“No two days are ever the same”

Sam is an advanced nurse practitioner at Dorset CAMHS.

He joined CAMHS four years ago, after working with the local addictions team. A qualified mental health nurse, Sam is a specialist in ‘psychopharmacology’ (the effect of medications in treating mental health conditions) and undertook professional training whilst working in a clinical role to qualify as a nurse prescriber.

One of two nurse prescribers working in Dorset CAMHS, Sam supports the medical staff in the team, in a role that he enjoys because he can work ‘autonomously and make decisions that make a real difference to young people’.

‘No two days are ever the same in this job,’ he says. ‘That’s one of the things I love.’