Child & Adolescent Mental Health Service Nurse Practitioner

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An opportunity has arisen within NHS Highland Child & Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) based at Raigmore Hospital, Inverness, for a Band 6 nurse practitioner to join our friendly and expanding team. We are seeking a suitably experienced registered nurse who is enthusiastic, motivated and committed to working with young people and their families.

You will possess excellent interpersonal and communication skills and be experienced in psychosocial and mental health assessment and care planning.

You will be able to demonstrate that you can work within a multi disciplinary team.

The community nursing team is an integral part of CAMHS and we have experienced success with a focused recruitment drive over the last 2 years which has allowed us to substantially expand our nurse provision in the department and we have also invested heavily in the support structure for our nursing staff. We consider ourselves to be a compassionate, caring and innovative team which supports clinicians to work to their potential.

The work will involve direct clinical contact with children and young people with severe and complex mental health problems and their family and carers within The Phoenix Centre, the community and Raigmore Hospital.

The community nursing team will work closely with the CAMHS MDT to deliver a specialist, comprehensive and therapeutic service, using their own initiative and acting autonomously when making clinical nursing decisions that are safe and effective in line with their professional nursing and midwifery (NMC) code of conduct.

The post holder needs the ability to work flexibly which might include working outside normal working hours according to the changing needs of the service; however, currently CAMHS provides a Monday to Friday 9-5 service.

Informal enquiries should be directed to Colin Millar, Clinical Nurse Manager- CAMHS on or via email at or April Emmott, Divisional Nurse Manager on or by email; .

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NHS Highland is geographically the largest of the 14 regional boards of NHS Scotland, covering an area of 12,500 square miles, across Highland and Argyll & Bute.

As a board we strive to ensure the environment is conducive to nurturing a positive culture, supported and delivered through our NHS and Social Care values.

NHS Scotland is reducing their full time working week from 37.5 to 37 hours per week from 1 April 2024 but with no change in pay. This reduction will also be applied pro rata for part time staff. This advert and any subsequent offer/contract of employment therefore reflects the new working hours. However, as not all service areas will be able to adopt the 37 hour working week immediately from 1 April 2024, you may be required to work up to an additional 30 minutes per week for a temporary period for which you would be paid until the service you are working in changes rosters or working patterns to accommodate the new reduced working week. If you have any questions or concerns please contact the Recruiting Board.