# Senior Staff Nurse - Mildred Creak Unit > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/senior-staff-nurse-mildred-creak-unit/ed9a4c0a-e50b-40e9-b0d1-a8303d67b85d - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/senior-staff-nurse-mildred-creak-unit/ed9a4c0a-e50b-40e9-b0d1-a8303d67b85d.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** London - **Region:** London - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Nurse (adult and children) - **Grade:** Band 6 - **Salary:** £47,951 - £56,863 per annum inclusive - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week (shift work - including nights and weekends) - **Closing date:** 2026-08-03T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-07-20T16:03:30.654Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/London/Great_Ormond_Street_Hospital_Children_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Mental_Health/Mental_Health-v8036637 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8036637?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.gosh.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview The Mildred Creak Unit is a children’s inpatient mental health unit situated within The Psychological and Mental Health Services at Great Ormond Street Hospital in the heart of London. The Unit cares for young people aged 7 – 13 years old with a range of severe and complex mental health difficulties. We encourage applications from all sections of the diverse population we live in. Applications are invited for a Permanent position of Senior Staff Nurse at Band 6, we welcome applications from Registered Mental health Nurses/Registered Paediatric Nurses and/or Learning Disability nurse backgrounds. An excellent opportunity has arisen for a highly motivated individual to work within our dynamic multidisciplinary team. Our model of working is based on the Therapeutic Milieu. Previous experience in CAMHS is essential for this challenging and very rewarding role. You will be required to work within a team of dedicated nurses and a wide variety of other disciplines. Good communication and organisational skills are essential, as is experience with this patient group. ### Main duties of the job Supporting a structured routine for the young people offers containment to the family and young person, mirroring this we recognise the benefit a structured timetable offers to staff so in place we offer weekly meetings at 2pm, which include nurse led teaching, group discussion, MDT meetings, monthly team reflective meetings and a weekly facilitated nurse support meeting. We believe that every interaction with a young person is an opportunity to be therapeutic. Recognising the impact of the work, alongside the weekly reflective group meetings we support monthly individual supervision. Offering greater autonomy to the nurses, provides young people with greater collaboration and empowerment opportunities in their treatment journey. The role involves supporting junior nursing staff and encouraging their development, this includes staff nurses from child and mental health backgrounds, experienced therapeutic care workers and healthcare assistants. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. For both documents please view the attachment/s below. ## Person Specification ### Skills/Abilities **Essential** - Ability to plan and prioritise care for patients - Committed to family centred care - Excellent verbal and written communication skills - Excellent numeracy skills - Good time management and teaching skills - Ability to work well both in a team and on own initiative - Ability to delegate tasks as appropriate - Demonstrates Compassion in practice **Desirable** - Administration of IV drugs - Central venous access management ### Our always values **Essential** - Our always values ### Experience/Knowledge **Essential** - Experience of having worked with children/ young people with mental health difficulties - Understanding of professional and current issues in CAMHS - Understanding of the importance of research and evidence-based practice - Basic knowledge of computer skills - Understating or evidence of fulfilling requirements for Revalidation - Understanding of safeguarding issues according to Trust policies and procedures - Understanding of principles of clinical governance (e.g. risk management, audit, quality) **Desirable** - Understanding of nursing practice and innovation outside of GOSH - Knowledge of clinical incidents and complaints and reporting - Previous experience in the relevant specialty of post (preferably in an NHS setting) ### Academic/Professional qualification/Training **Essential** - NMC Registered Nurse (appropriate to clinical speciality) - Relevant nursing qualification - Evidence of ongoing professional development relating to clinical speciality **Desirable** - Assessor or practice supervisor qualification/experience ## Documents - [staff profiles (pdf, 576.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10324736) - [diversity and inclusion (pdf, 166.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2485) - [job description & persons specification (docx, 638.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10324735) ## 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.