Clinical Nurse Specialist
Surbiton, England, United Kingdom Full-time Posted 1 week ago
This is an exciting opportunity to join an expanding and growing Kingston & Richmond CAMHS Single Point of Access (SPA) Service. We are looking for a committed CAMHS Clinical Nurse Specialist who is passionate about working with children and young people with complex presentations, and who is also interested in wider service development initiatives.
The Candidate Should Have The Following
The Post Holder Will
To be based in the CAMHS Single Point of Access (SPA) assisting with assessment and sign posting ensuring Children and Young People reach the most suitable pathway within the locally agreed time frames.
Functions of the post will include high quality assessments, formulation, intervention where appropriate and consultation.
Support integration of assessment where Children and Young People present with Mental Health / Emotional Well Being and there are also social contextual issues.
Have an agreed job plan with specified activity and throughput levels.
Co-ordinate care for those children, young people, and families on their caseload.
Manage risk within team, Directorate and Trust structures.
Work to relevant professional and ethical guidelines, and within the framework of Directorate and Trust policies and procedures.
Use screening and outcome measures in clinically meaningful ways to demonstrate treatment effectiveness and seek feedback about user experience.
This can also be offered as a secondment for internal staff.
We are Proud to Belong at South West London and St George’s Mental Health NHS Trust.
We have expert services, a rich history and a clear commitment to providing the best quality care for those with mental ill-health. The Care Quality Commission already rates our services as ‘good’ - we aspire to be ‘outstanding’.
This is a great time to join us. We are transforming the way we care for our communities to support our mission of Making Life Better Together. We have built two brand new mental health facilities at Springfield University Hospital, which are amongst the best in the world. More developments are planned across our sites and services as we invest a further £120m to upgrade and modernise our estate by 2027.
We are inclusive and diverse and strive to be actively anti racist. We want to attract people from all backgrounds and experiences to enrich the work we do together. We are proud to co-produce and involve our local communities in all that we do.
We offer flexible working, career development and a variety of benefits to enable a positive, welcoming environment in which our people and their careers can thrive.
Come and join our inclusive teams and help our patients on their recovery journey.
About our location:
This post will be based at Tolworth Hospital
Unless expressly stated in the job advert this role is not subject to sponsorship, please be advised that all offers of employment are subject to evidence of right to work in the UK.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Siobhan Gleeson Job title: Service Manager Email address: siobhan.gleeson@swlstg.nhs.uk Telephone number: 07885798285
The Candidate Should Have The Following
- Experience of working with children and young people in a variety of settings
- Experience of work within a multi-disciplinary team and with multi-agency professionals
- The ability to relate and provide accessible services to a diverse community
- The ability to adapt to the fast-paced nature of SPA work, with good IT and computer recording skills to navigate between the various IT systems within CAMHS and the local authority.
- Knowledge and skills in risk assessment, management and safeguarding
- Be able to deliver a range of evidence-based interventions
- Qualification as Registered Mental Health Nurse registered with the NMC
- Experience of working with children and young people in a variety of settings
- Experience of work within a multi-disciplinary team
- The ability to relate and provide accessible services to a diverse community
- The ability to efficiently work within a high-paced environment
- Knowledge and skills in risk management and safeguarding
The Post Holder Will
To be based in the CAMHS Single Point of Access (SPA) assisting with assessment and sign posting ensuring Children and Young People reach the most suitable pathway within the locally agreed time frames.
Functions of the post will include high quality assessments, formulation, intervention where appropriate and consultation.
Support integration of assessment where Children and Young People present with Mental Health / Emotional Well Being and there are also social contextual issues.
Have an agreed job plan with specified activity and throughput levels.
Co-ordinate care for those children, young people, and families on their caseload.
Manage risk within team, Directorate and Trust structures.
Work to relevant professional and ethical guidelines, and within the framework of Directorate and Trust policies and procedures.
Use screening and outcome measures in clinically meaningful ways to demonstrate treatment effectiveness and seek feedback about user experience.
This can also be offered as a secondment for internal staff.
We are Proud to Belong at South West London and St George’s Mental Health NHS Trust.
We have expert services, a rich history and a clear commitment to providing the best quality care for those with mental ill-health. The Care Quality Commission already rates our services as ‘good’ - we aspire to be ‘outstanding’.
This is a great time to join us. We are transforming the way we care for our communities to support our mission of Making Life Better Together. We have built two brand new mental health facilities at Springfield University Hospital, which are amongst the best in the world. More developments are planned across our sites and services as we invest a further £120m to upgrade and modernise our estate by 2027.
We are inclusive and diverse and strive to be actively anti racist. We want to attract people from all backgrounds and experiences to enrich the work we do together. We are proud to co-produce and involve our local communities in all that we do.
We offer flexible working, career development and a variety of benefits to enable a positive, welcoming environment in which our people and their careers can thrive.
Come and join our inclusive teams and help our patients on their recovery journey.
About our location:
This post will be based at Tolworth Hospital
Unless expressly stated in the job advert this role is not subject to sponsorship, please be advised that all offers of employment are subject to evidence of right to work in the UK.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Siobhan Gleeson Job title: Service Manager Email address: siobhan.gleeson@swlstg.nhs.uk Telephone number: 07885798285
