Job summary
- Main area
- CAMHS
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (evenings and weekends)
- Job ref
- 382-FICC494-22-D
- Employer
- Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- CAMHS Whitegate Drive Health Centre
- Town
- Blackpool
- Salary
- £28,407 - £34,581 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 08/07/2024 23:59
Employer heading
CAMHS Practitioner-ADHD
NHS AfC: Band 5
Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is situated on the west coast of Lancashire, with services covering the local authority areas of Blackpool, Fylde and Wyre. The Trust is part of the Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care System (ICS) supporting a population of around 1.6 million people.
We have three main hospitals providing acute services to around 330,000 local residents. The organisation also provides specialist tertiary care for cardiac and haematology services, delivers community health services to over 445,000 residents including those in North Lancashire and hosts the National Artificial Eye Service across England. Plus, we provide urgent and emergency care services to an estimated 18 million people who visit the seaside resort each year. We employ over 7000 people from 68 different countries.
We welcome and encourage application from anyone with protected characteristics, as well as supporting reservists and Veterans who are looking for a rewarding and challenging career within the NHS.
Blackpool Teaching Hospitals encourages flexible working in all our roles to support staff in maintaining healthy home-life balance. Working patterns such as: part time working, self-rostering, compressed hours, annualised hours, term time, reverse term time and flexitime working can be explored.
Job overview
Are you a registered Nurse or Occupational Therapist looking for a new challenge?
Are you motivated and ready to take on a rewarding and interesting career working with children and young people with ADHD? Are you eager to use your clinical skills and develop further? If so, we would like to meet you!
We are excited to be able to offer a new role within our well established and supportive Blackpool Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS).
We are looking for a Nurse or Occupational Therapist who can work independently and as part of a team; is highly motivated, and keen to work with this client group. We value the contribution of others and recognise the benefit of having a variety of clinical experience.
You will be involved in the assessment and review of children and young people with a possible or existing ADHD diagnosis, including those transitioning from other Services.
You will be well supported and will learn and develop through supervised practice and regular multi-disciplinary team meetings.
If you can complete high-quality clinical work safely and engage well with a complex client group with varying needs according to their age, in a confident and positive way, then this is great opportunity for you to join us to enhance your skills and develop increased autonomy and clinical responsibility.
Main duties of the job
To work within a multidisciplinary team offering full comprehensive assessments and interventions in a range of settings, and evaluate the mental health care to children, young people, and their families in line with local and national guidelines. Supporting and delivering interventions and co-ordinating the care of children and young people with attention deficit hyperactivity disorders (ADHD), alongside and other possible mental health issues.
Working for our organisation
Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is ideally situated just a forty five minute drive from Manchester. The Trust provides services to the 440,000 residents of Blackpool, Fylde & Wyre and North Lancashire, as well as specialist tertiary care for Cardiac and Haematology patients.
As one of the United Kingdom’s largest coastal resort, Blackpool has plenty to offer its residents – it’s not just a good place to work; it’s a great place to live. In addition to its bustling centre and historic seafront, the town is world famous for its many attractions, including the famous Blackpool Tower. Blackpool also offers a number of scenic cycling routes round our local parks and across the surrounding countryside, as well as boasting panoramic views of the coast on its picturesque Promenade. Further afield, Blackpool also benefits from less than three-hour connections via rail to Edinburgh in the north and London in the south.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
- To provide full clinical assessments of children, young people and their families referred to CAMHS in a variety of setting and situations. You may be required to work weekends and evenings.
- To hold a clinical caseload, comprising of assessments and ongoing direct therapeutic interventions to children, young people with ADHD and other presentations and their parents/ cares. This will include regular liaison and collaborative working with other agencies i.e., social services and education.
- To provide group work and 1-1 interventions with parents or cares.
- Work alongside the ADHD Nurse and Assistant Practitioners in the assessment, diagnosis and treatment of children and young people with ADHD and or other co-morbid presentations.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Registered professional qualification I.e., RMN, Occupational Therapists, Registered Children’s Nurse
Desirable criteria
- Post registration qualification in child & adolescent mental health or qualification in therapeutic approaches with children, young people, parents or carers.
Experience
Essential criteria
- Relevant experience of working within children, young people, and families.
- Evidence of experience working in a community setting as part of a multidisciplinary team.
- Evidence of carrying out comprehensive assessments and care planning.
- Evidence of collaborative working with other services.
Personal
Essential criteria
- Evidence of ability to communicate effectively, both written and verbal.
- Evidence of ability to work as an effective member of a team.
- Evidence of ability to work under pressure.
- Evidence of ability to exercise good Judgment and decision-making.
- Evidence of ability to priorities work appropriately.
- Evidence of awareness to extend knowledge and personal development.
- Evidence of ability to collaborate effectively within and across services.
- Evidence of ability to adapt to changing environment.
- Evidence of car owner/driver or access to a suitable alternative transport to enable to undertake the role.
Management
Essential criteria
- Evidence of ability to manage own time effectively.
- Evidence of ability to use clinical supervision effectively.
- Evidence of ability to use basic IT and information systems.
- Evidence of ability to keep clear and accurate records.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- David Eaton
- Job title
- Service Manager CAMHS
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01253 951997
- Additional information
Kerry Ratcliffe /Christina Fairclough Team Leaders CAMHS
01253 957160
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