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
Pay Rate: £26 per hour (assignment rate)
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.
Duties:
- Hold a small caseload and see a small amount of young people from the referrals / triage process if risk is deemed as urgent as triaging to make an assessment of need/ risk and complete the appropriate paperwork as expected and upload to the IT system
- Ensure that all young people have a clear plan and direction as to CAMHS involvement if needed, linking into the clinical meetings and MDTs as appropriate and 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
- Maintain a high standard 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
Requirements of the CAMHS Practitioner:
- Degree or equivalent in Mental Health Nursing
- Valid NMC Registration
- A Band 6 CAMHS Practitioner who has considerable experience of working with children and young people in a statutory position and with safeguarding experience
- Experience with MASH – Multi-agency assessment hubs, triage, initial assessment processes, duty work and managing thresholds consistently in line with the organizations policies and the ability to recommend alternative community services or to escalate when needed to MDT or senior management
- Experience at risk management, planning and multi-agency risk planning and documenting these plans
- The ability to speak to referrers and family’s when reviewing information and sources the information needed around risk and need and correctly manage the referral to the right service or follow discharge processes if not and work autonomously with links in to senior management
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.
