# CAMHS Practitioner - Enhanced Treatment Service > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/camhs-practitioner-enhanced-treatment-service/c21bee19-b69f-4aa1-bbe1-a6675e7e28ef - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/camhs-practitioner-enhanced-treatment-service/c21bee19-b69f-4aa1-bbe1-a6675e7e28ef.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** London - **Region:** London - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Mental health professionals - **Contract type:** Secondment: 11 months (Fixed term end date - determined from start date) - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Mon- Friday 9-5pm) - **Closing date:** 2026-08-09T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-07-27T14:20:47.762Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/Southwark/South_London_Maudsley_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Mental_Health_Primary_Care/Mental_Health_Primary_Care-v8089027 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8089027?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.slam.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview We have an exciting  opportunity for a 12 month secondment within the CAMHS Enhanced Treatment Service (ETS). We are looking for a Band 6 CAMHS practitioner and welcome applications from nurses or other allied health professionals. About the team: 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. As a team we are passionate about learning and staff development and wellbeing. The post will be based at the Maudsley Hospital in Camberwell and will be moving to the new PEARs Building when it opens at the Maudsley Site. 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 - To assume a Care-Coordinator role, involving the personal responsibility and professional accountability for a caseload as part of the Enhanced Treatment Service, co-ordinating care, communicating with other professionals involved in the care and ensuring regular CPA reviews are held as required - Recognising and addressing concerns about the physical health needs of service users with long term conditions (e.g. diabetes, asthma etc.); escalating these concerns as necessary to senior members of the multi-disciplinary - Recognising and responding appropriately to risk incidents, urgent situations, emergencies or crisis including “self-harm and suicide prevention” with particular regard to the risks in community settings, in line with Trust policies and training - Understanding and implementing safeguarding procedures in a community setting; recognise, report and investigate safeguarding issues and raise safeguarding alerts if you suspect that a service user and/or carer has been exposed to harm or - Administering and monitoring the side effects of medication according to NMC professional - Demonstrate leadership skills within the clinical context of the community, showing particular awareness of the challenges facing staff working in a community setting and supporting junior staff as appropriate ### 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 ### Skills and Abilities **Essential** - Ability to plan and implement an approved evidence-based treatment intervention - skills in risk assessment and risk management and crisis management - Ability to provide quality care that is responsive to Service-users needs without close supervision - Skills in clinical assessment/baseline mental health assessment **Desirable** - Awareness/knowledge of the issues surrounding social inclusion for mental health service users. ### Expereince and Knowledge **Essential** - Experience of research based/reflective practice, e.g., understanding and ability to use supervision to reflect on skills, attitude and knowledge and develop these by using evidence-based practice. - Significant relevant Clinical experience. **Desirable** - Experience of working in the community ### Education and Qualifications **Essential** - Registered Adult Nurse and/or Registered Mental Health Nurse and/or Registered Learning Disabilities Nurse or other allied health professionals. **Desirable** - Evidence of continuing professional development - Current Practice Supervisor and/or Practice Assessor status under SSSA standards. ## Documents - [slam staff benefits (pdf, 1.1mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2341) - [happy to talk flexible working (pdf, 680.1kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=1723) - [ets jd and ps band 6 camhs practitioner (pdf, 432.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10382154) ## 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.