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Job overview
We have an exciting opportunity to join the CAMHS Enhanced Treatment Service as a Band 5 Community Nurse. This role would be suitable for a band 5 nurse who would like to learn and get experience working in a CAMHS mental health community setting.
About the team: The Enhanced Treatment Service (ETS) is for young people aged 12-18 who are presenting with a serious mental illness. We offer an alternative pathway for young people who have been admitted for inpatient treatment, as well as offering a supported discharge package for young people leaving hospital.
We aim to reduce A&E presentations and hospital admissions and offer the least restrictive interventions to provide consistent access to rapid, effective interventions, support and recovery - including crisis services. This includes better use of resources and investing to develop more local, community-based services and support. The service has both an outreach, and community day service model.
This varied role offers excellent opportunities to gain experience and therapeutic skills in a variety of different settings.
The post will be based at the PEARS Maudsley Centre for Children and Young People (PYMCP) in Camberwell. We are looking to appoint someone who is confident, responsive and has a passion for young-person and family-centred improvements; you will be enthusiastic and resilient and be able to respond to young people's needs flexibly.
Main duties of the job
This role in ETS is a varied role which includes supporting CAMHS practitioners with case-coordination as part of a MDT care team, coordination of the day service, therapeutic group work, outreach work, delivering, reviewing and planning therapeutic interventions and risk management.
Please see below for more information and Job description and person specification attached.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. For both overviews please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential
- • Registered Mental Health Nurse and/or Registered Learning Disabilities Nurse/ or Registered Children’s Nurse
- • NMC Professional registration
Desirable
- • Mentorship Qualification
Knowledge/Skills
Essential
- • Able to provide quality care that is responsive to service user’s needs without close supervision
- • Resilient: able to cope with difficult interpersonal situations
- • Advocates for all individuals, particularly those with protected characteristics; promotes equality and diversity
- • Empathy for service users including individuals who have experienced mental health problems
- • Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing
Desirable
- • Skilled in supervision of others, and in providing critical and constructive feedback.
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This advert is for CAMHS Community Nurse with South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust in London, London, England. It is listed as a Band 5 Nurse (community and district) role. The advertised salary is £38,488 - £46,852 per annum inclusive of Inner London HCAs. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 22 Jul 2026.
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