Highly Specialist Occupational Therapist

1 week ago

Milton Keynes, Milton Keynes, United Kingdom Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust Full time

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen within the Milton Keynes CAMHS LIST Team based at Eaglestone Health Centre in Milton Keynes.

The role works closely with the wider multi disciplinary team supporting children and young people alongside their allocated clinicians within the Crisis and Home Treatment pathway. Within this role the post holder will be expected to work autonomously under the guidance of a clinical supervisor to support children and young people with a variety of difficulties which include anxiety, low mood and low self esteem. The post holder will, on a rota basis, provide support for a 7 day crisis and home treatment 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, CAMHS Clinicians, Social services and other Stakeholders.

In return we offer a wide variety of training and development opportunities using the trusts Learning and Development Zone resource, in addition to this the service is fortunate to have access to training opportunities across Bedford, Luton and Milton Keynes. The post holder will receive regular supervision and an opportunity to work closely with a multi disciplinary team consisting of Psychiatrists, Psychologists, Family Therapists, Nurses, Social Workers and an Art Therapist.

Main duties of the job

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 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 to improve client care in the specialist CAMHS service. The post holder will be a highly visible presence in clinical practice, with support and supervision from Clinical Nurse Specialists within the team and be accessible to clients and their families.

Working for our organisation

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 patient's 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 are at, there is always a place for you at CNWL.

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.

Milton Keynes is a culturally diverse new town and we are keen to provide culturally appropriate services to families. We are looking for enthusiastic Clinicians who have CAMHS experience and able to integrate quickly into a busy CAMHS team.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The post holder will support the whole 'System' , that is the NHS, Local Authority and the third sector to a deliver high quality, effective and efficient service and system responses to:

·Improve the experience of CYP

·Improve the experience of Parent/carers & families

·Improve Access

·Improve Quality of care

The post holder will work as part of the CAMHS team providing support to CYP within the community under the direct or indirect supervision of senior clinical staff.

For further detailed information about this post please see the attached Job Description

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