Location: Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire
Pay Rate: £32 per hour LTD (PAYE options available)
Contract Type: Full-Time Locum Contract
Start Date: ASAP
Duration: Ongoing (Long-Term)
Working Hours: Monday to Friday, 08:-18:00 (flexibility may be considered) Job Description:
We are seeking an experienced and dedicated Band 7 CAMHS Nurse to join a well-established Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) team based in Aylesbury. This is a rewarding long-term locum opportunity for a mental health nurse with specialist skills in working with children and adolescents facing complex emotional and psychological challenges.
You will play a key role in assessment, triage, care planning, and intervention for young people presenting with a range of mental health conditions, including eating disorders, ASC (Autistic Spectrum Conditions), and those under CPA frameworks. Key Responsibilities:
- Conduct mental health triage and comprehensive assessments of children and adolescents.
- Develop and implement effective care plans under the Care Programme Approach (CPA).
- Provide specialist support in areas such as eating disorders, ASC, and safeguarding.
- Collaborate with social care, education, families, and multi-agency teams to deliver integrated care.
- Monitor progress, manage risk, and review outcomes to ensure safe, high-quality service delivery.
- Maintain accurate and timely clinical documentation in line with NHS and local trust policies.
- NMC registration (Mental Health Nursing – RMN).
- Proven experience in CAMHS settings at Band 6 or 7 level.
- Sound understanding of Care Programme Approach (CPA).
- Expertise in mental health triage, eating disorders, ASC, and adolescent social care provision.
- Strong risk assessment, care planning, and safeguarding knowledge.
- Excellent communication and inter-agency working skills.
- Competitive rate: £32 per hour LTD (PAYE options available)
- Long-term contract with ongoing support
- Opportunity to work within a forward-thinking and supportive CAMHS team
- Full compliance and onboarding support from our expert team
- £250 referral fee bonus for any health care professional you refer who we place in to work on a 3-month contract.
- £250 sign up bonus for any qualified professionals that register with our agency. This will be paid in your first pay packet
- Bring us your contract / Job referral - £200 bonus for bringing your existing work to us.
- All compliancy costs paid for by our agency, including DBS, Occupational Health Check, Online and Practical training
- LTD and PAYE options available
- Nationwide provider to all NHS trusts
- Multi Framework approved – Access to a large number of different services within a number of different trusts.
- Specialist consultants offering single points of contact.
