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NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde is one of the largest healthcare systems in the UK employing around 40,000 staff in a wide range of clinical and non-clinical professions and job roles. We deliver acute hospital, primary, community and mental health care services to a population of over 1.15 million and a wider population of 2.2 million when our regional and national services are included.
This is a fulltime post of 37.5 hours per week with a shift pattern of Monday to Friday, 9am-5pm.
Professional registration is required.
Working within Specialist Children’s Services in Greater Glasgow and Clyde, which encompasses Community Paediatrics, CAMHS & Acute Paediatrics, you will be committed to addressing the health and wellbeing needs of children, young people and their families. You will work in multi-disciplinary teams whose aim is to provide high quality support, assessment and interventions in line with evidence based practice and national policies/agendas. You will have knowledge and experience of working in teams where care is coordinated and you will fully understand the impact of integrated care and services. You will have relevant experience in planning and providing person centred and outcome based care. A strong culture of support, development, CPD, reflective practice and supervision exists to maximise our patient’s experience, safety and outcomes and your career progression. We are ambitious in our visioning for the future and are clear about the need to further develop integrated services that ensure that children, young people and families receive the right support, at the right time and in a way that best meets their needs. As such, you will be required to be person centred and innovative in your thinking and practice, with excellent ability to communicate effectively and compassionately with children, young people, their families, health and partner agencies. Now is a great time to come and work in Specialist Children's Services. Due to an increase in government funding, we have exciting job opportunities available. Our staff are at the heart of everything we do. We value and support career development with good opportunities for career progression. Tier 4 CAMHS are part of Specialist Children's Services, providing mental health services in the community and through the Regional and National Inpatient Units. Working in Tier 4 CAMHS offers the opportunity to be involved with a diverse service user population. We are committed to providing person centred care, trauma informed care and compassionate care in order to help young people on the road to recovery. Our team aims to offer compassionate care centred in kindness and with the aim of supporting young people and their families through their mental health journey. We would welcome applicants who reflect those values. This post is to lead and support bed management across Specialist Children’s Services which currently includes 24 beds at the Adolescent Inpatient Psychiatric unit and the Under 12s psychiatric unit which is 6 beds. A further development of an intensive psychiatric unit will be included in the remit when this occurs. The role also requires collation of relevant data in relation to the units. A background in mental health and knowledge of the Mental Health Act is required and professional qualification and registration are also required. You will be integral to the clinical team and support clinical activity.
Contact details for informal contact: Suzanne McCrea, 0141 232 6420, Suzanne.mccrea@ggc.scot.nhs.uk
Details on how to contact the Recruitment Service can be found within the Candidate Information Packs.
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