Job summary
Hybrid working, flexible hours and a warm welcome accompany this opportunity to work creatively with Young People and their families.
We are the Youth Team, Great Yarmouth and Waveney, a multi-disciplinary Team promoting positive Mental Health in Young People aged 14 to 25 years.
We strive to be dynamic and creative and are dedicated Mental Health Professionals, focussing on the needs of Young People and providing a needs-led approach to working and seek like-minded clinicians to work alongside us in supporting Young Peoples Wellbeing and Mental Health.
Opportunities within the role include:
1. Offer of a compassionate and needs led approach
2. Working as the clinician you trained to be
3. Demonstrate your clinical prowess
Main duties of the job
Duties will include, but not exclusive to:
4. Assessments of Young People
5. Caseload holding
6. Multi-agency working; including family, acute hospital, primary care sector, social care, education and voluntary services
7. Triage of referrals
8. Working with Young People on a one to one basis
Supporting the Duty role within the Team
The post holder will undertake the planning and delivery of direct patient care with appropriate supervision, ensuring continuity of practice and working within a multi-disciplinary and multiagency environment.
Managing a caseload and the provision of Mental Health Care services to people with mental health care needs.
Support and advising to other health care professionals. To support aspects of service development
Provide an appropriate learning environment for relevant UEA students.
To be accountable for own professional actions.
Participate in mental health promotion.
Provide the appropriate interventions to patients with mental illness (incorporating NICE Guidelines).
Effective personal planning and organisation of daily work load.
Flexible working and manage own working time effectively and accordingly to service demands.
Practice autonomously in making clinical judgements, identifying alternative courses of action, managing and providing a high quality of care.
Maintain respectful, effective professional interpersonal relationships with others.
About us
We value multi-agency collaborative working and encourage Service User Participation, supported by our People Participation Lead. Our Care Group is on an incredible and exciting journey and continually striving to improve our offer.
We encourage individuals not only to ensure that they are able to meet the requirements of the Job Description, but also that they are able to demonstrate a commitment to encompassing our Trust's values of Positively, Respectfully, Together; we are committed to promoting a positive culture in the workplace for everyone. Our successful applicant will be joining an established high-performing Team, who are continually working hard to support Young People in need of our Services.
We can offer you the full range of NHS benefits and in addition:
9. NHS pension
10. a comprehensive in house & external training programmes
11. career progression
12. starting annual leave of 27 days per annum increasing to 33 days pa based on length of service (plus paid bank holidays)
13. staff physio service
14. NHS discounts and many more
In addition, we are pleased to offer the benefits of a High Performing Business Support Team; supporting you, supporting Young People.
Job description
Job responsibilities
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Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
15. Nursing degree or equivalent, Dip OT, Clinical Psychology or equivalent
Experience
Essential
16. Able to demonstrate an appropriate level of knowledge of mental health practice from previous experience
17. Demonstrate effective risk assessment and risk management experience
18. Experience in the delivery of clinical interventions
19. Experience in working in team delivering person centred treatment packages
Desirable
20. Experience in supporting service development
Knowledge
Essential
21. Knowledge of medication and the monitoring of its effects
22. Knowledge of psychosocial interventions
23. An understanding of the policies and guidelines both local and national National Institute for Clinical Excellence guidelines (Government initiative)
Desirable
24. Knowledge of health promotion
Other
Essential
25. Ability to travel independently