South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
CAMHS Highly Specialist Nurse Practitioner (N&S AID-IIT)
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The National and Specialist (N&S) CAMHS Autism and Intellectual Disabilities Intensive Intervention Team (AID-IIT)
The AID-IIT are seeking a CAMHS Highly Specialist Practitioner Nurse. The AID-IIT are an innovative multi-disciplinary team covering the whole of London. We offer specialist multi-disciplinary outpatient support to young people with a diagnosis of Autism or ID who are at high risk of inpatient admission or already admitted to a CAMHS inpatient unit. AID-IIT co-work with inpatient and local CAMHS teams across London to improve care and support for young people with a diagnosis of Autism or ID and high-risk presentations.
Staff working in AID-IIT benefit from excellent team support and development opportunities. We have close links with the rest of the Service for Complex Autism and Neurodevelopmental Disorders (SCAAND) and with other N&S CAMHS teams. The team are at the forefront of the development of support, practice and interventions for young people with a diagnosis of Autism or ID.
Clinical work in AID-IIT is diverse – including working into both inpatient and outpatient/community settings, offering consultation and training, contributing to complex multi-disciplinary assessments, offering interventions for children, young people, parents and carers, and contributing to research and publication. AID-IIT staff have access to a range of CPD and training opportunities both within and outside of SLAM NHS Trust.
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Role and Responsibilities
The postholder will work as a CAMHS Highly Specialist Practitioner - Nurse in AID-IIT to provide highly specialist nursing input into MDT assessments and offer psychological and nursing interventions to young people and parents/carers. The postholder will also deliver consultation, training and support to multi-agency local networks including other professionals, nurses and support workers from local and inpatient CAMHS settings. The postholder will offer supervision, line management and support to other junior staff within AID-IIT.
The role includes work across a range of settings - offering outreach work in community settings, in reach work in inpatient settings and working from the Pears Centre, depending on the needs of the young person, family and network. Please note this is an in person/on-site role. The role will also involve contributing to service developments within AID-IIT and across wider SCAAND.
About the Team
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The AID-IIT is a National and Specialist (N&S) CAMHS outpatient team covering the London area. The team aim to reduce or prevent where possible inpatient CAMHS admissions for children and young people with a diagnosis of Autism or Learning Disability, and to support these young people to continue to live within the community. We benefit from working in close collaboration with the SCAAND and other N&S CAMHS teams, CAMHS inpatient settings and community CAMHS teams across London. The post holder will be part of a multi-disciplinary team including Clinical and Counselling Psychologists, Consultant Psychiatrists, Clinical Nurse Specialist, Assistant Psychologists, Occupational Therapists, Speech and Language Therapist, Senior Educational Psychologists and Admin support.
The AID-IIT are based at the new Pears Maudsley Centre for Children and Young People with other staff from N&S CAMHS, facilitating close working, academic/learning opportunities and good support for the postholder.
Contact for Further Details
For further details / informal visits contact:
- Name: Dr Catherine Sholl
- Job title: Consultant Clinical Psychologist and Team Lead
- Email address: Catherine.Sholl@slam.nhs.uk
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