Job Title: Specialist Nurse Practitioner
Post requires candidate to be entitled for work: No
Salary Range: £66,422.64 to £71,038.46
Contract Type: Permanent
Full time/Part Time: Full Time
Term Time only post: No
Advert Closing Date: 02/08/2026
Job Overview
CAMHS Specialist Nurse Practitioner
CAMHS Assessment and Crisis Team
Jersey NM05 equivalent to NHS Band 6
This is an exciting opportunity to join Jersey CAMHS Assessment and Crisis Team and make a real difference to the lives of children, young people and families.
You will work as part of a skilled and supportive multidisciplinary team, providing timely assessment, intervention and crisis support for children and young people experiencing mental health difficulties. The role offers a varied and rewarding caseload, working across duty, assessment, triage and short-term therapeutic interventions.
As a Specialist Nurse Practitioner, you will play a key role in ensuring children and young people receive the right support at the right time. You will work closely with colleagues across CAMHS, the Children and Families Hub, education, social care and other partner agencies to deliver high-quality, person-centred care.
The role provides opportunities to:
- Undertake comprehensive mental health assessments.
- Deliver evidence-based interventions and short-term treatment.
- Support children, young people and families during periods of crisis.
- Provide consultation and advice to professionals and partner agencies.
- Develop specialist skills within a dynamic CAMHS service.
- Contribute to service development, quality improvement and innovation.
We are looking for a motivated and compassionate practitioner who is committed to improving outcomes for children and young people and thrives in a fast-paced clinical environment.
If you enjoy collaborative working, value professional development, and want to be part of a service that is continuing to develop and improve, we would love to hear from you.
For an informal discussion about the role, please contact Kevin Amazona, Lead Nurse , at k.amazona@health.gov.je.
Job Purpose
To act as a Nurse Practitioner for children and their families with mental health needs providing duty and assessment, support within the Children & Families Hub, triage and treatment.
To plan and deliver the provision of care, advice and guidance to patients, relatives and staff on a defined set of conditions within a specific service or patient group.
Undertake a 7-day week duty shift rota, Monday to Sunday 8am to 8pm.
For a full job description please see following link - Full Job Description
Qualifications
Essential:
1st level Registered Nurse
1st Degree in health-related field or equivalent
4 years post qualifying experience including 2 years recent experience in specialty area of CAMHS
Relevant CAMHS post qualifying training in specific treatment modalities including CBT, DBT, CAT, Systemic Therapy
Working towards 120 credits at Level 3 (Post Grad/Masters equivalent)
Desirable:
Post graduate degree in Mental Health
Teaching / Mentorship / Assessment of Learning in Practice award or qualification.
Jersey Public Service Careers
Across the Jersey Public Service, the scope of our work means our people enjoy a wide range of opportunities—working with recognised experts across teams, learning new skills, and developing their careers. We actively seek to recruit people from different backgrounds with diverse perspectives, creating a richer, more varied environment where you’re exposed to new ideas, new ways of thinking, and new opportunities to build an exciting and rewarding career.
To maintain the highest standards of public service, we have a rigorous screening process, to ensure candidates align with our values, skills, and professional requirements. This helps us create a trusted, capable workforce that can deliver excellence and safeguard our community.
For regulated activity roles (working with children and adults at risk of harm), an enhanced level of screening will be conducted to include enhanced DBS checks.
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