Job summary
CAMHS Clinical Nurse Specialist (Neurodevelopmental), Band 7 Permanent Full Time: 37.5 hours per week
We are pleased to advertise an exciting opportunity for an outstanding candidate to join our dynamic and energetic CAMHS services as a Band 7 Clinical Nurse Specialist within the Bromley CAMHS Neurodevelopmental & Learning Disability Team (NDLD), located within the heart of the London Borough of Bromley at our clinic base near to Bromley South train station.
This is a critical role in leading co-morbid mental health and ADHD assessment and treatment pathways in Bromley CAMHS, including opportunities to work autonomously as a non-medical prescriber.
We are passionate about working with children, young people and their families/carers, and are dedicated to providing high-quality and caring community mental healthcare services that improve outcomes and build resilience in community relationships.
We recognise that some candidates may not have previous experience of working within CAMHS - we do not see this as a barrier to your application and encourage interest from candidates with diverse backgrounds and experiences. Through a supportive induction process, we will work with you to identify your transferrable skills and to ensure you are supported to develop where this is needed.
Main duties of the job
As a Clinical Nurse Specialist, you will join a vibrant and experienced multi-disciplinary team in providing a variety of evidence-based interventions, drawing upon your professional skills and values as a Mental Health Nurse, for children and young people presenting with a range of mental health difficulties. This includes specialist assessment, non-medical prescribing interventions and risk management in addition to developing and delivering consultation, training and supervision for other professionals working with children and young people in other settings.
In Oxleas, we are committed to developing our workforce and supporting you to progress into the many other roles available within the Trust - this includes offering you a range of internal and external bespoke CAMHS training/CPD opportunities, including PBS and supervisor training. We also offer clinicians the opportunity to develop experience across a range of specialty pathways within CAMHS through rotational posts, in which staff can develop skills in working with children and young people with a range of presenting needs (e.g. Looked After Children, Adolescent, early intervention).
About us
Oxleas - About Us
Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people living in South East London and Kent and to people in prison. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,000 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, children's centres, schools and people's homes. We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations across the London Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent and manage hospital sites including Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital in Woolwich as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs. We are one of the largest providers of prison health services providing healthcare to prisoners across Kent and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people
Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families. This is strengthened by our new values:
- We're Kind
- We're Fair
- We Listen
- We Care
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Care co-ordinate and manage a defined caseload of clients with ADHD, ASD and co-morbid disorders with a view to promoting the management of the disorder in a community setting.
- Co-ordinate and deliver individualised care packages/programmes for clients with ADHD/ASD and their families and evaluate these programmes, ensuring high standards of practice in accordance with national guidelines and trust policy.
- Undertake supplementary non medical prescribing duties following appropriate accredited training (this being entered on the NMC register).
- Mentoring and providing awareness sessions relating to supplementary nurse prescribing for nurses across the trust/directorate. To lead on developing psycho-education input for children with ADHD/ASD and their families.
- Engage therapeutically with clients and their carers in a variety of settings as appropriate to the needs of the client and to be able to assess the risk of working in particular areas. To be able to plan and facilitate appropriate therapeutic intervention including group work for the specialist client group, their families and carers.
- Assess and manage high risk clients and assess the risk to the client and others on an ongoing basis within the role as care co-ordinator. To effectively and appropriately communicate these risks often under difficult, highly charged and emotional circumstances to medical staff, other professionals and families involved in the care of the client.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Care co-ordinate and manage a defined caseload of clients with ADHD, ASD and co-morbid disorders with a view to promoting the management of the disorder in a community setting.
- Co-ordinate and deliver individualised care packages/programmes for clients with ADHD/ASD and their families and evaluate these programmes, ensuring high standards of practice in accordance with national guidelines and trust policy.
- Undertake supplementary non medical prescribing duties following appropriate accredited training (this being entered on the NMC register).
- Mentoring and providing awareness sessions relating to supplementary nurse prescribing for nurses across the trust/directorate. To lead on developing psycho-education input for children with ADHD/ASD and their families.
- Engage therapeutically with clients and their carers in a variety of settings as appropriate to the needs of the client and to be able to assess the risk of working in particular areas. To be able to plan and facilitate appropriate therapeutic intervention including group work for the specialist client group, their families and carers.
- Assess and manage high risk clients and assess the risk to the client and others on an ongoing basis within the role as care co-ordinator. To effectively and appropriately communicate these risks often under difficult, highly charged and emotional circumstances to medical staff, other professionals and families involved in the care of the client.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
Desirable
- Specialist training in a subject/skill relevant to CAMHS
Experience
Essential
- At least 4 years post registration experience in a mental health setting, some of which should have been in a CAMHS setting
Desirable
- Experience of prescribing medications for ADHD
- Clinical experience in providing intervention for children and young people with ASD, ADHD and their families
- Experience of diagnostic assessments for ADHD and ASD
Skills
Essential
- Ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing
- Ability to work as part of an MDT
- Ability to use IT systems effectively to maintain patient safety and clinical effectiveness.
- Ability to work autonomously but also recognise own limitations and seek supervision when required.
- Excellent time management skills and ability to prioritise tasks.
- Ability to convey sensitive information and break bad news sensitively and compasisonately
- Ability to manage own stress and emotional reactions to the work given frequent exposure to distressing information and possible aggression and violence
- Ability to work within a multi-cultural framework and a good understanding of issues relating to equality and diversity.
- Ability to analyse risk and respond appropriately, including issues relating to safeguarding
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
Desirable
- Specialist training in a subject/skill relevant to CAMHS
Experience
Essential
- At least 4 years post registration experience in a mental health setting, some of which should have been in a CAMHS setting
Desirable
- Experience of prescribing medications for ADHD
- Clinical experience in providing intervention for children and young people with ASD, ADHD and their families
- Experience of diagnostic assessments for ADHD and ASD
Skills
Essential
- Ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing
- Ability to work as part of an MDT
- Ability to use IT systems effectively to maintain patient safety and clinical effectiveness.
- Ability to work autonomously but also recognise own limitations and seek supervision when required.
- Excellent time management skills and ability to prioritise tasks.
- Ability to convey sensitive information and break bad news sensitively and compasisonately
- Ability to manage own stress and emotional reactions to the work given frequent exposure to distressing information and possible aggression and violence
- Ability to work within a multi-cultural framework and a good understanding of issues relating to equality and diversity.
- Ability to analyse risk and respond appropriately, including issues relating to safeguarding
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).
