Job Title:  Senior Mental Health Practitioner (RMN, OT, SW) – Band 6  (2 roles)
Location:  Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust – Westgate House, Tanhouse Road, Skelmersdale
Area: North West NHS
Salary: £negotiable
Job Type: Locum
Contract length: Ongoing
Job details:  To start asap. CAMHS.
To assume responsibility for management of a defined caseload using specialist knowledge and advanced
clinical reasoning to undertake assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of care programs
for children and families, liaising with and referring to relevant agencies as appropriate.
To take an active role in the holistic assessment and treatment of young people who present to the
service, with mental health problems and especially those that are at risk of, or have attempted deliberate self-harm.
Provide liaison with other professionals and agencies in order to provide effective communication leading
to a comprehensive and integrated package of care around the young person, their families and/or carers.
To work as part of a multi-disciplinary team.
To offer therapeutic interventions based on evidence-based practice and in line with the NICE guidelines.
To ensure the clients’ rights of confidentiality are maintained at all times.
To maintain the highest standards of clinical record keeping including electronic data entry and recording,
report writing and the responsible exercise of professional self-governance in accordance with
professional codes of practice/ conduct.
To exercise autonomous professional responsibility for the assessment, treatment and discharge of
children, young people and their families/carers.
To provide an assessment and therapy service based upon the appropriate use, interpretation and
integration of complex data from a variety of sources, including psychological assessments, self-report
measures, rating scales, direct and indirect structured observations as well as interviews with children,
young people and their families/carers.
To undertake risk assessment and risk management for individual children, young people and their
families/carers.
To act as an advocate to facilitate the views and choices expressed by children, young people, families,
groups and communities, where appropriate.
Working hours: Full time. Monday to Friday, 09.00 – 17.00. Weekend working can be accommodated.
Code:  U.2079.016004.BE10559