CAMHS Community Nurse

The post holder will be responsible for the assessment, development, implementation and evaluation of nursing care, and activities to support therapeutic care plans, for young people referred to the Berkshire CAMHS Tier 4 Out of Hospital Service. The service, based at CAMHS Phoenix on the Wokingham Community Hospital site, is a hospital at home service that provides evidence based psychiatric, nursing, and therapeutic interventions for young people under the age of 18 presenting with severe and complex mental health difficulties assessed as requiring Tier 4 level care. 

The role includes delivering care to young people both individually and in groups, on site at CAMHS Phoenix, in the young person’s home and via digital media. The post holder will be expected to work within this complex and variable setting, without direct supervision, but reporting to and in collaboration with senior colleagues, to deliver a high standard of evidence-based care and treatment in order to maximise each young person's individual potential.  The post holder will  take part in the Day Programme  and will also act as a key worker for a group of children and adolescents and support/ supervise care delivered by staff, ensuring high standards are achieved. 

This post includes working with families and / or carers in collaboration with other members of the multi-disciplinary team and also with community CAMHS, children’s social care and other Local Authority and voluntary sector colleagues.  

a. To work with children and adolescents and their families and/or carers providing support, education, family work and evidence  based interventions aimed towards promoting recovery. 

b. To assess, plan, implement and evaluate a nursing care plan for young people and their families referred as either home treatment patients or day patients. Specialist knowledge of the following is required, the mental health problems of young people, child development, physical development, the management of risk in young people, the management of harm to self or others. 

c. To work with young people and their families / carers in various environments including the home environments, care settings, community settings and clinical settings in order to provide clinically assessed and appropriate interventions as determined by the care plan for the young person  

d. The post holder will provide and be accountable for advice to the multi-disciplinary team and others relating to their area of practice/specialism.  

e. The post holder will be responsible for following clinical governance rules and risk management  

f. To work in partnership with other colleagues across the Trust to deliver an integrated service that facilitates the wellbeing and recovery of service users. 

The post holder will be a member of the Community CAMHS Hospital at Home Service and is expected to work in various locations within its hours of operation as set out in its operational policy.