Registered Mental Health Nurse

South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust; Greater London; On-site; GBP 52,000 - 72,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

Career development

Benefits package

Job summary

South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust is recruiting a CAMHS Neurodevelopmental Specialist Practitioner to join the Neurodevelopmental Assessment Service (NDT) at Springfield Hospital.

The post offers supervision and opportunities to develop expertise in neurodevelopmental assessment, with a focus on ADHD/ ASD assessments, school observations, and collaboration within an MDT to improve pathways for children and young people.

Qualifications

• Registered professionals from Nursing, Speech and Language Therapy or other relevant backgrounds.
• Experience working with children and young people with neurodevelopmental needs.
• Willingness to develop specialist skills in neurodevelopmental assessment.

Responsibilities

• Support senior clinicians with ADHD and ASD assessments.
• Screen referrals and contribute to clinical decision-making.
• Undertake regular Mental Health welfare check-ins with families and CYP.
• Perform SPA (Single Point of Access) duty role.
• Facilitate risk assessments.
• Undertake school observations and clinical observations.
• Work within an MDT and support assessment pathways.
• Collate and score standardised screening measures and write reports.
• Complete audits, literature searches or develop resources for referrers, children, young people and families.
• Help facilitate brief intervention groups for families.
• Maintain excellent organisation and written and verbal communication.

Job description

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a CAMHS Neurodevelopmental Specialist Practitioner to join the Neurodevelopmental Assessment Service (NDT), based at Springfield Hospital. This is an excellent opportunity for registered professionals from Nursing, Speech and Language Therapy and other relevant professional backgrounds, with experience of working with children and young people with neurodevelopmental needs, to develop specialist skills and broaden their clinical experience within a dynamic multidisciplinary service. The post holder will be supported through appropriate clinical supervision from an experienced senior clinician and will have opportunities to develop their knowledge and skills in neurodevelopmental assessment. The role would be particularly well suited to candidates who are keen to build a career within neurodevelopmental services and who aspire to undertake future training in neurodiversity.

The Main Role Within NDT Involves

• supporting senior clinicians with ADHD and ASD assessments
• screening referrals and contributing to clinical decision-making
• undertaking regular Mental Health welfare check in calls to families and CYP
• undertaking the SPA (Single Point of Access) duty role
• facilitating risk assessments
• undertaking school observations
• undertaking clinical observations
• working within an MDT and supporting assessment pathways

The role will also involve collating and scoring standardised screening measures, writing reports, and completing other general tasks required within NDT, such as completing audits, literature searches or developing resources within the NDT for referrers, children, young people and their families. There are also opportunities to help facilitate our brief intervention groups for families. Excellent organisation and written and verbal communication skills will be required.

Unless expressly stated in the job advert this role is not subject to sponsorship, please be advised that all offers of employment are subject to evidence of right to work in the UK.

We are Proud 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 as we invest a further £120m to upgrade and modernise our estate by 2027.

We are inclusive and diverse and stride 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.

Come and join our inclusive teams and help our patients on their recovery journey.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Marie Osakwe Job title: Clinical Service Lead Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 02035133108