Anthony

I am a focused professional who is committed to safeguarding the medical needs, comfort and emotional wellbeing of patients under my care. I have good communication skills which aids me in developing a therapeutic relationship with patient’s, their families, friends and visitors. In additional to the above, I am passionate about research which creates a springboard for innovative patient care. “preferred picture” which entails aims and goals and the third stage which is the interventions (care planning skills).

Implementing the Engel (1977) Biopsychosocial causative factors of mental health issues to proffer SMART interventions. Proficient use of the underlining principles of CBT in the support of service users to mitigate their distress and to challenge their negative core beliefs

ADHD assessor ( Contractor) / Specialist ADHD assessor - Clinical Partners

(2025-03)

• conducting comprehensive assessments using standardized diagnostic tools
• Clinical interviews ( evaluation of adults and young people)
• History taking
• Formulation of assessment
• Reports writing
• Liaising with MDT if indicated- also providing peer to peer support and supervision.
• Qb check analysis
• Giving feedback to families and Adults

ADHD assessor ( Contractor) / Specialist ADHD assessor - CAREADHD

(2025-08 - 2026-05)

• conducting comprehensive assessments using standardized diagnostic tools
• Clinical interviews ( evaluation of adults and young people)
• History taking
• Formulation of assessment
• Reports writing
• Liaising with MDT if indicated- also providing peer to peer support and supervision.
• Qb check analysis
• Giving feedback to families and Adults

ADHD assessor ( Contractor) / Specialist ADHD assessor - Problem Shared

(2024-08 - 2025-07)

• conducting comprehensive assessments using standardized diagnostic tools
• Clinical interviews ( evaluation of adults and young people)
• History taking
• Formulation of assessment
• Reports writing
• Liaising with MDT if indicated- also providing peer to peer support and supervision.
• Qb check analysis
• Giving feedback to families and Adults.

Specialist CAMHS Practitioner / ADHD and Eating Disorder Adult Practitioner - Powys Wales

(2022-06 - 2024-06)

CAMHS Community

• Assessments, risk review and management.
• Managing caseload providing targeted interventions -
• CBT for anxiety, low mood & depression, OCD and intrusive thoughts.
• MDT meetings and signposting.
• Working with the ND team assessing ASD/ ADHD- supporting patients with this process.
• Working with the ED team, assessment and supporting with intervention FBI ( Family Based Intervention)

Specialist Crisis Practitioner - Nottingham CAMHS Crisis/ Psychiatric Liaison and HTT team

(2022-07 - 2023-06)

• Crisis and liaison psychiatry assessments.
• Risk assessments and review.
• Signposting to appropriate services.
• Offering short treatment - behaviour activation, stabilization and anxiety work.
• Risk reviews and management.
• Discharge planning meetings and MDT

Specialist Crisis Practitioner - Birmingham CAMHS Crisis/ Psychiatric Liaison and HTT team

(2022-08 - 2023-09)

• Crisis and liaison psychiatry assessments.
• Risk assessments and review.
• Signposting to appropriate services.
• Offering short treatment - behaviour activation, stabilization and anxiety work.
• Risk reviews and management.
• Discharge planning meetings and MDT

Locum CAMHS CPN - Oxford Health NHS Trust

(2022-02 - 2022-05)

• Carrying out initial assessment, presenting to the MDT and signposting
• MDT discussions and complex case discussions
• Offering low level CBT for anxiety and depression and hearing voices
• Risk management and safeguarding young persons
• Review and formulation of cases
• Working with families, school, inpatient hospital and Social Workers to support young persons
• Attending CIN meeting, Strategy meeting, Core Meeting and CP Meeting
• Carrying out Neuro Consultation with the Neuro Team to offer diagnosis on ASD/ADH

Locum Adult Male and Female Personality Disorder Unit (Clinical Team Lead) - Surrey and Borders NHS Trust

(2019-05 - 2022-02)

• Regularly using the underlining principles of CBT to support patients who are distressed
• Supporting patients through their recovery journey whilst in hospital
• Having regular Purposeful engagement 1:1 sessions with service users to challenge negative thoughts and improve confidence and self-esteem in clients and thus preventing incidents ( head banging, self-harming ( Cutting), restricting food & fluid and ligatures)
• Advocating for clients and supporting them in the tribunals, MDT and CPA
• Compassionate care, liaising with social workers, CPN, IMHA, IMCA and the MDT to support in the recovery journey of the service users
• Leadership
• Lead on the setting, monitoring, and maintaining of standards of care within the team and advising on clinical issues which may have a negative effect on the standards of clinical practice being delivered.
• A mentor and adviser for students and work closely with the Clinical Placement Facilitator to ensure that the learning objectives are consistent with the requirements of their educational programs.
• Provide clinical leadership for a range of clinician’s in their specific area of practice, providing advice on all clinical issues within the service; support clinician’s with updating their relevant knowledge and skills.
• Responsible for my own practice in accordance with the professional body and will take every reasonable opportunity to sustain and develop my professional competence.

Locum CPN/ Psychiatric Liaison Team- Adults - Kent and Medway NHS Trust

(2017-05 - 2019-05)

• Have a caseload of about 40 clients
• Managing and supporting clients with their overall mental well being in the community
• Ongoing risk assessment to keep clients and their families safe
• Safeguarding referrals when indicated
• MDT meeting and working with other professionals to support clients in the community
• Facilitating admission to hospital/ s136/ MHA assessment where appropriate to support clients with their difficulties
• Psychiatric liaison adhoc shifts/ full assessment and signposting as appropriate.

Locum CAMHS inpatient unit in private hospitals - Priory, Cygnet and Elysium

(2018-11 - 2021-01)

• Working with Young person with multiple co-morbidity and mental health needs- EUPD, gender dysphoria, severe mood swings and anxiety, trauma, abuse– sexual, emotional and physical abuse, actively self-harming and with suicidal intent
• Using principles of CBT to support young person’s when they are distressed ( worsening anxiety, depression, flash backs, PTSD) to mitigate against the risk of swallowing, headbanging, self-harming and ligatures
• Supporting them in the biopsychosocial needs
• Liaising with carers, MDT, family, social workers ( Safeguarding) and Gp’s to support the young persons
• Constant observation to mitigate risk to self to keep them safe

Part Time CPN Community mental health Practitioner - Oxleas and KMPT

(2019-12 - 2020-10)

Worked in two different NHS Trust- Oxleas and currently KMPT

• Care coordinator a caseload of patients struggling with serious mental illness through their recovery journey
• Monitoring their mental health, liaising with carers and families to support the clients
• Preparing social circumstances reports for tribunals and attending tribunals
• Liaising with social workers to carry out social care act assessment and looking for suitable placement for clients
• Receiving referrals and carrying out initial assessment and onward referral to the agencies to assist with targeted interventions
• Working closely with the MDT; psychology, psychiatrist, OT and therapist to support client in their journey through their difficulties
• Liaising with the wider MDT- MIMHS, Social service, children and families, drug and alcohol service, schools, police, AMPHS, inpatient colleagues and CCG, advocating for clients
• Attending OATS ( out of area) panel to seek funding for clients
• Attending ward round and CPA meetings
• Administering Depot Medication

Locum CPN (Referral Triage Nurse & adhoc Psychiatry liaison - caseload of 40 - South West London and St Georges

(2017-07 - 2018-11)

Band 6

• Receiving and screening referrals from primary services, police, social service, families, members of the public, housing association etc
• Screening referrals into emergency, urgent and non-urgent
• Carrying out triage assessment, risk assessment, and general initial assessment
• Working closely with the MDT, Gp, social service, police, AMPH on a regular basis
• Safeguarding children and vulnerable adults
• 3 months case management of some clients

Locum CPN (CHAMS), Inpatient CAMHS Unit (Eating Disorder), Forensic, Acute and rehab - Wandsworth CCG

(2017-01 - 2018-09)

Band 6

• Working in the community with a patient who is autistic with learning difficulties, complex needs which include Pathological demand avoidance and Tourette’s syndrome.
• Working closely with the clients family ( Carers), other nurses, social worker, CCG, behavioural therapist, Gp and specialist at SLAM trialling novel interventions
• Supporting the client’s family. Dad is paralysed.
• During Crisis, Liaising with the police, LAS, Dr’s and Nurses in A and E
• Safeguarding children

Staff Nurse (band 5 Nurse- Dementia; forensic (Prisons); Acute; CHAMS) - Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust

(2016-04 - 2017-10)

• Plan, implement and evaluate patient care using a range of recognised nursing models
• Supervise and assess learning of care assistants and pre-registration students
• Coordinate shift, admission and discharge planning
• Personal holistic care of patients
• Ward rounds and medication rounds
• Working with Careers and families to support and improve patient care

Health Care Assistant

(2013-06 - 2015-12)

• Support patients in their care
• Work with nur