Nhs Camhs Practitioner

Sanctuary Personnel, a dedicated and award-winning recruitment agency with a TrustPilot score of 4.9/5 and nearly 300 reviews is currently looking for an experienced and dedicated Band 6/7 CAMHS Practitioner to take on a new Locum role.

**CAMHS Practitioner Pay Rate**:£35-£40 per hour (assignment rate) depending on experience

**Location**:Blackpool

**Contract Type**:Locum - At least 6 months

**Days/Hours**:Primarily 37.5 hours, Monday-Friday, 3 days in office, 2 remote WFH shifts.

**Benefits of working with us**:

- Fully online and paperless registration service
- Free DBS and compliance service including paid for mandatory e-learning and practical training modules (if applicable)
- Exclusive access to roles that aren’t available with other agencies; NHSBT, The Home Office and Vaccination Centres (private and public) are just some of the projects we’ve recently recruited to.
- £250 refer a friend bonus once referral has worked 100 hours (uncapped - T&Cs apply)
- Registration body costs covered based on length of service (T&Cs apply)
- Find your own job bonus - Receive £250 for bringing your own position to us
- Clinical governance and revalidation support from an in-house qualified health professional with over 15 years experience
- Your own dedicated consultant with extensive experience within the healthcare sector
- Daily payroll and in-house payroll system

**Duties of the CAMHS Practitioner**:

- Provide full clinical assessments of children, young people and their families referred to CAMHS in a variety of setting and situations including any duty rota. You may be required to work weekends and evenings.
- Manage a clinical caseload, comprising of assessments and ongoing direct therapeutic interventions to children, young people, and their parents/ carers. This will include regular liaison and collaborative working with other agencies i.e., social services and education.
- Regularly discuss clinical issues and concerns with the CAMHS Team Leader, Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist and colleagues regarding on going therapeutic work.
- Work closely with other agency staff and provide regular professional consultation, training, and advice to identify and address the mental health needs of children and young people as early as possible.
- Understand and work within Child Protection protocols and guidelines.
- Regularly raise awareness and promote the mental health and wellbeing of children and young people within the wider community.
- Collaborate with a range of other agencies e.g., Social Services Education, private and voluntary sector to promote a network of services providing help and support to children, young people, parents, and their carers.
- Participate in and provided training and supervision to other team members.
- Ensure the continued involvement and participation of children, young people and their parent’s or cares in on-going service development.
- Maintain a high standard of record keeping and reports.
- Participate in clinical governance programs within CAMHS.

**Requirements of the CAMHS Practitioner**:

- Degree or equivalent in Mental Health Nursing
- Experience working as a Community Psychiatric Nurse
- NMC Registration
- Experience working in an NHS setting

**Contact**:
**Reasonable Adjustments**:
If you consider yourself to have a disability or require any reasonable adjustment during the recruitment process or within the workplace, please highlight this at the earliest opportunity. With this information, we will provide appropriate support to you throughout the process and into you work placement.