The Children Act 1989, 2004 and The Mental Health Act 1983, Human Rights Act 1998 and Mental Capacity Act 2005

• Knowledge and Skills

  Assessment of risk and management of risk factors

• Knowledge and Skills

  The principles of clinical governance and practice.

• Knowledge and Skills

  The principles underlying confidentiality and information sharing.

• Knowledge and Skills

  Ability to work therapeutically with the client group, using a range of therapeutic interventions

• Knowledge and Skills

  Ability to work under pressure.

• Knowledge and Skills

  Ability to take on new concepts/forward thinking

• Knowledge and Skills

  Good written and verbal presentation skills and ability to communicate effectively by telephone and also by email.

• Knowledge and Skills

  Basic IT and data entry skills to enter clinical information into databases

• Knowledge and Skills

  Ability to work within a changing environment

• Knowledge and Skills

  Ability to be ‘reflective’ in therapeutic practice and adapt practice from this reflection

• Knowledge and Skills

  Demonstrate an ability to work effectively as part of a multidisciplinary team.

• Knowledge and Skills

  Excellent time management skills

• Knowledge and Skills

  Evidence of competency in risk assessment

• Knowledge and Skills

  Evidence of using child protection

• Knowledge and Skills

  Well-developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information including diagnoses and formulations to clients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS.

• Knowledge and Skills

  Skills in providing consultation to other professional and nonprofessional groups.

• Knowledge and Skills

  Experience of assessing mental health risk and safeguarding concerns.

• Knowledge and Skills

  To have an understanding of the 2014 Children and Families Act in regards to children and young people with special educational needs or disabilities (SEND)

• Knowledge and Skills

  To have an understanding of the graduated approach to support SEND, including using of Westminster / Kensington & Chelsea SEND local Offer.

• Knowledge and Skills

  In particular, knowledge and experience of the Education and Health Care Plan (EHCP) process.

• Knowledge and Skills

  Ability to maintain accurate, timely, concise and legible clinical records both electronically and handwritten, which adhere to the CNWL policies

• Education and Qualifications

  All applicants will require a professional training and relevant CAMHS experience in combination with professional registration with one of the following statutory bodies: the Nursing Midwifery Council (NMC), Health Professional's Council (HPC), Association of Child Psychotherapists (ACP), The UK Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP)

• Education and Qualifications

  Relevant professional training will include: •First level nursing qualification/registration RMN or RSCN or HV with related CAMHS experience or any as below: • First level qualification in Occupational therapy, Clinical or Counselling Psychology, Social work, or equivalent with related CAMHS experience. • Qualification as a Systemic Psychotherapist (Family Therapist) with relevant CAMHS experience. • First level qualification in art, play, drama, music therapy or psychotherapy (leading to a registered qualification with one of the above statutory bodies) with related experience in the psychological aspects of caring for children and adolescent with mental health problems/needs