Band 7 Community Psychiatric Nurse

Job summary

This post is for 30 hours per week

The Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) Young People's Team (YPT) is a specialist mental health service supporting young people with moderate to severe mental illness.

We are seeking a Band 7 Community Psychiatric Nurse to join the team as our Adoption Lead.

The successful applicant will have expert knowledge of the mental health difficulties experienced by looked after, adopted and homeless young people.

They will provide consultation and formulation through monthly clinics with carers and local authority professionals, act as the central point for complex referrals involving trauma histories, and work in a trauma informed way.

The post holder will demonstrate expertise in moderate to severe mental illness, confidently assess needs and risk, and deliver care packages supporting stabilisation and recovery.

They will have strong knowledge of adoption related issues and experience working with adopted young people in CAMHS.

Applicants will have management experience within CAMHS, knowledge of strategies and service delivery models, and experience managing professionals in high pressure environments.

They will deliver training, maintain evidence based content, work with professionals, carers and local authorities and demonstrate strong communication, record keeping, risk management and care planning skills.

A full UK driving licence and access to a car during working hours are required.

Contact - Kayleigh Lord, kayleigh.lord@nhs.net

Main duties of the job

Main duties and responsibilities

To be the central point for moderate to severe presentations of mental illness within adopted, looked after and homeless young people

To fulfil the Clinical Deputy Team Lead role in a specialist CAMHS service area. To interpret and utilise data within the management of a specialist CAMHS service area.

To work closely with the local authority

To provide consultation and training

To provide comprehensive risk assessment and care planning with excellent record keeping skills

To hold a clinical caseload and act as Lead Professional To be confident in leading multi-disciplinary meetings

To be a strong presence in team meetings and assessing referrals

To offer supervision to junior colleagues

To be flexible and able to provide care across Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland - a driving license and access to a car with relevant insurance is required for this post.

For more details, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.

About us

We may close the advert early, if we receive a sufficient number of applicants, so please apply as soon as possible.

About Us

Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust (LPT) provides a range of community health, mental health and learning disability services for people of all ages. Delivered through over 100 settings from inpatient wards to out in the community, our 6,500 staff serve over 1 million people living in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland.

We aim to develop a workforce that reflects our community.

We actively implement equal opportunities in employment and service delivery and seek people who share our commitment.

We strongly encourage applications from all sections of the community, particularly from underrepresented groups.

Details of our benefits, leadership behaviours and other important information including AI in our recruitment process can be found in the Information for Applicants document attached.

We will consider requests to work alternative hours or varied working patterns in line with our flexible working policy.

For all substantive roles, new staff (excluding medical staff) are appointed subject to a 6-month probationary period (see Probation Policy).

All jobs will require permission to work in the UK.

For all jobs the cost of any DBS disclosure required will be met by the individual. This will be deducted from salary once started.

Applicants at risk within the local NHS who meet essential criteria will have preference for interview.