Lead Nurse CAMHS

Overview

Lead Nurse Harrow CAMHS at Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust. The closing date is 13 February 2026.

To provide leadership and operational management of all nurses within the Harrow CAMHS team, and with other multi-disciplinary professional leads, support the team manager by ensuring team structures and policies are adhered to, and support the development of new ways of working. The post holder will work autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the service's policies and procedures.

They will utilise research skills for audit to support policy and service development; and undertake research within the area served by the service and of relevance to young people, their families and carers.
The closing date is 13 February 2026

We’re passionate about delivering first-class patient-centered, safe and effective care, whether it is in a hospital setting, in a community clinic or in the patient’s own home. Wherever you wish to work and whatever stage of your career you’re at, there’s always a place for you at CNWL.

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The post holder will focus on:

• Contributing to highly specialist assessments and treatment of children and young people with complex and high-risk mental health presentations including outreach work.
• Supervise and manage the Enhanced Treatment Team within Harrow CAMHS, ensuring effective clinical care is provided in line with clinical governance and best practice, and meeting service line performance targets.
• Support the development of new services and protocols as dictated by CAMHS Transformation plans and good practice.
• Provide CAMHS assessment and intervention, including case formulation and treatment plans in line with best practice and evidence-based interventions.
• Provide advice and consultation to the team on nursing interventions focusing on the most complex children and families. Provide operational management and clinical supervision to the Harrow CAMHS nurses, and line management and clinical oversight of all job plans for Harrow CAMHS nurses.

There’s a place for you  are passionate about delivering first-class patient-centered, safe and effective care, whether it is in a hospital setting, in a community clinic or in the patient’s own home. Patients are at the heart of everything we do. Providing top quality care depends on our ability to employ the best people.

We are always looking to recruit outstanding people who will go the extra mile to support our patients, colleagues, teams and the Trust. With every new employee we’re hoping to find our future leaders and will support our staff by providing opportunities to develop your career. With a diverse culture and a diverse range of opportunities across mental health, community services, addictions, eating disorders, learning disabilities and more, whatever stage of your career you’re at, there’s always a place for you at CNWL.

Provide comprehensive CAMHS assessments of children and young people. Formulate and implement plans for the treatment and/or management of the child/young person’s problems, based upon an appropriate conceptual framework, and employing methods based upon evidence of efficacy, across the full range of care settings.

Be responsible for implementing a range of interventions for individuals, carers, families and groups, within and across teams employed individually and in synthesis.

Evaluate and make decisions about treatment options considering both theoretical and therapeutic models and highly complex factors concerning historical and developmental processes that have shaped the individual, family or group.

To exercise autonomous professional responsibility for the assessment, treatment and discharge of children and young people whose problems are managed by psychologically based standard care plans.

Provide specialist advice, guidance and consultation to other professionals contributing directly to child and young person formulation, diagnosis and treatment plan.

• Degree/diploma in Nursing
• Current…