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CAMHS Band 6 Nurse (N&S OPD MCCAED Outreach)
The closing date is 10 July 2025
National and Specialist Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (N&S CAMHS) are seeking to recruit an enthusiastic and skilled Band 6 Nurses to join the Maudsley Centre for Child and Adolescent Eating Disorders (MCCAED). The post holder will play key roles in an exciting new addition to our service: an integrated eating disorder outreach team.
We are delighted that a significant investment has been made by the South London Partnership (SLP) Provider Collaborative to enhance eating disorder outreach provision across South London. 14.5WTE of new clinical posts will be shared equally between, and embedded within, the two CAMHS community eating disorder services at MCCAED and SWLSTG, to create two 'halves' of an integrated outreach team.
Main duties of the job
The main duties and role of the position is the following, assessment and management of young people with eating disorders, assessment and management of common comorbidities including depression, anxiety, self-harm and OCD.
This will also include; contribution to audit and research, contribution to service development and service management and provision of clinical supervision, consultation and training to other professionals.
About us
About the location:
The Maudsley Centre for Child and Adolescent Eating Disorders (MCCAED) is based at the Michael Rutter Centre for Children and Young People, Maudsley Hospital, which is located at Denmark Hill less than 5 minutes from the train station (zone 2). Our Trust headquarters is also located at Denmark Hill.
We also provide services and operate across other locations, such as London boroughs of Croydon, Lambeth, Lewisham and Southwark; and substance misuse services for residents of Bexley, Lambeth, Greenwich and Wandsworth.
As one of the few Trusts in London we are proud to offer flexible working as part of our new ways of working, and we are happy to talk flexible working at the interview stage. In this role you will be able to work Monday to Friday in the time frames from 9amto 5pm giving you the very best of good work life balance. (This may include working early mornings, later evenings or Saturdays as part of the core working hours/working pattern for this post)
Job responsibilities
The post-holder will provide clinical services including assessment, treatment, and monitoring of outcomes and the provision of clinical supervision, consultation and training. The post holder will also contribute to service evaluation, research and policy development. There are many opportunities available within the service in relation to continued professional development.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* RMN (current NMC registration).
* ENB 998 or equivalent.
* Evidence of continued professional development.
* Additional specialist training specific to adolescent mental health
Experience
* Demonstrable experience of working at Band 5 level in a child and young people setting.
* Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary team.
* Additional specialist training specific to adolescent mental health
Understanding and Knowledge
* Specialist clinical knowledge relevant to the service including evidence-based practice
* Ability to assess risk, and manage suicidal, violent and challenging behaviour in a hospital setting
* Effective leadership skills
* Ability to manage conflict effectively
* Ability to interpret research and apply to practice
* Ability to supervise, teach and develop the skills of junior staff
* Skills in family work
* Ability to manage conflict effectively
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
£44,806 to £53,134 a yearper annum inclusive of HCAS
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