Overview
NHS Borders invites applicants to join our Child & Adolescent Health Service. This is a fantastic career move offering a lifestyle-changing opportunity to work in the Scottish Borders with easy access to major cities such as Edinburgh, Glasgow and Newcastle.
Scottish Borders CAMHS aims to deliver person-centred care based on the GIRFEC principles within our community. As we progress with our service improvement program, this significant post is central and an exciting opportunity to transform how we support and care for children, young people and families in the community.
Responsibilities
* The Community Mental Health Nurse will work with the members of the multi-disciplinary team to ensure services are effective and will participate in continued professional and practice development, including in-house training, ensuring high quality person-centred care is delivered. The post holder will lead by example to maintain high standards of care and practice to improve client care in the specialist CAMHS service.
* We provide Tier 3 multidisciplinary and psychological interventions, and Tier 4 intensive community treatment, working closely with the Young People’s Units when hospital admissions are necessary.
* Lead by example to support CAMHS multi-disciplinary working and develop clinical skills and knowledge of children and young people’s mental health.
Qualifications / Requirements
* A highly motivated individual who can demonstrate strong leadership and clinical skills to support CAMHS multi-disciplinary working.
* Ideally experience of working within community mental health is advantageous; a sound knowledge of current clinical practice is essential.
* We hope to provide the landscape for development and training in return.
Contact
We encourage anyone interested in this post to contact us for a chat or to arrange a visit. For further information, please contact Louise Brown, Clinical Team Manager at 01750 23715 or louise.brown2@nhs.scot.
Note on employment checks and right to work: Due to legislative changes from 1 April 2025, this post may require a different level of criminal records check. If the post is assessed as a regulated role, appointment will be subject to joining the PVG Scheme. For more details on these changes please contact the Hiring Manager or Recruitment Team. To learn more, please refer to the Disclosure Scotland changes information.
To work in the United Kingdom, a legal right to work must be demonstrated. NHS Scotland Boards will check entitlement to work as part of pre-employment checks. Entitlement can be evidenced through visas and status such as EU settled or pre-settled status. For more information, please refer to GOV.UK.
Specific visa sponsorship information may be possible if the employer is a licensed sponsor and the post meets the current salary criteria. Further details can be found here.
Important: It is essential to check you have the right to work in the UK or that the post would be eligible for sponsorship before submitting your application.
PLEASE NOTE: We cannot accept late applications, so please submit early.
NHS Scotland is committed to encouraging equality and diversity and eliminating unlawful discrimination. The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best. NHS Scotland welcomes applications from all sections of society.
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