Charge Nurse - Mental Health - CAMHS

TN United Kingdom; Coatbridge; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

An established healthcare provider is seeking a dedicated Charge Nurse for its CAMHS team in Coatbridge. This role involves delivering exceptional mental health services to children and young people, working within a multidisciplinary team. You will assess and manage crises, provide therapeutic interventions, and lead a team of nurses. With a commitment to patient-centered care, this position offers the chance to make a significant impact in the community. Join a supportive environment that values continuous professional development and offers a comprehensive benefits package.

Benefits

27 days annual leave

NHS Pension Scheme

Paid sick leave

Occupational health services

Employee counselling services

Work-life balance policies

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse with valid NMC Registration in Mental Health.
• Further education in specialty and evidence of Continuous Professional Development.

Responsibilities

• Provide high-quality mental health services to children and young people.
• Conduct assessments and manage unscheduled care for young individuals.

Skills

Mental Health Nursing

Leadership Skills

Communication Skills

Crisis Management

Interpersonal Skills

Teamwork

Education

Degree Level Education

Postgraduate Qualification

Tools

Information Technology

Job description

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Client:

NHS Scotland

Location:

Coatbridge, United Kingdom

Job Category:

Other

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EU work permit required:

Yes

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Job Views:

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Posted:

02.05.2025

Expiry Date:

16.06.2025

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Job Description:

The Role

This post is based in the Unscheduled CAMHS team who provide a service within the geographical area of Lanarkshire. This team is established of nurses and healthcare clinical support workers. NHS Lanarkshire CAMHS provide a service to infants, children and young people up to the age of 18.

The role provides a high quality mental health service to children and young people and their families within the Unscheduled CAMHS Team. This includes working autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the department’s policies and procedures including:

• assessment of young people and their families referred to the service and supervision of band 5 nurses
• assessment and management of unscheduled care for young people who present in crisis including self-harm, suicide prevention, eating disorders etc
• the provision of therapeutic interventions to these young people and their families utilising a range of therapeutic modalities as required
• physical observations as required
• The post holder will be expected to work with the full range of presenting difficulties referred to the team

Additional Information Specific to the Role

This post is based in a multidisciplinary CAMHS Team providing a service within the geographical area of Lanarkshire. These are well established multidisciplinary teams including psychiatrist, clinical psychologists, Nursing and CAMHC’s.

NHS Lanarkshire CAMHS provide a service to infants, children and young people up to the age of 18 if they are still in secondary education.

NHS Lanarkshire

Have you always wanted to work with NHS Lanarkshire? Then this might be the opportunity for you to join Team Lanarkshire!

Here at NHS Lanarkshire, we put the patient at the heart of everything we do. Each colleague within the organisation plays a key role in how we deliver our healthcare services.

We proudly serve a population of 655,000 across rural and urban communities in both North and South Lanarkshire. NHS Lanarkshire is comprised of Acute Services (which currently provide hospital based services over 3 main sites), Corporate & Property & Support Services, North and South Lanarkshire Health and Social Care Partnerships which provide integrated primary healthcare and social care services to local communities and surrounding areas.

What we'll need you to bring

• Registered Nurse with valid NMC Registration Mental Health/Learning Disabilities
• Educated to/working towards/operating at Degree Level
• Further education/evidence of Continuous Professional Development in area of speciality including study days/courses/post graduate qualification
• Post graduate expertise within speciality / area of practice that demonstrates the required breadth of knowledge required to lead safety, effectively and efficiently
• Comprehensive knowledge of clinical guidelines and standards within the speciality / area of practice
• Specialist knowledge and experience of relevant conditions, pathology, policies and procedures associated with the speciality/area of practice ensuring that the level of expertise can be utilised to deliver leadership within speciality / area of practice
• Leadership skills to enable the day to day management of service delivery
• Further education/evidence of Continuous Professional Development in area of speciality including study days/courses/post graduate qualification
• The post holder will possess excellent team-working/leadership skills and have the ability to motivate others and work using own initiative
• Excellent listening, communication and interpersonal skills
• Working knowledge of basic information technology
• Crisis/Community posts – a full, valid UK/EU/EEA drivers licence

Please note for all vacancies where a driving licence is required this must be a full UK/EU/EEA licence.

Contract type

Permanent

Full time

37 hours

Location and Working Pattern

This role will be based in the CAMHS Team, Coathill Hospital

The working pattern for this role offers a varied shift pattern, working within the days/hours (Mon to Fri 8am to 8pm)

Whilst this advertisement may be for a specific post(s) in a particular location, applicants who are shortlisted for interview may be considered for similar vacancies in alternative locations.

Looking to find out more?

If you’re looking to find out more, then we would love to hear from you!

Please contact Lisa Marie Grimshaw, Clinical & Operational Manager - CAMHS on [emailprotected]

For enquiries regarding the application form or recruitment process, please contact Lynn Deas, Recruitment Administrator on [emailprotected] (Please remember to include the job title and reference number in your email)

Why NHS Lanarkshire?

Join us and you will discover a supportive environment where you will have the chance to add to your skills and further your career.

Some of NHS Lanarkshire’s benefits include:

A minimum of 27 days annual leave increasing with length of service

A minimum of 8 days of public holidays

Membership of NHS Pension Scheme, with life insurance benefits (for more information on the NHS Pension Scheme visit the Scottish Public Pension)

Paid sick leave increasing with length of service

Occupational health services

Employee counselling services

Work-life Balance policies and procedures

NHS Lanarkshire have a range of support services on topics that can impact both on your working and personal life including occupational health, spiritual care and independent counselling. This support can be accessed using the links on this page.

Further Information

For more information on the role, please refer to the Job Description. If you’re looking for more information on the recruitment process, organisation or the services we provide, please refer to our information pack, or our recruitment webpage.

Additional Information for Applicants

• Posts close at midnight on the indicated date. However, if there are a high level of interest in this position, we may close the advert once sufficient applications are received. Please complete and submit your application early.
• For help to complete an application on Jobtrain please follow this link: https://www.careers.nhs.scot/how-to-apply/application-process/
• Please check your e-mail regularly (including junk & spam folders) as well as your Jobtrain account for updates.
• Once you have submitted your application form you will be unable to make any amendments

NHS Lanarkshire is dedicated to building a diverse workforce where everyone can thrive, develop, and succeed based on their skills, knowledge, and talent—regardless of race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, or care experience* or any other dimension that can be used to differentiate people from one another.

*Care experienced applicants include those who have lived with foster parents, kinship carers, or in residential/secure children’s settings.

Candidates should provide original and authentic responses to all questions within the application form. The use of artificial intelligence (AI), automated tools, or other third-party assistance to generate, draft, or significantly modify responses is strongly discouraged. By submitting your application, you confirm that all answers are your own work, reflect your personal knowledge, skills and experience, and have not been solely produced or altered by AI or similar technologies. Failure to comply with this requirement may result in your application being withdrawn from the application process.

Right to Work within the UK

NHS Lanarkshire has a legal obligation to ensure that it does not employ any worker who has not been granted the relevant permission to work in the UK.

We are required to check the entitlement to work in the UK of all prospective employees, regardless of nationality or job category. UK Visas & Immigration rules are available at www.bia.homeoffice.gov.uk.

Prospective applicants are encouraged to check eligibility in advance of applying for vacancies in NHS Lanarkshire.

Please note that all Band 1 and Band 2 posts are not eligible for sponsorship through the Skilled Worker route.