C-CATT Nurse
At a glance
- Band
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time, Part-time, Flexible working
- Posted
- 16/09/2026
- Closes
- 30/09/2026
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Role summary
This role is for an experienced Mental Health Nurse to join the C-CATT service, a multi-disciplinary team working with children and adolescents in crisis in Hertfordshire. You will provide specialist assessments in A&E, follow-ups, and short-term interventions for young people under 18 experiencing acute emotional, behavioural, and psychological crises. The role involves crisis telephone support, triage, and face-to-face assessments in the community, operating 24/7 with day, evening, night, and weekend shifts.
Essential criteria
- Degree or Diploma in Mental Health Nursing
- Up-to-date professional registration
- Evidence of further professional development/ training
- Membership to professional body
- Experience and Knowledge
- Experience of working in Mental Health and knowledge of mental health problems
- Experience of working in CAMHS
- Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary team
- Knowledge of Mental Health Act and Children's Act
- Knowledge of Child Protection issues
Desirable criteria
- Experience of using evidence based crisis interventions with young people
- Communication Skills
- Ability to keep up-to-date records and reports
- Ability to produce written and verbal reports for external agencies
- Ability to provide verbal feedback to team
- Analytical Skills
- Ability to assess and monitor a client's mental state
- Ability to assess risk and safety
- Physical Skills
- Hold a current driving licence. Car driver (unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010 which prevents you from driving
- Training
- Degree or Diploma in Mental Health Nursing
- Up-to-date professional registration
- Evidence of further professional development/ training
- Membership to professional body
- Experience and Knowledge
- Experience of working in Mental Health and knowledge of mental health problems
- Experience of working in CAMHS
- Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary team
- Knowledge of Mental Health Act and Children's Act
- Knowledge of Child Protection issues
- Experience of using evidence based crisis interventions with young people
- Communication Skills
- Ability to keep up-to-date records and reports
- Ability to produce written and verbal reports for external agencies
- Ability to provide verbal feedback to team
- Analytical Skills
- Ability to assess and monitor a client's mental state
- Ability to assess risk and safety
- Physical Skills
- Hold a current driving licence. Car driver (unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010 which prevents you from driving
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 6 at £37,338 – £44,962 a year, across England.
This advert: £41,957 – £50,387 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust
C-CATT Nurse
The closing date is 30 September 2026
Job summary
This role forms part of the frontline of a multi-disciplinary team, working with children and adolescents experiencing a crisis, within the borders ofHertfordshire. You will provide specialist assessments within the A&E setting, follow ups and short term interventions for young people aged under 18 suffering from acute and complex emotional, behavioural, and psychological crisis.
Main duties of the job
We are looking for experienced Mental Health Nurses to join our service. Our clinicians provide crisis telephone line support, triage and assessment as well as face to face assessments, follow ups and brief interventions in the community. Most referrals currently come from the two A&E's in Hertfordshire, although with our new crisis telephone line we are trying to prevent anyone attending A&E if they do not have a physical need to be there. The C-CATT service operates 24/7, this role will involve day, evening, night and weekend working.
As well as a relevant professional qualification we are looking for people who have:*Knowledgeof Mental Health problems that affect young people* An abilityto work with Children and Young People in challenging situations.A car driver is an essential element to the role (unless you have a disability as defined
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