DML - Clinical Nurse Specialist Mental Health

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Location of Post

Primary care centre, Harbour road, Mullingar, Co. Westmeath

There is currently one permanent whole-time vacancy available.

A panel may be formed as a result of this campaign for Clinical Nurse Specialist Mental Health from which Dublin and Midland Regional current and future, permanent and specified purpose vacancies of full or part-time duration may be filled.

Informal Enquiries

Michael Buckley- Area Director of Nursing Mental Health

Email: michaeld.buckley@hse.ie

Contact: 044 9384375

Details of Service

CAMHS Midlands

Midlands CAMHS provides community based assessment and treatment for children and young people up to the age of 18 years and families across the Midlands area of Longford / Westmeath & Laois / Offaly .The service provides a secondary care specialist service for young people who present with moderate to severe emotional ,behavioural and mental health difficulties .These problems are complex and are considered more serious than difficulties all children and adolescents encounter as a normal part of development and cannot be treated in

Midlands CAMHS provides a focused service for 16 &17 year olds –YAMHS (Young Adult Mental Health Service) across the four counties and a liaison service to the Paediatric Units in the two Regional Hospitals located in Mullingar and Portlaoise.

Within the service 4 Advanced Nurse Practitioner (ANP) posts currently exist and further service development is planned complemented with 2 recent appointments as C/CNS in ADHD .Two ANP posts also address the needs of those with Anxiety Disorder across the CAMHS service.

Midlands CAMHD ID service meets the needs of children under 18years and their families who have a moderate to severe intellectual disability and who present with co-morbid mental health difficulties.

Purpose of the Post

The purpose of this Clinical Nurse Specialist (CAMHS) post is to:

Deliver care in line with the five core concepts of the role set out in the Framework for the Establishment of Clinical Nurse Specialist Posts, 4th edition, National Council for the Professional Development of Nursing and Midwifery (NCNM) 2008.

The successful candidate will work as a key member of the multidisciplinary CAMHS team providing a patient / client centred quality service to patients / clients and this specialist practice will encompass a major clinical focus which comprises assessment, planning, delivery and evaluation of care given to patients / clients and their families.

Caseload

The Clinical Nurse Specialist will focus on the following patient / client groups: Children and adolescents under 18 years of age who present with mental health difficulties to the service for assessment and interventions.