Job summary
We are very excited to offer an experienced mental health Nurse an opportunity to join our Selby CAMHS team as a Nurse Consultant. We are seeking a dynamic and highly motivated individual who is passionate about children's mental health. The post holder must have excellent communication skills and be able to demonstrate a flexible approach to service delivery, and have had an extensive portfolio in nursing practice, leadership and management including involvement in research.
You will be an experienced clinical leader who can hold a credible, visible clinical lead role within the CAMHS team in Selby and across all CAMHS services within the North Yorkshire, York and Selby area. Applicants will be expected to have previous experience of being part of a senior leadership group within their team / service and had a role within service development and quality improvement work.
The successful candidate will have significant experience working with children and young people with complex mental health needs, and they will have training in, and experience of working within a modality of intervention.
Main duties of the job
You will be a key clinical leader, supporting the delivery and development of CAMHS services across the North Yorkshire York and Selby Care Group and wider Trust. You must be able to evidence experience of working at autonomously at a strategic, organisational and operational level.
You will be approachable, empathetic, passionate about high quality care and able to lead with compassion.
You must be conversant with patient safety, quality, governance and improvement processes and methodology and how they are applied within health systems and be skilled at leading others in embedding learning and improvements in care.
You must uphold high standards of care delivery and clinical practice and high professional standards and be able to work with all disciplines in the locality as well as be confident working closely with our partners in the wider system of child and young persons mental health services. This role is pivotal to delivering safe and effective services that make a difference. You will actively work to promote the voice of children and young people, families/carers, driving an agenda of co-production throughout all aspects of our services.
The successful candidate will undertake a clinical role within Selby CAMHS. This may include acting as the Key Worker for a number of children and young people and/or co-working with other members of the clinical team.
About us
We are a Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service, who offers support to children and young people from the age of 5 to 18. We offer support to children and young people who require specialist assessment and intervention for a mental health need. The service also offers specialist diagnostic assessments for Autism and ADHD, and we offer post-diagnostic support for young people diagnosed with ADHD.
We are small, friendly, multi-disciplinary team of supportive staff.
Details
Date posted
09 July 2025
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 8c
Salary
£74,290 to £85,601 a year per annum
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
346-NYC-128-24-A
Job locations
Selby CAMHS
Worsley Court, Doncaster Road
Selby
YO8 9BX
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for further detailed information to ensure that you meet the role criteria before applying.
We would welcome any enquiries from people interested in the vacancy.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
1. Current Professional Registration with Nursing and Midwifery Council - RMN / RNLD / RGN (RNSC - CAMHS Only)
2. Recognised Practice Assessor/Practice Supervisor
3. Trained in Clinical Supervision and providing Clinical Supervision
4. To be able to demonstrate analytical and synthethetical level intellectual skills, ability to gather and manipulate information at advanced level and ability to manage advanced levels of knowledge through: Master's degree in a subject relevant to the area
5. AND Recognised/accredited therapeutic qualification/registration in a therapeutic model relevant to mental health or learning disability Intermediate Systemic Family Therapy/Post Grad diploma in CBT/British Isles Dialectical Behaviour Therapy/NMP (Independent Prescriber)
6. AND Recognised/accredited leadership development programme
Experience
Essential
7. Extensive experience working with patients with complex needs in the specialist field.
8. Extensive experience working with patients who display risk behaviours
9. Clinical risk assessment and management and its application in practice
10. Demonstration of using expert practice in a governed therapy/advanced clinical qualification
11. Demonstration of advanced transformational leadership knowledge, skills and competencies
12. Able to demonstrate having worked in an autonomous expert role utilising clinical assessment skills in highly complex situations
13. Working collaboratively with patients their families and carers
14. Working in a multi disciplinary team
15. Quality improvement activities
16. Have engaged in research and clinical audit activity.
17. Designed and delivered teaching or education packages to patients, carers and health care staff within the last 2 years
Knowledge
Essential
18. Expert knowledge in mental state and/or physical examination and assessment
19. Extensive knowledge of current issues relating to health needs of patients in the field of practice, regionally and nationally
20. Understanding and working knowledge of the legal framework and statutory obligations under the Mental Health Act, Mental Capacity Act
21. Detailed understanding of Safeguarding and its application in practice
22. Clinical Risk Assessment and Management and its application in practice
23. Clinical Governance and its application in practice
24. Working knowledge of clinical medicines management
25. Understanding of psychological models of care and treatment (depending on specialist area)