CAMHS Specialist Practitioner - N&S CAMHS Eating Disorders Outreach London
Job description
National and Specialist Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (N&S CAMHS) are seeking to recruit three enthusiastic and skilled Band 7 clinicians to join the Maudsley Centre for Child and Adolescent Eating Disorders (MCCAED). The postholders will play key roles in an exciting new addition to our service: an integrated eating disorder outreach team.
Significant investment has been made by the South London Partnership (SLP) Provider Collaborative to enhance eating disorder outreach provision across South London. 14.5WTE of new clinical posts will be shared equally between, and embedded within, the two CAMHS community eating disorder services at MCCAED and SWLSTG, to create two ‘halves’ of an integrated outreach team.
MCCAED is a Specialist Eating Disorders Service for young people aged up to 18 years based at the Michael Rutter Centre at the Maudsley Hospital. It is a large, cohesive, dynamic, multi-disciplinary team, comprising three components: A large outpatient service (this post), and two national and specialist services: a day service called ITP, and a new service for young people with ARFID.
MCCAED has a strong and longstanding commitment to developing innovative treatment, with national and international recognition for our research and training. We offer specialist training opportunities within our team for a range of professionals from all mental health disciplines.
The post-holder will provide clinical services including assessment, treatment, and monitoring of outcomes and the provision of clinical supervision, consultation and training. The post holders will also contribute to service evaluation, research and policy development. There are many opportunities available within the service in relation to continued professional development.
We particularly welcome applications from Black and Ethnic Minority candidates as they are currently under-represented within the team at this level.
Key responsibilities:
- Assessment and management of young people with eating disorders
- Assessment and management of common comorbidities including depression, anxiety, self-harm and OCD
- Contribution to audit and research
- Contribution to service development and service management
- Provision of clinical supervision, consultation and training to other professionals
We also provide services and operate across other locations, such as London boroughs of Croydon, Lambeth, Lewisham and Southwark; and substance misuse services for residents of Bexley, Lambeth, Greenwich and Wandsworth.
Benefits:
We are committed to ensuring our staff get the most out of their benefits package and understand the importance of a healthy work life balance. There is an extensive range of excellent benefits for you and your family. It’s important to us that you feel appreciated and that are why we have a comprehensive benefits package on offer, including:
- Generous pay, pensions and leave.We offer a comprehensive pay, pensions and leave package which is dependent on the role and length of service.
- Work life balance.We support a range of flexible working options, such as: part-time working and job sharing.
- Career development.There are plenty of opportunities to progress your career and we support your development through a number of programmes.
- Car lease.Our staff benefit from competitive deals to lease cars.
- Our staff benefit fromkeyworker housing, which is available on selected sites.
- NHS discounts.With discounts of up to 10% from a variety of well-known retail brands through the Health Service Discounts website.
- To provide specialist psychological assessments, formulations and interventions for clients within the eating Disorders Integrated Outreach Service. This will include specialist interventions for young people aged 2-17 years and their families.
- To provide culturally appropriate psychotherapeutic/clinical interventions with carers or families of referred clients when required.
- To assess and monitor risk and draw up appropriate risk management plans.
- To act as care coordinatortaking responsibility for initiating, planning and reviewing care plans, CPA co-ordination and meetings.
- To contribute to the effective working of the eating Disorders Integrated Outreach Team and to the multi-disciplinary formulation-based psychotherapeutic framework for the service.
- To contribute to the team or service’s delivery of accessible and acceptable services to diverse local communities.
- To be proactive in challenging discrimination and support the development of culturally competent services.
- To liaise with referrers, GPs and other professionals concerned with clients in order to develop and review care plans.
- To implement policies and procedures in own area of work, and to propose improvements or beneficial changes.
- To contribute to the consultation and engagement of service users in planning and delivering services which meet the needs of local communities.
- To contribute to service development through undertaking and participating in appropriate projects.
- To take care of, and use carefully, the Trust’s equipment and physical resources.
- To ensure that the post-holder has sufficient resources by estimating future needs and requesting or ordering supplies as needed.
- To be responsible for the allocation and/or clinical supervision of the work of trainees / assistants if required, under supervision from a more senior clinician.
- To supervise trainees within own area of specialism after completion of the relevant Training Course’s Supervision Training.
- To provide occasional specialist training in psychotherapeutic approaches to care to other professions as appropriate.
- To disseminate research and service evaluation findings through presentations and published articles.
- To ensure that all information generated by own work is recorded as required by Trust policies and local procedures.
- To maintain the highest standards of clinical record keeping and report writing, according to professional and Trust guidelines, including electronic data entry.
- To undertake regular complex service evaluation, audits or research relevant to service needs.
- To receive regular clinical and professional supervision from a more senior clinician according to professional regulations and Trust guidelines.
- To ensure own Continuing Professional Development in line with Trust Personal Development Plan requirements and professional regulations in line with ‘Standards for Continuing Professional Development’.
- To maintain an up-to-date knowledge of current developments in professional and clinical practice and of relevant legislation and policies.
- To comply with the relevant registration body’s standards of conduct, performance and ethics and standards of proficiency, and ensure professional development in line with these.
- To adhere to the relevant regulatory Professional Practice Guidelines and Trust policies and procedures.
- To travel to locationsas appropriate and across the Trust geography, when required.
- To be aware of risk relating to aggressive and challenging behaviour amongst the client group, and follow trust policies relating to its management.
- To respond appropriately and professionally to emotionally distressing situations and challenging behaviours and to support others involved in such situations.
