Job overview

The CAMHS Brighton Duty and Liaison team has an exciting opportunity for a full time Band 7, Senior Mental Health Practitioner to join an experienced team with a positive and relaxed team culture. 

The role of the Senior Clinician encompasses a split rota across the community and hospital settings. The Senior Clinician will be expected  to respond to referrals made to the duty team from a variety of sources, to prioritise work according to the level of urgency and to work closely with young people, their carers and other professionals to facilitate a safe plan of care.

The Senior Clinician will also be expected to respond to and triage referrals from A&E and acute hospital wards, carry out comprehensive psychosocial assessments including risk assessments and safety care planning.  They will be expected to lead within multi-disciplinary network meetings using high quality communication and effective relationships and work collaboratively within the Duty and Liaison Team and with our general hospital colleagues, other agencies and carers.

Strong relationship building skills are required alongside an understand of different clinical disciplines including general hospital staff providing interventions and support to patients who are staying on acute hospital wards awaiting the allocation of appropriate mental health services.

Main duties of the job

Main Duties & Responsibilities

Professional functions

1.     To develop & maintain specialist clinical skills and expertise in the assessment of young people referred the duty and liaison team via Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust.

2.     You will be supporting young people who are presenting with a mental health crisis via telephone, Attend Anywhere (online) or offering face to face assessments. 

3.     To offer advice on management of patients with mental health issues and non organically based physical symptoms.

4.     To ensure assessment, care and support of each client is appropriate to individual needs.

5.     To feed back outcome of assessment to the referrer and agree care and risk plans.

6.     To ensure that children and young people requiring further assessment and help are referred on appropriately.

7.     To provide consultation to other professionals regarding mental health issues in relation to young people and their families

8.     To know how to access appropriate services and develop effective networks and channels of communications.

9.     To adhere to relevant code of Professional Conduct.

10.  To attend case conferences & meetings as relevant to the job description.

11.  Work in accordance with Sussex Partnership Foundation NHS and University Hospital trusts’ policies, guidelines and protocols.

Working for our organisation

General

1.     This job description is not meant to be exhaustive and can be altered in consultation with the post holder.

2.     Act with due care for the safety of self, other employees, clients and the general public and co - operating with nursing management of the Trust to ensure the provisions of the ‘Health & Safety & Work Act 1974’ are fully observed.

3.     To understand how the work undertaken by the post holder relates to and effects the work of others, in order to achieve the best outcomes in terms of effective processes and quality of service.

Equal Opportunities

Sussex Partnership NHS Trust is working towards equality and has policies relating to the equality of opportunity in employment and service delivery.  All staff are expected to comply with these policies.

All staff are required to:

• Abide by the standards of behaviour expected by their professional body and the standards of behaviour expected of all staff in the Trust disciplinary policy and procedure.

• Adhere to all Trust policies and procedures and are responsible for making themselves aware of these policies and procedures.
• Treat information relating to patient, employees and businesses of the Trust in the strictest confidence.  Under no circumstances should such information be discussed with any unauthorised person(s) or organisations.  At all times employees are required to comply with the provisions of the Data Protection Act.