Specialist Mental Health Nurse Practitioner - NMP
Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust
Job overview
It’s an exciting, but challenging time for mental health services for young people in South Staffordshire. We are receiving investment in services to expand provision and have a programme of modernisation in process to provide better, more integrated care along with partners.
We are thrilled that the development of our core CAMHS provision means that we can offer a new opportunity for a Specialist Nurse Practitioner V300 Non-Medical Prescriber to join our CAMHS Team to support the needs of our children and young people.
In the role you will deliver a high quality, comprehensive mental health service for children and young people with serious and enduring mental health difficulties. The role involves managing a defined caseload with a focus on working with children and young people and their families who experience a complex range of needs and difficulties.
You will provide assessments and interventions for CYP as part of the MDT. You will complement the multi-disciplinary working of the team, providing supervision for other team members, as agreed with the Team lead. In addition, you will participate in team and service development and evaluation.
Main duties of the job
- The assessment of need and delivery of safe and effective interventions for CYP and managing complex risks, in accordance with recognised clinical guidance.
- Managing and co-ordinating a caseload of CYP with complex MH needs including prescribing and sharing skills within the Multi-Disciplinary Team (MDT).
- Supporting and providing clinical leadership on the development of the NMP function within the team.
- Working as part of the MDT and in an integrated way with wider teams and services to meet the needs of the CYP & Families.
- Offering advice, support and supervision to other healthcare professionals including actual and supervisory prescribing.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification for more information about the role.
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This advert is for Specialist Mental Health Nurse Practitioner - NMP with Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust in Stafford, Midlands, England. It is listed as a Band 7 Nurse practitioner role. The advertised salary is £49,387 - £56,515 per pro per annum. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 16 Jun 2026.
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