Overview
In this role you provide clinical leadership and oversight within Community CAMHS, guiding a multidisciplinary team to deliver comprehensive assessments, care planning and interventions for children and young people with moderate to severe mental health needs. You manage a complex caseload and ensure high governance, safety and quality. You will contribute to service development, pathway improvement and transformation of CAMHS provision, collaborating across health, social care and education. This is a chance to shape child-focused mental health care and support staff to achieve meaningful outcomes.
Pay / Benefits
- Generous annual leave
- Pension schemes
- Health and wellbeing programmes
- Exclusive discounts
Responsibilities
- Provide clinical leadership, supervision and support to a team of practitioners
- Manage a complex caseload of CYP with moderate to severe MH presentations
- Undertake and oversee comprehensive mental health assessments, formulation and risk management
- Lead on care planning, treatment delivery and discharge processes
- Ensure high standards of clinical governance, safeguarding and quality assurance
- Support service development, transformation initiatives and continuous improvement
- Collaborate with partner agencies to deliver integrated, person-centred care
Key requirements
- Current RMN / RN (Mental Health), Social Work or Occupational Therapy registration
- Post registration experience including substantial Band 6 in CAMHS Community setting
- Post registration experience equivalent to Masters level
- Knowledge of evidence base for assessment and triage
- Demonstrable knowledge of clinical risk management
- Demonstrable knowledge of therapy approaches
- Leadership of junior staff and ability to build develop and maintain relationships
- Leadership
- Collaboration
- Communication
- Risk assessment and management
- Therapy approaches
- Knowledge of evidence-based assessments
Specialist Mental Health Practitioner in Sheffield employer: National Health Service
Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board is an exceptional employer, offering a supportive and collaborative work environment for healthcare professionals in North Wales. With a commitment to employee development and a focus on compassionate care, staff have access to continuous professional development opportunities and the chance to make a meaningful impact in both acute and community paediatrics. The Health Board's integrated approach ensures that employees are part of a dynamic team dedicated to improving health outcomes for the local population.
