Child and Adolescent Mental Health Nurse
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About The Organisation
As Scotland’s smallest health board, NHS Orkney is driven by a bold vision: looking after our community and providing excellent care. Whether you’re starting your NHS journey or bringing expertise from another NHS employer, your skills will make a real difference to the health and lives of Orkney’s 22,000 residents.
About The Organisation
As Scotland’s smallest health board, NHS Orkney is driven by a bold vision: looking after our community and providing excellent care. Whether you’re starting your NHS journey or bringing expertise from another NHS employer, your skills will make a real difference to the health and lives of Orkney’s 22,000 residents.
Our state-of-the-art healthcare facility, The Balfour, opened in 2019 and is home to modern inpatient wards, an emergency department, outpatient clinics, diagnostics, GP practices, and the Scottish Ambulance Service. Collaboration thrives here, ensuring exceptional care for every patient. Beyond our main facility, we’re investing in our outer isles, enhancing services, and transforming patient care across our islands.
About Orkney
Orkney itself is nothing short of magical. With over 70 islands (20 inhabited), this breathtaking destination offers stunning landscapes, unique wildlife, and vibrant cultural and sporting activities. Recognised as one of the UK’s best places to live, Orkney promises a lifestyle like no other.
The Post
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and motivated Band 6 Child and Adolescent Mental Health Nurse within Orkney. The Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) in Orkney is a small team. Working collaboratively with other local services and North of Scotland regional network. The successful applicant would be an integral member of the specialist CAMHS services providing excellent person-centred care for children with mental health problems and families in the Orkney community.
The successful applicant will be responsible for the management for their own caseload, as well as the management and supervision of registered and unregistered staff within the team. Applicants will have a background in either child mental health or other relevant experience of working with children, young people and their families and be able to deliver a high quality, comprehensive mental health service for the children and young people of Orkney. Acting as a key member of the multi-disciplinary team, they will be skilled in risk assessment and risk management and delivery of evidence-based person-centred care.
The post holder is also required to take part in the Out of Hours On call Rota (currently under review) with Band 7 and other fellow Band 6 CAMHS and Community Mental Health Team colleagues.
The Candidate
We are seeking enthusiastic and motivated individual who has a registered mental health nurse qualification with active registration with the Nursing & Midwifery Council UK (NMC)
Applicants will have a background in either child mental health or other relevant experience of working with children, young people and their families and be able to deliver a high quality, comprehensive mental health service for the children and young people of Orkney. Acting as a key member of the multi-disciplinary team, they will be skilled in risk assessment and risk management and delivery of evidence-based person-centred care.
Location, Working Pattern and Contract Duration:
This post will be based at Vaenta
The successful candidate will work: Full Time 37 hours per week
This post is Permanent
It is a condition of this employment that you must live and remain a resident within the UK for the post in which you will be employed with NHS Orkney.
Benefits And Salary
Did you know NHS Scotland salaries are higher than those in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland?
The salary for this post is on a Band 6 £41,608 - £50,702 and if residing on Orkney, you’ll also receive a Distant Islands Allowance of £1,587 pro rata per year, adding extra value to your rewarding career with us.
NHS Orkney also offers an attractive pension scheme, wide range of work life balance policies, employee assistance programme and various discounts to both local and national retailers.
Further Information
If you share our vision and are ready to be part of Team Orkney, we’d love to hear from you. Your rewarding career starts here!
Interviews will take place on 7th July 2025.
For informal discussion please contact Diane Young, Service Manager – Mental Health Services or Kayla Costie, CAMHS Team Leader, Orkney Health & Care, on 01856 888280
This post is subject to a PVG Scheme Record check.
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