Clinical Nurse Specialist | West London NHS Trust

About the Role

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a dynamic, ambitious, and motivated CAMH Clinical Nurse Specialist to play a part in the exciting transformation of the West London CAMHS Neuro-developmental Team. The successful applicant will join the Hounslow CAMHS Neuro-developmental Team which is based at Heart of Hounslow Centre for Health, 92 Bath Rd, Hounslow, TW3 3EL.

The Hounslow Neuro-developmental Team is part of the Tier 3 Hounslow CAMH Service, which also includes an adolescent team and child and family team. The Service also links to a comprehensive Tier 2 CAMH Service, CAMHS Crisis Prevention/Care Team (ALLIANCE) and a CAMHS Eating Disorder Service. The Neuro-developmental Team is multi-disciplinary, including psychiatry, nursing, family therapy psychology, psychotherapy, occupational therapy and speech and language therapy. The post holder will be part of a growing team of clinicians with a special interest and expertise in working with children, and young people, who are presenting with complex neurodevelopmental needs.

The Clinical Nurse Specialist will also join a thriving team of supportive, committed and skilled nurses who are dedicated to changing the future outcomes for children and young people who present to mental health services.

Responsibilities

• Work as an autonomous clinician to provide specialist and mental health assessment and intervention for children, young people and families referred to the Service.
• Contribute to the leadership and development of the CAMHS Nursing Team.
• Be involved in service development, audit, research and quality improvement projects.
• Assess, diagnose and support children with neuro-developmental conditions (e.g. Autism Spectrum Disorder, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Tic disorders) and co-morbid mental health problems.
• Participate in Non-Medical Prescribing responsibilities and receive training as an Independent Non-Medical Prescriber, as well as training in standardised assessment tools such as ADI-r and ADOS.
• Support working with children and young people with learning disabilities and mental health needs.
• Form part of the CAMHS Nursing Supervision Structure and offer supervision and line management as appropriate to members of the nursing team.
• Contribute to the delivery of the CAMHS Development Programme and support the development of junior staff.
• Act as a Supervisor and Practice Assessor for student nurses on specialist placement in CAMHS.

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