Specialist Nurse

An exciting opportunity has arisen in our North Cumbria Children’s Mental Health Crisis team for a highly motivated band 7 Specialist Nurse who will also have some team lead duties to manage and support the children’s crisis service.

The post holder will ensure a high quality of care to children and their families who require this service. They will provide some operational management duties to support the service while clinically working into the service. The post holder will be support by and be part of the CYPS (children and young people) senior leadership team across North Cumbria in CNTW.

The service works with children experiencing acute mental health issues. The post holder will be required to work closely with the CYPS multi- disciplinary team, as well as with partner agencies to ensure the needs of these young people are met.

The post holder will lead on service development within the service and the wider CAMHS service.

The post holder will be the team lead for the service while offering senior clinical leadership to staff.

The service works 7 days a week 8am- 7pm so flexibility to cover the service is essential.

We aim to attract and retain a diverse, talented and committed workforce, who are caring and compassionate, and therefore able to meet the demands of the modern NHS now and in the future. In return we can offer a dynamic working environment in which to build a career.

The Trust aims to deliver a high quality of compassionate care to our children and families to ensure the best health outcomes.

We work in a supportive culture which is open and transparent where all staff, families and children are respected.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Jean Hamilton Job title: Clinical Service Manager Email address: [email protected] Telephone number: 07557587085