How your CV stacks up
Upload your CV to see how well it fits this job role
?%
Band 8a Senior Clinical Nurse Specialist (Neuro-Developmental Team – Children & Adolescents)
The Neuro-Developmental Team at Ealing CAMHS is seeking a ** Senior Clinical Nurse Specialist** with specialist experience in children and adolescents’ mental health, particularly those requiring assessments and intervention for neurodevelopmental conditions.
About the Team & Role
The role sits within Tier 3 CAMHS, collaborating closely with:
- Tier 2 CAMHS
- Crisis Prevention & Care Team (ALLIANCE)
- CAMHS Eating Disorder Service
- Child & Family, Learning Disability, and Adolescent teams
Entry requirements & attributes:
- Essential: Clinical nursing experience in child/adolescent mental health settings.
- Must demonstrate creative problem-solving, leadership, cross-cultural competency, and strong collaborative communication skills.
- Ability to provide autonomous assessment, person-centred care, and evidence-informed interventions for complex needs.
Reasons to use Rodeo
Start with a chat, not a search bar
Grad scheme, placement, apprenticeship? Not sure what you want yet — that's fine. Your agent talks it through with you and turns "I have no idea" into a shortlist.
It searches the market for you
Every day your agent scans the market matching roles against what actually matters to you, not just keywords on a CV.
Only hits
No noise. No "maybe this fits." Just roles with a clear explanation of why they're right — and where to focus when applying.
The post holder will engage in:
- Specialist diagnostic assessments (autism, ADHD, tic disorders and co-occurring mental health conditions).
- Individual, family and group interventions.
- Risk assessment & management.
Core Responsibilities
Clinical Practice
- Deliver individual assessments using standardised tools: ADI-R and ADOS.
- Develop and deliver evidence-based therapeutic interventions (CBT, parenting programmes and grounding strategies).
- Work within a broad spectrum of neurodevelopmental profiles, utilising expertise and training systems.
Supervision & Team Development
- Provide clinical supervision for CAMHS nurses.
- Support the nursing team with emerging practice and service improvement through audit, research and quality systems.
Organisational Contribution
- Collaborate with multidisciplinary CAMHS teams.
- Participate in NHS clinical supervision structures.
Get help with your application
Your very own career expert that helps elevate your application to the next level.
The Trust & Environment
West London NHS Trust:
- Key facts & highlights:
- ‘Good’ overall CQC rating (CAMHS ‘Outstanding’ ratings, forensic services also ‘Outstanding’).
- Diversified 4,500 strong workforce, 56% ethnically diverse (BME staff).
- £426M annual turnover ( FY24) serving South England with world-class forensic care.
- Operational within Ealing, Hammersmith & Fulham, and Hounslow, with connections to low/medium secure and Broadmoor (high secure) settings across the UK.
- Spearheads North West London ICS-board initiatives and CAMHS provider collaborations.
Mission: Delivering proportionate mental health & physical healthcare within a scientifically challenging, goal-oriented, ‘outstanding’-rated environment.
For application details & informal discussions
Contact: Lead Clinical Nurse Specialist – Sarah Ma (sarah.ma1@nhs.net).
“It took my CV and asked me questions relevant to understanding what kind of jobs to suggest for me. Suggestions were almost perfect. Jobs were exactly what I’ve been looking for.”
Jessica, London
Skills