The post of Clinical Nurse Specialist (Mental Health) CAMHS – Child & Adolescent Mental Health Services has a pivotal role in the delivery of effective, recovery orientated, high quality, team based, integrated care for children and persons under 18 years of age with mental health problems.
The purpose of the post is the delivery of care in line with the five core concepts of the Clinical Nurse Specialist (Mental Health) CAMHS role as defined by the NCNM 4th edition *****) in order to fulfil the role.
The concepts are:
• Clinical Focus
• Patient/Client Advocate
• Education and Training
• Audit and Research
• Consultant.