Specialist Mental Health Nurse Practitioner - NMP
The closing date is 16 June 2026.
It's an exciting, but challenging time for mental health services for young people in South Staffordshire. We are receiving investment in services to expand provision and have a programme of modernisation in process to provide better, more integrated care along with partners.
We are thrilled that the development of our core CAMHS provision means that we can offer a new opportunity for a Specialist Nurse Practitioner V300 Non-Medical Prescriber to join our CAMHS Team to support the needs of our children and young people.
In the role you will deliver a high quality, comprehensive mental health service for children and young people with serious and enduring mental health difficulties. The role involves managing a defined caseload with a focus on working with children and young people and their families who experience a complex range of needs and difficulties.
You will provide assessments and interventions for CYP as part of the MDT. You will complement the multi-disciplinary working of the team, providing supervision for other team members, as agreed with the Team lead. In addition, you will participate in team and service development and evaluation.
Main duties of the job
- The assessment of need and delivery of safe and effective interventions for CYP and managing complex risks, in accordance with recognised clinical guidance.
- Managing and co‑ordinating a caseload of CYP with complex MH needs including prescribing and sharing skills within the Multi‑Disciplinary Team (MDT).
- Supporting and providing clinical leadership on the development of the NMP function within the team.
- Working as part of the MDT and in an integrated way with wider teams and services to meet the needs of the CYP & Families.
- Offering advice, support and supervision to other healthcare professionals including actual and supervisory prescribing.
Qualifications and Training
- Registered Mental Health Nurse
- Non‑Medical Prescriber V300
- Additional Qualification in Child and Adolescent Mental Health
- Psychological Intervention Training
Experience
- Evidence of extensive post registration experience with working with children and young people who may experience complex mental health needs in the community.
- Experience of working in the role of Care Co‑ordinator for those who have difficulty in engaging with services and have complex mental health needs.
- Experience of making decisions autonomously whilst working with young people and families in the community setting.
- Experience of assessing and managing complex needs including risk within a structured framework such as CPA/Safeguarding Children frameworks.
- Experience of working in a CAMHS, crisis or community setting.
- Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity.
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.
Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
£49,387 to £56,515 per annum.
