CAMHS Clinical Nurse Specialist

South West London & St George's Mental Health NHS Trust; Greater London; On-site; GBP 37,000 - 44,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional mental health service in Greater London seeks a committed CAMHS Clinical Nurse Specialist passionate about working with children and young people facing complex mental health challenges. The role involves providing specialist advice, implementing evidence-based treatment plans, and managing high-risk cases within a multi-disciplinary team. This position offers opportunities for professional development, working collaboratively with various children's services to enhance the mental well-being of young individuals. Join a team dedicated to making a meaningful difference in mental health care.

Benefits

Flexible working opportunities

Training and development programs

Support for diversity and inclusion initiatives

Qualifications

• Registration as a mental health nurse with the NMC.
• Experience of working with children and young people in various settings.
• Ability to relate and provide accessible services to a diverse community.
• Ability to manage a high-risk caseload.

Responsibilities

• Provide specialist advice and consultation for assessment and treatment plans.
• Work with children's services including health and education.
• Formulate assessments and implement treatment plans based on evidence.
• Manage meetings that involve parents and professionals.
• Provide appropriate therapeutic interventions.

Skills

Mental health nursing

Working with children and young people

Risk management

Evidence-based interventions

Communication skills

Education

Registered mental health nurse with NMC

Job description

Overview

We are looking for a committed CAMHS Clinical Nurse Specialist who is passionate about working with children and young people with complex presentations, is seeking to expand their therapeutic skills and is looking for ongoing professional development opportunities within a specialist CAMHS setting.

Kingston CAMHS is an established Tier 3/Getting More Help service that supports children, young people, and their families with moderate to severe mental health difficulties. Our MDT service is made up of disciplines including psychiatry, psychology, family therapy, CBT therapists and child psychotherapy.

We offer assessments and time limited evidence-based interventions for children and young people presenting with moderate to severe mental health conditions, including formulation and diagnosis where appropriate, as well as recommendations and signposting to our other services provided by partner organisations and services.

We have a range of Child and Adolescent Mental Health services within the Trust including Mental Health in Schools Teams, an Adolescent Outreach Team and 12 bed adolescent inpatient unit (Aquarius ward), learning disabilities and youth offending CAMHS services, and a DBT service as well as Specialist and National services including All Age Eating Disorders day and inpatient services, Deaf CAMHS services in London, Kent and Cambridge including Corner House inpatient Unit based at Springfield Hospital.

The role will be to provide a flexible, timely response to young people and their families who require Mental Health assessments and/or robust risk management. The postholder will have a caseload within the Multi-disciplinary Tier 3 CAMHS Service at Kingston CAMHS T3.

Responsibilities

• Provide specialist advice, guidance and consultation to other professionals who are contributing directly to the assessment, formulation and treatment plan of young people.
• Work in close liaison with other children's services including health, social care services, education, and the voluntary sector.
• Formulate assessment and implement plans for the treatment and/or management of children or adolescents’ self‑harm mental health needs, using evidence‑based frameworks.
• Manage meetings that routinely involve parents/carers and other professionals where viewpoints can differ and conflict, including complex and emotionally charged meetings with children and families.
• Be responsible for managing and prioritising own workload of children and adolescents involving self‑harm.
• Provide appropriate therapeutic interventions as part of a multi‑disciplinary assessment and treatment plan.
• Co‑facilitate group work interventions focusing on life skills training, motivation and creative activities, systemic, psychological and psychotherapeutic interventions for individual children, carers, families and groups.
• Make appropriate formulations that may need to consider risk such as sexual abuse, maintaining provisional hypotheses and adjusting treatment options.
• Ensure accurate recording of clinical work and communicate, both orally and in writing, highly complex or distressing information, including young person’s physical and developmental status.
• Share assessment and treatment plans using sensitive and age‑appropriate language.
• Be mindful of the needs of children, young people and families from a wide range of racial, cultural, sexual, religious and social backgrounds, and develop innovative ways of meeting these needs with colleagues.
• Ensure Trust standards of recording and information governance are maintained.
• Provide consultation and training in relation to self‑harm to a range of colleagues and professional groups.

Professional Requirements

• Registration as a mental health nurse with the NMC.
• Experience of working with children and young people in a variety of settings.
• Experience working within a multi‑disciplinary team.
• Ability to relate and provide accessible services to a diverse community.
• Ability to efficiently manage a high‑risk caseload.
• Knowledge and skills in risk management and safeguarding.
• Ability to deliver a range of evidence‑based interventions.
• Interest in further professional development opportunities such as DBT training.

Teaching, Training and Supervision

• Receive regular supervision.
• Undertake mandatory and statutory training, supervision and annual appraisal as required by Trust policy.
• Contribute and commit to undertaking an annual Development Review/appraisal.
• Undertake personal development as identified in the Personal Development Plan (PDP).

Other Professional Responsibilities

• Contribute to the development and maintenance of the highest professional standards of practice through active participation in internal and external CPD training and development programmes, in consultation with the post holder’s professional and service manager(s).
• Maintain the highest standards of clinical record keeping including electronic data entry and recording, report writing and the responsible exercise of professional self‑governance in accordance with professional codes of practice and Trust policies and procedures.
• Maintain up‑to‑date knowledge of legislation, national and local policies and issues in relation to both the specific client group and mental health, including:

1. Current Mental Health Legislation
2. The Children’s Act (1989)
3. Trust, London Borough of and pan‑London child protection procedures.
4. Local and national developments in SWLStG CAMHS
5. Risk Assessment and Management
6. Clinical Governance
7. Local and national developments in line with “Every Child Matters”
8. Joint working practices between voluntary and statutory sector

Diversity & Equality

At South West London St Georges Mental Health Trust we are committed to providing services which embrace diversity and that promote equality of opportunity. We are a Disability Committed Employer, and welcome applications from all sections of the community and people of all protected characteristics. We are Members of Stonewall Diversity Champions and Employers Network for Equality and Inclusion.

As part of the Trust’s commitment to Equalities and Diversity, the Trust supports the establishment of Staff Networks groups to promote diversity in the workplace:

• BME (Evolve) Staff Network
• Christian Staff Network
• DiverseAbility
• Deaf Staff Network
• Mental Health Staff Forum
• Women’s Staff Network
• LGBTQIA+

We are committed to supporting the Armed Forces Community and have signed the Armed Forces Covenant.

We provide reasonable adjustments to the interview process for any candidates with a disability.

Application Notes

• The closing date listed is a guide only and that the vacancy may close earlier should a sufficient number of applicants have been received.
• Once you have submitted your application you agree to your application being transferred to a 3rd party e‑recruitment system.
• If you have not heard from us within three weeks from the closing date you have not been successful.
• Priority consideration for applications may be given to at‑risk NHS employees.
• If you are successful and appointed you authorise South West London and St George’s Mental Health NHS Trust to confirm your previous NHS service via an Inter‑Authority Transfer (IAT) process.
• Your employment is offered subject to successful completion of a Probationary Period depending on your Band (except medical roles).
• We are a smoke‑free Trust.

Trust Overview

NHS AfC: Band 7. South West London and St George’s Mental Health NHS Trust has a rich history, well‑established community links and an international reputation. We provide a full range of local mental health services to the Kingston, Merton, Richmond, Sutton and Wandsworth London boroughs, as well as specialist forensic mental health services, including specialised services such as national deaf adults and CAMHS inpatients and OCD.

We are committed to providing high quality integrated health and social care for local people with mental health problems in South West London and more specialist mental health services for people throughout the UK. The Care Quality Commission already rates our services as “good” however we aim to be “outstanding”.

Our values: We take pride in providing specialist care to our service users where our Trust values—being consistent, compassionate, collaborative, respectful and open—are at the heart of everything we do. Our mission is making life better together.

When you join us, you’ll be part of something special - an innovative and rapidly growing organisation that is helping to redefine the mental health, education and social care landscape in the UK. We are happy to talk flexible working and pride to belong at South West London and St George’s Mental Health NHS Trust.

We have expert services, a rich history and a clear commitment to providing the best quality care for those with mental ill‑health. The Care Quality Commission already rates our services as “good” - we aspire to be “outstanding”.

This is a great time to join us. We are transforming the way we care for our communities to support our mission of Making Life Better Together. We have built two brand new mental health facilities at Springfield University Hospital, which are amongst the best in the world. More developments are planned across our sites and services.

We are inclusive and diverse and strive to be actively anti‑racist. We want to attract people from all backgrounds and experiences to enrich the work we do together. We are proud to co‑produce and involve our local communities in all that we do.

We offer flexible working, career development and a variety of benefits to enable a positive, welcoming environment in which our people and their careers can thrive.