Sanctuary Personnel is currently seeking an experienced Band 6 CAMHS Practitioner to take on a new locum opportunity based in Blackpool.
Location: Blackpool
Contract Type: Locum, 3-month contract
Shift Pattern: Core hours are 09:00 am - 17:00 pm, Monday - Friday, although flexibility around start & finish times is available for the right applicants. For example, 08:00 am - 18:00 pm (3-4 days), 08:00 am - 16:00 pm, 09:00 am - 18:00 pm etc. Part time considered.
Pay Rates:
- Days - £26.00 p/h
- Nights/Saturdays - £34.00 p/h
- Sundays/Bank Holidays - £41.00 p/h
Duties:
- Assume responsibility for management of a defined caseload using specialist knowledge and advanced clinical reasoning to undertake assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of care programs for children and families, liaising with and referring to relevant agencies as appropriate
- Take an active role in the holistic assessment and treatment of young people who present to the service, with mental health problems and especially those that are at risk of, or have attempted deliberate self-harm
- Provide liaison with other professionals and agencies in order to provide effective communication leading to a comprehensive and integrated package of care around the young person, their families and/or carers
- Work as part of a multi-disciplinary team
- Offer therapeutic interventions based on evidence-based practice and in line with the NICE guidelines
- Ensure the clients’ rights of confidentiality are maintained at all times
- Maintain the highest standards of clinical record keeping including electronic data entry and recording, report writing and the responsible exercise of professional self-governance in accordance with professional codes of practice/ conduct
- Exercise autonomous professional responsibility for the assessment, treatment and discharge of children, young people and their families/carers
- Provide an assessment and therapy service based upon the appropriate use, interpretation and integration of complex data from a variety of sources, including psychological assessments, self-report measures, rating scales, direct and indirect structured observations as well as interviews with children, young people and their families/carers
- Undertake risk assessment and risk management for individual children, young people and their families/carers
- Act as an advocate to facilitate the views and choices expressed by children, young people, families, groups and communities, where appropriate
Requirements of the CAMHS Practitioner:
- Degree or equivalent in Mental Health Nursing
- Proven experience working within CAMHS
- Valid NMC Registration
Contact:
This Band 6 CAMHS Practitioner job is advertised by Alex West; if you are interested in this position please click above to apply now.
We welcome applications from: PIP Assessors, Ward Managers, Deputy Ward Managers, CAMHS Practitioners, Community Mental Health Nurses, Mental Health Nurses, Nurses, Psychiatric Nurses & Community Nurses as we have vacancies that match with these job titles. Online remote nurse jobs are available from time to time so please get in touch.
Regretfully we are only able to respond to candidates who meet these requirements for this Registered Mental Health Nurse role as we need to meet our clients’ requirements.
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Reasonable Adjustments:
If you consider yourself to have a disability or require any reasonable adjustment during the recruitment process or within the workplace, please highlight this at the earliest opportunity. With this information, we will provide appropriate support to you throughout the process and into you work placement.
