Clinical Nurse Specialist/NMP CAMHS Looked After and Adoption

Overview

Clinical Nurse Specialist/NMP CAMHS Looked After and Adoption – Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

The closing date is 16 September 2025

We are looking for a motivated, enthusiastic and innovative individual to work as a Clinical Nurse Specialist/ NMP in the CAMHS Children Looked after and Adoption team. This team supports children and young people up to 18 years old who are looked after or adopted and may be living away from their birth parents, in the care of Nottinghamshire County Council. The post involves assessment and co-ordination of ongoing support to children and young people accepted into the service from social workers, who may be in and out of the county along with Adoption East Midlands and adoptive parents. Young people may also make referrals themselves. The role requires close collaboration with the MDT, in particular the Consultant psychiatrist. It is not an essential requirement for the post holder to already hold the NMP training/status; it is an expectation that the successful candidate will undertake this training and balance it within their role, offering a balance of consultation, assessment and direct work.

The post holder will promote and develop clinical excellence within the team to enhance the mental and emotional well-being of children and young people within Nottinghamshire through sound evidence-based approaches, with a trauma-informed approach at all times.

Main duties of the job

Our core purpose is to work with children and young people who are looked after and adopted within Nottinghamshire, and their families/carers, who may be experiencing emotional and mental health disorders that impact development and cause distress. We aim to provide an integrated, high-quality, multi-disciplinary county-wide service to improve the mental health of all children and young people.

We work with children and young people up to 18 years old who are looked after and living away from their birth parents, in the care of Nottinghamshire Children's Services. They may be living with foster carers or in residential care. We also offer specialist consultation and support to adopted children and their families, with a highly specialised team supporting consultation, assessment and treatment to ensure a trauma-informed approach and training is offered to networks in various contexts, and direct work with young people to prevent placement breakdown and hospital stays. We aim to provide networks and young people with a clear narrative and understanding of what the young person is experiencing, and to ensure education and support around trauma and attachment and their lasting impact.

About us

#TeamNottsHC comprises over 11,000 dedicated colleagues who #MakeADifference daily. We deliver mental health and community health services across Nottinghamshire and neighbouring areas, with care provided from over 200 sites including community locations, acute settings and secure environments.

We are one of the largest mental health and community Trusts in the East Midlands and one of Nottinghamshire's biggest employers. We host national and regional services such as the National High Secure Deaf Service and the Nottingham Centre for Transgender Health. We offer employee-led networks including Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI), Green Champions, Freedom to Speak Up, Health and Wellbeing Champions, and Menopause Champions networks. We invest in staff wellbeing through in-house occupational health and counselling services and a Health and Wellbeing team. The Trust is committed to reducing carbon emissions with an Energy and Environmental team to support environmental compliance and net-zero targets.

Job responsibilities

Please see the job description and personal specification attached. The following outlines key requirements and expectations:

Essential qualifications

• Appropriate professional registered qualification (e.g. RMN or equivalent) and membership of a registered statutory body (e.g. NMC).
• Post-basic qualification in Child and Adolescent Mental Health or relevant experience to master's level or equivalent; qualification in teaching/supervision and mentoring of students.
• Statutory child safeguarding training or willingness to undertake prior to commencement.
• Further training/qualification in psychological therapies (e.g. family therapy, cognitive behavioural therapy, group work).

Desirable qualifications

• NMP qualification; sign-off mentor training; CPA and/or EHAF training.
• Further or non-statutory child safeguarding or vulnerable adults safeguarding training.

Essential experience

• Extensive experience of working therapeutically at Band 6 (or equivalent/above) with children and young people and families within a Community CAMHS setting, using evidence-based interventions.
• Experience with a range of mental health problems in young people and their families; care co-ordination of care plans.
• Extensive experience of risk assessment and risk management; capability to carry out thorough clinical assessments and formulate problems.
• Ability to apply crisis management in complex clinical situations.
• Extensive experience of multi-agency working including education, health and social care.
• Experience of providing clinical supervision for complex cases to junior staff and peers; delivering consultation within CAMHS and other agencies.
• Experience in audit, research and analytical skills; experience of engaging with service users/carers to reflect on and develop services; leadership within CAMHS.

Knowledge

• Understanding and working knowledge of the CAMHS system; knowledge of attachment and early developmental issues; experience in mental health assessment of young people.
• Experience with therapeutic approaches and interventions for children, young people and their families.
• Knowledge of working with other agencies (e.g., AMH, Social Care) and relevant legislation regarding young people.
• Knowledge of trauma and attachment and how teams may differ from core CAMHS services.

Skills

• Advanced communication skills for highly complex and sensitive information to young people and families/carers.
• Ability to communicate complex clinical issues to large groups of professionals.
• Strong commitment to equality of opportunity and anti-discriminatory practice.

Contractual requirements

• A full UK driving license and vehicle for business use is required for this post; reasonable adjustments may be made for disabled individuals in line with the Equality Act 2010.
• CRB/DBS checks as required by Trust policy; DBS Update Service encouraged (annual fee applies).

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and requires a Disclosure to be submitted to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Contract and Working pattern

Contract: Permanent

Salary: £47,810 to £54,710 per annum, pro rata

Working pattern: Full-time; Flexible working; Compressed hours

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