Triage Coordinator / Clinical Nurse Specialist
Closing date: 20 February 2026
CNWL is strongly committed to staff development. There will be extensive training opportunities on offer with a range of options tailored to both services needs and the individual's interests.
The post holders would join a CAMHS Service where supervision and research is actively supported. There are regular service wide meetings and also peer group supervision available with other CAMHS Clinical Nurse Specialists.
Harrow CAMHS is well established and these posts are excellent opportunities for dedicated clinicians to join CNWL and one of our CAMHS teams.
We aim to provide an accessible, flexible and responsive local service for patients and professionals working with children, using the whole range of therapeutic interventions, including behavioural, systemic, psychodynamic, group and multi-family work.
Main duties of the job
* Provide comprehensive CAMHS assessments of children and young people referred to the team
* Provide screening/triage CAMHS appointments of children and young people referred to the team.
* The post holder will provide case management to those young people awaiting treatment whilst contributing to specialist support plans for the care of children and young people with a range of presenting problems.
* Formulate plans for the treatment and/or management of the child/young person's problems, based upon an appropriate conceptual framework, and employing methods based upon evidence of efficacy, across the full range of care settings.
* To undertake risk assessment and risk management for individual children and young people and to provide advice to other professions on risk assessment and risk management.
* Act as case manager, taking responsibility for initiating planning and review of CAMHS care plans including children and young people, their carers, referring agents and others involved the network of care.
* Communicate in a skilled and sensitive manner, information concerning the assessment, formulation and treatment plans of children and young people under their care and to monitor progress.
* To participate on the local duty rota providing a more urgent response to issues when required. This may also include working as part of an evening clinic.
* Support to parents and young people seeking help between clinic appointments or when in crisis.
* Close liaison with schools and other agencies involved.
* To provide reports as appropriate to external agencies, ensuring that issues around confidentiality are managed.
Education and Qualifications
* RMN Trained, NMC Registered
* Training in one or more additional areas of practice especially relevant to complex CAMHS.
Previous Experience
* Experience of working with a wide variety of client group presenting with the full range of clinical severity around mental health concerns across a range of care settings including outpatient, community, primary care, in-patient and residential care settings.
* Experience of working within a multidisciplinary Specialist CAMHS team and of proving specialist CAMHS assessment and intervention.
* Significant experience of working at band 6
* Experience of delivering evidence based care in a number of cultural contexts.
* Experience of teaching, training and / or supervision.
Knowledge and Skills
* Knowledge and skills in assessment intervention and management frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration
* Knowledge of the theoretical evidence base for understanding, formulating and providing interventions for mental health concerns experienced by children and young people.
* Well-developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information including diagnoses and formulations to clients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS.
* Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups.Ability to identify and employ mechanisms of clinical governance and as appropriate, to support and maintain clinical practice in the face of regular exposure to highly emotive material and challenging behavior.
* Experience of assessing mental health risk and safeguarding concerns.
* Knowledge of legislation and its implications for both clinical practice and professional management in relation to the client group and mental health and Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND). In particular, knowledge and experience of the Education and Health Care Plan (EHCP) process
* Knowledge of CAMHS legislation
* Knowledge and experience of research methodology
Other
* Ability to identify, provide and promote appropriate means of support to carers and staff exposed to highly distressing situations and severely challenging behaviours.
* Ability to identify, and employ, as appropriate, clinical governance mechanisms for the support and maintenance of clinical practice in the face of regular exposure to highly emotive material and challenging behavior.
* Ability to develop and use complex multi-media materials for presentations in public, professional and academic settings
Personal
* Ability to contain and work with organisational stress and ability to 'hold' the stress of others.
* Able to build constructive relationships with warmth and empathy, using good communication skills.
* Treats service users with respect and dignity at all times
* Enthusiastic, flexible and confident approach to working.
* Able to prioritise own workload and meet performance requirements for the role.
* Willingness and ability to learn new skills and adapt to change
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.
Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust
£53,751 to £60,651 a year per annum incl. HCAS
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