Job summary
- Main area
- Learning Disability Mental Health
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Ability as needed to work up until 7pm to meet the needs of the service.)
- Job ref
- 334-NUR-6355998-FR-A
- Employer
- South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Lambeth CAMHS-Mary Sheridan Centre, Wooden Spoon House & William Geoffrey House
- Town
- Kennington, London
- Salary
- £42,471 - £50,364 per annum inclusive of HCAS
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 04/08/2024 23:59
Employer heading
CAMHS Learning Disabilities Nurse
NHS AfC: Band 6
South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust has a rich history, well-established community links and an international reputation. We deliver specialist services in the London boroughs of Croydon, Lambeth, Lewisham and Southwark, Bexley, Bromley, Greenwich, Wandsworth and Richmond.
We are committed to provide a high quality and specialist care to our service users and we are recognised for our care and treatment we provide. The Care Quality Commission already rates our services as ‘good’.
We launched our five-year strategy, Aiming High; Changing Lives in 2021 together with Our Care Improvement System as our quality management system methodology to make a positive impact on patient care, outcomes and staff experience. By joining SLaM, all staff will get the opportunity to be part of this exciting improvement journey supported with learning and development to harness everyone’s potential as change makers.
The trust recognises the unique and valuable contribution that people with lived experience of mental illness can bring to a role. We therefore welcome applications from people with lived experience and consider them as an asset to the Trust.
Our Values
We take pride in providing specialist care to our service users where our Trust values and our promise to be caring, kind, polite, prompt, honest, listen and do what I say I’m going to do is at the heart of everything we do. When you join us, you’ll be part of something special.
As a Trust we are happy to talk flexible working.
Job overview
Lambeth CAMHS are looking to recruit into a new post, a Learning Disability Nurse to our community CAMHS service to support our Neurodevelopmental Pathway.
- Experienced and motivated RLDN RMN or RCN with experience of working with children and young people with Neuro diverse presentations including ASD, LD & ADHD.
- The Post holder will be a care coordinator and provide therapeutic support for children, young people and their families of the Lambeth CAMHS Neuro-developmental Pathway, which is part of the River team (Tier 3 service)
- The main team base is located at Mary Sheridan centre Wooden Spoon House SE11 & William Geoffrey house, 35 Black Prince Road, SE11 6JJ
Main duties of the job
- To provide care coordination & therapeutic support for CYP & families in Lambeth CAMHS Neurodevelopmental Pathway.
- Clinical assessment, treatment, risk assessment, planning, implementation and monitoring of outcomes for neuro-diverse children and young people across the tiers of intervention in CAMHS
- Deliver groups to support the wellbeing of CYP and families referred to the service.
- Opportunity to provide, support, training, consultation and advice for junior team members and/or other clinicians on issues of neurodiversity across the service.
- To work in close contact with other clinicians in the NDP to further develop and enhance the clinical offer for CYP with neurodevelopmental conditions across Lambeth.
- The post holder will sit in the Lambeth CAMHS Community Team (River Team tier 3).
Working for our organisation
The London Borough of Lambeth has a population of 317,800 (GLA 2020). Lambeth’s population is highly diverse, a characteristic visible in the breadth of ethnic and cultural traditions seen throughout the borough. It is estimated that 63% of the population describe their ethnicity as other than White British; 23% describe their ethnicity as Black (11% Black African, 7% Black Caribbean and 5% Other Black), 22% White Other and 6% as Asian.
The Annual population survey, estimates that a third of Lambeth’s residents are non-UK born. Of these non-UK born, 40% are of wider European origin, 20% are of African origin; and 20% of Central or South American origin. Nearly 150 languages are spoken as the first language in the homes of Lambeth school children. Portuguese, Spanish and Somali, are the most commonly spoken other languages in Lambeth.
Lambeth has a child and youth population aged 0-20 of almost 70,000. Over 50% of this number are 0 to 9 years old
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. For both overviews please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.
Person specification
Qualifications and Professional Registration
Essential criteria
- Professional registration with one of the following statutory bodies: the Nursing Midwifery Council (NMC)
- Relevant professional training will include: First level nursing qualification/registration RNLD, RMN or RSCN or HV with related CAMHS experience
Desirable criteria
- MSc Post qualification level qualification associated with child and adolescent mental health e.g. clinical psychology, family therapy, child psychotherapy or equivalent with a strong portfolio of post- registration clinical professional development.
- Additional training specific to the clinical practice to work with children with ADHD/ASD/LD including evidenced-based behavioural support interventions.
- Completed practice assessor or practice supervisor training/or equivalent experience of having facilitated student nurse placements
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- A good working knowledge of the following: Mental health disorders in children and adolescents.
- Theoretical knowledge of psychopathology and the general evidence base for treatment in child and adolescent mental health.
- Key legislation relevant to CAMHS setting: The Children Act 1989, 2004 and The Mental Health Act 1983, Human Rights Act 1998 and Mental Capacity Act 2005.
- London Child Protection procedures Assessment of risk and management of risk factors and safeguarding.
- The principles underlying confidentiality and information sharing.
- The principles of clinical governance and CAMHS practice.
Desirable criteria
- Relevant research and its application to assessment, treatment and case management of CAMHS disorders.
- Specialist knowledge of the clinical and practice issues for children with ADHD/ASD/LD
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience and ability to function as a practitioner registered nurse or HV , in child and adolescent mental health
- Experience of working as a case manager, care coordinator or primary nurse in child and adolescent mental health sector
- Evidence of good practice in child and adolescent mental health assessments, assessments of behaviour and performance, family functioning
- Evidence of providing CAMHS interventions in group, individual and family work, multidisciplinary work.
- Evidence of experience of clinical governance and audit and the process of clinical supervision
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of practice and clinical experience working with children with ADHD/ASD/LD
- Evidence of presenting complex clinical information to a range of client groups, stakeholders and professionals
Skills
Essential criteria
- Ability to work under pressure. Ability to take on new concepts/forward thinking.
- Good written and verbal presentation skills. Basic IT and data entry skills.
- Proven ability to be "reflective" in therapeutic practice and adapt practice from this reflection.
- Demonstrate an ability to work effectively as part of a multidisciplinary team. Excellent time management skills
- Proven ability to engage therapeutically with the client group, using a range of therapeutic interventions
- Skill in teaching and supporting parents in coping and management strategies.
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of organisational skills to deliver targets and meet deadlines
- Proven ability to work within a changing environment
- Experience of supervising others
- Skills to adapt therapeutic work for children with neurodiverse presentations
Abilities
Essential criteria
- Proven ability to engage therapeutically with the client group, using a range of therapeutic interventions.
- Ability to work effectively within a multi-disciplinary team, contributing to effective team functioning and holding team roles.
- Ability to identify and employ mechanisms of clinical governance as appropriate
- Ability to maintain concentration and to remain in restricted positions for long periods during observations, assessments and psychological interventions, and to deal with unexpected interruptions or changes during these.
- Ability to manage emotionally stressful situations such as working with victims of abuse or trauma, or with people who engage in severe self-harming or aggressive behaviour
- Ability to manage verbal aggression and hostility directed at self
- Ability to develop and use complex multi-media materials for presentations in public, professional and academic meetings.
Desirable criteria
- Advanced ability to work with diverse populations
- Advanced ability to offer therapeutic support to children and families with complex presentations.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Ellie Barnfather
- Job title
- Lambeth CAMHS lead Nurse
- Email address
- [email protected]
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