CAMHS Specialist Practitioner (N&S OPD ARFID) | South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 03 September 2024 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £54,320 - £60,981 per annum Incl. of HCAs |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 03 October 2024 |
| Location: | London, SE5 8AZ |
| Company: | South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6586143/334-CLI-6586143 |
Summary
We are inviting applications from enthusiastic mental health professionals for a Band 7 post in our multi-disciplinary ARFID Team, part of our eating disorders service for children and young people. Are you someone who enjoys working with young people, is a team player, and is willing to be flexible according to client need? Do you have experience working with children and young people with eating difficulties or neurodiversity? Do you love to learn and want to make a real contribution to developing excellent standards of care? If so, we are keen to meet you and welcome applications from those who may be newly qualified.
We are a friendly, welcoming, innovative, national and specialist ARFID Team working with young people (2 - 17 years) and their families. We offer an inclusive and supportive team environment and are keen to support your professional development and wellbeing. Our multi-disciplinary team includes Clinical Psychology, Nursing, Dietetic, Psychiatry, and Paediatric posts, supported by a friendly Admin Team.
The post-holder will provide a specialist service including assessment, treatment, monitoring of outcomes and the provision of clinical supervision, consultation and training. The post holder will also contribute to service evaluation, research and policy development. There are many opportunities available within the service in relation to continued professional development.
Key responsibilities:
· To provide a specialist psychotherapeutic/ clinical intervention service to the MCCAED ARFID team including specialist assessment, treatment, planning, implementation and monitoring of outcomes.
· To contribute to enabling other staff, service users and carers from diverse backgrounds to flourish by working to create a psychologically safe environment.
· To provide clinical supervision and consultation as appropriate, functioning as a specialist in ARFID in children and young people.
· To work as an autonomous professional within BPS, HCPC and other professional guidelines and codes of conduct, and guided by the policies and procedures of the service, taking responsibility for own work including treatment and discharge decisions with support of clinical supervisor.
Maudsley Hospital(headquarters)
Our Trust headquarters is located at Denmark Hill less than 5 minutes from the train station (zone 2) and is within walking distance from the beautiful green spaces of Ruskin park and the vibrant high-street that offers great shopping opportunities and with a wide range of restaurants.
Flexible working:
As one of the few Trusts in London we are proud to offer flexible working as part of our new ways of working, and we are happy to talk flexible working at the interview stage. In this role you will be able to work Monday to Friday in the time frames from 08:00 to 18:00, giving you the very best of good work life balance.(This may include working early mornings, later evenings or Saturdays as part of the core working hours/working pattern for this post)
The main purpose of this post is to fulfil the role of a band 7 CAMHS Practitioner delivering the highest quality care in a national and specialist service for children and young people with ARFID. The post holder will be expected to:
· Provide a specialist psychotherapeutic/clinical intervention service to the ARFID team, MCCAED, based at the Michael Rutter Centre, part of the National and Specialist Services based at the Michael Rutter Centre, supporting children and young people with eating disorders and their families.
· Contribute to enabling other staff, service users and carers from diverse backgrounds to flourish by working to create a psychologically safe environment.
· Provide clinical supervision and consultation as appropriate.
· Undertake service evaluation, audit and research.
· Work as an autonomous professional within BPS, HCPC and other professional guidelines and codes of conduct, and guided by the policies and procedures of the service, taking responsibility for own work including treatment and discharge decisions with support of clinical supervisor.
This advert closes on Tuesday 17 Sep 2024