The closing date is 26th Jul 2026
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Anticipated Interview date(s) TBC
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Job summary
Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust delivers the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) in Hampshire.
Fareham and Gosport Community CAMHS currently has a vacancy for a skilled, compassionate and experienced Mental Health Nurse to join our dynamic, established and supportive team as our full-time duty worker, with scope for the role to change in the future to 50% duty and 50% case holding.
This role is essential in providing a point of contact for young people, families and professionals known to our team, robustly assessing risk plus providing structured guidance and support.
The role requires you to be registered with the Nursing & Midwifery Council and have some experience of working within a CAMHS environment or relevant transferable skills. This position offers a unique opportunity to make a significant impact on the mental health and well-being of children and adolescents. If you are a dedicated and experienced nurse with a passion for helping young people, we encourage you to apply.
The team is based at the Osborn Centre, Fareham and is a full-time role. Flexible working arrangements will be considered upon application. The team operates a service Monday to Friday 9am-5pm.
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Main duties, tasks & skills required
1. To undertake assessments of individuals and their families in the designated care group with complex health presentations, including those service users presenting with higher levels of risk.
2. To offer specialist nursing assessment and advice where required.
3. To assess and manage on going risks as identified during the assessment, ensuring that this is done in collaboration with the service user and carers. To regularly review risk factors and make changes to the management of them as necessary.
4. To update care plans and risk assessments in line with required standards
5. To contribute to the maintenance and development of the CAMHS and Trust nursing strategies.
6. To ensure that clinical practice is evidence based and consistent with relevant NICE guidelines and Trust policies and procedures.
7. To provide supervision of junior staff and trainees where appropriate.
8. To act within the NMC code of conduct at all times.
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About us
Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust provides joined-up mental and physical healthcare for around two million people across our communities. With over 13,000 staff working in the community and local hospitals, we deliver care at every stage of life, helping people live their best and healthiest lives.
Our mental health services include community-based support and early intervention in psychosis (EIP) for both adults and young people, alongside a network of specialist inpatient wards covering forensic, learning disability, eating disorder and older person's care.
We deliver extensive physical health services too, from urgent community response teams helping frail and older patients remain safely at home, to hospitals at home teams providing acute-level care in familiar surroundings. Our neurological services offer rehabilitation and treatment for conditions including Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson's Disease, Motor Neurone Disease, Head Injury, Cerebral Palsy and Stroke. Across Hampshire, our community hospitals provide inpatient rehabilitation as a step down from acute care, and our dedicated teams also staff Treetops Sexual Assault Referral Centre in Portsmouth, offering expert, compassionate support.
Everything we do is underpinned by our CARE values of compassion, accountability, respect and excellence
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Job description
Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached. It is important to us that we ensure our recruitment processes are accessible and inclusive to everyone - if as a potential candidate you are concerned a person specification may prevent or restrict your application for employment as a result of unintentional barriers on the grounds of your sex, race, age, sexual orientation, religion/belief or disability please initially contact the Trust's Recruitment team - detailed in the advert. The Trust will seek to resolve this issue wherever possible.
We are happy to talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process.
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Person specification
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Qualifications
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Essential
Registered Nurse with current registration (mental health / LD/ Adult / Paediatric) appropriate to the job role.
Evidence of continuous professional development
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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.
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UK Professional Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.
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For help with your application, contact:
Alex Cronin
[email protected]
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Pay scheme
Agenda for Change
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Band
Band 6
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Salary
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£39959.00 to £48117.00 Yearly
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Contract
Permanent
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Working pattern
Full-Time, Flexible Working
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Reference number
348-CFS-11840
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Job locations
Osborn Centre
Osborn Road
Fareham
Hampshire
PO16 7ES
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Attachments
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Job Description
Job Description - Band 6 - Clinical Nurse Specialist.pdf – 303KB Opens in a new window
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Additional document 1
EmployeeBenefits_hiowh_v1-compressed_3.pdf – 1001KB Opens in a new window
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