# CAMHS - Mental Health Practitioner (Oldham) > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/camhs-mental-health-practitioner-oldham/6a14b980-3018-4bc9-b12d-f76ef3bb3564 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/camhs-mental-health-practitioner-oldham/6a14b980-3018-4bc9-b12d-f76ef3bb3564.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** Ashton Under Lyne - **Region:** North West - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Nurse practitioner - **Grade:** Band 6 - **Salary:** £39,959 - £48,117 per annum, pro rata - **Contract type:** Fixed term: 12 months (Maternity Cover) - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week (5 days per week Mon-Friday) - **Closing date:** 2026-06-12T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-05-29T11:31:32.014Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Manchester/Oldham/Pennine_Care_NHS_Foundation_Trust/CAMHS/CAMHS-v8045372 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8045372?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.penninecare.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Do you want to be part of an innovative, dynamic organisation that is committed to delivering the best care by the best people? We are looking to appoint people who are as passionate as we are about high quality care. The successful candidate will need the ability to work autonomously within the context of a multi-disciplinary team approach and undertake specific work with young people and their families.  Excellent assessment skills and the ability to formulate clinical decisions and management plans are essential, including assessment and management of risk. The role will be within Oldham CAMHS Core team, assessing and formulating treatment plans for young people. This will involve both  routine mental health assessments and providing ongoing evidenced based interventions. You will strive to achieve the best for every young person, show commitment to delivering evidence based practice and have the capability of making clinical decisions around complex and emotive issues, supported by knowledge of relevant legislation and safeguarding in relation to the client group.  You will monitor and evaluate treatment offered to service users adhering to professional and Trust guidelines and using routine outcome measures related to service development and reporting.  You must be an excellent communicator, be flexible, self motivated and have a willingness to build links with colleagues across team and agencies. ### Main duties of the job This is a busy multi-disciplinary CAMHS team which includes nurses, psychologists, social workers and psychiatrists.   A key focus of the service leadership team will be implementing transformation that ensures timely access to high quality care.  Our vision is for our local community to be well equipped to support the young people of Oldham to grow up with good emotional health and wellbeing. We work closely with our partners in education, children’s services and the 3rd sector to achieve the recently developed ambitious Local Transformation Plan for CAMHS services. This plan provides us with the guide and resources to begin delivering our vision of having CAMHS workers available in new ways, and working closely with children’s universal and targeted services in each of our locality areas. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Please see attached job description and person specification to support your application for this post. Please refer to the essential criteria in the person specification which will highlight the skills, knowledge and experience you will need to demonstrate in your application, by way of example, to give yourself the best opportunity to be shortlisted. Please note, this role is within the core team and therefore confidence and skills with formulating treatment plans and providing intervention is essential. ## Job Details Do you want to be part of an innovative, dynamic organisation that is committed to delivering the best care by the best people? We are looking to appoint people who are as passionate as we are about high quality care. The successful candidate will need the ability to work autonomously within the context of a multi-disciplinary team approach and undertake specific work with young people and their families. Excellent assessment skills and the ability to formulate clinical decisions and management plans are essential, including assessment and management of risk. The role will be within Oldham CAMHS Core team, assessing and formulating treatment plans for young people. This will involve both routine mental health assessments and providing ongoing evidenced based interventions. You will strive to achieve the best for every young person, show commitment to delivering evidence based practice and have the capability of making clinical decisions around complex and emotive issues, supported by knowledge of relevant legislation and safeguarding in relation to the client group. You will monitor and evaluate treatment offered to service users adhering to professional and Trust guidelines and using routine outcome measures related to service development and reporting. You must be an excellent communicator, be flexible, self motivated and have a willingness to build links with colleagues across team and agencies. ## Job Description This is a busy multi-disciplinary CAMHS team which includes nurses, psychologists, social workers and psychiatrists. A key focus of the service leadership team will be implementing transformation that ensures timely access to high quality care. Our vision is for our local community to be well equipped to support the young people of Oldham to grow up with good emotional health and wellbeing. We work closely with our partners in education, children’s services and the 3rd sector to achieve the recently developed ambitious Local Transformation Plan for CAMHS services. This plan provides us with the guide and resources to begin delivering our vision of having CAMHS workers available in new ways, and working closely with children’s universal and targeted services in each of our locality areas. ## Responsibilities Please see attached job description and person specification to support your application for this post. Please refer to the essential criteria in the person specification which will highlight the skills, knowledge and experience you will need to demonstrate in your application, by way of example, to give yourself the best opportunity to be shortlisted. Please note, this role is within the core team and therefore confidence and skills with formulating treatment plans and providing intervention is essential. ## Person Specification ### Knowledge **Essential** - Knowledge of mental health issues in young people - Knowledge of relevant legislation and National policies in relation to young people - Knowledge of therapeutic interventions with young people **Desirable** - Understanding of Youth Offending services. - Knowledge of drug and alcohol issues relating to young people ### Experience **Essential** - Professional involvement with the users of mental health services. - Experience of case management of young people - Experience of multi-agency working **Desirable** - Experience of relating to young people in a group or community setting. ### Skills and Abilities **Essential** - Ability to undertake appropriate mental health assessments - Ability to carry out therapeutic interventions with this client group - Ability to work well with a team - Ability to manage a caseload effectively - Ability to work independently - Ability to work creatively and flexibly in a clinical context ### Education / Qualifications **Essential** - NMC nursing or social work or equivalent Health /social care qualification - Significant post qualification experience in community mental health services to post graduate diploma level ## Documents - [job description (pdf, 134.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10334111) - [person specification (pdf, 128.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10334112) - [policy statement on recruitment of ex-offenders (pdf, 117.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=440) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.