CAMHs Liaison and Crisis Team Clinician

As part of the transformation of Children and Adolescent Mental Health services CNWL NHS foundation Trust are responding by developing a service to provide rapid response, prompt assessment, and where appropriate intensive time limited interventions for children and young people up to the age of 18, who are experiencing an acute mental health or emotional crisis and then transfer to their local CAMHS. The Service will aim to work with young people experiencing severe mental health difficulties in the least restrictive environment, consistent with the need for their own safety and the safety of others. Opportunities have arisen for experienced CAMHS Liaison and Crisis Support CAMHS Clinicians (Band 6) with generic CAMHS experience to work within our pathway.

These are full-time permanent posts and are part of a well-established team where professional development and innovative work is actively encouraged. The post holder will, on a rota basis, provide a 7 day crisis service for young people experiencing mental health problems in the Milton Keynes area. The post will be based within MKUH and the post holder will be expected to maintain the close links with the Hospital.

Milton Keynes (Mk) CAMHS is a very busy & friendly service which welcomes new skills and new ideas. It is part of Central & North West London (CNWL) Foundation Mental Health Trust. We are committed to collaborative multi-disciplinary work and there are very good links with partnership agencies in the borough.

The post holder will carry out initial assessments of children and young people presenting in the A&E Department and on the wards of Milton Keynes General Hospital in mental health crisis, following an overdose, psychosis, deliberate self-harm or suicidal ideation.

The focus will be on children and young people presenting at Emergency Department (ED) and on the medical wards, ensuring effective psycho-social assessment, risk assessment and discharge planning including referral to appropriate services, and sign posting to relevant third sector partners.

The post holder will also liaise with colleagues and provide education, support and advice to staff within general hospital setting on a range of areas aimed at improving their understanding and management of mental health and self-harm.

The post holder will undertake home support to avoid admission to hospital or to minimise length of time spent in hospital by providing an intensive community package of immediate post-discharge support to children/young people.

The post will include professional and practice development and ensuring high quality client centred care is delivered. The post holder will work with senior colleagues within the team to maintain high standards of care and practice and to empower colleagues to take on a greater range of clinical tasks to improve client care in the specialist CAMHS service.

We are passionate about delivering First-class patient-centred, safe and effective care, whether it is in a hospital setting, in a community clinic or in the patients own home. Patients are at the heart of everything we do. Providing top quality care depends on our ability to employ the best people. We're always looking to recruit outstanding people who will go the extra mile to support our patients, colleagues, teams and the Trust. With every new employee were hoping to find our future leaders and well support our staff by providing opportunities to develop your career.

With a diverse culture and equally diverse range of opportunities across mental health, community services, addictions, eating disorders, learning disabilities and more whatever stage of your career you're at, there's always a place for you at CNWL.

The post holder will carry out initial assessments of children and young people presenting in the A&E Department and on the wards of Milton Keynes General Hospital in mental health crisis, following an overdose, psychosis, deliberate self-harm or suicidal ideation.

The post holder will focus on children and young people presenting at Emergency Department (ED) and on the medical wards, ensuring effective psycho-social assessment, risk assessment and discharge planning including referral to appropriate services, and sign posting to relevant third sector partners.

The post holder will also liaise with colleagues and provide education, support and advice to staff within general hospital setting on a range of areas aimed at improving their understanding and management of mental health and self-harm.

The post holder will provide intensive home treatment/support for up to 8 weeks. Provide emergency (within 4 hours) or urgent (within 24-48hrs) response to young people presenting to A&E, or have been referred to the Home Treatment Team via agreed crisis referral pathways.

The post holder will undertake home support to avoid admission to hospital or to minimise length of time spent in hospital by providing an intensive community package of immediate post-discharge support to children/young people.

To provide evidence based, short term interventions to children and young people such as: distraction/relaxation techniques, positive coping strategies, positive risk management, safety planning and risk reduction (self-harming behaviours), psycho education to service users and families/carers, and CBT-based interventions focussed on anxiety management.