Experience

• 

  Lincolnshire partnership nhs foundation trust (lpft nhs)

  Sept 2012 - Aug 2019

  Providing evidence based Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) and support to children and young people in the community, involving: screening referrals, providing professional consultation, conducting assessments, caseload management/co-ordinating care (including under the Care Programme Approach where applicable), assessing and managing risk/safeguarding, delivering CBT or signposting to other evidence based treatment (in line with service clinical pathways), developing and delivering CBT groups, liaison with the multidisciplinary team and outside agencies, record keeping, collecting routine outcome measures, maintaining therapeutic relationships with clients and their families, discharge planning, staff supervision and support. Show less Providing CBT informed mental health treatment and support to children and young people in the community, involving: screening referrals, providing professional consultation, conducting assessments, caseload management/co-ordinating care (including under the Care Programme Approach where applicable), assessing and managing risk/safeguarding, delivering CBT or signposting to other evidence based treatment (in line with service clinical pathways), developing and delivering CBT groups, liaison with the multidisciplinary team and outside agencies, record keeping, collecting routine outcome measures, maintaining therapeutic relationships with clients and their families, discharge planning, staff supervision and support. Show less In Category D and Category B male prisons.Dual role as a Mental Health Nurse and Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner (PWP) dealing with referrals, conducting assessments and co-ordinating patient care. As a PWP; I delivered guided self-help treatment based on a stepped care approach around early intervention and prevention, focussing on using the lowest level of intervention required. As an RMN; I was also on call for patient crisis and managing more complex/severe presentations requiring a higher level of support. Show less Nurse in charge of an acute female ward with 22 beds (Day and Night Shifts) and/or named nurse of 3 patients at any one time, involving: Assessments, risk management, care planning, writing clinical notes, participating in MDT ward rounds; meetings and mental health tribunals, working under the Care Programme Approach, liaising with families and carers, mental health advocacy, working within the Mental Health Act, Mental Capacity Act and Best Interests guidance, providing supervision to staff, dispensing medication, delivering therapeutic interventions with patients. Show less

  • CAMHS CBT Therapist

    Jan 2018 - Aug 2019

  • CAMHS Specialist Nurse Practitioner

    Aug 2016 - Jan 2018

  • Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner and Crisis Mental Health Nurse

    Sept 2013 - Aug 2016

  • Acute Care Nurse

    Sept 2012 - Sept 2013
• 

  Concern group

  Sept 2019 - May 2020

  Cbt therapist

  Providing high intensity individual Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) to adults in a community IAPT service using a stepped care approach, as well as developing and delivering evidence based CBT groups.

• 

  Vita health group

  May 2020 - Jul 2023

  Cbt therapist

  Providing high intensity Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) to adults in an NHS IAPT service, using a stepped care approach. Conducting step 2 and step 3 assessments, autonomous caseload management/co-ordinating care, assessing and managing risk/safeguarding, delivering individual step 3 CBT or signposting to more appropriate services as required, liaison with GP's and outside agencies (including completing letters and reports), being IT literate and maintaining computerised health records to a high standard, collecting routine outcome measures, discharge planning, meeting targets for recovery, participating in peer supervision and clinical supervision to ensure service objectives, supporting team members, providing therapeutic relationships which allow clients to feel safe in disclosing distressing and personal information, recognising the impact of work and benefits on clients and incorporating into the treatment plan as appropriate, maintaining knowledge of common and more complex mental health problems, including medication used in depression and anxiety disorders; their psychological models and recommended CBT interventions (Roth and Pilling 2007), working under pressure; and with people expressing high levels of emotion while maintaining high standards of professionalism, being independent; self-sufficient; motivated; enthusiastic; respectful of diversity and innovative, as well as being a reliable, constructive team player. Show less

• 

  Cbt therapy newark and online

  Jul 2023 - Mar 2024

  Accredited cognitive behavioural therapist
• 

  Nottinghamshire healthcare nhs foundation trust

  Mar 2024 - now

  Cbt practitioner for psychosis

  Delivering evidence-based CBTp which empowers individuals to overcome severe mental illness and achieve a meaningful life, aligned with their person centred goals and values.