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Job summary

Main area
Nursing
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 8a
Contract
Permanent
Hours
  • Full time
  • Part time
  • Compressed hours
37.5 hours per week
Job ref
306-BEH-2021-B
Employer
Barnet, Enfield & Haringey Mental Health NHS Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Baytree House
Town
Enfield
Salary
£59,490 - £66,239 Per annum Inclu Outer London HCAS (pro rat if its part time )
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
Today at 23:59

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Barnet, Enfield & Haringey Mental Health NHS Trust logo

CAMHS Specialist Non-Medical Prescriber

NHS AfC: Band 8a

Join us at an exciting time for Barnet, Haringey and Enfield Mental Health NHS Trust and Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust. After three years working in Partnership, we are due to create a new Trust, to be known as the North London NHS Foundation Trust on 1 November 2024, subject to Secretary of State approval. Join us to be part of the North London Way as we:  

  • Collaborate at every level by living our Values to create the right conditions for us all to work together​
  • Develop our new Trust culture, to help make our new Trust a great place to work and to receive great care
  • Empower our teams to lead the planned improvements in our services, by skilling them and giving them the tools to make the changes​
  • Focus on delivering excellence at every level to improve our performance ​and ensure consistently high quality care across all our services
  • Ensure that research, Quality Improvement and technology lead the way and are embedded in our services 
  • Take a trauma informed approach to everything we do

 We look forward to welcoming you to the new North London NHS Foundation Trust, where we work in the North London Way to deliver: Better Mental Health, Better Lives, Better Communities.

Our new trust website is: Home | North London Mental Health Partnership

 
 

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experience CAMHS Non-Medical Prescriber to join Enfield CAMHS. The candidate will be supported in prescribing by the team consultant psychiatrists and receive other clinical support by other clinicians within the Multidisciplinary Team. This post is based in a supportive multi-disciplinary team of other CAMHS professionals and will develop sound working relationships with other professionals.

Enfield CAMHS community team is supportive and welcoming and we encourage applications from mental health professionals, registered as a NMC independent prescriber with skill engaging young people and their families in treatment/therapy, as the work will assess and treat a diverse range of conditions including neurodevelopmental conditions.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will provide referral screening, assessments and deliver therapeutic sessions and psychopharmacological treatment and interventions for a broad range of mental health conditions meeting specialist CAMHS criteria. Primarily, the prescriber will treat neurodevelopmental disorders, such as ADHD. The applicant will therefore need past experience and knowledge of treating as an independent prescriber for this client group.

As an experienced non-medical prescriber, the post holder will support less experienced and trainee non-medical prescribers.

The role is mainly clinic-based and will focus on the delivery of timely, high-quality interventions.  This position provides opportunities to work with and develop links with health and social care as part of the iTHRIVE Framework to delivery of care for young people. The role will appeal to a skilled CAMHS clinician with UK Professional registration who enjoys specialist work in a dynamic CAMHS service.

Regular clinical supervision will be provided, exploring development opportunities for the post holder. We will support individuals to develop specialist skills and pursue specific areas of interest or service development projects where appropriate. We also hold regular CPD and service development days across the whole service

Working for our organisation

The partnership between Barnet, Enfield and Haringey Mental Health NHS Trust (BEH) and Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust (C&I) is going from strength to strength since it was originally established in 2021 forming the North London Mental Health Partnership.

BEH manages the renowned North London Forensic Services (NLFS) which is the lead provider of forensic mental health services; that managed the devolved New Models of care budget, it delivers MH care across some of the prisons, and provides MH services as HM Young Offenders Institutions in Aylesbury.

 

In order to meet the needs of the new Partnership services you may be required from time to time to work at different locations to your normal place of work. This may mean that you are required to work at any location that fall under Barnet, Enfield and Harringay Trust and Camden and Islington Trust. The Trust reserves the right to require staff to work at such other places or locations as it considers reasonable and necessary on a temporary or permanent basis.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please kindly refer to the job description and person specification by clicking on the JD/PS attachment in the advert.

Person specification

Qualifications/ Registrations

Essential criteria
  • Have a certificate to demonstrate he/she has successfully completed a non-medical prescribing course at post graduate level. The course must be at least 6 months duration and have been validated by the RPSGB (Pharmacists) or/and the NMC (Nurses). Hold current registration as an Independent and Supplementary non-medical prescriber with the RPSGB or the NMC Hold current registration as an Independent and Supplementary non-medical prescriber with the RPSGB or the NMC Have a certificate to demonstrate he/she has successfully completed the physical health course for mental health staff Have a certificate to demonstrate he/she has successfully completed the medication management course First degree related to professional registration
Desirable criteria
  • Mentorship / teaching qualification Qualification in non-medication therapeutic intervention

Skills/ Abilities

Essential criteria
  • Well-developed analytical and judgement skills. Highly developed communication skills, both written and verbal Negotiation and conflict management skills IT skills, using Microsoft applications and electronic care records system Biopsychosocial assessment and intervention skills
Desirable criteria
  • Person management experience

Experience/ Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • Experience prescribing children and adolescents with neurodevelopmental conditions Knowledge of national policy and legislation related to children and adolescents’ mental health, including Gillick competency and parental responsibility In-depth understanding of the risks associated with NMP and the management of side effects and medication errors. Experience with a minimum of one year at Band 7 or above within mental health as a prescriber Demonstrable track record of prescribing practice Detailed working knowledge of medication management and concordance issues Assessment and management of patients with complex needs
Desirable criteria
  • A minimum of 12 months post registration experience as a NMP Experience of providing clinical care for children and adolescents with Learning Disabilities A minimum of one year experience providing clinical care in a CAMHS setting

Personal Qualities

Essential criteria
  • Good team working Excellent interpersonal skills Ability to work independently and recognise when needing support from others

Other Requirements

Essential criteria
  • Physical capability to travel between sites and in the community for service provision

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Apprenticeships logoNo smoking policyPositive about disabled peopleAge positiveCare quality commission - GoodMindful employer.  Being positive about mental health.Disability confident employerDisability confident committedArmed Forces Covenant Bronze Award

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

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Robert Nnubia
Job title
Interim Service Lead for Enfield CAMHS
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
020 8702 6845

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