CAMHS Triage and Assessment Team Lead Practitioner / Nurse
NHS AfC: Band 6
Main area Nurse / Social Worker / Occupational Therapist Grade NHS AfC: Band 6 Contract Permanent Hours Full time - hours per week Job ref -CHI-0- Site Temple House Town Derby Salary £, - £, per annum Salary period Yearly Closing Today at :
Want to make a real difference and have a truly rewarding career? Join 'Team Derbyshire Healthcare' and become part of a talented, compassionate and enthusiastic workforce committed to a vision of ‘making a positive difference in people's lives’.
We’ve been rated ‘good’ overall by the CQC, with some outstanding services. The CQC commented at our most recent inspection on how our colleagues “treated patients with compassion and kindness” and “felt positive and proud about working for the trust.
We are passionate about making equality, diversity and inclusion part of our DNA. We take pride in our “People First Culture” which creates a workplace where everyone feels a genuine sense of belonging, difference is celebrated, and people are comfortable to bring their whole selves to work. We value the richness that comes from having colleagues that are fully representative of the local community. We welcome people who identify as Black, Asian or from a Minority Ethnic background, protected characteristics, and with all backgrounds and experiences.
Job overview
Working in the Triage and Assessment team you will be responsible for carrying our triage calls to all young people on our assessment wait list to ensure they are on the correct pathway.
You will then carry out robust mental health assessments, formulating a plan of care, risk assessing and liaising with other teams internally and externally to CAMHS
You will be having regular contact with young people suffering from moderate to severe and enduring mental health difficulties from a wide range of backgrounds.
You will be part of a multi disciplinary team and hold a small case load of young people presenting with risky behaviours.
Main duties of the job
You will be responsible for the triaging of young people
Carrying out robust mental health assessments
Liaising with different professionals from various agencies
clear and accurate documentation on our systems
formulating care plans
carrying out risk assessments
Creating safety plans
Working along side young people with enduring mental health problems and their families
Working across our Derbyshire bases
Working for our organisation
Join 'Team Derbyshire Healthcare' and become part of a talented, compassionate and enthusiastic workforce committed to a vision of ‘making a positive difference in people's lives’.
CQC rated us as 'GOOD’ overall, commenting on how our colleagues “treated patients with compassion and kindness” and “felt positive and proud about working for the trust.”
Benefits include:
1. Commitment to flexible working where this is possible
2. days annual leave/year plus bank holidays, increasing to days after 5 years & days after years’ service
3. Yearly appraisal and commitment to ongoing training
4. Generous NHS pension scheme
5. Good maternity, paternity and adoption benefits
6. Health service discounts and online benefits
7. Incremental pay progression
8. Free confidential employee assistance programme /7
9. Access to our LGBT+ network, BAME Network and Christian Network
10. Health and wellbeing opportunities
11. Structured learning and development opportunities
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Working in the Triage and Assessment team you will be responsible for carrying our triage calls to all young people on our assessment wait list to ensure they are on the correct pathway.
You will then carry out robust mental health assessments, formulating a plan of care, risk assessing and liaising with other teams internally and externally to CAMHS
You will be having regular contact with young people suffering from moderate to severe and enduring mental health difficulties from a wide range of backgrounds.
You will be part of a multi disciplinary team and hold a small case load of young people presenting with risky behaviours.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
12. Qualification
Desirable criteria
13. relevant training
years experience
Essential criteria
14. Years experience
Desirable criteria
15. Relevant experience
Further details / informal visits contact
NameChloe MartinJob titleDeputy Service ManagerEmail number