Specialist CAMHS Nurse

Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board; Merthyr Tydfil; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional health board in the UK is looking for a Specialist CAMHS Nurse to work within the Assessment Treatment Team. The role involves assessing children and families, managing a caseload, and providing high-quality mental health care. The successful candidate will need an RN (MH) registration and relevant mental health experience. This position offers an exciting opportunity for individuals passionate about child mental health within a supportive team environment.

Qualifications

• Evidence of CPD relevant to CAMHS.
• Experience working with children and adolescents in mental health.
• Knowledge of child and adolescent mental health issues.

Responsibilities

• Carry out initial specialist triage assessments of children and families.
• Plan and develop care programs.
• Provide written and verbal reports on client needs.

Skills

Excellent assessment skills

Ability to manage anxiety

Good communication skills

IT skills

Time management skills

Education

RN (MH) Current NMC registration

Relevant degree and CPD in CAMHS

Job description

Specialist CAMHS Nurse

Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board

The closing date is 05 January 2026

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 agree 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

This post is advertised as Welsh Desirable. This doesn't mean essential; whilst the candidate doesn't need to have skills in Welsh, we'll consider it an advantage when short‑listing and selecting candidates. This isn't '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. For more information, see 'Welsh Language Guidance' in the documents right at the bottom.

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 our lifeblood of our organisation but of the diverse communities that we serve.

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

• RN (MH) Current NMC registration
• 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

• Appropriate post registration experience. Experience of working within mental health or a therapeutic post eg 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 of group teaching. Experience of audit.

APTITUDES AND ABILITIES

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

Values

• 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.