Child & Adolescent Mental Health Practitioner | South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 07 July 2025 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £44,806 - £53,134 per annum inclusive of inner HCAs |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 06 August 2025 |
| Location: | London, SE5 9RS |
| Company: | South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7271594/334-NUR-7271594-LF |
Summary
Child & Adolescent Mental Health Practitioner
We are seeking a motivated, passionate and enthusiastic CAMHS practitioner to join the Paediatric Liaison Team at Kings College Hospital. This role involves assessing and treating children and young people who present to Kings College Hospital due to acute mental health difficulties. This is a unique role working in the interface between physical and mental health. We would welcome applications from all registered disciplines with an interest in CAMHS.
The post holder will be a mental health clinician, assessing and treating a specific group of children and young people in the team working in collaboration with the multiple disciplinary team (MDT). These will include young people presenting to Kings College Hospital in crisis i.e. those who have self-harmed or have suicidal ideation or are presenting with acute mental health difficulties. They may also include young people admitted to the inpatient medical wards that have medical difficulties but require assessment and treatment of their acute behavioural or emotional needs. The role involves liaison with the wider network such as community CAMHS, schools and children's social care/safeguarding etc. This post is currently a 9-5pm Monday-Friday service.
We are committed to ensuring our staff get the most out of their benefits package, feel valued and understand the importance of a healthy work life balance.
Some of our benefits include:
• Generous pay, pensions and leave packages dependent on the role and length of service.
• Work life balance, flexible working and supporting a range of flexible options, such as: part-time working and job sharing.
• Career development with plenty CPD opportunities such as mentoring, coaching, collective leadership and other talent programmes.
• Accommodation, our staff benefit from keyworker housing at selected sites.
• NHS discounts via the Health Service Discounts website.
Other benefits include:
• Counselling services
• Wellbeing events
• Long service awards
• Cycle to work scheme
• Season ticket loan
• Childcare vouchers
• Staff restaurants
To work as a clinician within the Paediatric Liaison based within Kings College hospital. The post holder will work to provide rapid response, clinical assessment and intervention for patients who
attend A&E to facilitate the patients discharge and prevent hospital admission. Where clinically appropriate and when an inpatient admission is indicated the post holder will work collaboratively with colleagues to facilitate this.
Participate as a multi-disciplinary team member in the assessment of children and young people presenting to the acute hospital environment due to mental health difficulties or children and young people admitted to medical wards who require assessment of or additional support for ongoing acute emotional, behavioural or mental health difficulties.
To formulate and implement mental healthcare and crisis treatment plans that are specific to each CYP and family alongside providing a high standard of care to clients. To assess safeguarding concerns
for each case, consulting with other professionals and referring concerns to the appropriate safeguarding team as required.
Ensure that all recording and reporting of client contact are accurate, up to date, of good quality and within CAMHS and professional requirement standards of record keeping. To collect & collate information about individual clinical activity on ePJS.
Work with the team, physical health colleagues and clients to maintain a safe therapeutic environment. Work to assure the quality of care through achieving high operational standards in clinical systems.
To maintain and ensure good professional standards and attitudes towards the care and treatment of children, young people and their families.
To link with other statutory and voluntary agencies and professionals as well as other CAMHS Teams in terms of referrals and joint work such as school, social care, youth teams etc. Maintain good
relationships and clear lines of communication with other professional agencies and departments, providing specialist advice and support where appropriate.
Contribute to the effective functioning of the team and service through attendance at relevant meetings, taking responsibilities within the service as appropriate and negotiated with the line manager.
This advert closes on Monday 21 Jul 2025