CAMHS Specialist Assessment Senior Practitioner

NHS; East Midlands; On-site; GBP 47,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization in the East Midlands is seeking a seasoned clinical practitioner for a lead role in the CAMHS Specialist Assessment team. The successful candidate will oversee ASD and ADHD assessments, manage referrals, and provide clinical leadership while ensuring high-quality care for children and young people. This position requires extensive experience with assessment tools and a solid background in mental health. Competitive benefits and ongoing development opportunities are part of the package.

Benefits

Flexible working commitment

27 days annual leave, increasing with service

Ongoing training and development

Competitive maternity, paternity, and adoption benefits

Free confidential employee assistance

Health service discounts

Well-being opportunities

Qualifications

• Proven experience in leading a mental health team.
• Trained in assessment tools such as ADIR and ADOS.
• Experience in managing waiting lists and referrals.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage the CAMHS Specialist Assessment team.
• Conduct assessments for children and young people.
• Ensure best evidence-based care is provided.

Skills

Clinical leadership

Assessment tools (ADIR, ADOS)

Experience in mental health

Working with children

Team management

Education

Registered with a professional body

Additional qualifications relevant to the role

Job description

We are looking to recruit an experienced practitioner to take on the lead role in the CAMHS Specialist Assessment team, conducting ASD and ADHD assessments for children and young people up to the age of 18, with a comorbid significant mental health concern.

This team conducts all Neuro-developmental assessments for the CAMHS Service line using a range of recognised assessment tools including Qb, ADIR and ADOS. It is essential that the successful candidate is already trained in these tools and has experience of delivering them.

The successful candidate will be responsible for overseeing all aspects of the delivery of this area of the service including waiting list and referral management, clinical leadership and line management of junior staff working in the team.

The post is based in Derby City but referrals are received from across South Derbyshire. Assessments are conducted virtually and face to face dependant on individual need.

The Community Care Pathway works with children and young people with a range of mental health needs, including trauma, anxiety disorders, mood disorders and self harm.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be expected to clinically lead and operationally deliver the ND assessment team withing CAMHS. Delivery and oversight of tools including ADIR, ADOS, DAWBA, Qb and other recognised screening tools.

This will include the following: recruitment and selection of staff, induction, training, supervision and appraisals, sickness and other absence, contribute to disciplinary and grievance processes, personal and career development, the team's workload, managing and overseeing waiting lists, allocation and individual caseload management.

The service has an established leadership structure to support and develop our workforce.

About us

Join 'Team Derbyshire Healthcare' and become part of a talented, compassionate and enthusiastic workforce committed to a vision of 'making a positive difference in people's lives'.

CQC rated us as 'GOOD' overall, commenting on how our colleagues "treated patients with compassion and kindness" and "felt positive and proud about working for the trust."

Benefits include:

• Commitment to flexible working where this is possible
• 27 days annual leave/year plus bank holidays, increasing to 29 days after 5 years & 33 days after 10 years' service
• Yearly appraisal and commitment to ongoing training
• Good maternity, paternity and adoption benefits
• Health service discounts and online benefits
• Incremental pay progression
• Free confidential employee assistance programme 24/7
• Access to our LGBT+ network, BAME Network and Christian Network
• Health and wellbeing opportunities
• Structured learning and development opportunities

Job responsibilities

CAMHS have bases in Derby City, Amber Valley, Erewash and South Derbyshire.

You will receive and provide clinical and managerial supervision.

We are looking for a suitably-experienced, qualified clinician, who will improve children and young peoples mental health, through providing highly specialist, clinical assessment within the CAMHS pathway.

In accordance with national and local priorities, clinical guidelines, the post holder will be responsive to the needs and views of local children, young people and their families.

As a Team Lead the post holder will work in partnership with the CAMHS leadership team, Medical Consultants and multi-disciplinary teams, to ensure the highest level of clinical practice in assessment, case management, care co-ordination and treatment.

They will be required to ensure that the best evidence-based care is given to children, young people and their families, within the resources available to the service.

There will be an emphasis upon working with complex-presenting difficulties and multi-agency networks.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Registered with a professional body
• additional qualifications relevant to the role

Experience

• Experience of working in mental health
• Experience of working with ND
• Experience of working with children

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

£47,810 to £54,710 a yearper annum, pro rata