Specialist CAMHS Nurse

NHS; Merthyr Tydfil; On-site; GBP 39,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional health board in Merthyr Tydfil seeks a dedicated clinician to join the CAMHS service. The role involves conducting assessments, planning care programs, and collaborating with multidisciplinary teams. Applicants need a current NMC registration as an RN (MH) and experience in mental health settings. The position requires strong assessment skills and the ability to work with children facing various challenges. This is a full-time permanent role with a competitive salary range of £39,263 to £47,280 per annum.

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse in Mental Health with current NMC registration.
• Ability to manage anxiety effectively and work with challenging behaviour.
• Experience of mental health assessment and implementation of therapeutic interventions.

Responsibilities

• Carry out initial specialist triage assessment of children and families.
• Plan and develop a care programme.
• Evaluate needs of individual clients in accordance with care protocols.

Skills

Excellent assessment skills

Flexible and adaptable

Good communication skills

Education

RN (MH) Current NMC registration

Job description

Job summary

To work within the Assessment Treatment Team within the CAMHS service.

The post holder will liaise closely with other agencies and professionals and provide consultation when required. There will also be a need to provide teaching and training to others.

The post-holder will be responsible for managing own time and will be required to plan range of complex activities; balancing client needs with other requirements of post.

The post-holder will have a thorough understanding of consent to treatment issues and will effectively demonstrate analysis which leads to clinical judgment in client notes.

Main duties of the job

To carry out initial specialist, triage assessment of children and their families using the appropriate assessment tools proformas, with an emphasis on risk assessment and risk management.

To be responsible for planning and developing a programme of care.

This includes assessment and, where appropriate, the provision of telephone consultation delivering brief, solution focused interventions.

To evaluate the needs of individual clients and their carers, in accordance with agreed protocols of care and based on best available evidence.

The post holder will be expected to provide written and verbal reports.

To be aware of the special expertise of different disciplines within the service in order that the most appropriate help is provided for service users through consultation and/or active involvement of a worker from a different discipline.

Welsh Skills Desirable

Welsh skills are desirable. This does not mean they are essential; whilst a candidate does not need to have skills in Welsh, we will consider it an advantage when short‑listing and selecting candidates. This is not ‘fluency’, just Speaking & Listening skills at Level 3 (equivalent to CEFR B2) or above. Level 3 means basic conversations with patients about their everyday health.

About us

Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board is part of the NHS Wales family. Our Health Board provides primary, secondary and community health and wellbeing services to around 450,000 people living in three County Boroughs: Bridgend, Merthyr Tydfil and Rhondda Cynon Taf.

We live by our core values:

• We listen, learn and improve
• We treat everyone with respect
• We all work together as one team

We are a proud local employer; around 80% of our 15 000 workforce live within our region, making our staff not only the lifeblood of our organisation but of the diverse communities that we serve.

Details Date posted

22 December 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£39,263 to £47,280 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full‑time

Reference number

110‑NMR530‑1225

Job locations

Keir Hardie Health Park

Aberdare Road

Merthyr Tyfdil

CF48 1BZ

Job description Job responsibilities

You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click Apply now to view in Trac.

Person Specification

Qualifications knowledge Essential

• RN (MH) Current NMC registration

Qualifications knowledge Desirable

• Relevant degree. Evidence of CPD relevant to CAMHS. Relevant post‑registration qualifications e.g. Family Therapy, Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, Eating Disorders, Self Harm, Dialectical Behaviour Therapy, Borderline Personality Disorder.
• Experience in teaching.
• Extensive knowledge in normal and abnormal child development, extensive knowledge in child and adolescent mental health issues.

Experience Essential

• Appropriate post‑registration experience. Experience of working within mental health or a therapeutic post e.g. eating disorders, challenging behaviour.
• Experience of mental health assessment and implementation of a range of evidence‑based therapeutic interventions.
• Experience of working in partnership with other agencies.
• Ability to manage a case load.
• Working knowledge of health, social services, education and the voluntary sector, together with the relevant legislation regarding children's mental health.
• Management skills.

Experience Desirable

• Experience of group teaching.
• Experience of audit.

APTITUDES AND ABILITIES Essential

• Excellent assessment skills.
• Ability to manage anxiety effectively and work with young people with challenging behaviour.
• Flexible and adaptable to working conditions.
• IT skills.
• Ability to work on own volition.
• Good communication and time management skills.

APTITUDES AND ABILITIES Desirable

• Welsh Language Speaking/Listening Skills at Level 3 or above.

Values Essential

• Proactive and adaptable.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name: Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board

Address: Keir Hardie Health Park, Aberdare Road, Merthyr Tyfdil, CF48 1BZ

Employer's website: https://joinctm.wales/ (Opens in a new tab)