CAMHS UCT Practitioner | Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust
| Dyddiad hysbysebu: | 17 Mawrth 2026 |
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| Cyflog: | Heb ei nodi |
| Gwybodaeth ychwanegol am y cyflog: | £56,276 - £63,176 per annum incl HCAS (pro rata if P/T) |
| Oriau: | Llawn Amser |
| Dyddiad cau: | 16 Ebrill 2026 |
| Lleoliad: | Westminster, W9 2NN |
| Cwmni: | CNWL NHS Foundation Trust |
| Math o swydd: | Cytundeb |
| Cyfeirnod swydd: | 7867997/333-G-CA-1684 |
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You are required to respond within an hour to A&E to carry out crisis mental health assessment on children and young people who presented in A&E. This role involves clinical risk assessment, and management and safe discharge plan in the community.
You will be working with other professionals in the community liaising with them in joint care planning.
Following discharge from A&E, the clinical practitioner offer a 7 days follow up appointment to review the young person clinical risk, and mental health.
You will receive regular clinical supervision from an experienced practitioner and support.
As a member of the UCT Team, you will be expected to assess young people in the Emergency Departments.
The post holder will be involved in completing a comprehensive assessment of young people with mental health needs (including risk assessment, the development of risk management plans), follow-up reviews, and liaise with the wider CAMHS colleagues and other agencies in developing a joint partnership care plan.
You will be required to make clear autonomous decisions based on an analysis of the complex presenting problems and judgements based on available treatment options. This will include those related to the admission and discharge of children/young people. You will also work closely with both internal and external stakeholders.
As part of the Northwest London CAMHS Transformation, CNWL Urgent Care CAMHS continue to develop a robust 24-hour crisis care pathway supporting children and young people in all the 5 London Boroughs.
Working Hours: 3 longdays/week 8am to 9.30 pm and Night shift 8 pm to 8:30 pm.
If you're looking to enhance your clinical expertise in urgent and emergency mental health care and make a real difference in the lives of young people, we would love to hear from you. You will receive clinical supervision and support from experienced supervision.
Children/Young people may present with emotional distress, self-harm, mental health crisis, or the psychological consequences of acute or chronic physical health problems. You will be expected to have the skills to deal with a very broad range of mental health needs as well as undertaking initial psychiatric assessments and reviews and also liaise with other professionals as deemed appropriate.
Your interpersonal skills will be expected to be excellent and you must be able to confidently communicate at a high level both verbally and in writing. You must be able to demonstrate de-escalation skills with challenging and/or acutely distressed young people.
The CAMHS Crisis Mental health specialist practitioner will promote excellence in mental health nursing practice through the integration of expert clinical practice, education and consultancy, acting as an important resource and being committed to nursing research.
Good Leadership skills are expected as part of the post holders duties which include case load management, offer training to other colleagues, clinical supervision to junior staff and working together with other teams and partner agencies in the community.
This advert closes on Tuesday 31 Mar 2026
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