Mental Health Practitioner Non-medical Prescriber

2 weeks ago


Plymouth, United Kingdom Livewell Southwest Full time

Key Responsibilities of the Post. A. Service Delivery 1a To improve children and young peoples mental health through the delivery of an integrated and coordinated system of community based mental health care to children, young people and their families, providing safe, culturally competent, effective, cost efficient, timely and accessible services that are in accordance with national and local priorities and responsive to the needs and views of local children, young people and their families. 2a To deliver independent prescribing to Children and Young People, who need pharmacological intervention and review.

To also provide clinical input to the team, delivering practice within best evidence and to the highest possible standard. The post sits within the CAMHs Service delivering assessment and treatment interventions in line with NICE Guidelines. 3a For non-medical prescribers the role will involve the use of an evidence-based approach to assess and make an informed prescribing decision for a defined caseload of children and young people. This will be based on a clear theoretical framework and will take full account of the child or young persons developmental needs, gender, ethnicity, religion, race, ability and sexual orientation.

4a The post holder will be responsible for engaging and demonstrating ongoing CPD in relation to prescribing practice, and to support other clinicians undergoing the training. 5a To contribute to a positive working environment and open learning culture, which supports high morale and commitment within the CAMHS Service promoting wellbeing, personal development and continuous improvement in the standards of business activities and professional practice. 6a The post holder will demonstrate effective skills in the assessment and reassessment of risk and complex behavior issues and communicate concerns accurately in a timely fashion. This is inclusive of priority assessments and requires multi-agency responses to risk assessment and risk management plans.

7a The post holder will make an autonomous decision about the treatment, time of discharge, and agree with the child, young person and family/carers as well as multi-agency key partners. Communicate a summary of the work undertaken and how to sustain improvements made and include correspondence to General Practitioner. 8a. To work with children/young people/families and professionals working with them, to reduce the stigma associated with mental health and contribute to the embedding of a positive message about maintaining good mental health.

9a The post holder will be expected to draw upon experience and knowledge gained through training and practice relating to child development, child and adolescent mental health and adult mental health. 10a The post holder is required to maintain high effective standards in the recording of clinical observations and actions, risk and risk management including child protection in health records. 11a All role may involve work with families at their homes, education and community settings and at base as appropriate/required by children/young people and their families. 12a The post holder will strongly adhere to culturally competent and anti-discriminatory practice, promote equity of opportunity and use their professional position to empower others and challenge power imbalances where they are found to exist.

13a The post holder will contribute to the CAMHS Duty Rota which operates daily. 14a All CAMHS clinicians are expected to promote the mental health and emotional well-being of children and young people 15a The post holder will play a role in encouraging and co-coordinating collaboration between all agencies by attending multi-agency meetings such as multi-agency EHAT meetings, child protection case conferences, education reviews etc, to provide a mental health perspective. 16a The post holder will develop excellent and effective communication skills, applicable to working both with young people, their families and professional systems. Acting as a point of liaison between specialist CAMHS and universal services to ensure improved communication and collaboration via a range of different interfaces, forums and meetings e.g., presenting at meetings within Plymouth.

17a Maintain good activity records and provide them in a timely manner for inputting onto the electronic system. 18a Be available for and make use of clinical supervision, child protection supervision and operational line management supervision. 19a The Post holder is responsible for attending clinical supervision a minimum requirement of an hour per month. 20a The post holder will need to organise their own workload under the support and supervision of Clinical Pathway Manager and Non
- Medical Prescribing Lead 21a Maintain health records to the standards required by LSW.

22a Contribute to a strong team ethos of enquiry, development, and improvement. 23a Contribute to the development of team protocols and clinical practice, propo



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