Senior Mental Health Practitioner - Mental Health Nurse

Job overview

Are you a registered Mental Health Nurse seeking a new challenge?

We are looking for a full-time Mental Health Nurse - Senior Mental Health Practitioner to join our CAMHS Outreach Team, providing specialist community-based support to children and young people experiencing complex and pervasive mental health difficulties. The service works with those who may struggle to engage with traditional clinic-based provision, offering flexible and responsive care within homes, schools, and community settings.

We enthusiastically welcome the knowledge and expertise of an Nurse to our experienced team of Social Workers, Nurses and Psychologists. The role requires close multidisciplinary working to ensure coordinated, high-quality care throughout the young person’s journey in mental health services. You will support and promote young people as occupational beings – utilising assessment tools and measures, to consider impact on identity and motivation for change.

You will hold a clinical caseload, acting as key worker, completing assessments and formulations, developing care plans and risk assessments, delivering evidence-based interventions, and maintaining accurate clinical records. The role also includes the opportunity to be trained in and deliver Dialectical Behaviour Therapy.

In addition, there will be the opportunity to attend and participate in the Oxon CAMHS Nurse Forum..

Main duties of the job

• Collaboratively assess, plan and provide evidence-based interventions for children and young people referred to the CAMHS Outreach..
• Once trained, partaking in the delivery of the Dialectical Behaviour Therapy for Adolescence (DBT-A) provision. This will include being able to participate in all modalities of the therapy, including being part of the on call phone coaching rota and DBT skills group.
• Work alongside the multi-disciplinary team to deliver a high quality of holistic care, promoting the value of Nursing.
• Work closely with a range of agencies including, Social Care, schools, other CAMHS teams to meet the needs of children and young people and work collaboratively to develop/provide integrated services.
• Manage time and diary, and keep up to date and accurate records.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The CAMHS Outreach team provides a community-based service to children and young people and their carers who are experiencing chronic pervasive mental health disorders; In this role the post holder will contribute to the treatment of patient’s and their recovery at the key stages of their journey through mental health services.

You will hold a clinical caseload, acting as key worker, completing assessments, developing care plans, delivering evidence-based interventions, and maintaining accurate clinical records. The role requires close multidisciplinary working to ensure coordinated, high-quality care throughout the young person’s journey in mental health services. You will be trained in Dialectical Behaviour Therapy and contribute to the team’s Dialectical Behaviour Therapy for Adolescence provision, including participation in DBT-A skills groups, treatment planning, and phone-coaching on a rota basis, which may include early evening hours. The role involves collaboration with families, schools, Social Care, and other CAMHS teams to ensure integrated and effective support - strong partnership working is essential.

The post also includes involvement in service development, clinical governance, audit, and supervision of junior staff or students on placement. Ongoing professional development, supervision, and adherence to safeguarding, data protection, health and safety, and professional standards are required.

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.