Welcome from our Chief Executive - Samantha Allen

Our organisation is expanding and we're looking for people with the right values, skills and/or potential to join us. We need people with energy, expertise, enthusiasm to help us provide the very best possible specialist NHS mental health and learning disability care. This involves helping us achieve our strategy to improve the quality of life for the communities we serve through People, Prevention and Partnerships.

So what can we offer you in return?

We're an organisation which puts people first. We'll do everything possible to help you feel respected, valued and included. We'll help you learn, acquire new skills and gain further experience to support your career development. And we'll provide the opportunity for you to bring your fresh ideas to work about how we can do things differently and continue improving.

You will also be joining a health and care system committed to working together to do the best we can for the communities we serve. Above all, at Sussex Partnership you'll have the chance to make a difference to the lives of the patients, carers and families across our communities.

If you like the sound of that, then come and join our team.

Samantha Allen

Chief Executive

Job overview

This is an exciting opportunity for a Band 7 Senior Clinical nurse to join the Worthing CAMHS team. . You will work as part of an MDT including Clinical Psychologists, Nursing, Consultant Psychiatrists, Social workers, Child Psychotherapists and Family Psychotherapy. The role will work with young people who are experiencing moderate to severe mental health conditions offering assessment and interventions. We focus on Evidence based practice, robust care-planning and risk assessments and work closely with other key agencies such as Education and Social Care.

Main duties of the job

You will have good quality supervision and the role will require supervision of junior nurses.

You will be part of a strong multidisciplinary team, receiving high standards of supervision.

Our services build on our CYP-IAPT learning and 'deliver with and deliver well' and we have built the infrastructure to sustain this with our collaborative work with our service users who help shape our transformation with their lived experience. Our psychology and intern infrastructure support the meaningful use of the service wide outcome measures framework.

Working for our organisation

Are you a Mental Health Nurse, Paediatric Nurse, Social Worker, Occupational Therapist or Clinical Psychologist?

Do you have a passion for improving the lives of children and young people suffering with mental health difficulties?

If so, Worthing CAMHS may have just the opportunity for you!

Worthing Children Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) has recently received funding to develop and expand the fantastic services we offer to young people in our community. We work with a range of children and young people who present with a multitude of mental health problems.

We have a new team manager and have received significant investment to support us to deliver specialist interventions and treatments to children and adolescents in Worthing and the surrounding areas. We have a culture of support and compassion and we believe that every one of our team members has a crucial part to play in the services that we provide. We will work with you to identify your career aspirations and develop a CPD plan to suit you.

If you would like to learn more or for an informal conversation please reach out to Sam Rogers on the contact details below, we would love to hear from you!

Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The post holder will provide specialist assessments and nursing interventions to young people in CAMHS. The post-holder will liaise with other organisations and professionals to promote communication and good practice; be able to undertake audit activity and supervision to other staff in service area/care group. Have an understanding of psychosocial interventions to include psychoeducation, recovery action plans and discharge planning. The role will include working with young people to provide assessments, duty cover where needed, interventions and robust care-planning and risk assessments with young people and their families.

Person specification

- Qualifications
Essential criteria

• Registered Nurse with current registration (mental health / LD/ Adult) appropriate to the job role.
• Degree/diploma level supplemented by specialist qualification, training, experience, courses to masters level equivalent relevant to the care group
• Evidence of post registration training in relevant service area
• Completion of Mentorship Course/ENB equivalent

Knowledge/Experience
Essential criteria

• Extensive post qualifying experience in relevant service area
• Experience of supervising staff and students
• Able to manage a caseload of patients with complex mental health needs
• Comprehensive knowledge of interventions specific to service area

Sussex Partnership NHS FT is committed to supporting a diverse workforce that reflects our communities. Our workforce is currently under-represented from Black and Minority, Ethnic and disabled communities and we would welcome applications from these communities.

We regret that we are unable to advise candidates if they have not been shortlisted. If you have not heard from us within three weeks of the closing date please assume that you have been unsuccessful on this occasion.

In the event of an excessive number of applicants the Trust reserves the right to close this vacancy earlier than indicated.

Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust takes its responsibilities for the safeguarding and protection of children and young people and vulnerable adults very seriously and expects this of all its employees and bank workers. The Trust works with adult and children's social care to ensure that the integrated service has systems in place to equip staff and bank workers with the knowledge and skills to recognize abuse, and take action to safeguard and protect vulnerable adults and children and young people. It is expected that all staff and bank workers familiarise themselves with the appropriate structures and policies and with the Sussex child protection and safeguarding procedures and the Sussex multi-agency policy and procedures for safeguarding vulnerable adults and undertake the relevant essential training and further training appropriate to their role.

Successful candidates are normally offered salaries at the bottom of the relevant salary range. However, where previous or equivalent NHS experience in a similar role can be demonstrated and evidenced, this may be taken into consideration when setting the starting salary.