Camhs Practitioner

1 week ago


Peterborough, Peterborough, United Kingdom Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust Full time
We are currently looking to recruit an enthusiastic and motivated Band 6 Nurse to join our Neurodevelopmental Team.

We are a multidisciplinary team who work with youngsters with a diagnosed moderate to severe Learning Disability and provide assessment and treatment for Autism and ADHD.

The team provides mental health assessments for youngsters with a neurodevelopmental disorder and also psychological therapies for co-morbid mental health disorders.


We are keen to support and develop our staff through additional relevant training, a clear career pathway and encourage promotional opportunities within the Trust.

If you're looking for a new challenge, enjoy variety in your work and wish to be part of a multidisciplinary team striving to make a difference for our community by supporting people with neurodevelopmental disorders and co-morbid mental health issues, then we want to hear from you.


  • To provide an evidencebased therapy service to children and adolescents with neurodevelopmental disorders such as Autism, ADHD and Learning Disabilities in the Neurodevelopmental Service CAMHS which is part of the Children, Young People and Families Directorate in CPFT.
  • Patients will be managed on a community basis; providing assessment of neurodevelopmental disorders and/or comorbid mental health disorder and evidencebased therapy.
  • At the same time as offering advice and consultation on patient's mental health care to colleagues and partner agencies and to other nonprofessional carers.
  • To work autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the team's and Trust's policies and procedures.
  • Models behaviours that treat others with dignity, respect and compassion.
  • Identifies and challenges unacceptable practice of peers and colleagues respectfully, and takes appropriate action to resolve.
  • Improves the quality of services e.g. someone is waiting, I will ask them if they have been seen etc.
  • Treats individuals with respect and kindness (eye contact, smiling etc.)
  • Works in partnership and collaboration with others; respects their rights and promotes equality at all times.
  • Responds to an individual's situation, needs and preferences, and does not stereotype people.
  • Develops trust with service users, their families and colleagues through delivering what they say they will and having a flexible approach to their work.


Cambridgeshire & Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust is a health & social care organisation dedicated to providing high quality care with compassion to improve the health & wellbeing of the people we care for, as well as supporting & empowering them to lead a fulfilling life.


Our clinical teams deliver many NHS services not only via inpatient and primary care setting but also with the community.

These services include Children, Adult & Older Peoples mental & physical health, Forensic & Specialist mental health, Learning Disabilities, Primary Care & Liaison psychiatry, Substance misuse, Social care, Research & Development.

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details of responsibilities.

  • To work as an integral member of the CAMHS Neurodevelopment Community Team, providing comprehensive mental health and diagnostic assessments of ADHD and other specialist assessments (if applicable such as Qb, SALT, OT, Cognitive), demonstrating the appropriate use, interpretation and integration of data from a variety of sources including, selfreport measures, rating scales, direct and indirect structured observations and semistructured interviews with clients, family members and others involved in the client's care.
  • To be part of the mdt ADHD formulation meetings and have the ability to utilise specialist knowledge to make decisions about a child or young person's mental health and neurodevelopmental needs.
  • To provide physical health checks including height, weight and blood pressure for children taking medication for ADHD.
  • To provide ADHD medication reviews in clinic under the supervision of the ADHD doctors.
  • To participate in the prevention and early detection of emotional and mental health difficulties in children and adolescents referred to the service.
  • To participate in the planning and delivery of evidencebased therapeutic programmes e.g. Positive Behaviour Support, CBT and Parenting programmes on both an individual and group basis to children and young people and their families.
  • To develop formulations of presenting problems or situations that integrate information from assessments within a coherent framework that draws upon mental health theory and evidence which incorporates developmental, interpersonal, societal, cultural and biological factors.
  • To evaluate and make treatment decisions in collaboration with the Multidisciplinary Team.

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