Clinical Nurse Specialist

Job overview

Come and join our nursing team in Merton CAMHS. We have developed an opportunity for a Nurse, with previous CAMHS and Neurodevelopmental experience to work across our single point of access (SPA) and Tier 3 team, supporting the ADHD pathway.

Merton Child and Adolescent Mental Health service (CAMHS) provides out-patient and consultation services to children and young people experiencing a range of mental health and developmental difficulties. We are an experienced and supportive team looking for an experienced, enthusiastic nurse to join our friendly team.

The service also includes a Single Point of Access Service which manages all referrals and provides high-quality assessments for children and adolescents in Merton where there are concerns about emotional heath/mental health difficulties.

Merton CAMHS Tier 3 is a multidisciplinary team specialising in the provision of thoughtful evidence-based treatments for children, young people and their families entering the service with moderate to severe mental health problems and with high-risk profiles.

The Merton T3 service and the SPA work in close collaboration to ensure positive child and young person journey

Main duties of the job

We are looking for a committed and experienced Nurse who is passionate about working with children and young people with complex presentations, and who is also interested wider service development initiatives and professional development.

This role is open to qualified nurses with the following:

• - Qualification as Nurse registered with the NMC - Experience of working with children and young people - Experience of work within a multi-disciplinary team - The ability to relate and provide accessible services to a diverse community - The ability to efficiently manage a caseload - Knowledge and skills in risk management and safeguarding - Ability to offer assessments, offer individual and group intervention and liaison with the network. - An interest in future professional development

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• The post is located in the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) Directorate of Southwest London and St George’s Mental Health NHS Trust. The Trust is responsible for the provision of mental health services to the population of Wandsworth, Merton, Sutton, Kingston, and Richmond, as well as providing a range of specialist services to a wider, regional, and national catchment area.
• Since a major reorganisation of CAMHS services in 2014, the CAMHS directorate has existed as locality Tier 3 teams based in each borough, and dedicated services (for eating disorders, complex learning disability, and neurodevelopmental assessment) based at Springfield Hospital.
• All teams are multi-disciplinary with an evolving skill set. Skills evolution is led by expressed patient need (focusing on patient value) captured through the use of up-to-date information system able to report clinical outcomes in line with the CYP IAPT programme.
• This post in part of the development of new services in Merton T3 and SPA to promote wellbeing and management of self-harm and risk together with our partners e.g., schools, local authority teams.
• The post holder will work closely with Merton T3 multi-disciplinary team, integrated services including the Single Point of Access

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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.