Clinical Nurse Specialist

Job overview

A great opportunity for a band 6 nurse with skills and knowledge in the field of learning disabilities has arisen within the CAMHS Learning Disability service.

The post holder will join an experienced multi-disciplinary team with clear clinical supervision and management structure.

The work will include assessing and understanding complex and challenging behaviour/mental health in children with behaviours of concern, understanding and implementing positive behavioural approaches and therapeutic strategies, providing recommendations and reviewing these with the child/young person, family and network.

Children and young people referred to the Learning Disability service have moderate to profound learning disabilities compounded by trauma, mental health difficulties and/or complex and challenging behaviour.

Opportunities to develop and grow as a nurse and supervise junior nurses

We are looking for people who share our passion to develop a first-class service for learning disabled and autistic children in South West London

Main duties of the job

The post combines direct clinical work with children and families with consultation to CAMHS, teaching staff, social workers and others. The work will include assessing and understanding complex and challenging behaviour, mental health, trauma work, developing positive behavioural approaches, direct work with children and young people.

We are looking for someone with experience who:

• Has experience of working with children and young people with learning disabilities and/or mental health difficulties
• Skills in the use of functional assessment, intervention and management
• Skills and ability to communicate in a variety of ways and within a range of networks and good muti-tasking skills
• Likes a challenge and works well in a team

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The post holder will:

• Join a multi-disciplinary team at the CAMHS LD service
• Provide evidence-based treatment;

• Have an agreed job plan with specified activity and throughput levels;
• Co-ordinate care for those children, young people and families on their caseload;
• Manage risk within team, Directorate and Trust structures;
• Work to relevant professional and ethical guidelines, and within the framework of Directorate and Trust policies and procedures.
• Use screening and outcome measures in clinically meaningful ways to demonstrate treatment effectiveness and seek feedback about user experience.