NHS
CAMHS Inpatient Staff Nurse
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Job Description
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- A welcome award of £3000 pro rata is offered for this post, £1200 within your first months salary! A further £900 after completing 12 months service followed by £900 after completing 18 months.
- Excellent learning and development to support you and develop your Nursing Career.
- Flexible working opportunities
- Free parking on Trust Sites
- Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is committed to training and developing its staff not only with clinical skills but also in leadership and managerial skills.
- You'll also have access to our generous pension scheme and health service discounts, as well as generous annual leave plus bank holidays
- Knowlege of relevant legislation (Childrens Act 2004 & Safeguarding
- Knowledge & Experience of working with adolescents with a range of mental health needs
- Knowledge of System1
- Excellent Clinical Skills (including risk assessments)
- Excellent written and Verbal Communication skills
- RMN Dip/HE (Mental Health/Learning Disability)
- One Year Experience of working within CAMHS
- Good Standard of Education
- Mentorship Qualification or Equivalent
- Knowlege of relevant legislation (Childrens Act 2004 & Safeguarding
- Knowledge & Experience of working with adolescents with a range of mental health needs
- Knowledge of System1
- Excellent Clinical Skills (including risk assessments)
- Excellent written and Verbal Communication skills
- RMN Dip/HE (Mental Health/Learning Disability)
- One Year Experience of working within CAMHS
- Good Standard of Education
- Mentorship Qualification or Equivalent
Job summary
CAMHS Inpatient Staff Nurses make a difference every day to the lives of the young people they care for. We are proud of our Staff Nurses, who provide increasingly complex care for patients and support for family members to encourage patient's to receive the care they need within our inpatient units.
We are looking for Registered Mental Health Nurses or Registered Learning Disability Nurses with a passion for high quality care to work within our CAMHS Inpatient Unit. Our current inpatient units are The Sett & The Burrows. The Sett and The Burrows are highly specialised Mental Health Hospital wards offering assessment, treatment and management for young people between the ages of 13-18 years.
Main duties of the job
Rewards and Benefits
Your patients will be young people aged between 13 to 18 years with significant mental health difficulties that have resulted in an admission to hospital.
About us
The service is part of the Tier 4 Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service, therefore working at either The Sett or The Burrows, you will provide assessment & short term treatment for adolescents with a wide range of complex and challenging mental health problems that cannot be managed at home because of their complexity, risk and interference with social and normal development.
Must have skills
You will need to be adaptable and resourceful. You'll need to be well organised, confident and able to cope in diverse situations to deliver patient care. Leadership and management skills are also important, as with all nursing roles, communication skills,problem solving and good judgement are crucial.
You will be part of caring team and be able to work flexibly with minimum supervision, with the ability to prioritise work based on the patient need.
NHFT is an integrated primary care and mental health Trust, providing physical, mental health and specialty services in both hospital settings and out in the community. Because we put the person at the centre of all we do, we focus on delivering care that is as easy to access as possible. This means many of our services can be provided at home, work or in schools.We also provide health services to various prisons and detention centres in Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire.
Details
Date posted
16 July 2025
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 5
Salary
£29,970 to £36,483 a year pa pro rata
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
270-TG177-ACS
Job locations
Berrywood Hospital
Northampton
NN5 6UD
Job descriptionJob description
Job responsibilities
For further information on the advertised role, please refer to the job description located under the Supporting Documents heading. The full person specification can be accessed under the About You Section of the document.
Job responsibilities
For further information on the advertised role, please refer to the job description located under the Supporting Documents heading. The full person specification can be accessed under the About You Section of the document.
Person SpecificationPerson Specification
Knowledge
Essential
Desirable
Skills
Essential
Qualifications
Essential
Desirable
Knowledge
Essential
Desirable
Skills
Essential
Qualifications
Essential
Desirable
Additional informationDisclosure 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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
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.
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
Northamptonshire Healthcare Foundation Trust
Address
Berrywood Hospital
Northampton
NN5 6UD
Employer's website
https://www.nhft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
Employer details
Employer name
Northamptonshire Healthcare Foundation Trust
Address
Berrywood Hospital
Northampton
NN5 6UD
Employer's website
https://www.nhft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
About the company
National Health Service (NHS) is the umbrella term for the publicly-funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom (UK). The founding principles were that services should be comprehensive, universal and free at the point of delivery—a health service based on clinical need, not ability to pay. Each service provides a comprehensive range of health services, free at the point of use for people ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom apart from dental treatment and optical care.
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