We are looking for an experienced Band 6 Nurse to join our Core Child and Adolescent mental health service (CAMHS) teams.

Within Core CAMHS we offer assessments and interventions for the children and young people who are accepted into our service.

We pride ourselves on working within a strong multi-disciplinary team (MDT) including

Nurses

Occupational Therapists

Social workers

Creative therapists

Psychologist

psychotherapists

Currently we are looking for a mental health or learning disability nurse to ensure we have a robust MDT. We are looking for Nurses with significant senior practitioner/leadership experience within a mental health setting. We are looking for someone who has clinical experience of working within a MDT and also supporting the wider network for the child and their family.

CAMHS continue to deliver high quality specialist mental health services to children and young people up to their 18th birthday.

We are a supportive, experienced and progressive multi-disciplinary team.

Main duties of the job

You will have the opportunity to

Offer assessments for children, young people and families

create formulations to aid an understanding of the child's needs

utilise evidence based, goal focused and effective interventions which lead to a positive discharge from our service.

We offer individual, family and group interventions which may be time limited or longer-term therapies according to need.

The successful candidates will have the necessary clinical skills and knowledge to complete clinical assessments including sound clinical formulations and clinical risk assessments. You will be expected to demonstrate experience in providing evidence based mental health treatment interventions.

Key elements of the job:

Provide a range of specialist CAMHS assessment and treatment interventions for children and young people as well as their families/ career's who present with emotional and mental health difficulties

Providing Care Coordinator responsibilities for a caseload of children and young people presenting with complex and high-risk mental health issues. There will be a specific focus upon providing specialist clinical assessment, formulation and treatment, including Self Harm assessments where the Voice of the Child is embedded within personalised care planning

The qualification, training & experience requirements for the role are underlined in the Job Description/Person Specification.

About us

We have in excess of 5000 staff working over 50 sites, providing a diverse range of services. We strive to support an organisational culture that is welcoming, builds and celebrates inclusivity and diversity and provides a sense of belonging and trust.

The annual NHS Staff Survey gives our people the opportunity to tell us about their experience working at the Trust. For the 2023 survey just over 2800 colleagues gave us their views (58.5%). It was great to see from the results that colleagues are saying that:

• 89.7% believe they are making a positive difference to patients/service users
• 73.3% would recommend the organisation as a place to work
• 82.4% agree that care of patients and service users is the organisations priority
• 76.7% would be happy with the standard of care for a friend or relative

Our results put us as 5th nationally as a Community, Mental Health and Learning Disabilities NHS Employer of Choice and 1st equal amongst all NHS Provider Trusts in the South West. However, we know we have more to do and will continue to drive forward our commitment to making GHC a Great Place to Work.

Job description

Job responsibilities

What we can offer you:

• Opportunities to develop your clinical skills through training, profession specific support and development supervision and personal coaching initiatives
• The opportunity to develop specialist knowledge, experience and skills with a leading CAMHS provider
• The challenge of complex and varied work through a manageable caseload
• A variety of competitive employee benefits including access to a range of salary sacrifice schemes and discounts

The successful applicant must have the necessary professional qualification, including current registration with NMC

All CAMHS Registered Practitioners hold a generic job description, however specialist skills and responsibilities related to this role will be reflected within a personalised job plan.

The qualification, training & experience requirements for the role are underlined in the Job Description/Person Specification.

We aim to recruit and retain the best possible staff who, through the application of their skills, qualification and experience, will make a positive contribution to our business of providing quality health care services. It is the Trusts view that the costs associated with moving house in order to take up a post with us should not restrict our ability to recruit the excellent people we need therefore, we support staff to relocate with our relocation policy.

For further information please contact Danae OConnell, Team Managers 0300 421 4899

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• Significant clinical experience of delivering evidence based/best practice clinical interventions within CAMHS or related services and/or adult mental health settings.
• Experience of undertaking specialist Self Harm assessments of children and young people
• Significant clinical experience of specialist care planning & case management/care coordination (including complex clinical risk assessment & management) within a mental health or learning disability setting

Desirable

• Experience of providing clinical supervision

Driving licence

Essential

• Full Driving Licence valid for the UK

Qualifications

Essential

• Professional Health or Social Care qualification: RNLD, RMHN, OT, MHSW
• Evidence of formal post registration learning

Desirable

• Post graduate training within a relevant CAMHS field or skill
• Profession specific additional qualifications (i.e LD, nurse prescriber, DBT, CBT, AMHP, family therapy or systemic practice)

Employer details

Employer name

Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Acorn House

Horton Road

Gloucester

GL1 3PX

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327-24-849