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About The Organisation
Here at NHS Lanarkshire, we put the patient at the heart of everything we do. Each colleague within the organisation plays a key role in how we deliver our healthcare services.
We proudly serve a population of 655,000 across rural and urban communities in both North and South Lanarkshire. NHS Lanarkshire is comprised of Acute Services (which currently provide hospital based services over 3 main sites), Corporate & Property & Support Services, North and South Lanarkshire Health and Social Care Partnerships which provide integrated primary healthcare and social care services to local communities and surrounding areas.
The Role
This is an exciting opportunity for a Child & Adolescent Mental Health Clinician with experience working with children and young people with moderate to severe mental health difficulties. This post is based within North Lanarkshire in a CAMHS multi-disciplinary team based at Coathill hospital and covers Airdrie, Coatbridge and Cumbernauld localities
In this key role, you will:
- Responsible for the autonomous assessment, formulation, prescribing and delivery of specialist psychological therapies to people with moderate and severe mental health problems on a one-to-one or group basis. Responsibility for clinical decision making for patients on case load in relation to discharge of patients from treatment or referral on to other agencies
- Deliver evidence based psychological therapies as identified through the National Psychological Therapies Matrix
- Implement Integrated Care Pathways for individual patients as appropriate
- Support and assist the Team Manager locality coordinator / head of department in the delegation of clinical work to practitioners in the team as appropriate
- Attend, participate and support the client / patient in multi-disciplinary team meetings, case conferences and Mental Health Tribunals as necessary, providing reports and professional opinions as appropriate.
- Support patients and carers, working with other health, local authority and voluntary sector colleagues / organisations to facilitate smooth transitions of care between / across services
- Communicate and collaborate with the patient and their carers/relatives in a manner which demonstrates values based practice, ensuring dignity, respect and courtesy for the individual
What You'll Bring:
- Registered Nurse, AHP or Social Worker or be a qualified as a child trained Clinical Associate in Applied Psychology (CAAP) evidence of relevant experience and appropriate post registration training that fulfils the competences of this post
- Further education/evidence of continuous professional development in area of speciality including study days/courses/post graduate qualification.
- Educated to /operating at Masters Degree Level.
- Educated to or undertaking Post Graduate Certificate / Diploma Qualification level in an evidence based psychological therapy/appropriate intervention as recognised in the National Psychological Therapies Matrix for the intended client group.
- The post holder will possess excellent team-working/leadership skills and have the ability to motivate others and work using own initiative.
Full, valid UK/EU/EEA drivers licence
What we Offer
As a valued employee of NHS Lanarkshire, you can enjoy an extensive range of benefits including:
- Annual Leave - 35 days including public holidays
- Generous NHS pension scheme
- Annual incremental salary progression
- Paid sick leave increasing with length of service
- NHS discounts and more.
NHS Lanarkshire is dedicated to building a diverse workforce where everyone can thrive, develop, and succeed based on their skills, knowledge, and talent - regardless of race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, or care experience* or any other dimension that can be used to differentiate people from one another.
*Care experienced applicants include those who have lived with foster parents, kinship carers, or in residential/secure children’s settings.
For informal discussion, please contact Clare Mcghie, Team Leader on Clare.Mcghie@lanarkshire.scot.nhs.uk
If you have any questions about the recruitment process or require support with your application, contact Heather Lamont, Recruitment Administrator on Heather.Lamont@lanarkshire.scot.nhs.uk
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Interested?
Full details about the role are provided in the attached Job Description and Person Specification.
Please review our Application Guidance which explain key information including closing dates, amendments, right‑to‑work requirements, sponsorship eligibility and important points to be aware of before submitting your application
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Unless otherwise stated, the deadline for applications is 23:59 hours on the closing date. Please note, CVs will not be accepted.
This advert may close early if we receive a high number of applications, so we encourage you to apply early.