NHS Scotland is committed to encouraging equality and diversity among our workforce 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. To this end, NHS Scotland welcomes applications from all sections of society.
An opportunity has arisen within NHS Highland Child & Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) based at Raigmore Hospital, Inverness, for a Band 5 CAMHS Community Nurse to join our friendly and expanding team. We are seeking an enthusiastic and motivated professional who is committed to working with young people and their families. We welcome applications from both experienced and newly qualified nurses.
You will possess excellent interpersonal and communication skills and
be able to demonstrate that you can work within a multi-disciplinary team.
The post holder will be situated within the wider CAMHS nursing service structure. We have experienced success with a focused recruitment drive over the last 2 years which has allowed us to substantially expand our nursing provision in the department. We have also invested heavily in the support structure for our nursing staff. We consider ourselves to be a compassionate, caring and innovative team which supports professionals to work to their potential.
The work will involve; direct supportive contact with children and young people with severe and complex mental health problems and their family and carers within The Phoenix Centre, the community and Raigmore Hospital. As a non-case holder, the post holder will support the service to implement agreed interventions in line with best practice, and with a focus on building and maintaining sound therapeutic relationships with young people/families to support engagement and positive outcomes. This post will also entail specialist training and exposure for professionals wishing to develop essential and specialist CAMHS nursing skills by having the opportunity to develop these skills across the various CAMHS clinical specialities. This makes this post well suited to professionals currently without specific CAMHS experience, but with a keen interest in developing a career in this clinical area.
The post holder will work closely with the CAMHS MDT to deliver a specialist, comprehensive and therapeutic service, using their own initiative with support from colleagues.
The post holder needs the ability to work flexibly which might include working outside normal working hours according to the changing needs of the service however currently CAMHS provide a Monday to Friday 9-5 service. A driving licence is essential.