Band 7 Clinical Nurse Specialist – Learning Disabilities CAMHS

Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust

Job summary

The post holder will work in the Community Learning Disability Team providing Clinical leadership and team leadership. The role will enhance the current nursing leadership service provision as a whole. The post holder will lead and work in collaboration, with the Nurse Leads and Clinical Leads and Head of Professions, Hub managers.

The post holder will assess care needs of children and young people with moderate to profound learning disabilities, implement care in a variety of settings, providing highly specialist advice and maintain appropriate records. The post holder will provide specialist education and training to other staff, students, patients and carers.

The post holder will need to hold a relevant professional qualification (RMN) and hold current registration with NMC.

Main duties of the job

Will act as a Senior CAMHS Practitioner within a defined community service (Solar).

Will manage a defined caseload within the service, developing specialised programmes of care to meet mental health needs of the 0-18 population with a moderate to profound Learning Disability.

Will be responsible for the assessment planning implementation and evaluation of care within agreed parameters, and have a working knowledge of local, national policies and legislation, which govern current service provision and audit.

Supervision and consultancy to other mental health professionals and involved in the development of psychological therapy provision within the service as appropriate.

Will be responsible for ensuring effective communication pathways exist.

Will be responsible for ensuring the promotion of equality diversity and rights in accordance with good practice and legislation.

Knowledge and completion of Continuing Healthcare Checklists.

Will be responsible for identifying and contributing to the training needs necessary in providing quality evidence based care as appropriate.

Provide professional leadership, day-to-day supervision and support for the defined team or teams, to take on a consultative role, based on developing skills, experience and expertise within the wider team.

Person Specification

Essential

Essential

  • A current professional nursing qualification
  • Current registration with appropriarte professional body
  • Significant experience and knowledge of working at a senior nurse level
  • Experience of working with people with LD/A

Desirable

  • Positive behaviour Support Training
  • Knowledge of Continuing healthcare checklists
  • Leadership/Management qualification

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Closing Date: 12 August 2026

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