Children’s Continuing Care Lead/ Nurse Assessor
1 week ago
Job summary
The post holder will be a Registered Mental Health Nurse with a high level of expertise and experience in Children and Young People's (CYP) Continuing Care, responsible for managing the SCAMHs Children's Continuing Care Service.
The post holder will be responsible for the implementation of the Children's Continuing Care (CCC) process for all CYP's ensuring holistic assessments are undertaken to determine eligibility in accordance with the Welsh Government Guidance.
The post holder will have well-developed leadership qualities and will be required to draw upon their advanced specialist knowledge and offer direction, support and consultation to other professionals in relation to CCC.
The post holder will be the senior operational lead for CYP Continuing Care (Specialist CAMHS) and will work with the Childrens Continuing Care Lead (Physical Health) and Service Delivery Manager Paediatrics as well as the SCAMHs service manager in developing policy changes and implementation of relevant strategies.
Interviews to be held on 23/9/24
The post holder will be required to promote the ethos of the service, which is to provide crisis assessment, intensive intervention including home treatment with the key aim to prevent admission or if admission is required to facilitate earlier discharge for children and young people.
Main duties of the job
The successful applicant will also :-
Be responsible for clinical interventions working specifically with CYP where there are identified concerns in relation to their emotional/mental health and present with additional complex needs considering the need for a responsive outreach approach.
Provide leadership from a mental health perspective to the multi-disciplinary team providing assessment and therapeutic intervention for a wide range of emotional and mental difficulties affecting young people and their families and carers.
Act as a care coordinator for a limited caseload of CYP with complex needs and ensure that the Care and Treatment Plan (CTP) forms the basis for the clinical intervention.
Be responsible for the coordination and delivery of training workshops for health, social care and education practitioners concerning the Children's Continuing Care process.
Work autonomously in collaboration with the S-CAMHS senior managers and the SDM Community Paediatrics, ensuring excellent working relationships, communication and working practices are further strengthened with Adult Mental Health, Learning Disabilities, Substance Misuse Services and partner agencies.
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply.
About us
Hywel Dda University Health Board is the planner and provider of NHS healthcare services for people in Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion, Pembrokeshire and its bordering counties. Our 12,000 members of staff provide primary, community, in-hospital, mental health and learning disabilities services for around 384,000 people across a quarter of the landmass of Wales. We do this in partnership with our three local authorities and public, private and third sector colleagues, including our volunteers, through:
Four main hospitals: Bronglais General in Aberystwyth, Glangwili General in Carmarthen, Prince Philip in Llanelli and Withybush General in Haverfordwest;
Seven community hospitals: Amman Valley and Llandovery in Carmarthenshire; Tregaron, Aberaeron and Cardigan in Ceredigion; and Tenby and South Pembrokeshire Hospital Health and Social Care Resource Centre in Pembrokeshire;
47 general practices (6 of which are managed practices), 45 dental practices (including 4 orthodontic), 96 community pharmacies, 44 general ophthalmic practices (43 providing Eye Health Examination Wales and 34 low vision services) and 17 domiciliary only providers and 11 health centres;
Numerous locations providing mental health and learning disabilities services;
Highly specialised and tertiary services commissioned by the Welsh Health Specialised Services Committee, a joint committee representing seven health boards across Wales.
Job description
Job responsibilities
You will be able to find a full job description and person specification attached within the supporting documents.
The Health Board is committed to supporting its staff to fully embrace the need for bilingualism thereby enhancing patient and service user experiences. In our commitment to increase the number of staff who are able to communicate in Welsh with patients and professionals, we welcome applications from Welsh speakers.
The ability to communicate in Welsh is desirable for this post. If you do not meet the Welsh Language requirements specified, the Health Board offers a variety of learning options and staff support to help you meet these minimal desirable requirements during the course of your employment with us.
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Person Specification
Qualifications and Knowledge
Essential
Registered Nurse (Mental Health) Current NMC registration Post graduate diploma qualification plus Masters' qualification or demonstrable equivalent experience of working with children and young people with complex health needs. Ability to practice within the scope of the NMC Code of Professional Conduct. Evidence of professional development & lifelong learning. Knowledge of health and social care policy, Including the Children's Continuing Care Guidance and Social Services and Wellbeing Act.
Desirable
Educated to Master's Degree level or equivalent relevant experience. Understanding of Budgets/Budgetary Management. Training in any other evidence based psychological approaches ( DBT, Mindfulness based approaches, EMDR , CBT etc. Supervision qualification / Experience Management Qualification / experience of project management. WARRN ( Child) Safeguarding child and adult as part of mandatory training. Training in any other evidence-based psychological approaches ( Brief Solution Focused Therapy , DBT, Mindfulness based approaches, EMDR etc.).
Experience
Essential
Excellent nursing assessment skills. Experience of working in Specialist Child & Adolescent Mental Health Services at Band 6 grade or above. Experience of working within multi-agency, multidisciplinary teams Knowledge and experience of supporting young people through transition. Knowledge and experience of Adult Continuing Health Care (CHC). Providing specialist advice to partner organisations and colleagues. Experience of caring for children and young people with complex mental health needs. Knowledge and experience in making professional judgments and care needs. Demonstrable experience of complex decision making. Leadership and management experience. Significant experience where a degree of autonomous working has been required. People Management experience. Teaching and education assessment experience Experience of working Independently
Desirable
Health Promotion knowledge. Experience of group work in SCAMHS /Mental Health. Demonstrable experience in a clinical leadership role
Language Skills
Desirable
Welsh Speaker (Level 1)-
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