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

The Hampshire CAMHS Digital Blended Team has an exciting opportunity for a Band 5 (development to Band 6) CAMHS nurse to join a friendly, supportive, dedicated and innovative team.

The team works countywide, delivering a blended model (face to face and online) primarily focused on ADHD assessments and therapeutic interventions for low mood and anxiety. We work with some of the longest-waiting young people in Hampshire, with a specific goal to reduce waiting times across the service.

You will join a relatively new team, committed to providing the highest quality care to the families we work with. We liaise closely with locality teams county-wide and work in partnership with other agencies, particularly education and social care, to deliver positive outcomes for young people.

As well as delivering direct interventions, clinicians also contribute to the development of content for the MindDistrict platform, with a view to enabling wider access to modules and routine outcome measures for many young people open to Hampshire CAMHS in 2022.

There is a strong focus on supporting participation and participating in research within the team.

Main duties of the job

You must hold a core professional qualification and be registered with a recognised professional body to be considered for this post.

The role will suit newly qualified candidates or those looking for a change in their current pathway. The post supports progression as it is specifically funded to grant a B6 position on the successful candidate demonstrating the necessary competencies and completing the Trust's Preceptorship Training.

Working for our organisation

Hampshire CAMHS values the contribution that nursing, social work and allied health professionals bring, and has a well-established structure and strategy. Robust and supportive supervision and governance arrangements are in place to support high quality and effective clinical practice. We are a CQC Good-rated Trust (rated Outstanding for Caring).

Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is supportive of staff professional development and provides access to quality training opportunities.

Hampshire CAMHS prioritises staff wellbeing and we encourage colleagues to maintain a positive work-life balance, with robust clinical and line management supervision, support and training. Service leadership is strong and supportive.

All our work is based on encouraging our people to work creatively and be innovative in their thinking to support new and different ways of working.

We encourage flexible working. We know that a positive work/ life balance brings about huge health-related benefits, which has a positive impact on the care we provide. Please speak to us about flexible working, for example, home-working, part time hours, flexible start/ finish times or anything else. If it works for you and works for the role, we'll do our best to make it happen.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please consult the attached job description for details of the role and main responsibilities.

Make sure you reference the person specification within your application.

The base for this team is in Eastleigh, although we have not yet secured a permanent location. However, you must be prepared to travel county-wide as we provide a Hampshire-wide service.

Person specification

Qualifications
Essential criteria

• Registered Nurse with current registration [mental health/LD/Adult], appropriate to the job role.

Desirable criteria

• Other post-basic professional qualifications relative to the role in the specific care group

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.