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CAMHS Senior Nurse Therapist
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Fife Child & Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) - CAMHS Senior Nurse Therapist
Fife Child & Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) is seeking an enthusiastic and suitably qualified individual to take on the role of CAMHS Senior Nurse Therapist within CAMHS Urgent Response Team (CURT).
This post will enhance the current provision for children and young people who, as a result of their mental health, present with acute and significant risk and require urgent specialist assessment and treatment. You will join a well-established team with the aim of providing effective and timely community/hospital-based assessments and therapeutic interventions.
Responsibilities
- Manage an individual caseload
- Assess and deliver a range of therapeutic interventions on an individual, family, and group basis to children and young people with a wide range of mental health difficulties
- Work autonomously in a wide variety of hospital and community settings
Requirements
- Qualified as a Registered Mental Health Nurse
- Evidence of continuous professional development
- Skills and competencies normally associated with relevant experience in a Child & Adolescent Mental Health setting
- Ability to respond to the needs of the service and the locality, which will include the ability to travel across Fife and wider as required
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Fife CAMHS is committed to the development of its staff group and actively encourages participation in the NES CAMHS development programme as well as bespoke training based on individual and service needs.
Application Process
For informal enquiries, please contact Michelle Walker, Team lead CURT on 01334 696250 or michelle.walker@nhs.scot
Important Information
A requirement of this post is to become a member of the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Scheme prior to appointment.
To work in the United Kingdom, there is a legal requirement for an individual to demonstrate that they have the relevant permission to work in the country. This permission is, without exception, granted by the UK Visa and Immigration Service. NHS Scotland Boards will check your entitlement to work in the UK as part of the pre-employment checks.
It is essential that you have checked that you either already have an appropriate right to work in the UK or that the post would be eligible to be sponsored BEFORE submitting your application form.
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