Mental Health Nurse - CAMHS ADTT

Job overview

Are you a qualified Mental Health Nurse with a good understanding of psychological disorders and a drive to support children, young people & their families?

Join our CAMHS Anxiety Disorders Treatment Team (ADTT) in a newly created Mental Health Nurse role, working with children and young people across Berkshire who are struggling with anxiety disorders, OCD and Tic Disorders.

Like us, you’ll take pride in inclusive practice, particularly when working with neurodivergent families, and take a compassionate, formulation-led and evidence-based approach to treatment.

As part of your role you will:

• Support young people on our waiting list with short-term interventions, assessments & ongoing reviews
• Work closely with families, schools, crisis teams and CAMHS colleagues, including attending and leading multi-agency meetings
• Collaborate within a multidisciplinary team alongside clinical psychologists, psychiatrists, CBT therapists, OTs and social workers

You’ll have opportunities to get involved in service innovations and new initiatives, including an AI chat support pilot.

Be part of a friendly team that has a culture of compassion,  values shared working and professional development and places a strong focus wellbeing.

We welcome full-time and part-time applications (from 22.5 hrs). Our core hours are 9–5, Monday to Friday, with some flexibility. We are based on-site at Erlegh House, Reading, with occasional travel for home or school visits.

Main duties of the job

• Undertake shift lead duties, coordinate the shift, oversee incoming referrals and delegate tasks
• Conduct reviews, care planning and provide both group and individual treatment
• Offer support and risk management for young people awaiting treatment
• Perform comprehensive assessments, including mental state, risk, and psychosocial factors
• Develop appropriate care or safety plans and formulate clinical understanding from assessment
• Provide short-term interventions, ongoing patient reviews and multi-agency consultation and liaison
• Contribute to and chair meetings to enhance collaborative working and promote positive outcomes
• Provide support to young people and families while they wait for treatment to start
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary team clinicians and external agencies to deliver integrated, holistic care
• Actively engage in quality improvement and service development within CAM

Applications for this role will be reviewed on a first-come, first-served basis. We encourage you to apply as soon as possible, as vacancies may close early.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The “must haves” for this role:

• Qualified Mental Health Nurse, active on the NMC register
• Minimum of 12 months post qualification as a Band 5 nurse and completed preceptorship
• Experience of working in multi-disciplinary teams / multi-agency environment.
• A good understanding of psychological disorders

For further information about the role, please see attached job description and person specification.

We strongly encourage you to review how you meet the criteria in the person specification and write about this point-by-point in your supporting statement for the best chance of being shortlisted.

We’re committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community. Our commitment to inclusion is reflected in our accreditations: Race Equality Matters Silver Trailblazer, Neurodiversity in Business Corporate Member, Disability Confident Leader, Carer Confident Level 2, and the Armed Forces Covenant Gold Award. Reasonable adjustments will be provided to candidates as needed.

We welcome a conversation about flexibility and any other questions you may have. Please don’t hesitate to call: Jemma Crocker-Buque on 01189044665, or email [email protected], who’ll be delighted to help.

Please note, we may close this role earlier than the advertised closing date, so please submit your application as soon as possible.