Clinical Nurse Specialist | South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust

Come and join our nursing team in Merton CAMHS. We have developed an opportunity for a Nurse Prescriber, with previous CAMHS experience working across our single point of access (SPA) and Tier 3 team, supporting the ADHD pathway. Merton Child and Adolescent Mental Health (CAMHS) service provides out-patient and consultation services to children experiencing a range of mental health and developmental difficulties. We are an experienced and supportive team looking for an experienced, enthusiastic nurse to join our friendly team.

The service also includes a Single Point of Access Service which manages all referrals for children and adolescents in Merton where there are concerns about emotional health/mental health difficulties. The Merton T3 service and the SPA work in close collaboration to ensure positive child and young person journey.

Merton CAMHS Tier 3 is a multidisciplinary team specialising in the provision of thoughtful high-quality assessments and evidence-based treatments for children, young people and their families entering the service with moderate to severe mental health problems and with high risk profiles. We are looking for a committed and experienced Nurse who is passionate about working with children and young people with complex presentations, and who is also interested in wider service development initiatives.

This role is open to qualified nurses with the following:

• Qualification as Nurse registered with the NMC
• Experience of working with children and young people
• Experience of work within a multi-disciplinary team
• The ability to relate and provide accessible services to a diverse community
• The ability to efficiently manage a caseload
• Knowledge and skills in risk management and safeguarding
• Ability to offer assessments, offer individual and group intervention and liaison with the network.

Applications are invited from clinicians interested in joining this developing service. We would welcome registered nurses from mental health, paediatrics or LD background if you have had experience of working with ADHD. Unless expressly stated in the job advert this role is not subject to sponsorship, please be advised that all offers of employment are subject to evidence of right to work in the UK.

We are Proud to Belong at South West London and St George’s Mental Health NHS Trust. We have expert services, a rich history and a clear commitment to providing the best quality care for those with mental ill-health. The Care Quality Commission already rates our services as ‘good’ - we aspire to be ‘outstanding’. This is a great time to join us. We are transforming the way we care for our communities to support our mission of Making Life Better Together. We have built two brand new mental health facilities at Springfield University Hospital, which are amongst the best in the world. More developments are planned across our sites and services as we invest a further £120m to upgrade and modernise our estate by 2027.

We are inclusive and diverse and strive to be actively anti-racist. We want to attract people from all backgrounds and experiences to enrich the work we do together. We are proud to co-produce and involve our local communities in all that we do. We offer flexible working, career development and a variety of benefits to enable a positive, welcoming environment in which our people and their careers can thrive. Come and join our inclusive teams and help our patients on their recovery journey.

Clinically, the post holder will manage a highly specialist service for children and young people with ADHD and co-morbid mental health difficulties, contributing to specialist assessment & management and leading on co-ordinating the Nurse-led medication review clinics within the service, including independent non-medical prescribing. To manage a caseload, providing the analysis of complex information to determine the planning and management of assessment and treatment to C&YP with ADHD and comorbid mental health and neuropsychiatric difficulties. To provide expertise in this highly specialist clinical area and to offer advice and consultation on clients care to other members of the team, in relation to the area of expertise. To offer training in assessment and interventions for CYP with ADHD to CAMHS and other professional networks. To liaise with medical colleagues, partner agencies and adult mental health professionals across a range of settings. To work autonomously within professional practice guidelines and Trust guidelines. To contribute to policy and service development, undertake research, service evaluation and audit for own team/service and to contribute to the training of the clinical team and others. To work effectively as a member of a multi-disciplinary team. To work alongside and in partnership with medical colleagues in delivering treatment in the most timely and efficient manner. To actively prescribe for service-users once annotated to professional and Trust registers. To actively manage a defined caseload within a specified service where non-medical prescribing will enhance service delivery. To conduct comprehensive service user treatment reviews, which involves a range of assessments and tailored interventions, enabling service users to maintain their concordance with prescribed medicines. To actively access CPD opportunities regarding non-medical prescribing via Trust based supervision groups and other appropriate workshops agreed through line manager to maintain competency. To participate in research and audit programmes both locally and nationally which pertain to evaluation of non-medical prescribing and the potential benefits to service users.