Job description

Job responsibilities

Role Purpose

• To assess and triage referrals from GPs of CYP with mental health difficulties who do not meet the threshold for CAMHS.
• To refer on/signpost to appropriate services including CAMHS, Community, School, Social Prescriber
• Short term work with CYP/families
• Mental health education for parents/CYP
• Supervision of social prescriber
• Liaison with other services
• Identification of supportive services
• Develop the CYP INT working with ICB and SEOXHA
• Develop and participate in an MDT supporting complex CYP/families
• Develop a service that supports families with a CYP identified as needing a neuro diversity referral
• Support families to access appropriate services for neurodiversity whilst awaiting assessment and after diagnosis
• To lead the service to provide a psychologically informed service where a behavioural approach to care provision is embedded and communication is provided to the patient, families, carers and other service providers supporting the approach.
• To provide assessment, formulation, diagnosis (for appropriately trained clinicians) and interventions which may include the prescribing of medications.
• To work positively and collaboratively as an integral part of the Children & Young Peoples Mental Health Integrated Neighbourhood Team and effectively liaise with multi-agency colleagues, patients and their families.
• To provide clinical oversight, monitoring and effective caseload management processes for team.
• To support delivery and oversight of the INTs key performance indicators.
• To constantly seek to improve the development and quality of clinical practice provided to this client group, referring to the most current policy and research to inform practice.
• To work in a collaborative way with other service providers including but not limited to; schools, local councils, the ICB and SEOxHA practices.
• To provide mental health education, advice and training to clinical staff and students.
• To ensure and support colleagues to meet quality standards for trust peer reviews, CQC inspections, PLAN accreditation and support development of accredited services

Key Activities / Responsibilities

• To lead the clinical management, working clinically and facilitating others within the team to provide appropriate assessment and intervention within appropriate timescales.
• To effectively communicate complex, sensitive and/or contentious information to patients, their family and/or carers.
• Demonstrates advanced level of ability in evidence based mental health care provision and risk assessment of younger people with mental health problems, involving assessing, planning and evaluating care in collaboration with others.
• Operating independently where required in making complex clinical judgements, evaluating alternative courses of action and managing and advising on complex clinical issues regarding the treatment and care of patients whilst understanding when to seek appropriate advice and when to escalate concerns.
• Negotiating the timely transfer of patients to other services.
• To work as a member of the MDT in assessing and planning care and responding to changes in service users health.
• To act in a manner that respects the customs, individuality, values, sexuality and spiritual beliefs of an individual, actively supporting the individual to fulfil these.
• To create, develop and maintain professional supportive relationships with all members of staff and with other professionals and agencies to enhance effective team working.
• To accurately record all contacts with service users in EMIS in line with record keeping policy.
• To ensure effective communication with clients, relatives and carers, visitors, staff and others.
• To ensure that all communication takes place in a manner that is consistent with legislation, policies and procedures.
• To be skilled in communicating with distressed patients in highly emotive atmospheres where individuals may present as distressed (verbally and at times physically).
• To develop measures to improve communications where barriers exist.
• To ensure that consent to intervention or assessment is sought in a manner that is meaningful to the service user.
• To communicate with people in a manner that is consistent with their level of understanding, culture and background.
• To be responsible for managing incident reporting and understanding when and how to access corporate support services in regard to this if required. And to facilitate the team to understand when and how to report incidents and safeguarding concerns.

• To role model high quality care, assessment and management for children and young people who require assessment and potentially diagnosis where there is complexity or for those who require specialist mental health care assessment and management.

Staff Responsibilities

• To work with the CYP Social Prescriber, CAMHS, whole team and other stakeholders to develop effective interventions, care pathways and processes for children and young people with mental health problems.
• To work and develop effective team working and collaborative practice with primary care, social workers, schools, council and any other involved parties

Financial Responsibilities

• It is the responsibility of all employees to support the PCNs vision for sustainable development. To undertake their duties in a way that is not wasteful of environment, financial and social resources.

Physical, Mental and Emotional Effort

• The post holder of this role may experience verbal distress from young people in crisis. Due to the nature of this role this is unpredictable and will require increased mental effort from the post holder.
• There may also be distressing or demanding demands on the post holder in their clinical duties.

Job responsibilities

Role Purpose

• To assess and triage referrals from GPs of CYP with mental health difficulties who do not meet the threshold for CAMHS.
• To refer on/signpost to appropriate services including CAMHS, Community, School, Social Prescriber
• Short term work with CYP/families
• Mental health education for parents/CYP
• Supervision of social prescriber
• Liaison with other services
• Identification of supportive services
• Develop the CYP INT working with ICB and SEOXHA
• Develop and participate in an MDT supporting complex CYP/families
• Develop a service that supports families with a CYP identified as needing a neuro diversity referral
• Support families to access appropriate services for neurodiversity whilst awaiting assessment and after diagnosis
• To lead the service to provide a psychologically informed service where a behavioural approach to care provision is embedded and communication is provided to the patient, families, carers and other service providers supporting the approach.
• To provide assessment, formulation, diagnosis (for appropriately trained clinicians) and interventions which may include the prescribing of medications.
• To work positively and collaboratively as an integral part of the Children & Young Peoples Mental Health Integrated Neighbourhood Team and effectively liaise with multi-agency colleagues, patients and their families.
• To provide clinical oversight, monitoring and effective caseload management processes for team.
• To support delivery and oversight of the INTs key performance indicators.
• To constantly seek to improve the development and quality of clinical practice provided to this client group, referring to the most current policy and research to inform practice.
• To work in a collaborative way with other service providers including but not limited to; schools, local councils, the ICB and SEOxHA practices.
• To provide mental health education, advice and training to clinical staff and students.
• To ensure and support colleagues to meet quality standards for trust peer reviews, CQC inspections, PLAN accreditation and support development of accredited services

Key Activities / Responsibilities

• To lead the clinical management, working clinically and facilitating others within the team to provide appropriate assessment and intervention within appropriate timescales.
• To effectively communicate complex, sensitive and/or contentious information to patients, their family and/or carers.
• Demonstrates advanced level of ability in evidence based mental health care provision and risk assessment of younger people with mental health problems, involving assessing, planning and evaluating care in collaboration with others.
• Operating independently where required in making complex clinical judgements, evaluating alternative courses of action and managing and advising on complex clinical issues regarding the treatment and care of patients whilst understanding when to seek appropriate advice and when to escalate concerns.
• Negotiating the timely transfer of patients to other services.
• To work as a member of the MDT in assessing and planning care and responding to changes in service users health.
• To act in a manner that respects the customs, individuality, values, sexuality and spiritual beliefs of an individual, actively supporting the individual to fulfil these.
• To create, develop and maintain professional supportive relationships with all members of staff and with other professionals and agencies to enhance effective team working.
• To accurately record all contacts with service users in EMIS in line with record keeping policy.
• To ensure effective communication with clients, relatives and carers, visitors, staff and others.
• To ensure that all communication takes place in a manner that is consistent with legislation, policies and procedures.
• To be skilled in communicating with distressed patients in highly emotive atmospheres where individuals may present as distressed (verbally and at times physically).
• To develop measures to improve communications where barriers exist.
• To ensure that consent to intervention or assessment is sought in a manner that is meaningful to the service user.
• To communicate with people in a manner that is consistent with their level of understanding, culture and background.
• To be responsible for managing incident reporting and understanding when and how to access corporate support services in regard to this if required. And to facilitate the team to understand when and how to report incidents and safeguarding concerns.

• To role model high quality care, assessment and management for children and young people who require assessment and potentially diagnosis where there is complexity or for those who require specialist mental health care assessment and management.

Staff Responsibilities

• To work with the CYP Social Prescriber, CAMHS, whole team and other stakeholders to develop effective interventions, care pathways and processes for children and young people with mental health problems.
• To work and develop effective team working and collaborative practice with primary care, social workers, schools, council and any other involved parties

Financial Responsibilities

• It is the responsibility of all employees to support the PCNs vision for sustainable development. To undertake their duties in a way that is not wasteful of environment, financial and social resources.

Physical, Mental and Emotional Effort

• The post holder of this role may experience verbal distress from young people in crisis. Due to the nature of this role this is unpredictable and will require increased mental effort from the post holder.
• There may also be distressing or demanding demands on the post holder in their clinical duties.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Appropriate relevant professional qualification.
• Evidence of other development and/or training which indicates a commitment to continuous development and preparation for management.

Desirable

• Masters or Additional post-graduate qualification in or related to Childrens/Young Persons mental health care.
• Quality improvement, management, research or leadership qualification and/or training

Experience

Essential

• In depth experience in the effective and positive management of complex and high-risk cases
• Ability to demonstrate a commitment to multi-disciplinary team working.
• Must demonstrate significant post-qualification practitioner experience.
• Demonstrate the ability to work collaboratively with other agencies.
• Able to illustrate examples of service development initiated by the candidate.
• Willingness to demonstrate the potential for change management approaches which extend existing practices.
• Exposure to, understanding of and competence in IT facilities and systems associated with service users.
• Demonstrate an understanding of, and a commitment to the principles of recovery, choice and personalisation.
• Commitment to attend staff training and participate in own development through supervision and performance development.

Desirable

• Previous Experience of Liaison Psychiatry work, in a service which spans the adult and or older age group.
• Experience of working in inpatient or community OPMH teams at Band 6 level.
• Experience in acute care (crisis/AMHT) at Band 6 level.
• Experience of delivering and developing undergraduate or postgraduate education.
• Experience of delivering of providing small and large group teaching sessions.
• Evidence of experience as a supervisor, including a clear understanding and application of an effective caseload management system.
• Demonstrate planning skills, e.g. in terms of resource allocation and funding.

What our service users expect of this post holder

Essential

• Flexible in approach and can respond to competing clinical and leadership demands.
• Able to supervise and direct a multi-disciplinary team and support staff as appropriate.
• Able to prioritise workload and manage capacity according to demand.
• Able to demonstrate the ability to communicate both in writing and orally, complex matters clearly and concisely, using appropriate methods to a wide spectrum of people including staff and service users.
• Able to cope with the demands of this post in this working environment.
• Ability to fulfil the travel requirements of the post.
• Working knowledge of the appropriate legislative framework e.g. Care Act, Safeguarding Adults & Children legislation, Crisis Concordat, Childrens Act, Community Care Act, Mental Health Act, Mental Capacity Act, Health and Safety at Work Act, Housing Grants and Regeneration Act, Direct payments Act, Carers Act and Disability Discrimination Act
• To demonstrate a flexible, adaptable attitude, particularly with regard to being able to meet complex and disparate client needs flexibly while maintaining appropriate standards and boundaries.
• Requires an understanding of Health and Safety issues and a willingness to undertake training where appropriate. Ensure the Health and Safety policies of the parent agencies are implemented.
• Requires commitment to and understanding of Equal Opportunities issues. To set an example of non-discriminatory behaviour and to ensure, as far as is reasonably practicable that staff act in accordance with the parent agencies policies on Equal Opportunities.
• To demonstrate a high level of awareness of the issue of diversity and to be able to take a lead in ensuring that the diverse needs of the client group can be met.
• Willing to acquire and apply the knowledge associated/prescribed by legislation and County policy for Equal Opportunities
• Knowledge of care management IT systems
• Able to use IT systems in the Social or Health Care Professions
• Flexible in deployment and work across the PCN.

Desirable

• Knowledge of and experience using EMIS Web, Docman

Qualifications

Essential

• Appropriate relevant professional qualification.
• Evidence of other development and/or training which indicates a commitment to continuous development and preparation for management.

Desirable

• Masters or Additional post-graduate qualification in or related to Childrens/Young Persons mental health care.
• Quality improvement, management, research or leadership qualification and/or training

Experience

Essential

• In depth experience in the effective and positive management of complex and high-risk cases
• Ability to demonstrate a commitment to multi-disciplinary team working.
• Must demonstrate significant post-qualification practitioner experience.
• Demonstrate the ability to work collaboratively with other agencies.
• Able to illustrate examples of service development initiated by the candidate.
• Willingness to demonstrate the potential for change management approaches which extend existing practices.
• Exposure to, understanding of and competence in IT facilities and systems associated with service users.
• Demonstrate an understanding of, and a commitment to the principles of recovery, choice and personalisation.
• Commitment to attend staff training and participate in own development through supervision and performance development.

Desirable

• Previous Experience of Liaison Psychiatry work, in a service which spans the adult and or older age group.
• Experience of working in inpatient or community OPMH teams at Band 6 level.
• Experience in acute care (crisis/AMHT) at Band 6 level.
• Experience of delivering and developing undergraduate or postgraduate education.
• Experience of delivering of providing small and large group teaching sessions.
• Evidence of experience as a supervisor, including a clear understanding and application of an effective caseload management system.
• Demonstrate planning skills, e.g. in terms of resource allocation and funding.

What our service users expect of this post holder

Essential

• Flexible in approach and can respond to competing clinical and leadership demands.
• Able to supervise and direct a multi-disciplinary team and support staff as appropriate.
• Able to prioritise workload and manage capacity according to demand.
• Able to demonstrate the ability to communicate both in writing and orally, complex matters clearly and concisely, using appropriate methods to a wide spectrum of people including staff and service users.
• Able to cope with the demands of this post in this working environment.
• Ability to fulfil the travel requirements of the post.
• Working knowledge of the appropriate legislative framework e.g. Care Act, Safeguarding Adults & Children legislation, Crisis Concordat, Childrens Act, Community Care Act, Mental Health Act, Mental Capacity Act, Health and Safety at Work Act, Housing Grants and Regeneration Act, Direct payments Act, Carers Act and Disability Discrimination Act
• To demonstrate a flexible, adaptable attitude, particularly with regard to being able to meet complex and disparate client needs flexibly while maintaining appropriate standards and boundaries.
• Requires an understanding of Health and Safety issues and a willingness to undertake training where appropriate. Ensure the Health and Safety policies of the parent agencies are implemented.
• Requires commitment to and understanding of Equal Opportunities issues. To set an example of non-discriminatory behaviour and to ensure, as far as is reasonably practicable that staff act in accordance with the parent agencies policies on Equal Opportunities.
• To demonstrate a high level of awareness of the issue of diversity and to be able to take a lead in ensuring that the diverse needs of the client group can be met.
• Willing to acquire and apply the knowledge associated/prescribed by legislation and County policy for Equal Opportunities
• Knowledge of care management IT systems
• Able to use IT systems in the Social or Health Care Professions
• Flexible in deployment and work across the PCN.

Desirable

• Knowledge of and experience using EMIS Web, Docman

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

The Leys GP Partnership

Address

The Leys Health Centre

Dunnock Way

Oxford

OX4 7EX

Employer's website

https://www.theleyshealthcentre.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)