CAMHS Band 6 Nurse (N&S OPD MCCAED Outreach)

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Job summary

The South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Band 6 Nurse to join the Maudsley Centre for Child and Adolescent Eating Disorders. The role involves assessment and management of young patients and provides opportunities for professional development within a well-regarded trust that promotes diversity and values contributions from all staff. You will enjoy a supportive work-life balance and a commitment to ongoing training in a dynamic environment focused on improving patient care.

Qualifications

• Experience working at Band 5 level in child and young people settings.
• Experience in multi-disciplinary teams.
• Additional specialist training specific to adolescent mental health.

Responsibilities

• Conduct assessments and manage young patients with eating disorders.
• Provide clinical supervision and training to junior staff.
• Contribute to service evaluation and research.

Skills

Clinical supervision

Assessment skills

Leadership

Risk assessment

Education

RMN (current NMC registration)

ENB 998 or equivalent

Training specific to adolescent mental health

Job description

Employer South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Michael Rutter Centre Town London Salary £44,806 - £53,134 per annum inclusive of HCAS Salary period Yearly Closing 10/07/2025 23:59

CAMHS Band 6 Nurse (N&S OPD MCCAED Outreach)

NHS AfC: Band 6

South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust has a rich history, well-established community links and an international reputation. We deliver specialist services in the London boroughs of Croydon, Lambeth, Lewisham and Southwark, Bexley, Bromley, Greenwich, Wandsworth and Richmond.

We are committed to provide a high quality and specialist care to our service users and we are recognised for our care and treatment we provide. The Care Quality Commission already rates our services as ‘good’.

We launched our five-year strategy, Aiming High; Changing Lives in 2021 together with Our Care Improvement System as our quality management system methodology to make a positive impact on patient care, outcomes and staff experience. By joining SLaM, all staff will get the opportunity to be part of this exciting improvement journey supported with learning and development to harness everyone’s potential as change makers.

The trust recognises the unique and valuable contribution that people with lived experience of mental illness can bring to a role.We therefore welcome applications from people with lived experience and consider them as an asset to the Trust.

Our Values

We take pride in providing specialist care to our service users where our Trust values and our promise to be caring, kind, polite, prompt, honest, listen and do what I say I’m going to do is at the heart of everything we do. When you join us, you’ll be part of something special.

As a Trust we are happy to talk flexible working.

Job overview

National and Specialist Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (N&S CAMHS) are seeking to recruit an enthusiastic and skilled Band 6 Nurses to join the Maudsley Centre for Child and Adolescent Eating Disorders (MCCAED). The post holder will play key roles in an exciting new addition to our service: an integrated eating disorder outreach team.

We are delighted that a significant investment has been made by the South London Partnership (SLP) Provider Collaborative to enhance eating disorder outreach provision across South London. 14.5WTE of new clinical posts will be shared equally between, and embedded within, the two CAMHS community eating disorder services at MCCAED and SWLSTG, to create two ‘halves’ of an integrated outreach team.

Main duties of the job

The main duties and role of the position is the following, assessment and management of young people with eating disorders, assessment and management of common comorbidities including depression, anxiety, self-harm and OCD.

This will also include; contribution to audit and research, contribution to service development and service management and provision of clinical supervision, consultation and training to other professionals.

Working for our organisation

About the location:

The Maudsley Centre for Child and Adolescent Eating Disorders (MCCAED) is based at the Michael Rutter Centre for Children and Young People, Maudsley Hospital, which is located at Denmark Hill less than 5 minutes from the train station (zone 2). Our Trust headquarters is also located at Denmark Hill.

We also provide services and operate across other locations, such as London boroughs of Croydon, Lambeth, Lewisham and Southwark; and substance misuse services for residents of Bexley, Lambeth, Greenwich and Wandsworth.

As one of the few Trusts in London we are proud to offer flexible working as part of our new ways of working, and we are happy to talk flexible working at the interview stage. In this role you will be able to work Monday to Friday in the time frames from 9amto 5pm giving you the very best of good work life balance. (This may include working early mornings, later evenings or Saturdays as part of the core working hours/working pattern for this post)

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The post-holder will provide clinical services including assessment, treatment, and monitoring of outcomes and the provision of clinical supervision, consultation and training. The post holder will also contribute to service evaluation, research and policy development. There are many opportunities available within the service in relation to continued professional development.

Person specification

Qualifications

• RMN (current NMC registration).
• ENB 998 or equivalent.
• Evidence of continued professional development.
• Additional specialist training specific to adolescent mental health

Experience

• Demonstrable experience of working at Band 5 level in a child and young people setting.
• Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary team.
• Additional specialist training specific to adolescent mental health

Understanding and Knowledge

• Specialist clinical knowledge relevant to the service including evidence-based practice
• Ability to assess risk, and manage suicidal, violent and challenging behaviour in a hospital setting
• Effective leadership skills
• Ability to manage conflict effectively
• Ability to interpret research and apply to practice
• Ability to supervise, teach and develop the skills of junior staff
• Skills in family work
• Ability to manage conflict effectively

The Trust is committed to providing services which embrace diversity and that promote equality of opportunity. We are a Disability Confident Employer, we welcome applicants from all sections of the community and people of all protected characteristics. We provide reasonable adjustments for candidates with a disability and are committed to treating people fairly with compassion, respect and dignity and in promoting equality and human rights. We aim to put this commitment into practice by:

• Embedding our commitment to tackling inequality, eliminating discrimination and harassment; promoting equality of opportunity and fostering good relations in our everyday practice
• Ensuring that all our services and all staff understand and support our commitment
• We believe that people who use our services, their carers and our staff, should be treated with compassion, respect and dignity

Please note:

• That all applications for this post will need to be made online
• That you read and understand the Job Description and Personal Specification attached to the role. Your Statement in Support should reflect the requirements specified as your application will be judged against these criteria
• That the closing date listed is a guide only and that the vacancy may close earlier should sufficient number of applicants have been received. We advise that you submit your application as early as possible
• That once you have submitted your application you agree to your application being transferred to a 3rd party e-recruitment system. All subsequent information regarding your application will be generated from apps.trac.jobs
• That should you not have heard from us within three weeks from the closing date your application has not successful
• That priority consideration for applications may be given to at-risk NHS employees
• That should you be successful and appointed, you authorise South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust to confirm your previous NHS service via an Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) process
• That we are a smoke-free Trust

SLaM is a Stonewall Diversity Champion , Stonewall is the largest Lesbian, Gay, Bi and Trans (LGBT) rights charity in Europe’

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Name Cliona Brennan Job title MCCAED-START team lead (outreach service) Email address [e-mail] Telephone number 020 3228 2545