Job summary
- Main area
- Mental Health
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (There may be a requirement to work flexible hours, in line with the CAMHS Crisis Service provision..)
- Job ref
- 334-NUR-7495768-SA
- Employer
- South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Christopher Wren House
- Town
- Croydon
- Salary
- £53,751 - £60,651 per annum inclusive of HCAS
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 10/11/2025 23:59
Employer heading
CAMHS Crisis Clinician
NHS AfC: Band 7
South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust has a rich history, well-established community links and an international reputation. We deliver specialist services in the London boroughs of Croydon, Lambeth, Lewisham and Southwark, Bexley, Bromley, Greenwich, Wandsworth and Richmond.
We are committed to provide a high quality and specialist care to our service users and we are recognised for our care and treatment we provide. The Care Quality Commission already rates our services as ‘good’.
We launched our five-year strategy, Aiming High; Changing Lives in 2021 together with Our Care Improvement System as our quality management system methodology to make a positive impact on patient care, outcomes and staff experience. By joining SLaM, all staff will get the opportunity to be part of this exciting improvement journey supported with learning and development to harness everyone’s potential as change makers.
The trust recognises the unique and valuable contribution that people with lived experience of mental illness can bring to a role. We therefore welcome applications from people with lived experience and consider them as an asset to the Trust.
Our Values
We take pride in providing specialist care to our service users where our Trust values and our promise to be caring, kind, polite, prompt, honest, listen and do what I say I’m going to do is at the heart of everything we do. When you join us, you’ll be part of something special.
As a Trust we are happy to talk flexible working.
Job overview
Croydon CAMHS is pleased to offer an exciting a CAMHS practitioner who would like to further develop their skills in Community CAMHS referral management and clinical skills working with children & young people with a range of complex mental health and neuropsychiatric difficulties, presenting in crisis.
The post is split between the Croydon Emotional Wellbeing and Mental Health Single Point of Contact (EWMH SPOC) and the Croydon CAMHS Crisis Team.
The successful candidate will have a first level nursing qualification / registration RMN, RSCN or HV or first level qualification in OT, clinical or counselling psychology, systemic psychotherapy, social work, or equivalent in art, play, drama or music therapy. All applications will require professional registration
with a statutory body: the Nursing Midwifery Council, General Social Care Council, UK Council for Psychotherapy or Health & Care Professional's Council.
Please note vacancy may be closed early once maximum capacity has been met.
Main duties of the job
Duties will include processing of referrals, triage assessments for children and young people with emotional wellbeing and / or mental health needs, making appropriate referral recommendations as well as the provision of advice, education and support to service users and their carers or family members.
In addition, the successful candidate will offer Crisis assessments, risk management and discharge planning for CYP presenting with mental health crisis via Croydon University Hospital A&E department. Knowledge of and skills in working with young people with acute mental health needs and/or a range of complex neuropsychiatric disorders is essential for this post.
Working for our organisation
South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust (SLaM) provide the widest range of NHS mental health services in the UK as well as substance misuse services for people who are addicted to drugs and alcohol. We work closely with the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience (IoPPN), King's College London and are part of King's Health Partners Academic Health Sciences Centre. There are very few organisations in the world that have such wide-ranging capabilities working with mental illness. Our scope is unique because it is built on three major foundations: care and treatment, science and research, and training.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The post holder will join the Croydon CAMHS Crisis Team and the Emotional Well-being & Mental Health Single Point of Contact (EWMH SPOC).
Within the Croydon CAMHS Crisis Team, the post-holder will assess and manage young people presenting at Croydon University Hospital in mental health crisis and their families, carers, and related professionals. To co-ordinate and deliver discharge planning and follow-up appointments alongside CAMHS colleagues for individualised care of adolescents and their families, ensuring high standards of practice in accordance with national guidelines and Trust policy.
Within the Emotional Well-being & Mental Health Single Point of Contact (EWMH SPOC) the post-holder will support the management of referrals, for children, young people and their families with a range of mental health and neuropsychiatric disorders. The post-holder will risk assess referrals and make care contacts with children, young people and their families to ensure the referral is processed through the most appropriate care pathway.
In addition to the above, the post holder will work with the multidisciplinary teams, under supervision of the team leader and relevant clinical supervisor.
· To contribute to enabling other staff, service users and carers from diverse backgrounds to flourish by working to create a psychologically safe environment.
· To provide clinical supervision and consultation as appropriate.
· To undertake service evaluation, audit and research.
· To work as an autonomous professional within registry body guidelines and codes of conduct, and guided by the policies and procedures of the service, taking responsibility for own work including treatment and discharge decisions with support of clinical supervisor.
Person specification
Qualification & Professional Registration
Essential criteria
- Qualification as a core professional and registered with the NMC, BABCP, HCPC, or UKCP
Desirable criteria
- Mentorship / Supervision Training
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience working in CAMHS/acute CYP mental health setting
- Experience of CAMHS assessment and treatment of clients with a range of psychological needs of a complex nature including neurodevelopmental conditions
- Experience of working effectively within a multi-disciplinary team
- Experience that supports working with, and addressing issues of, diversity within local communities.
Desirable criteria
- Experience of facilitating groups for children, young people and / or their families
- Lived experience of mental health challenges.
Knowledge & Skills
Essential criteria
- Knowledge of psychological / mental health assessment and evidence base for treatment
- Knowledge of legislation in relation to the client group and mental health issues, child and adult protection, and equalities.
- Knowledge of clinical governance and audit
- Ability to independently undertake crisis mental health assessments including risk assessments
- Ability to communicate effectively and skilfully, both verbally and in writing.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Rebecca Johnson
- Job title
- Croydon CAMHS Clinical Service Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0203 228 0000
- Additional information
Linda Galvin
EWMH SPOC Clinical Service Lead
0203 228 0000
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