Nurse Team Lead- Specialist Children's Services CAMHS

NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde is one of the largest healthcare systems in the UK employing around 40,000 staff in a wide range of clinical and non-clinical professions and job roles. We deliver acute hospital, primary, community and mental health care services to a population of over 1.15 million and a wider population of 2.2 million when our regional and national services are included.  

The shift pattern is Monday-Friday 09.00-17.00.

We require a CAMHS Nurse Team Lead to join our friendly North Child and Adolescent Mental Health Community Team based at Woodside Health Centre, Glasgow.

As an integral member of the multi-disciplinary team the post-holder has responsibility for clinical nurse leadership, managing and supporting the ongoing team development to fulfil the key functions of the locality CAMHS team. In particular the post-holder will be responsible for the safe and effective deployment and management of the nursing resource to ensure robust risk assessment/ risk management, implementation of complex programmes of care using a strength based recovery focused approach that proactively involves the person and optimises self-management across the service.

The post holder is required to undertake caseload management and line management responsibilities of senior nursing staff with overall responsibility for monitoring nursing activity related to CAMHS key performance indicators.

The post has lead responsibility for profession specific clinical governance activity and monitoring which includes care assurance; standards compliance; professional regulation; responding to complaints; staff governance; Clinical Supervision; Line management supervision; Legislative frameworks; national and board policy/guidelines implementation.

The team provide community-based tier 3/4 NHS specialist mental health assessment and intervention based on the principles of equality, dignity and respect and which takes into account spiritual and cultural diversity. It is essential you are a first level Registered Mental Health Nurse with current NMC registration and substantial relevant post registration experience some of which must be working in Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services. Good communication and organisational skills are also essential.

Informal Contact: Teresa Caulfield, , Teresa.caulfield@ggc.scot.nhs.uk.   

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