CAMHS Community Nurse

An exciting opportunity has arisen for CAMHS Phoenix to recruit a Band 5 staff nurse to join our well-established multidisciplinary team to support young people in crisis. The post holder will be responsible for the assessment, development, implementation and evaluation of nursing care, and activities to support therapeutic care plans, for young people referred to the Berkshire CAMHS Tier 4 Alternative to Hospital admission (Day Hospital) and Home Treatment.

The service, based at CAMHS Phoenix on the Wokingham Community Hospital site, is a hospital at home and home treatment service that provides evidence-based psychiatric, nursing, and therapeutic interventions for young people under the age of 18 presenting with severe and complex mental health difficulties assessed as requiring Tier 4 level care, including where these disorders are co-morbid with neurodevelopmental diagnoses:

• Serious risk of harm to self; suicidal thoughts and behaviour
• Emotional dysregulation and symptoms that would be best described as emerging unstable personality disorder
• ARFID and disordered eating in the context of emotional dysregulation, trauma, and other mental disorder
• Early onset psychosis
• Severe OCD, complex PTSD
• Other psychological disturbance that may adversely affect functioning but falls outside typical diagnostic criteria

Main duties of the job include:

• To work with children and adolescents and their families and/or carers providing support, education, family work and evidence-based interventions aimed towards promoting recovery.
• To assess, plan, implement and evaluate a nursing care plan for young people and their families referred as either home treatment patients or day patients.
• Specialist knowledge of the following is required: the mental health problems of young people, child development, physical development, the management of risk in young people, the management of harm to self or others.
• To work with young people and their families/carers in various environments including home environments, care settings, community settings and clinical settings.
• To provide and be accountable for advice to the multi-disciplinary team and others relating to their area of practice/specialism.
• Responsible for following clinical governance rules and risk management.
• To work in partnership with other colleagues across the Trust to deliver an integrated service that facilitates the wellbeing and recovery of service users.

Education/Qualifications required:

• Registered Nurse and/or another appropriate registered nurse training e.g. RMN / Children’s Nurse / Learning Disability.
• To be prepared to undertake preceptorship as per trust if appropriate.
• Evidence of post registration development.

Training:

• To be able to demonstrate ongoing professional development.

Previous Experience:

• Experience of supervising junior staff.
• To have experience of working with young people.
• To have had experience of working with parents/carers and families.
• To have had experience of working in groups with adolescents.
• To have had experience of working individually with a young person.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:

• A willingness to develop skills and knowledge in working with patients with an eating disorder and/or Emotional Dysregulation.
• An ability to communicate effectively with other professionals about issues relating to patients' care.
• To have knowledge of safeguarding issues as they would relate to young people referred to this service.
• Ability to organise and prioritise effectively.
• Good communication skills (written and verbal).
• Ability to supervise and develop staff.
• Ability to travel independently and efficiently to deliver clinical care from multiple sites including service user homes.

We welcome applications from all sections of the community. Our commitment to inclusion is reflected in our accreditations. Reasonable adjustments will be provided to candidates as needed. We welcome a conversation about flexibility and any other questions you may have.