# Clinical Nurse Specialist > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for South West London and St George's Mental Health Trust NHS Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/clinical-nurse-specialist/d4a099a1-7375-4fa9-8308-2e5e5f8a756d - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/clinical-nurse-specialist/d4a099a1-7375-4fa9-8308-2e5e5f8a756d.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** South West London and St George's Mental Health Trust NHS Trust - **Location:** Trust Headquarters, Trinity Building, Springfield University Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Clinical nurse specialist - **Grade:** Band 7 - **Salary:** £55,524 - £62,652 per annum inclusive of Outer London HCAs - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-11-01T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-10-16T16:56:38.921Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/London/South_West_London_St_Georges_Mental_Health_NHS_Trust/CAMHS/CAMHS-v8375226 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8375226?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.swlstg.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### 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 Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in job applications If you have used AI to support the preparation of your application, please briefly indicate how it was used within your supporting statement or application form. Please remember, your application is your opportunity to tell us about your skills, experience and motivation for the role. We encourage applicants to complete their application and supporting statement in their own words wherever possible. 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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. ## Person Specification ### Experience **Essential** - Significant post qualification experience - Significant experience of working with self-harm - Significant experience of working with adolescents with mental health difficulties - Clinical risk assessment and management of vulnerable client groups - Leadership experience - Experience of developing services and influencing and managing a change process - Working in a multi-disciplinary team - Providing and receiving supervision - Establishing collaborative relationships across professional groups and organisations and managing those relationships with sensitivity and diplomacy **Desirable** - Experience of Racial Awareness/Diversity Training - Conducting service evaluations - Working collaboratively with service users and/or carers to develop services. - Work in a range of settings e.g., inpatient, community, residential - Experience of working in a community setting - Coaching skills, qualification. ### Training & Qualifications **Essential** - First degree in mental health nursing - Professional registration with NMC - Evidence of relevant professional development **Desirable** - Further post registration training in child and adolescent mental health - Supervision training - An appropriate professional qualification to supervise students in training. (e.g., ENB 998 or Practice Teacher Award) - A postgraduate qualification in a therapeutic modality relevant to child mental health ## Documents - [jd/ps (pdf, 144.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10703396) - [trust values (pdf, 785.9kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2069) - [staff benefits (pdf, 239.9kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2318) - [swlstg diversity (pdf, 1.6mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2314) - [swlstg privacy notice (pdf, 106.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2510) - [dbs information for candidates (pdf, 109.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=627) - [anti racism values into actions (pdf, 815.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2865) ## 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.