Clinical Nurse Specialist

Band 7

Main area

CAMHS Community

Grade

Band 7

Contract

6 months (Secondment - end date 30/06/2025)

Hours

Part time - 30 hours per week (Can be over 4 or 5 days)

Job ref

Site

CAMHS East Community CAMHS

Town

Penzance

Salary

£47,810 - £54,710 Pro Rata

Salary period

Yearly

Closing

03/12/2025 23:59

Thank you for your interest in joining us at Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust.

We pride ourselves in striving to be an employer of choice.

Strategic Themes

Great Care

• Care based on what matters to people.
• Care provided at home or close to home.
• Improvement through learning, research and innovation.
• Prevention and alternatives to hospital.

Great Organisation

• Buildings that support health and wellbeing.
• Technology enabled care.
• Care teams are supported by responsive corporate services.
• Safe, efficient, effective and productive.

Great People

• A place people love to work and feel valued.
• Living our values with staff (all voices count).
• Attract, grow and develop talent.
• Leaders with compassion, who continuously learn and listen.

Great Partner

• Encourage and enable effective partnerships.
• Joined-up community services.
• Work with others to maximise workforce opportunities.
• Reduce our impact on the environment.

At the NHS, we are reminded every day of how important life is. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that's job share, part time or another flexible pattern. In addition, although the role advertised may have a 'home' office base indicated, we remain committed to supporting flexibility around workplace locations. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

The successful applicant will be an NHS employee and may therefore have contact with vulnerable service users. During the COVID-19 pandemic, it has been necessary to take significant steps to protect the health and safety of our staff, service users and those attending our sites. Unless exempt, we encourage and support staff to be vaccinated as this remains the best line of defence against COVID-19.

Job overview

SECONDMENT VACANCY

ONLY OPEN TO CFT AND RCHT EMPLOYEES

Are you a passionate and experienced Mental Health Nurse looking to make a real difference in the lives of children and young people?

Do you want to be part of a forward-thinking team that values innovation, compassion, and personal development?

We are offering an exciting opportunity for a Specialist Community Mental Health Nurse to join our dynamic and supportive service. This is more than just a job — it's a chance to shape the future of young people's mental health care while growing and thriving in your own professional journey.

In this pivotal role, you will:

• Deliver comprehensive mental health assessments, formulations, and evidence-based interventions for children, young people, and their families.
• Work collaboratively with a multidisciplinary team to ensure each individual receives the highest quality, person-centred care.
• Be part of a service that is committed to continuous improvement, innovation, and professional excellence.

We recognise that working in children's mental health can be both rewarding and emotionally demanding. That's why we place such importance on team wellbeing, mutual support, and ongoing professional development. You'll be part of a caring, inclusive environment where your ideas are valued, your growth is supported, and your impact is recognised.

If you're looking for a role where you can combine compassion, clinical expertise, and creativity — and be part of a service that truly values its people — then we'd love to welcome you to our team.

Join us, and help us make a lasting difference to the lives of young people and their families.

Main duties of the job

We are delighted to offer an exciting secondment opportunity for a motivated and experienced Mental Health Nurse to join our expanding CAMHS Community Team as a Clinical Nurse Specialist.

This new role has been created to support nursing career development and enhance advanced nursing practice within our core CAMHS service. It offers the chance to play a pivotal role in shaping and delivering high-quality mental health care for children and young people across Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly.

At CAMHS, we pride ourselves on being a close-knit, supportive, and compassionate team with a shared passion for providing outstanding care. We look forward to welcoming a colleague who shares our commitment to collaboration, clinical excellence, and continual learning.

About the Role

As a Clinical Nurse Specialist, you will be a key practitioner within the Children and Young People's Mental Health Service, using your clinical expertise and leadership skills to enhance service delivery and support the professional development of others. You will provide supervision to members of the nursing team within West Cornwall CAMHS, promoting best practice and professional growth.

You will play an active role in the delivery of evidence-based interventions for children, young people, and families, with a particular focus on risk and crisis management through coordination of our Getting Risk Support care pathway.

In addition, you will:

• Lead the nursing provision within the Integrated Care Area (ICA), working alongside the Lead Psychologist and fellow Clinical Nurse Specialists to ensure cohesive and effective service delivery.
• Manage a personal caseload from referral through to discharge, undertaking both routine and high-priority assessments and interventions, and exercising a high degree of clinical autonomy.
• Contribute to multi-disciplinary team working, service development, and governance activities including research, audit, and quality improvement initiatives.
• Provide consultation, advice, and liaison to colleagues and external agencies to promote coordinated, high-quality care.

Location

The primary base for this role will be Bolitho House, Penzance, with regular travel required across West Cornwall and to our secondary base at The Hive, Redruth.

This is a fantastic opportunity for a motivated and forward-thinking nurse to develop advanced clinical and leadership skills within a progressive and supportive service.

If you are passionate about improving outcomes for children and young people, and are ready to take the next step in your professional journey, we would be delighted to hear from you.

Working for our organisation

We're an NHS community and mental health provider Trust based in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. We deliver community and hospital-based care to improve people's physical and mental health. We also provide specialist support to people with dementia or a learning disability.

We are a people organisation and people matter to us. As part of the team, you'll help support the health and wellbeing of the people who live and visit this beautiful part of the UK.

Over 4,000 people make up the Trust. This includes doctors, nurses, therapists, plus admin and support staff.

We work in people's homes, in community clinics and bases. Some staff work from one of our 13 community hospitals. Our aspiration is to have great people, provide great care, be a great place to work and a great partner.

Just over 532,000 people live here. A third of people who live in Cornwall are supported by acute hospital services in Devon. As a result, we also work closely with our partners in Devon. In the summer, and during other holidays lots of people choose to visit the area. This increases the numbers of people who use our services.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To view a detailed job description and person specification including the main responsibilities of this role please see 'supporting documents'.

Person specification
Education and Training
Essential criteria

• Current Professional Registration with the NMC/HCPC
• Professional qualification – RMN, RNC
• Post graduate qualification to Master's level in relevant clinical specialism or equivalent experience

Experience
Essential criteria

• Substantial experience working within Mental Health
• Evidence of training and experience in the delivery of evidenced – based interventions for children, young people and their families
• Extensive experience of working with children and adolescents with mental health or emotional difficulties
• Experience and confident in the delivery of presentation and training delivery in own specialist area
• Experience in supervising others.

Desirable criteria

• Qualification in teaching and assessing learners – desirable.

At Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust we are proud to prioritise the development of our people. To support this, the following opportunities are available:

• Career conversations and individual development plans for succession planning and talent management
• Protected CPD time for registered staff
• Access to a dedicated central development fund supporting CPD for all staff
• Leadership and Management development programmes
• Coaching and mentoring opportunities
• A full clinical induction programme for operational skills
• Access to a care certificate programme for our band 1-4 clinical staff
• A bespoke and robust preceptorship programme to support newly qualified staff
• Individual professional development programmes

Being part of a successful NHS Foundation Trust brings a portfolio of rewards and benefits for our staff. These include:

• Suite of health and wellbeing initiatives to support our colleagues physical and mental health
• Free access to individual HARP portfolios to support revalidation for nursing staff
• Free DBS checks where required
• Discounts available from retailers, UK hotels and main attractions
• NHS Pension Scheme
• Salary sacrifice car scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• The Trust reimburses all application costs for staff eligible to apply for EU settlement status.

The Trust reserves the right to close this advert once a sufficient number of applications have been submitted. It is encouraged that you complete the application at your earliest convenience to avoid disappointment.

If you are successful at the shortlisting stage of the recruitment process you will be contacted via email regarding interview details.

Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust welcomes and values individuals with lived experience of mental or physical ill health joining our workforce. We aspire to have a culture that develops, promotes and supports lived experience roles - throughout the organisation.

If you are successful, you agree to Occupational Health accessing your health records from your current or previous employer to check the status of your inoculations and screening tests. Appointments are subject to full three year satisfactory references therefore please ensure you include correct contact details for your nominated referees including email addresses.

Any general recruitment queries, please contact our recruitment team on

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