CAMHS Clinical Charge Nurse - *£3000 Recruitment/Retention Payment(RL)

Maudsley Learning; London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 49,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player in mental health services is seeking a passionate Clinical Charge Nurse to join their dynamic CAMHS team. This role offers the opportunity to make a significant impact on the lives of young people facing mental health challenges. As part of a supportive team, you will develop your skills in a nurturing environment, focusing on patient-centered care. The organization values professional development, offering extensive learning opportunities and a commitment to staff well-being. If you are dedicated to providing compassionate care and eager to grow in your nursing career, this position is an excellent fit for you.

Benefits

Flexible working options

Career development programs

NHS discounts

Counselling services

Cycle to work scheme

Season ticket loan

Long service awards

Keyworker housing

Qualifications

• Qualified RMN, LD or Children’s Nurse with a desire to work in mental health.
• Knowledge of relevant Professional and Clinical legislation is essential.

Responsibilities

• Planning clinical care and providing a therapeutic environment for young patients.
• Developing skills in an acute mental health setting and assessing risks.

Skills

Empathy

Problem solving

Teaching ability

Resilience

Education

Registered Adult Nurse

Registered Mental Health Nurse

Registered Learning Disabilities Nurse

Job description

CAMHS Clinical Charge Nurse - *£3000 Recruitment/Retention Payment(RL)

NHS AfC: Band 6

Main area: Child & Adolescent Mental Health Services

Grade: NHS AfC: Band 6

Contract: Permanent

Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week

Job ref: 334-CHI-5585275-A-C

Site: Bethlem Royal Hospital

Town: Beckenham

Salary: £40,701 - £48,054 per annum inclusive of HCAs

Salary period: Yearly

Closing: 07/06/2025 23:59

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 providing high quality and specialist care to our service users and we are recognised for the care and treatment we provide. The Care Quality Commission 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

Eligible for a Recruitment/Retention payment of £3,000 for new starters who are external to the Trust. This is payable in 2 instalments over a 24 month period. Terms and conditions apply to the scheme, in relation to repayment should you leave within a 24 month period.

Is working within the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) the next step in your career? Are you looking to work in a team that allows you to feel empowered and proud to be a Nurse? To work in an environment that will allow you to develop and flourish as a practitioner? Then the South London and Maudsley CAMHS Inpatient Units might just be what you’re looking for.

We’re passionate about delivering first-class patient-centred, safe and effective care, across our Adolescent Inpatient Units, general and PICU. Patients are at the heart of everything we do.

Providing quality care depends on our ability to employ the best people. We’re looking to recruit outstanding people who will go the extra mile to support our patients and colleagues. With every new employee we’re hoping to find our future leaders and we’ll support our staff by providing opportunities to develop - whatever stage of your career you're at, there's always a place for you at SLaM.

Main duties of the job

Existing CAMHS experience is not essential as you will have the opportunity to learn new specialist skills through our excellent learning and development opportunities which will include leadership and managerial skills alongside clinical interventions. It is important to show through your application and interview what transferable skills and experience you have.

In addition to this we welcome skilled practitioners who would like the opportunity to develop their CAMHS specific skills. These clinicians may come from a variety of professional backgrounds including adult mental health, learning disability and paediatric settings.

As well as our in-house development programme, we also have our CAMHS Nursing Academy which is a training and development program based on the four pillars of advanced nursing practice.

We have vacancies across our adolescent units:

• Snowsfields Adolescent Unit, Maudsley Hospital
• Bethlem Adolescent Unit, Bethlem Royal Hospital
• CAMHS Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU), Bethlem Royal Hospital

Bethlem Adolescent Unit and CAMHS PICU based at the Bethlem Royal Hospital and Snowsfield Adolescent Unit based at the Maudsley Hospital. PICU cares for some of the most unwell and vulnerable young people requiring secure mental health services in a compassionate, safe and timely manner.

Working for our organisation

We are committed to ensuring our staff get the most out of their benefits package and understand the importance of a healthy work-life balance. There is an extensive range of excellent benefits for you and your family. We want you to feel like you are part of a close-knit team at SLaM. It’s important to us that you feel valued and appreciated and that is why we have a comprehensive benefits package on offer.

Some of our benefits are highlighted here:

• Generous pay, pensions and leave: we offer a comprehensive pay, pensions and leave package which is dependent on the role and length of service.
• Work-life balance: flexible working and support a range of flexible options, such as part-time working and job sharing.
• Career development: There are plenty of opportunities to progress your career and we support your development through a number of programmes such as mentoring, coaching, positive people management, collective leadership and other talent programmes.
• Car lease: our staff benefits from competitive deals to lease cars.
• Accommodation: our staff benefits from keyworker housing available which is available on selected sites.
• NHS discounts: with discounts up to 10% from a variety of well-known retail brands through the Health Service Discounts website.

Other benefits include:

• Counselling services
• Long service awards
• Cycle to work scheme
• Season ticket loan
• Staff restaurants

We are looking forward to receiving your application.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Working with young people is both challenging and demanding but also incredibly fun and rewarding. Working in CAMHS is an opportunity to work with young people at the start of their mental health journey to help them build a positive outlook for their future.

As a clinical charge nurse you will take a role in planning clinical care, being part of the nursing team to employ your pre-existing clinical skills to help provide a therapeutic and safe environment. You will be an individual who would like to develop skills in an acute mental health setting and possess a calm and contained demeanor. You will develop confidence in assessing risk on a formal and informal basis and be able to balance this effectively with acting in the least restrictive way, fostering a safe yet therapeutic service. You will have a solid working knowledge of relevant legal frameworks i.e. MHA (1983), Capacity Act (2005) and the Children Act (1989).

You must be a qualified RMN, LD or Children’s Nurse with the desire to work in an in-patient mental health setting. It is essential to have an understanding of the challenges that face nurses caring for young people with mental health difficulties today and be able to demonstrate resilience and empathy. Most important to us is that you have a commitment and passion to want to listen and support young people in a variety of creative ways.

You will have the opportunity to continue enhancing your existing skills and become a specialist in CAMHS through our excellent learning and development opportunities which will include both leadership and managerial skills but also clinical interventions.

We are interested in recruiting nurses who are keen to work within CAMHS services and are not solely looking for candidates with prior CAMHS experience but who possess sound clinical skills and who demonstrate an interest in developing their career within CAMHS.

We actively encourage professional development and support our staff to take on additional training and academic qualifications. Depending on relevance to the service, there is the possibility of training or education being paid for by the organization.

Person specification

Qualifications

• Registered Adult Nurse and/or Registered Mental Health Nurse and/or Registered Learning Disabilities Nurse

Experience and Knowledge

• Knowledge of relevant Professional and Clinical legislation
• Knowledge of clinical governance and audit
• Experience as a preceptor/mentor
• Experience of engaging/supporting clinical research projects
• Experience of delivering training
• Experience of recruitment and selection of staff

Skills and Attributes

• Able to provide quality care that is responsive to service user’s needs, without close supervision
• Teaching ability
• Advocates for all individuals, particularly those with protected characteristics; promotes equality and diversity
• Resilient: able to cope with difficult interpersonal situations
• Problem solving: ability to identify problems, review options and take appropriate action without a predetermined framework

Other Requirements

• Empathy for service users including individuals who have experienced mental health problems
• Able to work a flexible 24hr working pattern including night shifts and weekends

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 a 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 been 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: Onisa Ahmed

Job title: Deputy Head of Nursing, CAMHS Directorate

Email address: [e-mail]

Telephone number: 07875145302

Kathryn Sam

Clinical Service Lead N&S CAMHS Inpatient Services

Telephone: [phone]