Job summary A unique opportunity for a CAMHS ADHD Nurse Practitioner, Band 6, to join the CAMHS team. There is a strong multi-disciplinary culture in the team and you will contribute to change management in the service. You will hold experience working in CAMHS services and have a sound understanding of mental health challenges facing children and young people. You will have significant knowledge and skills of working with moderate to severe mental health presentations and be ready to join a highly dynamic and experienced team of clinicians. The Post Holder will provide a core element of the service for children and adolescents with Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder (ADHD) and play an active role in assessments, prescribing and monitoring of medication and multi-disciplinary discussions. Main duties of the job The post holder will provide mental health support and treatment for the adolescents referred to the service. They will be expected to join the team in delivering a high quality innovative service for adolescents using research and good practice guidelines. They will take a key role in developing a seamless service between community services, in-patient services, and adult mental health services. The post holder will coordinate referrals to other agencies and work with other agencies to prevent the need for hospitalisation and to ensure that those young people who have in-patient treatment are in hospital for the shortest possible time. The post holder will work jointly with the consultant in all other aspects of service delivery. About us We are passionate about delivering first-class patient-centred, safe and effective care, whether it is in a hospital setting, in a community clinic or in the patients own home. Patients are at the heart of everything we do. Providing top quality care depends on our ability to employ the best people. We are always looking to recruit outstanding people who will go the extra mile to support our patients, colleagues, teams and the Trust. With every new employee were hoping to find our future leaders and well support our staff by providing opportunities to develop your career. With a diverse culture and equally diverse range of opportunities across mental health, community services, addictions, eating disorders, learning disabilities and more whatever stage of your career you're at, there's always a place for you at CNWL. The successful applicant may have contact with patients or service users. As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage and support vaccination as this remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients and service users when working on our healthcare settings. Date posted 17 April 2025 Pay scheme Agenda for change Band Band 6 Salary £37,338 to £44,962 a year per annum Contract Permanent Working pattern Full-time Reference number 333-D-MK-MH-1247 Job locations Eaglestone Health Centre Hospital Campus Milton Keynes MK6 5AZ Job description Job responsibilities Provide comprehensive CAMHS assessments of children and young people referred to the team Formulate and implement plans for the treatment and/or management of the child/young persons problems, based upon an appropriate conceptual framework, and employing methods based upon evidence of efficacy, across the full range of care settings Be responsible for implementing a range of interventions for individuals, carers, families and groups, within and across teams employed individually and in synthesis Job description Job responsibilities Provide comprehensive CAMHS assessments of children and young people referred to the team Formulate and implement plans for the treatment and/or management of the child/young persons problems, based upon an appropriate conceptual framework, and employing methods based upon evidence of efficacy, across the full range of care settings Be responsible for implementing a range of interventions for individuals, carers, families and groups, within and across teams employed individually and in synthesis Person Specification Qualifications Essential Degree/diploma in Nursing RMN Trained, NMC Registered Safeguarding children training Desirable MSC level training Research training Nurse prescriber qualification MBT CYP IAPT training Experience Essential Post qualifying experience of working within a multidisciplinary community CAMHS team as a Band 5 nurse Experience of work with adolescents Experience of setting up groups and/or co-facilitating Experience of managing student nurses and undertaking mentorship training to consolidate Experience of delivering training to colleagues Desirable Experience of developing bespoke training packages for non CAMHS professionals Fluent in an additional language Core Competencies Essential Able to confidently and competently undertake generic and urgent CAMHS assessment Understand developmental issues for children and able to adapt interventions accordingly Understand the need for and able to competently assess risk Understands individual and service safeguarding responsibilities, policy and procedure Understands the elements of effective engagement and can apply these to working practice Demonstrates excellent written and verbal communication Able to foster strong therapeutic alliances Understanding transition/referral pathways to support transition and sign posting ie IAPT, Different volunteering services. Understands the need for undertaking family and parenting work as part of CAMHS support Understands the importance of assessment that explores and considers individual cultural identity and associated support needs Experience of providing consultation and liaison support to colleagues, referral agencies and services responsible for the care, support and wellbeing of service users and their families/carers Able to promote self-management and recovery by working with service users and their families to understand their condition and identify and reinforce strengths, resources and coping skills Able to work effectively as part of a multidisciplinary team, actively engaging in and supporting duty and emergency rotas, peer support, training and skills development Able to build strong partnerships with external agencies and develop effective joint planning and support arrangements Able to confidently and safely plan for and manage change and transition Actively uses supervision and opportunities for development of skills Desirable Has experience of undertaking family and parenting work as part of CAMHS support Specialist Competencies Essential Experience of undertaking specialist assessment at a level appropriate to the job Desirable Specialist assessment treatment of specific groups CBT Nurse Prescriber Family Therapy Group Therapy Person Specification Qualifications Essential Degree/diploma in Nursing RMN Trained, NMC Registered Safeguarding children training Desirable MSC level training Research training Nurse prescriber qualification MBT CYP IAPT training Experience Essential Post qualifying experience of working within a multidisciplinary community CAMHS team as a Band 5 nurse Experience of work with adolescents Experience of setting up groups and/or co-facilitating Experience of managing student nurses and undertaking mentorship training to consolidate Experience of delivering training to colleagues Desirable Experience of developing bespoke training packages for non CAMHS professionals Fluent in an additional language Core Competencies Essential Able to confidently and competently undertake generic and urgent CAMHS assessment Understand developmental issues for children and able to adapt interventions accordingly Understand the need for and able to competently assess risk Understands individual and service safeguarding responsibilities, policy and procedure Understands the elements of effective engagement and can apply these to working practice Demonstrates excellent written and verbal communication Able to foster strong therapeutic alliances Understanding transition/referral pathways to support transition and sign posting ie IAPT, Different volunteering services. Understands the need for undertaking family and parenting work as part of CAMHS support Understands the importance of assessment that explores and considers individual cultural identity and associated support needs Experience of providing consultation and liaison support to colleagues, referral agencies and services responsible for the care, support and wellbeing of service users and their families/carers Able to promote self-management and recovery by working with service users and their families to understand their condition and identify and reinforce strengths, resources and coping skills Able to work effectively as part of a multidisciplinary team, actively engaging in and supporting duty and emergency rotas, peer support, training and skills development Able to build strong partnerships with external agencies and develop effective joint planning and support arrangements Able to confidently and safely plan for and manage change and transition Actively uses supervision and opportunities for development of skills Desirable Has experience of undertaking family and parenting work as part of CAMHS support Specialist Competencies Essential Experience of undertaking specialist assessment at a level appropriate to the job Desirable Specialist assessment treatment of specific groups CBT Nurse Prescriber Family Therapy Group Therapy 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. Certificate of Sponsorship Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab). From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab). UK Registration Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window). Additional information 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. Certificate of Sponsorship Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab). From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab). UK Registration Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window). Employer details Employer name Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust Address Eaglestone Health Centre Hospital Campus Milton Keynes MK6 5AZ Employer's website https://www.cnwl.nhs.uk/work (Opens in a new tab)