Job summary
Bedfordshire Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS)
CAMHS Mental Health Nurse
Bedfordshire CAMHS Crisis Home Treatment Team
Band 5
37.5 hours per week - permanent
We have an exciting opportunity for a Band 5 mental health nurse to develop their nursing and therapeutic skills and knowledge within a supportive, dynamic environment and an award winning team.
The North Bedfordshire CAMHS Crisis Home Treatment Team are a newly developed multi-disciplinary team, who work with partnership agencies to provide a high quality service to children and their families presenting in mental health crisis. The team provides rapid assessment and short term evidence-based crisis and when necessary intensive home treatment support for children and young people aged up to 18. Weare lookingfor an enthusiastic mental health nurse to join our friendly and professional team. We are happy to accept applications from newly qualified nurses as will be offering a robust preceptorship programme and induction period. The post-holder will be motivated to learn and develop, possess excellent communication skills, the ability to effectively engage with children, young people and their families.
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will be required to support senior mental health practitioners to undertake assessments of children, young people and families presenting in mental health crisis and who may require brief crisis intervention or intensive home treatment support to reduce risk and or provide an alternative to inpatient admission. Under supervision and guidance you will be supported to provide therapeutic nursing and crisis/ home treatment intervention for young people open to our service
Our clinically-led service is strongly committed to continuously improving the experience and quality of care we offer our families. The successful candidate will receive a robust induction program, regular clinical and management supervision to support this role. Successful candidates will be supported to acquire the necessary skills and experience to enable them to continue their professional development and progression in their nursing career. We have recently successfully supported a newly qualified mental health nurse through their preceptorship programme and who now works as a Band 6 mental health nurse within the team.
About us
The Senior Management Team within Beds CAMHS is committed to staff development: there are regular opportunities for staff to apply for appropriate training courses and to get involved in quality improvement initiatives and new developments in the service, some associated with a higher banding during the time of the project. We also have a significant number of positions in the trust for clinicians up to band 8D, opening up paths for promotion for ambitious members of staff. The East London NHS Trust prioritizes staff wellbeing and we are introducing a range of staff wellbeing initiatives to support this.
This post is based in Bedford, Bedfordshire, close to the M1 and easily reached by rail and car from North London, Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire and Northamptonshire. The clinic also has the added benefit of free parking and all clinicians are supported by very dedicated and efficient administrative staff. Whilst some of the work is based in the clinic, access to a car is essential as some travel will be required to respond to presentations at Bedford General Hospital and to undertake outreach support at home or other camhs/ multi-agency sites.
If you would like the opportunity to make a real difference to the lives of children and young people, are passionate about delivering high quality mental health nursing care and are committed to personal and professional development we are extremely happy to hear from you.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For further details please see attached Job description and person spec or contact us using the information provided
Job description
Job responsibilities
For further details please see attached Job description and person spec or contact us using the information provided
Person Specification
Education/ Qualification/ Training
Essential
- Registered Mental Health Nurse (Part 3/8/13 of the UKCC Register)
Desirable
- Mentorship or equivalent teaching qualification/experience
- CBT or DBT training
- Master's Degree or working towards postgraduate qualification in related CAMHS or specific treatment modality.
Experience and Knowledge
Essential
- Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary setting
- Experience of working in a culturally diverse area.
- Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary setting
- Awareness of current national guidelines and polices in the field of CAMHS
Desirable
- Experience working in a mental health setting working with adolescents or young people
- Experience of working with people who present in crisis or with high risk behaviours
- Experience of supporting and supervising junior staff
- Experience of working with vulnerable young people who present with high risk behaviours
- Experience of using CBT or other evidence based therapeutic interventions
- Knowledge of Systemic work/ impact on child/adolescent mental health
- Knowledge of the Children Act, Mental Health Act and associated legislation including Child Protection Procedures
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Strong ability to function within a multi-disciplinary team
- Evidence of well developed risk assessment and management skills (in line with newly qualified status)
- Ability to contain and work with organisational stress and ability to "hold" stress of others
- Able to manage own time, caseload and workload
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Able to work effectively across organisational boundaries.
Desirable
- Proven ability to work with people in distress or through psychiatric emergency
- Ability to provide tailored psychosocial/ cognitive therapeutic intervention to people with mental health problems
- Well-developed assessment skills in mental health
- Able to assess, hypothesize and prescribe nursing interventions
- Experience of working sensitively with distressing material that may have serious implications to young people/adults and their families.
- The ability and potential to work towards delivering formal/informal CAMHS training/consultation within a multi-agency professional setting. (for example children's social care, youth services, YOT)
Person Specification
Education/ Qualification/ Training
Essential
- Registered Mental Health Nurse (Part 3/8/13 of the UKCC Register)
Desirable
- Mentorship or equivalent teaching qualification/experience
- CBT or DBT training
- Master's Degree or working towards postgraduate qualification in related CAMHS or specific treatment modality.
Experience and Knowledge
Essential
- Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary setting
- Experience of working in a culturally diverse area.
- Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary setting
- Awareness of current national guidelines and polices in the field of CAMHS
Desirable
- Experience working in a mental health setting working with adolescents or young people
- Experience of working with people who present in crisis or with high risk behaviours
- Experience of supporting and supervising junior staff
- Experience of working with vulnerable young people who present with high risk behaviours
- Experience of using CBT or other evidence based therapeutic interventions
- Knowledge of Systemic work/ impact on child/adolescent mental health
- Knowledge of the Children Act, Mental Health Act and associated legislation including Child Protection Procedures
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Strong ability to function within a multi-disciplinary team
- Evidence of well developed risk assessment and management skills (in line with newly qualified status)
- Ability to contain and work with organisational stress and ability to "hold" stress of others
- Able to manage own time, caseload and workload
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Able to work effectively across organisational boundaries.
Desirable
- Proven ability to work with people in distress or through psychiatric emergency
- Ability to provide tailored psychosocial/ cognitive therapeutic intervention to people with mental health problems
- Well-developed assessment skills in mental health
- Able to assess, hypothesize and prescribe nursing interventions
- Experience of working sensitively with distressing material that may have serious implications to young people/adults and their families.
- The ability and potential to work towards delivering formal/informal CAMHS training/consultation within a multi-agency professional setting. (for example children's social care, youth services, YOT)
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).
