CAMHS Clinician in Training – Systemic Family Practice (Nurse/OT/SW) | Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 03 October 2024 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £42,939 - £50,697 pa inc |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 02 November 2024 |
| Location: | Erith, DA8 3EE |
| Company: | Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6670583/277-6670583-CYP |
Summary
This is a training role (SFP) within the Child and Young Persons Improving Access to Psychological Therapies Programme (CYP-IAPT). The postholder will work within Bexley CAMHS providing systemic interventions under supervision whilst undertaking a programme of training for this role. This intensive training post will equip the postholder to provide interventions based on CYP-IAPT care principles and also evidence based systemic interventions consistent with their training course. The post holder will attend all taught and self study days required by the education provider as specified within the CYP IAPT curriculum and work for the service for the remaining days of the week. They will work in the multi-disciplinary CAMHS team 3 days of the week and attend university 2 days a week.
The post holder will work with people with different cultural backgrounds and ages, using interpreters when necessary and should be committed to equal opportunities.
As a CAMHS clinician in training, candidates will work within one of the multidisciplinary CAMHS teams carrying out evidence-based assessment and intervention in conjunction with their training, in addition to care coordination and contributing to service delivery within the team as required. This is a permanent post with this training year funded by HEE. After successful completion of the course you will continue your employment within the service using the new skills you have developed.
This role will be best suited for applicants that are able to balance a busy work and study schedule. You will be an employee at the service but also enrolled on a Postgraduate Diploma course. As this is a Postgraduate level training, you will be required to study and perform at academic level. Applicants must be prepared to work towards their studies outside of protected study time (such as on weekends and after work). Protected study time or teaching days are typically two days a week during term (with possibility of extra university days at the beginning) and will be a mixture of in person and online sessions. Applicants must be willing to travel into London to attend their lectures.
Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,300 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, secure hospitals, children’s centres, schools and people’s homes.
We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations in the South of England. In London we operate within the Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent. We manage hospital sites including Queen Mary’s Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital, Woolwich, as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs. We are the largest NHS provider of prison health services providing healthcare to prisons within Devon, Dorset, Bristol, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, Kent and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people.
Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families. This is strengthened by our new values:
• We’re Kind
• We’re Fair
• We Listen
• We Care
The successful candidate would be working within Bexley CAMHS. These are large community mental health services for children and young people 0-18 presenting with a broad range of mental health difficulties. Across 5 specialist pathways, multidisciplinary teams deliver evidence-based interventions and support to children, young people and their families – working closely with education, social care and other partner agencies. Bexley CAMHS also provides mental health advice, support and intervention within local schools, including a Mental Health in Schools Team and clinical in-reach to services aimed at prevention and early identification of emotional well-being difficulties. Oxleas CAMHS has embedded the principles of CYP-IAPT within its service provision. The services sit within culturally diverse boroughs and offers a rich and stimulating environment from where to work.
Further detailed information relating to the role and responsibilities can be found in the attached supporting documentation
This advert closes on Thursday 17 Oct 2024
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