Clinical Nurse Specialist CAMHS

Overview

There are exciting opportunities available for both permanent and temporary roles within the Nursing Services of NHS Forth Valley Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services. We are looking for Clinical Nurse Specialists to join NHS Forth Valley’s nursing team.

NHS Forth Valley CAMHS is a well-established multidisciplinary service dedicated to outstanding patient care. Our support extends to children and adolescents aged 0 to 18, as well as their families and carers, providing highly specialised assessments and treatments. Frequently, our work involves collaborating with other agencies. The established subspecialties include:
Core-CAMHS, Neurodevelopmental Pathways, Learning Disability, Care Experienced pathway, Eating Disorders, and Urgent and Unscheduled Care.

As part of ongoing transformational changes, Choice And Partnership Approach is successfully employed to better focus on the needs of children and young people within our partnerships with families. This position offers the chance to become part of an expanding and evolving CAMHS Team, committed to evidence based, person centred, and collaborative care. The team prides itself on compassion, innovation, and supporting clinicians to achieve their best.

NHS Forth Valley nurses benefit from regular clinical supervision, supportive management, and thorough job planning. We offer a diverse in house program of clinical continuing professional development (CPD), ensuring our staff are equipped to serve the community effectively.

Applicants must hold a degree in Mental Health or Learning Disability nursing and have experience working with children, young people, or relevant specialist health services.

For informal enquiries contact:
Martyn Souter, Lead Nurse for CAMHS or Emma McEwen Team lead on

As from 1/4/26, the Agenda for Change full-time working week will be reducing from 37 to 36 hours per week. Part time hours will be reduced pro-rata. However, there will be a corresponding increase in the hourly rate so that pay will not be affected.

The duties of this post require the successful candidate to be a member of the Protecting Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Scheme. More information on this scheme can be found at

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applicants who require sponsorship to work in the UK are advised to carefully review the eligibility criteria for the Skilled Worker or Health and Care Worker visa routes. NHS Forth Valley may be able to offer sponsorship for certain roles, provided the post meets the minimum salary threshold and any other required criteria. If you are currently working in the UK on a Skilled Worker visa, transitional arrangements may apply.

Please note that sponsorship is not guaranteed and is assessed on a case‑by‑case basis following interview and at the commencement of pre‑employment checks. For further information on visa requirements and sponsorship eligibility, please refer to the UK Government guidance.

It is also recommend that anyone applying for health and social care jobs in the UK from abroad read the following guidance:
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Candidates should provide original and authentic responses to all questions within the application form. The use of artificial intelligence (AI), automated tools, or other third‑party assistance to generate, draft, or significantly modify responses is strongly discouraged. By submitting your application, you confirm that all answers are your own work, reflect your personal knowledge, skills and experience, and have not been solely produced or altered by AI or similar technologies.

Failure to comply with this requirement may result in your application being withdrawn from the application process.

Please note that the majority of correspondence is sent by e-mail, therefore please check your e-mail regularly (including junk folders) and your Jobtrain account for updates.

NHS Forth Valley is positive about disabled people and is committed to offering an interview to disabled people who meet the minimum criteria for the job. Please contact the Recruitment Office on  if there are any reasonable adjustments we can make to assist you with your application and/or interview.