We are excited to be recruiting a Lead Nurse to provide senior clinical and professional leadership within the Croydon CAMHS ADHD Pathway. This is a key leadership role within a dynamic and developing service, offering the opportunity to shape high-quality care for children, young people and their families. The post holder will play a central role in driving clinical excellence, supporting and developing nursing staff, and contributing to the wider strategic direction of the service. You will work as part of a collaborative senior leadership team, ensuring services are safe, effective and responsive, while delivering care aligned with our commitment to compassion, quality and continuous improvement.
We warmly welcome applications from everyone who meets the essential criteria. As we continue our journey towards being an anti-racist organisation, we are especially keen to hear from Black and Global Majority candidates, so that our workforce more closely reflects the diversity of the children, young people and families we serve in Croydon.
The Lead Nurse will provide professional leadership and operational oversight for nursing within the Croydon CAMHS ADHD Pathway, ensuring high standards of clinical care, safety, and performance. Key responsibilities include managing complex and high-risk caseloads, providing supervision and professional development for staff, and leading on quality improvement, audit, and service development initiatives. The post holder will work closely with multidisciplinary colleagues and partner agencies to deliver integrated care, contribute to performance management and governance processes, and act as a visible and accessible clinical leader. The role also includes responsibility for workforce planning, ensuring safe staffing levels, and supporting the achievement of Trust targets and key performance indicators.
South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust is one of the leading mental health Trusts in the UK, providing a broad range of mental health and substance misuse services to a diverse population across South London. The Trust is internationally recognised for excellence in clinical care, research, and training, working in close partnership with King’s College London and the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience. With a strong commitment to innovation and continuous learning, SLaM offers extensive professional development opportunities and the chance to work alongside world-leading experts in mental health. Joining the Trust means becoming part of an organisation dedicated to improving mental health outcomes and delivering compassionate, high-quality care to the communities we serve.
The f ull job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. For both overviews please view The Job Description attachment with the job advert.
