Clinical Nurse Practitioner

at  Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust

An opportunity has risen for an experienced and passionate registered Clinical Nurse Practitioner, Band 6 with experience of working within a CAMHS setting.
We are looking for motivated, caring and skilled Band 6 Clinical Nurse Practitioner . The individual will partake in the provision of mental health assessment of young people presenting to Harrow CAMHS Tier 3 Service based at Ash Tree Clinic. This service will ensure young people’s mental health and crisis needs are met by formulating and implementing supportive safety and treatment plans. You will work in close collaboration with families and carers and voluntary and statutory agencies. You will be able to work autonomously and as part of a team. You will possess excellent communication skills with a thorough understanding of risk assessment and risk planning.
You will be expected to provide face to face mental health assessment, risk assessment and also review young people whilst also working in partnership with families. You will offer supervision to junior clinicians. You will be passionate about providing a responsive service to young people presenting in mental health. You will also be involved in the Harrow CAMHS Duty Rota service to respond to urgent mental health assessment and 7-day follow-up following crisis presentation to A&E.
You will receive regular individual and peer group clinical supervision and all our staff have access to CPD.
The post holder will provide mental health support and treatment for the adolescents referred to the service. They will be expected to join the team in delivering a high quality innovative service for adolescents using research and good practice guidelines. They will take a key role in developing a seamless service between community services, in-patient services, and adult mental health services. The post holder will coordinate referrals to other agencies and work with other agencies to prevent the need for hospitalisation and to ensure that those young people who have in-patient treatment are in hospital for the shortest possible time. The post holder will work jointly with the consultant in all other aspects of service delivery.
Provide comprehensive CAMHS assessments of children and young people referred to the team
Formulate and implement plans for the treatment and/or management of the child/young person’s problems, based upon an appropriate conceptual framework, and employing methods based upon evidence of efficacy, across the full range of care settings
Be responsible for implementing a range of interventions for individuals, carers, families and groups, within and across teams employed individually and in synthesis.
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We’re passionate about delivering first-class patient-centred, safe and effective care in a community settings or in the patients own home. Patients are at the heart of everything we do. Providing top quality care depends on our ability to employ the best people. We are always looking to recruit outstanding people who will go the extra mile to support our young persons, colleagues, teams and the Trust.
The successful applicant may have contact with patients or service users. As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage and support vaccination as this remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients and service users when working on our healthcare settings.
With every new employee we are hoping to find our future leaders and well support our staff by providing opportunities to develop your career. With a diverse culture and equally diverse range of opportunities across mental health, community services, emotional disorder, Neurodevelopmental Disorders, Enhancement Treatment, learning disabilities and more whatever stage of your career you’re at, there’s always a place for you at CNWL.
Evaluate and make decisions about treatment options taking into account both theoretical and therapeutic models and highly complex factors concerning historical and developmental processes that have shaped the individual, family or group
To exercise autonomous professional responsibility for the assessment, treatment and discharge of children and young people whose problems are managed by psychologically based standard care plans
Provide specialist advice guidance and consultation to other professionals contributing directly to children and young people’ formulation, diagnosis and treatment plan
To undertake risk assessment and risk management for individual children and young people and to provide advice to other professions on risk assessment and risk management
Act as care coordinator, where appropriate, taking responsibility for initiating planning and review of CAMHS care plans including children and young people, their carers, referring agents and others involved the network of care.
Communicate in a skilled and sensitive manner, information concerning the assessment, formulation and treatment plans of children and young people under their care and to monitor progress during the course of both uni and multidisciplinary care.
To participate on the local duty rota providing a more urgent response to issues when required.
Contribute to setting up and running therapeutic groups for young people.
To work as part of a multi-disciplinary team to provide a joined up approach to deliver evidence-based health care
The post holder will prioritise attendance at relevant multi-agency planning meetings
The post holder will work in line with CNWL policies and procedures at all times
To provide clinical supervision and/or mentorship to junior staff and students when required

Please refer the Job description for details