Band 7 Clinical Nurse Specialist - Learning Disabilities CAMHS
At a glance
- Band
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 09/09/2026
- Closes
- 30/09/2026
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Role summary
This role involves providing clinical and team leadership within the Community Learning Disability Team, focusing on children and young people with moderate to profound learning disabilities. The post holder will assess care needs, implement care plans, and provide specialist advice and training. They will manage a defined caseload, develop specialised care programmes, and ensure effective communication and promotion of equality. The role also includes supervision and consultancy to other mental health professionals.
Essential criteria
- A current professional nursing qualification
- Current registration with appropriarte professional body
- Significant experience and knowledge of working at a senior nurse level
- Experience of working with people with LD/A
Desirable criteria
- Positive behaviour Support Training
- Knowledge of Continuing healthcare checklists
- Leadership/Management qualification
- A current professional nursing qualification
- Current registration with appropriarte professional body
- Significant experience and knowledge of working at a senior nurse level
- Experience of working with people with LD/A
- Positive behaviour Support Training
- Knowledge of Continuing healthcare checklists
- Leadership/Management qualification
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 7 at £46,148 – £52,809 a year, across England.
This advert: £49,387 – £56,515 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust
Band 7 Clinical Nurse Specialist - Learning Disabilities CAMHS
The closing date is 30 September 2026
Job summary
The post holder will work in the Community Learning Disability Team providing Clinical leadership and team leadership. The role will enhance the current nursing leadership service provision as a whole. The post holder will lead and work in collaboration, with the Nurse Leads and Clinical Leads and Head of Professions, Hub managers.
The post holder will assess care needs of children and young people with moderate to profound learning disabilities, implement care in a variety of settings, providing highly specialist advice and maintain appropriate records. The post holder will provide specialist education and training to other staff, students, patients and carers.
The post holder will need to hold a relevant professional qualification (RMN) and hold current registration with NMC.
Main duties of the job
Will act as a Senior CAMHS Practitioner within a defined community service (Solar).
Will manage a defined caseload within the service, developing specialised programmes of care to meet mental health needs of the 0-18 population with a moderate to profound Learning Disability.
Will be responsible for the assessment planning implementation and evaluation of care within agreed parameters, and
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