Job summary
- Main area
- nursing
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 8a
- Contract
- 12 months (secondment)
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 363-CP8061118
- Employer
- East London NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Health E1 medical Centre
- Town
- london
- Salary
- £66,274 - £73,496 per annum inc HCA
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 29/06/2026 23:59
Employer heading
NCEL CAMHS Acute Care Pathway Nurse Advisor
NHS AfC: Band 8a
ELFT has long been recognised as a centre of excellence for mental and health care, innovation and improvement. So it is a very exciting time for you to come and work for us. Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive – so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations.
Job overview
We are looking for a dynamic, self-motivated and passionate Acute Care Pathway Nurse Advisor to work alongside senior managers, nurses, case managers and service users to help deliver our collective ambitions and aims for CAMHS services across North Central and East London.
The North Central and East London Collaborative (NCEL PC) is formed of four mental health trusts; East London Foundation Trust (lead provider), North London Foundation Trust, Whittington Health NHS Trust and North East London Foundation Trust.
This is an opportunity to work as a part of the team delivering our Provider Collaboratives vision for transforming how Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Tier 4 services are commissioned and delivered across North Central and East London
Main duties of the job
The postholder will be one of the CAMHS Acute Care Pathway Nurse Advisors for the collaborative working within the CAMHS Acute Care Pathway Service. Working collaboratively, the postholder will support the on-going development, implementation and monitoring of the CAMHS Acute Care Pathway service that will offer consultation, training and support where clinicians are seeking support with the management of complex presentations primarily within hospitals settings but there may be occasions where the post holder will need to work outside of these settings.
This postholder will cover either the North East London (NEL) or the North Central London (NCL) footprint and in exceptional circumstance there may need to work across both depending on the needs of the service. The post holder will liaise with stakeholders across the NCEL footprint. The role will support the NCEL work programme by actively engaging with healthcare professionals to promote clinical engagement and involvement in commissioning and contracting for improvement of care and patient experience.
Working for our organisation
Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving the quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive – so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For details of job description and main responsibilities please see job description and person specification.
Person specification
education and qualiofications
Essential criteria
- Registered Mental Health/Learning Disability Nurse
- Current NMC registration
- Mentorship Qualification
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of post qualification study and personal development (e.g. Advanced nurse practitioner, PBS trainer).
Knowledge and experience
Essential criteria
- Significant experience of working within a CAMHS PICU inpatient setting or other relevant setting.
- Knowledge of Positive Behavioural Support (PBS) models or others clinical models for managing behaviours that challenge
- Senior clinical experience in the assessment and management of complex issues in CAMHS setting such as challenging behavior, dynamics etc.
- Experience of setting therapeutic boundaries with patients who exhibit extreme challenging and high-risk behaviours that require advanced interventions to enable effective de-escalation.
- Experience of teaching staff advanced skills in setting boundaries, de-escalation and diffusion techniques.
- Able to communicate complex and sensitive issues to a range of audiences around behavioural management for young people with significant behaviour that challenges and/or mental health problems
- Able to facilitate multidisciplinary debriefing, critical analysis meetings
skills and competencies
Essential criteria
- Excellent communication skills and liaison skills
- Organisational and time management skills.
- Leadership skills/delegation
- Negotiation and resolution 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
- Richard Clarke
- Job title
- Lead Nurse & Head of Quality
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 020 3738 7098
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