CAMHS Clinical Charge Nurse - *£3000 Recruitment/Retention Payment(RL)

South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust; London; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job description

Eligible for a Recruitment/Retention payment of £3,000 for new starters who are external to the Trust. This is payable in 2 instalments over a 24 month period. Terms and conditions apply to the scheme, in relation to repayment should you leave within a 24 month period.

Is working within the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) the next step in your career? Are you looking to work in a team that allows you to feel empowered and proud to be a Nurse? To work in an environment that will allow you to develop and flourish as a practitioner? Then the South London and Maudsley CAMHS Inpatient Units might just be what you’re looking for.

We’re passionate about delivering first-class patient-centred, safe and effective care, across our Adolescent Inpatient Units, general and PICU. Patients are at the heart of everything we do.

Providing quality care depends on our ability to employ the best people. We’re looking to recruit outstanding people who will go the extra mile to support our patients and colleagues. With every new employee we’re hoping to find our future leaders and we’ll support our staff by providing opportunities to develop - whatever stage of your career you're at, there's always a place for you at SLaM.

Existing CAMHS experience is not essential as you will have the opportunity to learn new specialist skills through our excellent learning and development opportunities which will include leadership and managerial skills alongside clinical interventions. It is important to show through your application and interview, what transferable skills and experience you have.

In addition to this we welcome skilled practitioners who would like the opportunity to develop their CAMHS specific skills. These clinicians may come from a variety of professional backgrounds including adult mental health, learning disability and paediatric settings.

As well as our inhouse development programme, we also have our CAMHS Nursing Academy which is a training and development program which is based on the four pillars of advanced nursing practice.

We have vacancies across our adolescent units:

• Snowsfields Adolescent Unit, Maudsley Hospital
• Bethlem Adolescent Unit, Bethlem Royal Hospital
• CAMHS Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU), Bethlem Royal Hospital

Bethlem Adolescent Unit and CAMHS PICU based at the Bethlem Royal Hospital and Snowsfield Adolescent Unit based at the Maudsley Hospital. PICU cares for some of the most unwell and vulnerable young people requiring secure mental health services in a compassionate, safe and timely manner.

We are committed to ensuring our staff get the most out of their benefits package and understand the importance of a healthy work life balance. There is an extensive range of excellent benefits for you and your family. We want you to feel like you are part of a close knit team at SLaM. It’s important to us that you valued and appreciated and that are why we have a comprehensive benefits package on offer.

Some Of Our Benefits Are Highlighted Here:

• Generous pay, pensions and leave, we offer a comprehensive pay, pensions and leave package which is dependent on the role and length of service.
• Work life balance, flexible working and support a range of flexible options, such as: part-time working and job sharing.
• Career development, There are plenty of opportunities to progress your career and we support your development through a number of programmes such as mentoring, coaching, positive people management, collective leadership and other talent programmes.
• Car lease, our staff benefits from competitive deals to lease cars.
• Accommodation, our staff benefits from keyworker housing available which is available on selected sites.
• NHS discounts, with discounts up to 10% from a variety of well-known retail brands through Health Service Discounts website.

Other Benefits Include:

• Counselling services
• Wellbeing events
• Long service awards
• Cycle to work scheme
• Season ticket loan
• Childcare vouchers
• Staff restaurants

We are looking forward to receiving your application.

For further details / informal visits contact:

Name: Onisa Ahmed
Job title: Deputy Head of Nursing, CAMHS Directorate
Email address: [e-mail]
Telephone number: 07875145302

Kathryn Sam
Clinical Service Lead N&S CAMHS Inpatient Services
Telephone: [phone]