The Child and Adolescent Mental Health (CAMHS) service provides out-patient and consultation services to children experiencing a range of mental health and developmental difficulties.
The service also includes a Single Point of Access team which manages all referrals for children and adolescents in Richmond and Kingston boroughs where there are concerns about emotional heath/mental health difficulties. The Richmond and Kingston T3 services and the SPA work in close collaboration.
SWLSTG CAMHS Tier 3 teams are multidisciplinary team specialising in the provision of high-quality assessments and evidence-based treatments for children, young people and their families presenting to the service with moderate to severe mental health problems and with high-risk profiles.
- We are looking for an experienced and qualified CAMHS Advanced Nurse Practitioner/Non-Medical Prescriber to:
- Provide support to our T3 Consultant Psychiatrists in Kingston and Richmond CAMHS T3 services, by taking responsibility, under their direction, for medication initiation and review. Providing, as part of treatment titration, ongoing assessment, treatment, and management of patients
- To provide clinical supervision to trainee NMP posts within Kingston and Richmond
- To provide borough leadership for ADHD prescribing clinic developments across Kingston and Richmond CAMHS
- Represent SWLSTG Trust Kingston and Richmond CAMHS at external and internal ADHD medication related development meetings
- Provide direct clinical judgement and treatment decisions using highly developed skills and knowledge regarding clinical management of Children with ADHD.
- Exercise Independent or Supplementary prescribing rights using accepted guidelines and within client’s clinical policies and the RPS Prescribing Framework.
Unless expressly stated in the job advert this role is not subject to sponsorship, please be advised that all offers of employment are subject to evidence of right to work in the UK.
We are Proud to Belong at South West London and St George’s Mental Health NHS Trust.
We have expert services, a rich history and a clear commitment to providing the best quality care for those with mental ill-health. The Care Quality Commission already rates our services as ‘good’ – we aspire to be ‘outstanding’.
This is a great time to join us. We are transforming the way we care for our communities to support our mission of Making Life Better Together. We have built two brand new mental health facilities at Springfield University Hospital, which are amongst the best in the world. More developments are planned across our sites and services as we invest a further £120m to upgrade and modernise our estate by 2027.
We are inclusive and diverse and strive to be actively anti racist. We want to attract people from all backgrounds and experiences to enrich the work we do together. We are proud to co-produce and involve our local communities in all that we do.
We offer flexible working, career development and a variety of benefits to enable a positive, welcoming environment in which our people and their careers can thrive.
Come and join our inclusive teams and help our patients on their recovery journey.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Nicholas Wilson Job title: Clinical Manager Email address: Nicholas.Wilson@swlstg.nhs.uk Telephone number: 02082548061
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