Sister/Charge Nurse - CAMHS inpatient unit

Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust; Bury; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization in the UK seeks a Clinical Lead to join their CAMHS inpatient unit in Bury. In this role, you'll provide operational management and clinical supervision to staff, ensuring high standards of care for young people with mental health issues. Applicants should hold a relevant nursing qualification and have experience in a clinical setting. Competitive benefits and a supportive environment offered.

Benefits

Generous annual leave entitlement

Flexible working opportunities

Access to Continued Professional Development

Health and Wellbeing activities

Qualifications

• Demonstrable recent experience of working within a CAMHS inpatient environment.
• Knowledge of mental health issues in young people.
• Evidence of working as a sign off mentor for student nurses on placement.

Responsibilities

• Assist the unit manager in effective operational management.
• Provide clinical leadership to all staff disciplines.
• Manage a team co-ordinating care for young people with mental health issues.

Skills

Experience with children and young adults

Clinical risk assessment skills

Ability to empower team members

Supervision experience

Education

RMN/RNLD qualification

Mentorship/Preceptorship Qualification

Job description

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Bury, United Kingdom

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Posted:

12.08.2025

Expiry Date:

26.09.2025

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Job overview

This is your opportunity to be leader and part of a dynamic and caring team.

We are passionate about providing outstanding care to young people and families/carers, at our CAMHS inpatient unit.

You will assist the unit manager in all aspects of service provision and delivery of care within the unit. You will provide managerial and clinical supervision to a team of staff and act as a role model, providing supervision, support and leadership.

We have access to training to support you to develop your skills, including DBT/Safeguarding/STORM/Physical Health/Eating Disorder/MBT

We will offer you excellent opportunities to develop you leadership skills and you will be well supported by an established and experienced clinical team.

There is access to staff support groups, monthly supervisions and reflective practice.

Main duties of the job

To assist the unit manager in the effective operational management of the unit.

To provide clinical leadership to staff from all disciplines including student nurses.

Responsible for creating and maintaining an evidence based and positive culture within the unit.

To assist the unit manager in ensuring that all staff in sphere of managerial responsibility carry out their duties and responsibilities in a manner acceptable to the trust, in keeping with Trust policies and procedures and the unit philosophy and operational policy.

To ensure that the governance agenda is delivered on the ward.

To assess, plan, implement and evaluate individual programmes of care for young people with serious mental health issues and / or complex emotional / behavioural difficulties. Co-ordinate and manage a team of staff undertaking this responsibility.

To provide advice on care for young people with serious mental health issues and / or complex emotional/behavioural difficulties, including significant risk to self and others.

To carry out risk assessments and management plans.

To ensure that a high standard of individualised care is provided in line with the young persons care plan that will assist in recovery and rehabilitation and enhance their daily living skills.

To be involved with Quality Improvement projects, including young people and families in the process.

Involvement with recruitment and staff development.

You will provide line management and clinical supervision to more junior staff.

Working for our organisation

We are proud to provide high quality mental health and learning disability services, both inpatient and in the community across five boroughs of Greater Manchester - Bury, Oldham, Rochdale, Stockport and Tameside and Glossop.

Our vision is for a happier and more hopeful life for everyone in our communities and our staff work hard to deliver the very best care for the people who use our services. We’re really proud of our #PennineCarePeople and do everything we can to make sure we’re a great place to work.

All individuals regardless of race, age, disability, ethnicity, nationality, gender, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership are encouraged to apply for this post. We would also encourage applications from individuals with a lived experience of mental illness, either individually or as a carer.

If you come and work for us we will offer a range of benefits and opportunities, including:

• Generous annual leave entitlement for Agenda for Change and Medical and Dental staff.
• Flexible working opportunities to support your work/life balance
• Access to Continued Professional Development
• Involvement in improvement and research activities
• Health and Wellbeing activities and access to an excellent staff wellbeing service
• Access to staff discounts across retail, leisure and travel

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please read the attached job description and person specification. Use your supporting information section of your application to give examples of how you demonstrate each of the essential and where possible the desirable criteria on the person specification.

Person specification

Experience

• Demonstrable recent experience of working within a CAMHS inpatient environment.
• Demonstrable experience of working directly with families / carers of young people.
• Evidence of working as a sign off mentor for student nurses on placement

Knowledge

• Knowledge of mental health issues in young people
• Knowledge of legislation and National policies in relation to mental health issues in young people.
• Good working Knowledge of Mental Health Act
• Knowledge of safeguarding issues and implementation
• Knowledge of CPA processes.

Skills

• Experience of or strong interest in working with children and / or young adults with mental health issues, and their families
• Experience of supervising the work of others
• Skills in environmental / clinical risk assessment of young person with complex needs.
• Competent skills in the assessment of self-harm and serious mental illness
• Ability to empower others

Education/Qualifications

• RMN/RNLD or relevant health and social care qualification
• Evidence of professional qualification
• Mentorship/Preceptorship Qualification, inculding sign off
• Knowledge of legislation and policy
• Experience of supervision others
• Ability to work shifts across 7 days 24 hours
• Previous experience in inpatient setting

We also offer virtual application support sessions each month, where you will learn some hints and tips to support you in completing your application form. To secure your place, and to find out more visit the on our website.

Sponsorship - We are an approved sponsoring organisation. Applications will be considered from applicants requiring sponsorship alongside all other applications. Please be aware, not all roles are eligible for sponsorship. You can review the list of eligible role and requirements on the

What happens after your application has been received?

You will be informed about the progress of your application following shortlisting via email. Only applicants who clearly demonstrate the criteria listed in the person specification will be shortlisted for interview. Interview invites will be sent out via email.

What happens if I am offered the position after interview?

The hiring manager will make contact with you to verbally offer you the position. The hiring manager will then inform Recruitment of the decision and provide relevant paperwork. You will be sent a formal conditional offer via email.

What pre-employment checks will I need to complete?

By conducting pre-employment checks, the recruitment team will verify that you meet the pre-conditions of the role you have been offered. Pre-employment checks will be carried out according to . The checks are:

• Identity verification
• Right to work check
• Disclosure and barring service (DBS)/Criminal record check (dependent on role)
• Professional registration and/or qualification check
• Occupational health assessment
• Employment history and reference validation

All applicants external to NHS will be required to provide to cover the most recent three years. This information will used to validate employment history and references as part of pre-employment checks.

If you are offer a position with is and you require sponsorship to support your right to work, we will review your eligibility in line with . If the role you have been offer is not eligible for sponsorship, and you are not able to evidence your right to work, your conditional offer could be withdrawn.

What happens when pre-employment checks are complete?

Recruitment will liaise with you and the hiring manager to arrange a start date for your new position. You will then be booked on to a Trust Welcome Session and be sent your Pennine Care NHS Terms and Conditions.

Other important information

• We are committed to equality, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) and recognise the importance of ensuring our diverse service user population is reflected within our workforce. Unfortunately, we know that, at present, there is underrepresentation of our communities in our workforce. We welcome applications from people from diverse communities to help us grow, learn, be better and consider brilliant innovation diverse people bring.
• If you would like to be considered under the disability confident scheme, you will be guaranteed an interview if you meet the essential criteria on the person specification for the post.
• If you require reasonable adjustments to our recruitment process please phone us on 0161 716 3181 at the earliest opportunity. We will support you to complete your application.
• Unfortunately we are not able to guarantee the transfer of lease cars, or cover the costs of early termination charges.
• We have a strict policy on unsolicited contact from recruitment agencies. Please do not contact our hiring managers directly.

We reserve the right to close a vacancy earlier than the advertised closing date if a sufficient number of applications have been received. To ensure you application is considered, please submit at the earliest opportunity.

If you have problems applying, contact

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