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We have an exciting opportunity in East Sussex CAMHS and are advertising for a Band 7 Senior Nurse Practitioner. We welcome current Band 6 Nurses applying who are looking to explore more senior options and take the next step in their career. We also welcome existing Band 7 Nurses who are looking for a change or something new.

We are looking for a positive and enthusiastic nurse. East Sussex CAMHS is in a period of exciting change. We are rolling out our Stepped Care Model which aims to be support our service being needs led and providing interventions in a more timely manner. This new model provides an exciting opportunity to be a senior clinician and leader in this important time. This role provides a balance between clinical work and leadership responsibility as well as work within a diverse mix of professionals.

• To act as a senior clinician and leader in East Sussex CAMHS
• To deliver and receive clinical and managerial supervision
• To lead on audits and key performance monitoring
• To ensure junior nurses are NMC compliant and maintain high standards of practice
• To support student nurses and newly qualified nurses joining our team and service
• To link in with the nursing network and nursing strategy within SPFT

Full responsibilities and scope of the role within the attached JD

We provide mental health and learning disability care for children, young people and adults across Sussex and for children and young people in Hampshire.

Working in Sussex:

• Travel easily between coast and countryside, with a blend of picturesque villages and seaside towns there’s always new experiences to be enjoyed
• Embrace the city life with great access to visit Brighton and London
• With easy access to Gatwick and Heathrow and excellent railway links across the UK there is plenty of opportunity for adventure

We’d love you to join our organisation that is rated ‘good’ overall and ‘outstanding’ for caring by the Care Quality Commission. Our staff agree, with 82% of people in our recent staff survey telling us that they recognise that care for patients is our top priority.

Other key staff survey results include:

• 70% highlighting flexible working opportunities as a key point for satisfaction at work
• 79% reporting feeling able to make suggestions to improve the work within their team
• 77% identifying the opportunities to show initiative in their roles

We encourage flexible working. We know that a positive work/ life balance brings about huge health-related benefits, which has a positive impact on the care we provide. Please speak to us about flexible working, for example, home-working, part time hours, flexible start/ finish times or anything else. If it works for you and works for the role, we'll do our best to make it happen.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see attached job description for full role responsibilities and person specification for this post.

For further details / informal visits contact:
Chris Linnett

East Sussex CAMHS Service Manager

[email protected]

01273 402510