CAMHS Staff Nurse: Sponsorship Available

Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust

Job summary

If you are a NMC Registered Mental Health Nursewe have an exciting opportunity for you to join our CAMHS family at our inpatient mental health services for children and young people in Rochford, Essex.

We are expanding our nursing team!

Poplar Adolescent Unit is a general acute ward with 14 beds supporting young people aged 13-18 with a variety of mental health issues.

Poplar Adolescent unit is an innovative service with an MDT passionate in developing nurses. We can provide further CAMHS training via our CAMHS preceptorship programme and opportunities for further development in our award winning DBT programme, ASD and more.

This post would suit someone who is passionate about young people’s mental health, and working in an innovative way at the forefront of NHS services.

Main duties of the job

The successful applicant will work as a member of our multi- disciplinary team involved in the assessment and treatment of children and adolescents who access our services.

This will involve key working young people and supporting them on their recovery journey. You will work collaboratively with the young people to develop care plans, risk assessments and positive behaviour support plans, contributing to expanding the resources young people and their family need to support care in the community.

You may be required to support the therapies team with our therapeutic timetable, providing an excellent opportunity to develop your psychological skills.

Additionally you will be required to advocate for your patients in meetings both internally and externally to ensure they are receiving evidence based, valued care.

We care for young people with a variety of mental health issues and the post would best suit someone who is able to work as part of a team, caring for young people experiencing, at times, a significant amount of distress.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Registered Mental Health Nurse registered with the NMC
  • Knowledge of mental disorder, child development, mental health law and legislation and the nursing process

Desirable

  • Evidence of continued professional development in mental health related field
  • Evidence of working with young people

Special Aptitudes/Abilities

Essential

  • Demonstrates an understanding of and empathy to the needs of children & young people
  • Ability to effectively communicate with professionals, children, young people and their parents

Desirable

  • Ability to understand and work with challenging behaviour

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: 20 September 2026

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