Job summary
- Main area
- Children & Adolescent Services
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 222-LS-CAMHS-741
- Employer
- West London NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Lakeside mental Health Unit
- Town
- London
- Salary
- £53,751 - £60,651 per annum inclusive
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 26/11/2025 17:00
Employer heading
CAMH Clinical Nurse Specialist
Band 7
West London NHS Trust provides a full range of mental health, community and physical healthcare services for children, adults and older people living in the London boroughs of Ealing, Hammersmith & Fulham and Hounslow.
We also provide some specialist services that are commissioned regionally, such as our medium secure services; and nationally, such as the Cassel Hospital for people with complex and severe personality disorder and our high secure services at Broadmoor Hospital.
Job overview
Are you a CAMHS nurse looking for a new challenge? Are you passionate about children, young persons, and families receiving help and support when they need it most? An exciting opportunity has arisen for a skilled and experienced Band 7 Clinical Nurse Specialist to join our expanding and developing CAMHS Alliance.
You will have experience of specialist mental health assessment and therapeutic interventions with adolescents with mental health problems and their families and be comfortable supporting young people at-risk of self-harm in the community. Candidates who have Crisis and/or Home Treatment experience will be prioritised for this role.
The post holders will also be part of the thriving 3-borough CAMHS Nursing Team and they will be offered high quality and consistent supervision from a senior clinical nurse. In addition, good opportunities for continuing professional development will be offered, alongside other supports.
We are looking for CAMHS Clinical Nurse Specialists who can demonstrate a commitment to creative engagement with a culturally diverse population of young people, show initiative, are team players and can communicate ideas clearly to both professionals and young people alike. The above post is offered on a permanent full-time basis.
Main duties of the job
The Alliance Crisis Team serves 3 key pathways:
• Acute Trust and out of hours’ service
• Intensive community support/ Home Treatment service & Post A&E Review
• Intensive community support/Home Treatment + service with Tier 3 CAMHs interface and Tier 4 diversion/Tier 4 step down
The post holders will work as part of a multi-disciplinary team, holding a clinical caseload and undertaking the comprehensive assessment of children and young people with mental health needs (including risk assessment and the development of risk management plans) who present in crisis to CAMH Services, hospitals and sites covered by the Alliance Crisis Care.
In addition to providing direct work to families and young people, the post holders will also assist the CAMHS and/or paediatrics team with treatment planning and provide consultation to families/carers and other professionals involved in the life of the young person.
The post holder will participate in delivering the provision of specialist mental health services to children and young people and their families and carers across the West London NHS Trust 3 Boroughs CAMH Service and crisis pathway.
Working for our organisation
West London NHS Trust is one of the most diverse healthcare providers in the UK, delivering a range of mental health and physical healthcare and community services. The Trust runs Broadmoor Hospital, one of three high secure hospitals in the country, with an international reputation.
Our high secure services care for patients from South of England and we provide low and medium secure services across eight London boroughs. The Trust also provides mental and physical healthcare in three London boroughs (Ealing, Hounslow and Hammersmith & Fulham). We employ 4,500 staff, of whom 56% are BME. Our turnover for 2023-24 is £426m.
The Trust is rated as ‘Good’ overall by the Care Quality Commission. Forensic services are rated as ‘Outstanding’.
The Trust is an established partner and contributor in the development of the evolving North West London Integrated Care System and the Integrated Care Board. The Trust leads the NW London Children and Adolescent Mental Health provider collaborative.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The Candidate Pack provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. Please view as attached.
The person specification below is not the full person specification, but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Degree or Diploma in Mental Health Nursing
- Active Professional registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC)
- Evidence of accredited courses in child and adolescent mental health practice
- Training in prevention and management of violence and aggression
- First or higher degree in appropriate subject area or equivalent post registration training and experience
- Mentorship/ teaching and assessing qualification
Desirable criteria
- Post registration training in CAMHS
- Working towards Masters Level in a CAMHS related subject.
- Specialist therapeutic skills e.g. CBT
Knowedge & Skills
Essential criteria
- Knowledge of legislation relevant to the Children’s Act 2004, Mental Health Act 1983 & Safeguarding Guidelines
- A sound working knowledge and application of relevant professional code, i.e. professional Code of Practice
- Knowledge of the legal issues relating to consent and capacity in children and young people.
- An awareness and understanding of the issues facing, children, adolescents and their families
- Knowledge of the various assessment tools used in CAMHS
- Knowledge of the Care Plan Approach
- Excellent communication skills
- Skills in communicating with children, adolescents and their families or carers
- The ability to present and communicate complex information
- Good organisational and prioritising skills
- Ability to work autonomously as well as part of a team
- A good understanding of, and ability to use, clinical supervision
- Ability to contain the anxieties of severely unwell young people and their parents.
- Consultation Skills
Desirable criteria
- Ability to deal with challenging behaviour in possibly distressing situations.
- Skills and sensitivity in working with difficult to engage families
Experience
Essential criteria
- Demonstrable experience of assessment and working therapeutically with children, adolescents and their families within a mental health setting
- Demonstrable experience working with young people with in a community CAMHS setting
- Experience of working in a number of ways i.e. assertive outreach, clinic based settings, home, school or other appropriate environments
- Experience of using therapeutic skills, such as CBT, Solution Focused Therapy, Family Work
- Experience of interagency and multidisciplinary working
- Experience of assessing risk and formulating safe and effective risk management plans
- Clinical Supervision / Reflective Practice
- Experience of teaching other professionals
- Experience of management of child protection emergencies
Desirable criteria
- Experience of therapeutic work with children and families where abuse or neglect has occurred
- Experience of audit and/or research
- Experience of contributing to and implementing new service developments
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Amar Bhoobun
- Job title
- Clinical Team Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
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