CAMHS Nurse

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join Barnet Neurodevelopmental (ND) Children and Young People's Mental Health Services (CYPMHS) as a CYPMHS Nurse Practitioner/Care Coordinator. This role is ideally suited to an individual who is passionate about delivering high-quality, evidence-based care and improving outcomes for children and young people with neurodevelopmental differences, including Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), and learning disabilities and their families.

The post holder will provide care coordination, clinical oversight, and ongoing support to children and young people with learning disabilities, as well as those awaiting ADHD and ASD assessment within the Neurodevelopmental Service pathway. This includes maintaining regular contact with children, young people, and families, monitoring wellbeing and risk, coordinating multi-agency support and ensuring timely access to appropriate care and support whilst awaiting assessment and intervention.

The role involves undertaking holistic mental health and neurodevelopmental assessments, delivering evidence-based interventions, and providing consultation, advice, and support to children, young people, their families, and the wider professional network. The post holder will work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team and alongside education, social care, primary care, paediatric, and voluntary sector partners to ensure holistic, person-centred, and needs-led care.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will act as a Care Coordinator for children and young people on the Barnet Neurodevelopmental Service (NDS) pathway, providing ongoing support and clinical oversight to those awaiting ADHD and ASD assessment, as well as children and young people with learning disabilities. The post holder will undertake neurodevelopmental assessments, monitor wellbeing and risk, coordinate multi-agency care, and ensure that children, young people, and their families receive appropriate support and intervention throughout their care journey. Clinical supervision and support will be provided by the Team Manager and senior clinicians to ensure safe and effective clinical practice.

The successful candidate will work closely with CYPMHS practitioners from a range of professional disciplines within a multidisciplinary team. They will establish and maintain effective working relationships with internal and external stakeholders, including education, social care, paediatric services, primary care, and voluntary sector partners, to ensure coordinated and integrated care planning for children, young people, and families.

This is a predominantly clinical role, and the post holder will be expected to manage their time effectively to ensure that the majority of their working hours are spent delivering direct clinical care, including assessment, care coordination, therapeutic intervention, consultation, and family support.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Clinical

• To undertake comprehensive mental health, neurodevelopmental, and risk assessments for children and young people referred to the service, integrating information from multiple sources including clinical interviews, developmental histories, self-report measures, rating scales, educational reports, direct observations, and information provided by families and partner agencies.
• To undertake ADHD and ASD assessments within agreed service pathways and under appropriate clinical supervision, contributing to diagnostic formulation and multidisciplinary decision-making.
• To develop, implement, and review evidence-based care plans and interventions tailored to the needs of children, young people, and their families, ensuring care is person-centred, strengths-based, and informed by evidence and best practice.
• To provide direct therapeutic interventions, psychoeducation, behavioural support, care coordination, and brief evidence-based interventions to children, young people, and families in accordance with service pathways and professional standards.
• To evaluate clinical outcomes and make decisions regarding ongoing care, treatment, referral, discharge, or escalation based on clinical need, risk, and multidisciplinary discussion.
• To provide specialist advice, consultation, and support to colleagues, schools, GPs, social care, paediatric services, and other partner agencies regarding the mental health and neurodevelopmental needs of children and young people.
• To contribute to the delivery of a psychologically informed and neurodevelopmentally informed framework of care across Barnet ND CYPMHS, promoting effective assessment, intervention, and support for children and young people with ADHD, ASD, learning disabilities, and associated mental health difficulties.
• To undertake and document risk assessments, develop risk management plans, and contribute to safeguarding processes, providing specialist advice to colleagues and partner agencies on matters relating to risk and safety.
• To act as Care Coordinator for children and young people on the Barnet Neurodevelopmental Service waiting list, taking responsibility for coordinating care, monitoring wellbeing and risk, providing regular wellbeing reviews, maintaining contact with families, and ensuring timely access to appropriate support whilst awaiting assessment and intervention.
• To undertake regular wellbeing calls with children, young people, parents, carers, and other stakeholders, providing reassurance, monitoring changes in presentation, identifying emerging risks, offering advice and signposting, and responding to concerns relating to waiting times and progression through the neurodevelopmental pathway.
• To maintain regular contact with children, young people, and families awaiting neurodevelopmental assessment, providing wellbeing monitoring, care coordination, risk management, and signposting to appropriate services and support where required.
• To communicate complex and sensitive information regarding assessment findings, formulations, care plans, diagnoses, and interventions in a clear, compassionate, and professional manner to children, young people, families, and professionals.
• To maintain high standards of clinical record keeping, electronic documentation, report writing, and information governance in accordance with Trust policies, professional standards, and relevant legislation.
• To participate in duty, urgent response, and emergency assessment rotas as required by the service.

Leadership, Supervision and Service Development

• To contribute to the supervision, training, and development of students, apprentices, newly qualified staff, and other junior colleagues as appropriate.
• To actively participate in multidisciplinary team meetings, case discussions, service development initiatives, and quality improvement projects.
• To contribute to clinical audit, service evaluation, outcome monitoring, and quality improvement activities to support the ongoing development of safe, effective, and evidence-based services.
• To utilise research, evidence-based practice, and quality improvement methodologies to inform clinical practice and contribute to the continued development of innovative neurodevelopmental and mental health pathways across Barnet ND CYPMHS.
• To support service redesign and transformation initiatives aimed at improving access, reducing waiting times, enhancing patient experience, and delivering high-quality outcomes for children, young people, and families.
• To maintain professional registration, competency, and continuing professional development in accordance with professional body requirements and Trust expectations.

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.