Child and Adolescent Mental Health Clinician

This post is based in the CAMHS Eating Disorder Service based at Udston Hospital covering NHS Lanarkshire wide. This is a Multi Disciplinary service providing complex care and treatment to young people affected by moderate/severe eating disorders. 

This post is open to candidates with a professional registration including NMC, (Mental health), HCPC, SSSC and CAAPS

JOB PURPOSE​​​​​​​

First level registered nurse, AHP, Social Worker or Clinical Associate in Applied Psychology, providing specialist psychological therapies service to patients with mental health presentations referred to secondary or specialist mental health services. The post holder is responsible for, and has a high level of autonomy in the assessment, formulation, prescribing and delivery of psychological therapies treatment and care to patients on a defined case load, with decision making responsibility for evaluation and discharge from treatment or referral on to other agencies. You work as a member of the multidisciplinary team and have a responsibility to provide clinical supervision to other qualified practitioners and practitioners in training. You also have a responsibility for training and education of others and actively planning and participating in research within the clinical service. The post holder will be expected to carry out delegated tasks by line manage/operational lead.

KNOWLEDGE, TRAINING AND/OR EXPERIENCE REQUIRED TO DO THE JOB

• 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.
• Excellent listening, communication and interpersonal skills.
• Excellent time-management skills.
• Proficient in the use of Microsoft IT Packages​​​​​​​

NHS Lanarkshire provide excellent opportunities for training and career development.  ​​​​​​​

Informal enquiries regarding the post will be welcomed by amy.woodrow@lanarkshire.scot.nhs.uk

For queries regarding the application form or recruitment process only , please contact david.murray3@lanarkshire.scot.nhs.uk stating the job title and reference number in the subject.  Please note:  all job related queries must be directed to the informal contact noted above.​​​​​​​

‘In NHS Lanarkshire we are committed to recruiting a workforce that fully reflects the diverse make-up of our society. A place where every individual can thrive, develop and succeed based on skill, knowledge and talent, regardless of race, disability, gender, sexual​​​​​​​ orientation, care experienced* or any other dimension that can be used to differentiate people from one another.

*Care experienced applicants are people who live/have lived with foster parents/kinship carers or who live/have lived in a residential children’s setting/secure unit.’