Senior CAMHS Crisis Practitioner

Transformationunitgm; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 56,000 - 64,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading mental health trust in Greater London is seeking a Senior CAMHS Practitioner to join their team. The role is pivotal in providing assessments and support for young individuals in mental health crisis, working flexibly across various healthcare settings. Candidates should be registered nurses with experience in CAMHS settings and possess strong risk management skills. This position offers opportunities for professional development within an innovative and supportive environment. A commitment to provide empathetic care is essential.

Benefits

Flexible working hours

Professional development opportunities

Qualifications

• Experience working in CAMHS or an acute setting.
• Evidence of continuing professional development.
• Knowledge of mental health legislation and safeguarding.

Responsibilities

• Conduct mental health crisis assessments independently.
• Plan, implement, and evaluate treatment interventions.
• Work with allied health professionals and networks.

Skills

Caring and flexible practitioner

Ability to work collaboratively

Experience in CAMHS / acute setting

Ability to assess and manage risk

Empathy for service users

Education

Registered General Nurse and/or Registered Mental Nurse and/or Registered Learning Disability Nurse

Job description

Main area CAMHS Grade NHS AfC: Band 7 Contract Permanent Hours

• Full time
• Part time
• Flexible working

37.5 hours per week (There will be an expectation to work flexibly within a 24-hour period Monday- Sunday, including allocation of early, late and night shifts.) Job ref 334-NUR-7593866-TA

Employer South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Maudsley Hospital Town London Salary £56,276 - £63,176 pro-rata per annum Inc. HCAS Salary period Yearly Closing 25/12/2025 23:59

NHS AfC: Band 7

South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust has a rich history, well-established community links and an international reputation. We deliver specialist services in the London boroughs of Croydon, Lambeth, Lewisham and Southwark, Bexley, Bromley, Greenwich, Wandsworth and Richmond.

We are committed to provide a high quality and specialist care to our service users and we are recognised for our care and treatment we provide. The Care Quality Commission already rates our services as ‘good’.

We launched our five-year strategy, Aiming High; Changing Lives in 2021 together with Our Care Improvement System as our quality management system methodology to make a positive impact on patient care, outcomes and staff experience. By joining SLaM, all staff will get the opportunity to be part of this exciting improvement journey supported with learning and development to harness everyone’s potential as change makers.

The trust recognises the unique and valuable contribution that people with lived experience of mental illness can bring to a role.We therefore welcome applications from people with lived experience and consider them as an asset to the Trust.

Our Values

We take pride in providing specialist care to our service users where our Trust values and our promise to be caring, kind, polite, prompt, honest, listen and do what I say I’m going to do is at the heart of everything we do. When you join us, you’ll be part of something special.

As a Trust we are happy to talk flexible working.

Job overview

We are looking for an experienced, skilled and confident Senior CAMHS Practitioner to join our ever-developing team. The successful applicant will be a caring and flexible practitioner who embraces change and thrives in a creative atmosphere. The service works in collaboration with the South London Partnership (SLP) Crisis service, which is a collaboration between Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust, South London & Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, and South West London and St George’s Mental Health NHS Trust

The SLP CAMHS New Models of Care Programme aims to transform services through partnership-working, delivering best practice consistently to support young people and their families. The CAMHS Response Team, is a nurse led community outreach team and aims to provide assessments for Young People with mental health needs presenting with, or at risk of, going into crisis and who present at A&E departments, on paediatric wards or who are seen by Community CAMHS services.

We are currently developing a 24-hour provision within the A&E environment in which you will have a key role. We also aim to provide a range of short-term community-based assessment and treatment options for approximately 2 weeks for this group of YP and provide advice and support to parents/carers, in partnership with various internal and external agencies.

This role is an in-person role, the successful applicant will work across multiple hospital and community-based environments over a 24-hour period.

Main duties of the jobh3>

Screening of referrals

Carrying out mental health crisis assessments independently

Assessing and managing risk

Planning implementing and evaluating treatment and therapeutic interventions

Working collaboratively with the team and allied health professionals within the network including Primary Health Care, Social Care and educational establishments.

Working for our organisation

• Be part of an innovative team which is vital to plans to transform Child & Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) Tier 4 services across South London. The service works in collaboration with the South London Partnership (SLP) Crisis service.
• SLP CAMHS New Models of Care Programme aims to transform services through partnership-working, delivering best practice consistently to support young people (YP) and their families. The SLP is a collaboration between Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust, South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, and South West London and St George’s Mental Health NHS Trust.
• The CAMHS Response Team aims to provide assessments for YP with mental health needs presenting with, or at risk of, going into crisis via the CAMHS Crisis Line, A&E departments, on paediatric wards or seen by Community CAMHS Tier 3 services. We aim to provide a range of short-term community-based assessment and treatment options for up to 2 weeks for this group of YP and provide advice and support to parents/carers, in partnership with various internal and external agencies.

Centralised CAMHS Crisis team is at Denmark Hill, 5 minutes from the train station (zone 2), within walking distance of Ruskin Park and a high street that offers shopping opportunities and a wide range of restaurants.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. For both overviews please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.

Person specification

Education and Qualification

• Registered General Nurse and/or Registered Mental Nurse and/or Registered Learning Disability Nurse

Experience and Knowledge

• Experience working in CAMHS / acute setting
• Experience of research-based / reflective practice.
• Significant relevant clinical experience.
• Evidence of continuing professional development
• Experience as a preceptor / mentor
• Knowledge of clinical governance and audit
• Knowledge of adult and child safeguarding
• Knowledge of mental health legislation and of the practical application of Mental Health law.
• Experience of taking responsibility for a ward /clinical unit or service

Skills and Abilities

• Able to provide quality care that is responsive to service user’s needs
• Ability to supervise clinically
• Self-aware, self-confident and intrinsically motivated to do a good job and to motivate others.
• Forms very effective working relationships with colleagues.
• Advocates for all individuals, particularly those with protected characteristics; promotes equality and diversity.

Other Requirements

• Empathy for service users including individuals who have experienced mental health problems.

The Trust is committed to providing services which embrace diversity and that promote equality of opportunity. We are a Disability Confident Employer, we welcome applicants from all sections of the community and people of all protected characteristics. We provide reasonable adjustments for candidates with a disability and are committed to treating people fairly with compassion, respect and dignity and in promoting equality and human rights. We aim to put this commitment into practice by:

• Embedding our commitment to tackling inequality, eliminating discrimination and harassment; promoting equality of opportunity and fostering good relations in our everyday practice
• Ensuring that all our services and all staff understand and support our commitment
• We believe that people who use our services, their carers and our staff, should be treated with compassion, respect and dignity

Please note:

• That all applications for this post will need to be made online
• That you read and understand the Job Description and Person Specification attached to the role. Your Statement in Support should reflect the requirements specified as your application will be judged against these criteria
• That the closing date listed is a guide only and that the vacancy may close earlier should sufficient number of applicants have been received. We advise that you submit your application as early as possible
• That once you have submitted your application you agree to your application being transferred to a 3rd party e-recruitment system. All subsequent information regarding your application will be generated from apps.trac.jobs
• That should you not have heard from us within three weeks from the closing date your application has not been successful
• That priority consideration for applications may be given to at-risk NHS employees
• That should you be successful and appointed, you authorise South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust to confirm your previous NHS service via an Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) process
• That we are a smoke-free Trust

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