NHS CAMHS Paediatric Liaison Nurse – CAMHS Emergency Care Service Team

April 19, 2024

Job Description


Job title: NHS CAMHS Paediatric Liaison Nurse – CAMHS Emergency Care Service Team

Company: Sanctuary Personnel

Job description: Sanctuary Personnel is currently seeking an experienced Band 7 CAMHS Paediatric Liaison Nurse to take on a new locum opportunity based in Merton, within the CAMHS Emergency Care Service Team.Location: Merton. This role also includes remote working.Contract Type: Locum, 3-month contractPay Rate: £34 per hour (assignment rate)Shift Pattern: The post will include a range of shift patterns between 09:00 am – 22:00 pm, 7 days per week.Duties:

  • Undertake a range of therapeutic tasks
  • Assessment of children and young person’s presenting with self-harm, suicidality and mental health crisis, at the A&E Departments or following admission to the paediatric wards
  • Working with colleagues to provide training, education and support of A&E, Paediatric and Adult Psychiatric Liaison staff, through formal teaching and provision of active clinical leadership to the ward teams
  • Provide consultation and advice to ward teams with respect to management of complex cases
  • Actively participate in the service development
  • Be assigned a main area however will also be expected to travel to the CAMHS bases in Wandsworth, Richmond, Kingston and West Middlesex

Requirements of the CAMHS Paediatric Liaison Nurse:

  • Degree or equivalent in Mental Health Nursing
  • Proven experience as a Registered Mental Health Nurse
  • Valid NMC Registration
  • Be reflective, self-questioning and continuously appraise own performance
  • Be proactive in seeking the views of service users and stakeholders in helping to evaluate and review the work of the service

Contact:This Band 7 CAMHS Paediatric Liaison Nurse job is advertised by Deane Garrard; if you are interested in this position please click above to apply now.We welcome applications from: PIP Assessors, Ward Managers, Deputy Ward Managers, CAMHS Practitioners, Community Mental Health Nurses, Mental Health Nurses, Nurses, Psychiatric Nurses & Community Nurses as we have vacancies that match with these job titles. Online remote nurse jobs are available from time to time so please get in touch.Regretfully we are only able to respond to candidates who meet these requirements for this Registered Mental Health Nurse role as we need to meet our clients’ requirements.Sanctuary Personnel are a dedicated and award-winning recruitment agency with a TrustPilot score of 4.8/5 and over 500+ reviews.Reasonable Adjustments:If you consider yourself to have a disability or require any reasonable adjustment during the recruitment process or within the workp

Expected salary: £34 per hour

Location: Merton

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