Location: Exeter, EX2 7FW&Barnstaple, EX31 3UD
Salary: £43742.00 to £50056.00
Date posted: 26th March 2024
Closing date: 6th May 2024
Specialist Mental Health Practitioner - Neurodiversity
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Job Description:
Children and Family Health Devon (CFHD) is the place to be! We have developed an innovative, integrated model of children's community services and now looking to appoint enthusiastic individuals to join our friendly and dedicated locality and county-wide professional teams.
We are seeking an experienced and enthusiastic Band 7 Specialist Mental Health Practitioner, Non-Medical Prescriber (NMP), to join our innovative, integrated Neurodiversity team. This role offers the opportunity to work within a supportive, multidisciplinary environment, contributing to the wellbeing of children and families across Devon.
Main duties of the job
- As an SMHP - NMP within our Neurodiversity pathway, your responsibilities will include:
- Providing evidence-based clinical interventions and treatments, including prescribing for clients diagnosed with ADHD.
- Acting as an independent non-medical prescriber, supporting the clinical assessment of young people, initiating Controlled Drugs prescriptions, and liaising with GPs within a Multi-Disciplinary Team (MDT), in collaboration with Psychiatry.
- Offering clinical supervision to the wider team when required, fostering a collaborative and supportive working environment.
You will collaborate with children, families, and professionals to adopt a person-centred, holistic approach to care. This involves consistent monitoring of progress, adjustment of treatment plans, and participation in multidisciplinary meetings. Your expertise will contribute to complex cases, service development, and staying abreast of Neurodiversity research and advancements.
In addition to your direct clinical role, you will engage in wider service duties such as duty, screening, team support through supervision and mentoring, and contributing to service improvement initiatives.
About us
Successful applicants will be employed by Devon Partnership Trust (https://jobs.dpt.nhs.uk/locations/working-here )
Children and Family Health Devon (CFHD) comprises an Alliance of NHS organisations working together to improve health outcomes for children and young people in Devon.
CFHD provides integrated care and treatment for children and young people across physical and mental health. We are working closely with other organisations and providers to ensure we deliver locality and county-wide based integrated access to all of our services.
CFHD works closely with our local universities of Plymouth, Exeter & the Peninsula Medical School where we support students in clinical training placements and in addition support our own staff to undertake post graduate training.
Our integrated care and treatment has been developed and refined in partnership with children, young people and their families/carers.
Our children and young people say
We would like the people who work for Children and Family Health Devon to be understanding, patient and respectful. They should be trustworthy and make us feel safe and comfortable. It is important that they use their skills and experience to listen carefully in a non-patronising and non-judgemental way. When staff are positive and friendly, they help to create an environment that is informal and without pressure.
Contact information:
Senior Operations Manager
Gill Marsh
