Job summary
Welcome to CNWL Mental Health Inpatient Services for Children and Young People. Collingham Child and Family Centre is one of six National 7 Day Inpatient settings, that work in partnership with Chelsea Hospital Schools for children aged 5 - 13 years old. We are currently recruiting into an CAMHS Nursing Associate position.
Nestled between High Street Kensington & Earls Court, Collingham is a Tier 4 Children's Mental Health Unit which provides acute inpatient and schooling for young people with a range of with complex mental health needs and behavioural problems.
The role consists of a flexible shift pattern: Early 07:30 - 15:30, Late 12:30 - 20:30, Nights 20:00 - 08:00. This is a 24/7 service.
We're passionate about young people's mental health outcomes, and strive to deliver first-class patient-centred, safe and effective care. At Collingham you will be supporting children and their families to build resilience, better coping strategies and healthy relationships through therapeutic intervention and structured meaningful activity. We appreciate that not everyone has provided care for young people in an inpatient setting, but if you're a Registered Nursing Associate, we'd love to hear from you.
Main duties of the job
The team consists of nursing, psychology, occupational therapists, systemic psychotherapists, support workers, ward manager, matron and psychiatry. The leads of the service are a Matron, Therapy Lead, and Consultant Psychiatrist, and is linked to the CAMHS service line which is overseen by Head of Tier 4 services as well as Clinical and Service Directors for CAMHS and Eating Disorders.
The team provides intensive assessment and treatment for children with complex emotional, behavioural and psychological difficulties, offering intensive work with families/parents and carers to develop their parenting skills.
Our highly experienced and dedicated multidisciplinary team is committed to offering the highest standards of care to help children and families regain their self-confidence. Adopting a solution focused approach for hard to manage problems and steer a course towards optimism, newly realised potential and a positive future for the child and their family network.
About us
CNWL have a pioneering history improving health outcomes, by providing physical and mental health services at GPs, clinics, hospitals, and in the community. To find out more about CAMHS inpatients pleaseCLICK HERE
Staff have protected monthly clinical supervision & training time, accompanied by a weekly teaching session, and reflective practice slots. We support training in Positive Behaviour Support (PBS), Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) and Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT). We develop your experience for both Leadership and Clinical roles. If you are interested please contact us, or see our "Staff rewards and wellbeing handbook".
We take flexible working seriously and are open to discussion to best meet our workforce's work life needs.
Our lovely site in Kensington is a 10-minute walk from High Street Kensington tube and 10-minute walk from Earls Court Station.
As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage and support vaccination as this remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues, and patients when working on our healthcare settings.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Be accountable for your practice to a registered nurse
- Participate in regular supervision with that registered nurse
- Supervise, help train and delegate to other members of the team as appropriate e.g. Health Care Assistants
- Participate in team meetings and help develop the team
- Contributing to creating and maintaining a high performing team by:
- communicating well with all members of the team
- understanding how your role helps the team achieve its objective
- understanding the roles of different team members and how they help the team achieve its objectives
- using supervision and team meetings to reflect on your own practice regularly
- Develop skills in relation to coaching/teaching individuals/carers/other staff
- Engage in reflective practice including management of self and reflection on own reactions, asking questions and reflecting on answers given
Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Be accountable for your practice to a registered nurse
- Participate in regular supervision with that registered nurse
- Supervise, help train and delegate to other members of the team as appropriate e.g. Health Care Assistants
- Participate in team meetings and help develop the team
- Contributing to creating and maintaining a high performing team by:
- communicating well with all members of the team
- understanding how your role helps the team achieve its objective
- understanding the roles of different team members and how they help the team achieve its objectives
- using supervision and team meetings to reflect on your own practice regularly
- Develop skills in relation to coaching/teaching individuals/carers/other staff
- Engage in reflective practice including management of self and reflection on own reactions, asking questions and reflecting on answers given
Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- NMC Registered Nursing Associate
- Qualified Nursing Associate
- Evidence of personal development in previous employment
- Numeracy and Literacy skills required to keep accurate records
Desirable
- Care certificate or equivalent
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary team
- Experience of working in mental health in an inpatient or community setting
- Experience of prioritising a daily caseload of patients
- Able to work in a flexible way
- Experience working with children and young people
Desirable
- Experience of working with patients with neurodevelopmental disorders
- Experience of supervision in practice as a supervisee
Skills and knowledge
Essential
- Able to talk to people about sensitive issues in a supportive manner but also challenge others assertively where necessary
- Communicating with people who are in distress with calm and compassion
- Providing delegated nursing care within the boundaries of the role
- Be able to identify risks to patients and seek guidance from Nurse in Charge
- IT skills e.g. word, excel, emails
- Physical health assessment and monitoring
- Support equality and diversity
- Contribute to the implementation of care plans by helping to assess patients, develop, implement and evaluate a care plan
- Able to work on your own but follow the directions of care plans and registered staff
Desirable
- An understanding and positive regard for the needs and rights of people with mental health
- Therapy skills relevant to treatment of mental disorders
- Knowledge of child development and attachment theory
Personal Characteristics
Essential
- Can do attitude
- Able to convey and instil the values of compassion, respect, empowerment and partnership to patients and colleagues
- Compassionate and caring for the children who use our services, their families and carers, and other staff
- Respectful of others and genuinely treating them how you would want to be treated
- Able and willing to work with children, family and carers, and other staff in a way which empowers and supports others and makes them feel better about themselves
- Able and willing to work in partnership with service users, their friends and family as well as other health care professionals
Desirable
- Able to seek appropriate support when needed
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- NMC Registered Nursing Associate
- Qualified Nursing Associate
- Evidence of personal development in previous employment
- Numeracy and Literacy skills required to keep accurate records
Desirable
- Care certificate or equivalent
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary team
- Experience of working in mental health in an inpatient or community setting
- Experience of prioritising a daily caseload of patients
- Able to work in a flexible way
- Experience working with children and young people
Desirable
- Experience of working with patients with neurodevelopmental disorders
- Experience of supervision in practice as a supervisee
Skills and knowledge
Essential
- Able to talk to people about sensitive issues in a supportive manner but also challenge others assertively where necessary
- Communicating with people who are in distress with calm and compassion
- Providing delegated nursing care within the boundaries of the role
- Be able to identify risks to patients and seek guidance from Nurse in Charge
- IT skills e.g. word, excel, emails
- Physical health assessment and monitoring
- Support equality and diversity
- Contribute to the implementation of care plans by helping to assess patients, develop, implement and evaluate a care plan
- Able to work on your own but follow the directions of care plans and registered staff
Desirable
- An understanding and positive regard for the needs and rights of people with mental health
- Therapy skills relevant to treatment of mental disorders
- Knowledge of child development and attachment theory
Personal Characteristics
Essential
- Can do attitude
- Able to convey and instil the values of compassion, respect, empowerment and partnership to patients and colleagues
- Compassionate and caring for the children who use our services, their families and carers, and other staff
- Respectful of others and genuinely treating them how you would want to be treated
- Able and willing to work with children, family and carers, and other staff in a way which empowers and supports others and makes them feel better about themselves
- Able and willing to work in partnership with service users, their friends and family as well as other health care professionals
Desirable
- Able to seek appropriate support when needed
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
