Senior Mental Health Practitioner in Rhyl

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Unscheduled Care Team as Senior Mental Health Practitioner providing clinical leadership to a team of clinicians. The unscheduled care service provides a rapid, robust and extended multi-agency crisis response that includes prompt assessment, liaison, consultation, training and where appropriate intensive time limited interventions for children and young people up to the age of 18, who are experiencing an acute mental health and/or psycho-social crisis.

We are looking to recruit a highly experienced, registered practitioner with extensive clinical knowledge and skill within CAMH crisis services. We would welcome skills and experience in clinical leadership and enhanced clinical decision making when working with young people and families with complex difficulties. The post holder will provide formal and informal clinical supervision to colleagues and act as an initial point of escalation for clinical matters as appropriate. There will be an ‘on call’ requirement within this post that will aim to cover the hours of operation with senior leadership to colleagues.

Main duties of the job

• The post holder will undertake assessments within A+E, paediatric wards and other community settings to support the provision of a rapid crisis response in the least restrictive way, but also consistent with identified needs, to ensure the safety of the young person and others.
• In addition, you will provide clinical formulation, identifying the young person’s and family’s needs, offer liaison, consultation and brief intervention where required to facilitate safe discharge and support care planning across partner agencies.
• The post holder will be required to work flexibly as the service develops towards a 24-hour provision.
• The post holder will be a part of a multi-disciplinary unscheduled care service, working with young people who are experiencing a mental health and/or psycho-social crisis, whereby hospital admission is a strong possibility, but can be safely supported at home or within another community setting.
• The post holder will provide urgent assessment and brief intervention and/or specific evidence-based therapies to children and young people with mental health problems and significant mental health disorders.
• To support parents, carers and front line professionals in understanding and supporting the child/young person through providing education, advice and direction on how to manage the condition.

The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.

Working for our organisation

If you relish a challenge, have a passion to help others or simply fancy a fresh start, then Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board (BCUHB) North Wales, has all the right ingredients. The largest health organisation in Wales, providing a full range of primary, community, mental health, acute and elective hospital services for a population of around 700,000, across North Wales. Join our team and get the support you need, in line with our Organisational Values and ‘Proud to Lead’ competence framework. Enjoy being part of working with engaged leadership at all levels, and be assured we are committed to promoting equality and diversity, and are proud to welcome applicants under the “Disability Confident Employer” scheme.

Please check your email account regularly. Successful applicants will receive all recruitment related correspondence via the email account registered on the application form. Applications may be submitted in Welsh. Applications submitted in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application submitted in English.

Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities

You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or Full details of the post and essential requirements of the post are included in the attached job description and person specification.

Person specification

Qualifications

• Essential criteria: Health related professional qualification and statutory registration. Educated to Master’s degree level in health related subject, or able to demonstrate knowledge and experience to masters level.
• Desirable criteria: Teaching qualification, Formal training in supervision.

Experience

• Essential criteria: Substantial experience of working in a CAMH service with significant interface challenges, undertaking specialist assessments and providing evidence based interventions for C&YP. Significant experience of developing and delivering training packages in a variety of settings; University courses, GP surgeries and CMHT’s. Experience in providing supervision/consultation for other clinicians. Experience of successful change management and dealing with conflict. Experience of effective multi-agency working. Experience of participating in the planning and development of services. Experience in training and presentations.
• Desirable criteria: Experience of working with families, drawing on a systemic knowledge and practice base. Generic mental health background e.g. CAMHS worker. Experience of lone working over a large rural area.

Personal Qualities

• Essential Criteria: Strategic thinker, Professional attitude, Able to lead complex communication processes where there are opposing views and significant barriers to acceptance and understanding, Able to work consistently and therapeutically with frequent exposure to highly emotional distressing and sensitive clinical circumstances, Practice equal opportunities and respect for others, Highly motivated and ability to work autonomously.
• Desirable criteria: Advanced Time Management Skills.

Knowledge

• Essential Criteria: Professional knowledge acquired through degree, diploma supplemented by specialist training experience and short courses. Up to date knowledge of legislation, policy and professional issues pertinent to this area of specialism and its context. Up to date knowledge of relevant legislation framework for C&YP. Specialist knowledge in relation to crisis assessment and management.
• Desirable criteria: Welsh speaker.