CAMHS Community Nurse

Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust; Wokingham; On-site; GBP 31,000 - 39,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a dedicated multidisciplinary team as a Band 5 nurse at Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, focusing on young people's mental health. In this role, you will assess and implement care plans, support families, and collaborate in a well-resourced environment committed to outstanding care.

Benefits

Flexible working options

27 days annual leave

Career development opportunities

Cycle to Work scheme

Wellbeing tools and services

Discounts at popular retailers

Generous parental leave

Free parking

Qualifications

• Ability to demonstrate ongoing professional development.
• Willingness to develop skills in working with eating disorders and emotional dysregulation.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating nursing care.
• Work with young people and families in various environments.

Skills

Communication

Teamwork

Empathy

Education

Registered Mental Health Nurse

Paediatric Nurse

Job description

Site CAMHS- T4 hospital at home service, Wokingham Hospital Town Wokingham Salary £31,469 - £38,308 per annum ( Incl of HCAS) Salary period Yearly Closing 18/06/2025 23:59

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has risen for CAMHS Phoenix to recruit a Band 5 staff nurse , to join our well-established multidisciplinary team to support young people in crisis.

The post holder will be responsible for the assessment, development, implementation and evaluation of nursing care, and activities to support therapeutic care plans, for young people referred to the Berkshire CAMHS Tier 4 Alternative to Hospital admission ( Day Hospital) and Home Treatment . The service, based at CAMHS Phoenix on the Wokingham Community Hospital site, is a hospital at home and home treatment service that provides evidence based psychiatric, nursing, and therapeutic interventions for young people under the age of 18 presenting with severe and complex mental health difficulties assessed as requiring Tier 4 level care, includingwhere these disorders are co-morbid with neurodevelopmental diagnoses:

• Serious risk of harm to self; suicidal thoughts and behaviour

• Emotional dysregulation and symptoms that would be best described as emerging unstable personality disorder

• ARFID and disordered eating in the context of emotional dysregulation, trauma, and other mental disorder.

• Early onset psychosis

• Severe OCD, complex PTSD

• Other psychological disturbance that may adversely affect functioning but falls outside typical diagnostic criteria.

Main duties of the job

• To work with children and adolescents and their families and/or carers providing support, education, family work and evidence based interventions aimed towards promoting recovery. You will work with people in a service which aims to work with other agencies including primary care to raise awareness of mental ill health and to reduce the length of time people remain untreated.
• To assess, plan, implement and evaluate a nursing care plan for young people and their families referred as either home treatment patients or day patients. Specialist knowledge of the following is required , the mental health problems of young people, child development, physical development, the management of risk in young people, the management of harm to self or others.
• To work with young people and their families / carers in various environments including the home environments, care settings, community settings and clinical settings in order to provide clinically assessed and evidence-based and individualised interventions as determined by the care plan for the young person
• To provide and be accountable for advice to the multi-disciplinary team and others relating to their area of practice/specialism.
• Responsible for following clinical governance rules and risk management
• To work in partnership with other colleagues across the Trust to deliver an integrated service that facilitates the wellbeing and recovery of service users.

Working for our organisation

Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a specialist mental health and community health services trust. Rated ‘outstanding’ by the CQC, we’re committed to providing the best possible care to people across Berkshire. As an employer, we’re committed to offering an inclusive and compassionate environment where our people share in a sense of belonging and are supported to flourish.

Our values at Berkshire Healthcare are:

• Caring for and about you is our top priority
• Committed to providing good quality, safe services
• Working Together with you to develop innovative solutions

Your wellbeing is important to us. Some of the benefits of working for us include:

• Flexible working options to support work-life balance
• 27 days’ annual leave rising with service + opportunity to buy and sell
• Excellent learning and career development opportunities
• ‘Cycle to Work’ and car leasing scheme including electric vehicles
• Access to a range of wellbeing tools and services
• Discounts at hundreds of popular retailers and restaurants
• Staff networks for race, diversity, disabilities, the environment and armed forces community to support equality
• Generous maternity, paternity, adoption and special leave
• Free parking across Trust sites

FOR SECONDMENT ROLES ONLY - If the secondment role becomes permanent, the successful candidate may be offered the permanent position.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The must have's for this role:

Registere d Mental Health Nurse and or another appropriate registered nurse training e. g Paediatric Nurse / Children’s Nurse / Learning Disability .

To be able to demonstrate ongoing professional development.

A willingness to develop skills and knowledge in working with patients with an eating disorder and or Emotional Dysregulation

Ability to travel independently and efficiently to deliver clinical care from multiple sites including service user homes.

For further information about the role, please see attached job description and person specification.

We strongly encourage you to review how you meet the criteria in the person specification and write about this point-by-point in your supporting statement for the best chance of being shortlisted.

We’re committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community. Our commitment to inclusion is reflected in our accreditations: Race Equality Matters Silver Trailblazer, Neurodiversity in Business Corporate Member, Disability Confident Leader, Carer Confident Level 2, and the Armed Forces Covenant Gold Award. Reasonable adjustments will be provided to candidates as needed .

We welcome a conversation about flexibility and any other questions you may have. Please don’t hesitate to call: Majid Nazari, Team Manager on 07920767875 or Rebecca Martin, Clinical Nurse Specialist on 07342068975 during the office hours, who’ll be delighted to help.

Please note, if we receive a high number of applications, we may close this role earlier than the advertised closing date, so please submit your application as soon as possible.

The service will operate from 8am-8pm Mon-Fri; 9am-5pm Sat, Sun & Bank holiday’s (365 days per year). The post holder will be required to work shifts across these hours. You will be a member of the Community CAMHS Hospital at Home Service and is expected to work in various locations within its hours of operation as set out in its operational policy.

Person specification

Education/Qualifications

• Registered Nurse and or another appropriate registered nurse training e.g. RMN / Children’s Nurse / Learning Disability
• To be prepared to undertake preceptorship as per trust if appropriate
• Evidence of post registration development.

Training

• To be able to demonstrate ongoing professional development.

Previous Experience

• Experience of supervising junior staff
• To have experience of working with young people.
• To have had experience of working with parents / carers and families and to be able to verbalise your approach.
• To have had experience of working in groups with adolescents and to be able to describe the approach. To be able to plan a group in collaboration with others
• To have had experience of working individually with a young person and to be able to describe your approach.
• To be able to plan individual work and make use of supervision in relation to your work.

Knowledge , Skills & Abilities

• A willingness to develop skills and knowledge in working with patients with an eating disorder and or Emotional Dysregulation
• An ability to be able to work alongside an adolescent referred to the service and show an ability to verbalise your approach
• To be able to communicate effectively with other professionals about issues relating to patients care. To communicate complex and sensitive information to young people and families
• To have knowledge of safeguarding issues as they would relate to young people referred to this service
• To have knowledge of the Mental Capacity Act and Gillick Competency principles in relation to consent
• Ability to organise and prioritise effectively
• Ability to work within a multidisciplinary team.
• Good communication skills (written and verbal).
• Ability to supervise and develop staff
• Ability to use initiative and make decisions
• Ability to travel independently and efficiently to deliver clinical care from multiple sites including service user homes.
• An ability to take part in an assessment of a young person and to be able to develop a formulation of their problems.

These are the values that we live by atBerkshire Healthcare:

• Caring for and about you is our top priority
• Committed to providing good quality, safe services
• working Together with you to develop innovative solutions

We welcome people who share these values to come and work for us.

Please find attached the behaviour framework that underpins these values for this job role.

At Berkshire Healthcare, we foster an inclusive workplace where everyone belongs.

We welcome talent from all backgrounds and offer guaranteed interviews to disabled applicants and armed forces community members who meet the minimum criteria.

Please note we may close positions before the advertised date.

Once you have applied, please check your email regularly for updates. All appointments are subject to NHS Employment Checks, and false information may result in withdrawal of offers. For information on how we store your information, please review our privacy statement .

No agencies, please.

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.

Application numbers

This vacancy may close early if it receives a high number of applications. Please complete and submit your application in good time to avoid disappointment.