CYPMHS Clinical Nurse Specialist

Hpft; Borehamwood; On-site; GBP 52,000 - 59,000; Full time

Job summary

Hertfordshire Partnership Foundation Trust seeks an experienced nurse to deliver highly specialist assessments and risk management for mental health service users in Borehamwood and surrounding areas.

You will work within a multi-disciplinary team, provide evidence-based care, supervise staff, and contribute to service development and quality improvement through MDTs and professional development.

Qualifications

• RMN, RGN or RSCN qualification.
• Evidence of CPD maintained.
• Specialist training in CAPA and CYP-IAPT.
• Postgraduate diploma in CBT (General or IAPT) with BABCP eligibility/accreditation.

Responsibilities

• Provide highly specialist nursing assessments, formulations, risk assessments, and evidence-based interventions.
• Deliver clinic-based and outreach care, engaging hard-to-reach service users.
• Provide specialist nursing consultation, advice and support to colleagues and partner agencies.
• Care coordinate a complex caseload with biopsychosocial assessments and integrated care plans.
• Lead on clinical risk assessment, safeguarding and complex presentations.
• Support nursing practice through supervision, mentoring, teaching and leadership.
• Participate in supervision, appraisal and CPD.
• Chair or attend MDTs providing specialist nursing leadership and oversight.

Education

RMN, RGN or RSCN

Further training

CPD

CAPA and CYP-IAPT

Postgraduate CBT with BABCP

Tools

N/A

Job description

Site CYMPHS South Town Borehamwood Salary £51,657 - £58,785 per annum, pro rata (5% HCAS Included) Salary period Yearly Closing 15/10/2026 23:59

Values Based Screener

At Hertfordshire Partnership Foundation Trust we are looking for people to join us who share our values and those of the NHS. Before your application can be considered please take part on our online values questionnaire, which you can find below. When you have finished you will be sent a 'completion code' by email, which will be valid for 6 months and required to submit your application form.

Taking responsibility for making a significant contribution to the nursing input, participatingfullyinthereferralandallocationprocess,assessments,treatment,risk management, safeguarding vulnerable children and adults, care coordination of service users as well as contributing to case discussions and service-related meetings.

Offeringconsultationsandsupervisiontocolleaguesandstudentsaswellasstaffin other services.

Main duties of the job

Provide highly specialist nursing assessments, formulations, risk assessments, and evidence-based interventions .

Deliver timely and accessible care through clinic-based and outreach models, including engagement with hard-to-reach service users.

Provide specialist nursing consultation, advice, and support to colleagues and partner agencies regarding assessment, risk management, and treatment planning.

Care coordinate a complex caseload, undertaking comprehensive biopsychosocial assessments and delivering integrated care plans.

Lead on the assessment and management of clinical risk, safeguarding concerns, and complex presentations.

Support the development of nursing practice through supervision, mentorship, teaching, and clinical leadership.

Participate in supervision, appraisal, and continuing professional development.

Chair and/or attend MDTs, providing specialist nursing leadership, consultation, and clinical oversight.

Promote integrated physical and mental healthcare, including physical health monitoring and health promotion.

Work collaboratively with HPFT teams and partner agencies to support early identification and effective management of mental health difficulties.

Lead service development, quality improvement, and innovation initiatives to enhance safe and effective care.

Provide clinical leadership within the Enhanced Safety Support Pathway and Early Psychosis Pathway, supporting staff with complex and high-risk cases.

Our family of over 4,500 members of staff provide health and social care for people with mental ill health, physical ill health and learning disabilities across Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Essex and Norfolk, delivering these services within the community and several inpatient settings. E verything is underpinned by choice, independence and equality, with our Trust values embedded throughout:

Welcoming. Kind. Positive. Respectful. Professional.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Sound working relationships

Thepostholderwillhavefourmaingroupswithinhis/herprofessional domain:

ServiceUsersandtheir Carers

Theclinicalstaffwithinthe team

Theseniorstaffwithinthe teams

Staffwithinserviceswithwhichthereisdaily liaison

Communication Requirements

Leadership and Staff Management Responsibility

Service Development and Improvement

Analytical and Judgmental Skills

Planning and Organizational Skills

An Understanding of Physical Working Conditions and Environment

Management of Information Resources

Please see attached detailed Job Description for this post

Person specification

QUALIFICATIONS/EDUCATION/TRAINING

• RMN, RGN or RSCN
• Further training/qualification in relevant area of practice
• Evidence of CPD
• Specialist training in an appropriate area and knowledge of CAPA and CYP-IAPT
• Postgraduate diploma in CBT (General or IAPT) with eligibility for, or accreditation with, the BABCP

Experience

• Post qualification experience in a CYP team or related area, or several years experience prior to qualification, with experience of working with moderate to severe mental health problems and knowledge of a range of clinical interventions with children/adolescents and their carers/families.
• Experience of multi-disciplinary team working, and inter-agency collaboration
• Knowledge of child development, child and adolescent mental health and an understanding of a range of theoretical approaches
• Experience of teaching, training and/or supervision
• Abilities to provide consultation to other professional and non-professional groups
• Good general knowledge of the literature and research concerning mental health interventions with children, particularly the clinical effectiveness of such interventions
• Awareness of current NHS initiatives and developments
• Knowledge of relevant legislation and its implications for clinical practice in relation to children/adolescents
• Experience of service quality monitoring e.g. clinical audit, evaluative research, etc.

Skills

• Car driver (unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010 which prevents you from driving)
• Ability to work therapeutically with young people and their families
• Ability to work as a fully participating member of a multi-disciplinary team and the ability to respect and value other members contributions
• Ability to initiate service developments or be involved in service planning
• Experience of the application of psychological therapy in different cultural contexts

Please note, we do not charge fees for job applications, recruitment processes, sponsorship arrangements, or employment offers. Please see the Trust careers vacancy webpage and Trac as the only authorised routes for recruitment communications, applications and verification of job offers.

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.