CAMHS Nurse

North London NHS Foundation Trust; Edgware; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

NHS Discounts

Generous annual leave

NHS pension scheme

Job summary

North London NHS Foundation Trust in Barnet is recruiting a CYPMHS Nurse Practitioner/Care Coordinator to support children and young people with neurodevelopmental differences, including ADHD, ASD, and learning disabilities, and their families.

The role emphasizes care coordination, clinical oversight, holistic mental health and neurodevelopmental assessments, and close collaboration with education, social care, paediatric, primary care, and voluntary sector partners to ensure timely access to

Qualifications

• Role involves care coordination, clinical oversight and support for children and young people with neurodevelopmental differences.
• Holistic mental health and neurodevelopmental assessments within the Neurodevelopmental Service pathway.
• Collaborative work with education, social care, primary care, paediatric and voluntary sector partners.

Responsibilities

• Provide care coordination and ongoing clinical oversight for children and young people awaiting ADHD/ASD assessment.
• Deliver evidence-based interventions and provide consultation and family support.
• Monitor wellbeing and risk, ensuring timely access to appropriate care and intervention.

Job description

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join Barnet Neurodevelopmental (ND) Children and Young People's Mental Health Services (CYPMHS) as a CYPMHS Nurse Practitioner/Care Coordinator. This role is ideally suited to an individual who is passionate about delivering high-quality, evidence-based care and improving outcomes for children and young people with neurodevelopmental differences, including Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), and learning disabilities and their families.

The post holder will provide care coordination, clinical oversight, and ongoing support to children and young people with learning disabilities, as well as those awaiting ADHD and ASD assessment within the Neurodevelopmental Service pathway. This includes maintaining regular contact with children, young people, and families, monitoring wellbeing and risk, coordinating multi-agency support and ensuring timely access to appropriate care and support whilst awaiting assessment and intervention.

The role involves undertaking holistic mental health and neurodevelopmental assessments, delivering evidence-based interventions, and providing consultation, advice, and support to children, young people, their families, and the wider professional network. The post holder will work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team and alongside education, social care, primary care, paediatric, and voluntary sector partners to ensure holistic, person-centred, and needs-led care.

The post holder will act as a Care Coordinator for children and young people on the Barnet Neurodevelopmental Service (NDS) pathway, providing ongoing support and clinical oversight to those awaiting ADHD and ASD assessment, as well as children and young people with learning disabilities. The post holder will undertake neurodevelopmental assessments, monitor wellbeing and risk, coordinate multi-agency care, and ensure that children, young people, and their families receive appropriate support and intervention throughout their care journey. Clinical supervision and support will be provided by the Team Manager and senior clinicians to ensure safe and effective clinical practice.

The successful candidate will work closely with CYPMHS practitioners from a range of professional disciplines within a multidisciplinary team. They will establish and maintain effective working relationships with internal and external stakeholders, including education, social care, paediatric services, primary care, and voluntary sector partners, to ensure coordinated and integrated care planning for children, young people, and families.

This is a predominantly clinical role, and the post holder will be expected to manage their time effectively to ensure that the majority of their working hours are spent delivering direct clinical care, including assessment, care coordination, therapeutic intervention, consultation, and family support.

North London NHS Foundation Trust (NLFT) is committed to improving mental health care across North London to deliver excellent services to our local people.

Our Five-Year Strategy

• We will provide consistently high-quality care closer to home
• With our partners in North London and each borough we will ensure equity of outcome for all
• We will offer great places to work, providing staff with supportive environment to deliver outstanding care
• We will be more effective as an organisation by pioneering research, quality improvement and technology

Why NLFT?

• We develop and retain our staff through leadership behaviours and managers programme and many more opportunities
• We promote flexible working and support staff with a range of health and wellbeing initiatives
• NHS Discounts, generous annual leave and NHS pension scheme
• Excellent internal staff network

The Postholder Will Be Aligned With Our Values

• We Are Kind
• We Are Respectful
• We Work Together
• We Keep Things Simple
• We Empower
• We Are Proudly Diverse

In order to meet the needs of the Trust you may be required from time to time to work at different locations to your normal place of work. This may mean that you are required to work at any location that fall under Barnet, Camden, Enfield, Haringey or Islington. The Trust reserves the right to require staff to work at such other places or locations as it considers reasonable and necessary on a temporary or permanent basis.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: IYENEMI GRANVILLE Job title: Team Manager, Barnet CAMHS NDS/SCAN Email address: [e-mail]