Job summary
- Main area
- Child and Adolescent Mental Health
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 334-NUR-6037534-FR-A
- Employer
- South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Michael Rutter Centre
- Town
- London
- Salary
- £42,471 - £50,364 Per Annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 08/05/2024 23:59
Employer heading
CAMHS Band 6 Nurse (N&S OPD MCCAED Outreach)
NHS AfC: Band 6
South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust has a rich history, well-established community links and an international reputation. We deliver specialist services in the London boroughs of Croydon, Lambeth, Lewisham and Southwark, Bexley, Bromley, Greenwich, Wandsworth and Richmond.
We are committed to provide a high quality and specialist care to our service users and we are recognised for our care and treatment we provide. The Care Quality Commission already rates our services as ‘good’.
We launched our five-year strategy, Aiming High; Changing Lives in 2021 together with Our Care Improvement System as our quality management system methodology to make a positive impact on patient care, outcomes and staff experience. By joining SLaM, all staff will get the opportunity to be part of this exciting improvement journey supported with learning and development to harness everyone’s potential as change makers.
The trust recognises the unique and valuable contribution that people with lived experience of mental illness can bring to a role. We therefore welcome applications from people with lived experience and consider them as an asset to the Trust.
Our Values
We take pride in providing specialist care to our service users where our Trust values and our promise to be caring, kind, polite, prompt, honest, listen and do what I say I’m going to do is at the heart of everything we do. When you join us, you’ll be part of something special.
As a Trust we are happy to talk flexible working.
Job overview
National and Specialist Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (N&S CAMHS) are seeking to recruit two enthusiastic and skilled Band 6 Nurses to join the Maudsley Centre for Child and Adolescent Eating Disorders (MCCAED). The post holders will play key roles in an exciting new addition to our service: an integrated eating disorder outreach team.
We are delighted that a significant investment has been made by the South London Partnership (SLP) Provider Collaborative to enhance eating disorder outreach provision across South London. 14.5WTE of new clinical posts will be shared equally between, and embedded within, the two CAMHS community eating disorder services at MCCAED and SWLSTG, to create two ‘halves’ of an integrated outreach team.
Main duties of the job
The main duties and role of the position is the following, assessment and management of young people with eating disorders, assessment and management of common comorbidities including depression, anxiety, self-harm and OCD.
This will also include; contribution to audit and research, contribution to service development and service management and provision of clinical supervision, consultation and training to other professionals.
Working for our organisation
About the location:
The Maudsley Centre for Child and Adolescent Eating Disorders (MCCAED) is based at the Michael Rutter Centre for Children and Young People, Maudsley Hospital, which is located at Denmark Hill less than 5 minutes from the train station (zone 2). Our Trust headquarters is also located at Denmark Hill.
We also provide services and operate across other locations, such as London boroughs of Croydon, Lambeth, Lewisham and Southwark; and substance misuse services for residents of Bexley, Lambeth, Greenwich and Wandsworth.
Flexible working:
As one of the few Trusts in London we are proud to offer flexible working as part of our new ways of working, and we are happy to talk flexible working at the interview stage. In this role you will be able to work Monday to Friday in the time frames from 9am to 5pm giving you the very best of good work life balance. (This may include working early mornings, later evenings or Saturdays as part of the core working hours/working pattern for this post)
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The post-holders will provide clinical services including assessment, treatment, and monitoring of outcomes and the provision of clinical supervision, consultation and training. The post holders will also contribute to service evaluation, research and policy development. There are many opportunities available within the service in relation to continued professional development.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- RMN (current NMC registration).
- ENB 998 or equivalent.
- Evidence of continued professional development.
Desirable criteria
- Additional specialist training specific to adolescent mental health
Experience
Essential criteria
- Demonstrable experience of working at Band 5 level in a child and young people setting.
- Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary team.
Desirable criteria
- Additional specialist training specific to adolescent mental health
Understanding and Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Specialist clinical knowledge relevant to the service including evidence-based practice
- Ability to assess risk, and manage suicidal, violent and challenging behaviour in a hospital setting
- Effective leadership skills
- Ability to manage conflict effectively
- Ability to interpret research and apply to practice
- Ability to supervise, teach and develop the skills of junior staff
Desirable criteria
- Skills in family work
- Ability to manage conflict effectively
- Group facilitation skills
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
- Shanay Dougan
- Job title
- Senior Clinical Nurse Specialist, CBT Practitioner
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 020 3228 2545
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