Nurse Consultant - CAMHS Intensive Support and Core CAMHS
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Job Summary
Are you a passionate and experienced mental health nurse looking for your next challenge? We are offering a unique opportunity for a Nurse Consultant to join our CAMHS Intensive Support Team (IST) while also providing clinical leadership support across Core CAMHS. This senior role combines expert clinical practice and service innovation, giving you the chance to make a real difference to children, young people, and their families.
As Nurse Consultant, you will:
* Lead advanced clinical practice within the Crisis Intensive Support Team
* Shape and champion the voice of nursing in IST and CAMHS
* Support, mentor, and inspire our nursing workforce
* Drive quality, innovation, and service development
Main duties of the job
* Work autonomously and be accountable for clinical nursing care across Child & Adolescent Mental Health services, predominantly Crisis and Intensive support services (CAMHS C&IST) and Core CAMHS. Provide leadership in clinical decision‑making and care planning, and for professional nursing standards and leadership.
* Initiate and lead agreed projects to improve clinical effectiveness and efficiency in areas where nurses play a major role, including wider CYP mental health nursing services.
* Prescribe safely and effectively as a non‑medical prescriber; provide leadership for adherence to best practice guidelines for NMPs across the services.
* Undertake independent comprehensive assessment and management of young people open to the service, including advanced risk assessment and management to promote safety and well‑being of CYP and families.
About Us
Come and work with us at our award‑winning NHS Trust, leading the way for new and better ways of working to improve lives in our local communities. We have around 9,000 staff providing physical and mental healthcare, support for people with learning disabilities, and adult social care across Staffordshire, Stoke‑on‑Trent, Shropshire, and Telford & Wrekin. We also run regional and national services including perinatal care, eating disorders, forensic services, sexual health, and support for prisoners with mental health, drug, or alcohol problems. We offer great career development for clinical and non‑clinical roles, with ongoing training and support.
We are ‘United in our Uniqueness’ and committed to creating a workplace where everyone feels welcome.
Salary & Terms
* Band: 8c, Salary: £76,965 to £88,682 a year
* Contract: Permanent, Full‑time
* Location: Block 6, St. Michael's Court, Trent Valley Road, Lichfield, WS13 6EE
* Reference number: 301-VA-25-7458270-A
Job Description
We accept candidates who do not currently hold AC/RC status; in such cases they will be appointed at Band 8b with an uplift to Band 8c on completion of the accreditation.
Interviews will take place on 4th November 2025. Previous applicants need not apply. Please review the attached job description and person specification for a detailed role description.
Person Specification – Essential
Qualifications and Training
* Registered Mental Health Nurse
* Masters level qualification (Level 7) in advanced clinical practice or equivalent clinical Masters
* Approved Clinician Status
* Quality Improvement qualification
* Independent and supplementary prescribing qualification
* Physical healthcare assessment qualification
* Therapeutic psychological interventions qualification
* Specialist, highly advanced knowledge across a range of clinical procedures and policies
Experience
* Significant post‑qualifying experience with CYP and complex community presentations
* Experience leading senior multidisciplinary health and social care teams
* Experience with statutory and non‑statutory agencies
* Service development experience, including research, evidence‑based practice, and quality approaches
* Learning facilitation in clinical practice
* Nursing team management, supervision, and support
* Medicine administration and management per policy
Skills, Knowledge & Abilities
* Knowledge of various mental health assessment approaches
* Understanding of Care Co‑ordination principles
* Clinical Core Competencies for CAMHS
* Research methodology awareness
* Trauma‑informed care for CYP, including those in the ‘Looked After’ system
* Knowledge of relevant legislation and guidance
* Planning and evaluation of complex mental health interventions
* Report writing and presentation
* Psychosocial interventions expertise
* Therapeutic engagement with CYP across neuro‑developmental needs
* Delivery of teaching programmes and skill assessment
Personal Attributes – Essential
* Assimilate new concepts and approaches
* Imagination, determination, questioning attitude
* Enthusiasm, flexibility, work under pressure
* Problem‑solving approach to professional practice
* Challenge practice respectfully to represent CYP voice
Desirable
* Professional Doctorate or Advanced Qualifications
* Professional Nurse Advocacy Qualification
* Inpatient mental health experience
* Experience in CYP crisis / Intensive support models
* Co‑production and participation models experience
* Non‑verbal and verbal presentation skills
* Dealing with challenging situations
Special Requirements
* Travelling within geographical area, complying with trust policy
* Willingness to undertake further training appropriate to the role
Other Information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check required. Candidates needing a skilled worker sponsor will be considered. All candidates must have current UK professional registration.
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