Paediatric Mental Health Liaison Nurse

This is a unique opportunity to be part of something exceptional in this patch of Kent, the Garden of England. You will be one of several Paediatric Mental Health Liaison Nurses across Kent, each based in an acute hospital setting. You will be supported and supervised by a Band 7 Mental Health Co-ordinator from NELFT (our CAMHS provider), our Trust Mental Health Nurse and the Paediatric Multidisciplinary team. We envisage a dynamic team incorporating specialist nurses working alongside children's and adult teams, evolving and offering an excellent service for children and young people within the locality, forging strong links with community services., The successful applicant will be expected to provide advice and support in relation to management of children and young people with mental health problems, in conjunction with out Specialist Mental health nurse, in collaboration of local and ICB Partners and will be expected to provide clinical and educational support to staff within the Trust.
As a team we are committed to recruiting staff who uphold our values and can deliver excellent care, putting young people at the heart of everything we do whilst working in partnership with young people and their families to provide the best possible experience.
The successful candidate will work across Children's Services providing clinical, specialist and holistic support/advice to children and young people with a variety of mental health problems.
We are looking for you to apply if you are a motivated clinical nurse, with knowledge and experience in children's mental health problems in an acute or primary care setting. You will have excellent interpersonal, IT and communication skills with the ability to organise, manage and plan your own workload effectively. You will be dedicated and passionate in your role working with children and young people whilst demonstrating excellent leadership and team working. You will be energetic and dedicated in working as an advocate in support of our children, young people and their families., 4.1 Working alongside the CAMHS crisis and eating disorder services: assess, plan, implement and evaluate nursing provision. Develop and implement specialist nursing protocols, developing care packages and programs of care for young people who selfharm or have an eating disorder, including the involvement of multi-agency input around the child or young person and their family's needs.
4.2 To be responsible for the assessment, planning, implementing and evaluating of specialist care, including supporting and evaluating the work of paediatric and agency staff
4.3 To act as a resource of specialist advice for children, young people and families on the nursing care and management of specialism; including the provision of advice and management of acute complications.
4.4 To review CAMHS patients in ED or paedaitric areas who require an inpatient bed and ensure appropriate risk assessments are completed
4.5 Review policies and procedures in relation to CAMHS and the management of these patients in the acute setting. Ensure these policies are kept up to date and are evidence based and are embedded into the patient journey.
4.6 Act as an advocate for the young person and their family and where necessary refer to external agencies for identified support
4.7 To actively involve service users in decisions about the service and support they receive, to be aware of and inform service users about participation initiatives, and actively support the development of such initiatives to ensure the voice of service users is at the heart of service design, development and delivery.
4.8 Assess, plan, implement and evaluate holistic specialist nursing care in the hospital setting and ensure that any staff providing care for the children and young people with mental health related issue are aware of the care plan and their roles and responsibilities
4.9 Daily review of ward in-patients admitted to Willow or attending the hospital with a mental health related issue. Support for ED and PAU on mental health related issues.
4.10 To provide support for nursing staff roster, working clinically caring for children and young people with general paediatric needs where there are no CAMHS children in the hospital, to cover shortfalls or sickness
4.11 Provide ongoing counselling, support, information about the conditions, lifestyle changes and long-term implications to children, young people and families
4.12 To work co-operatively with healthcare professionals from NELFT, safeguarding, members of the primary care team and other agencies including schools to provide holistic, co-ordinated packages of care for the child, young person and family
4.13 To assess and manage clinical events to ensure safe and effective care
Our staff are our most valuable asset. We are committed to making staff feel appreciated, supported and included in the Trust's successes. Our mission is to be an outstanding place to work providing the very best care for our patients and excellent career opportunities for our staff. Everything we do is guided by our core values and behaviours, identified by our staff and embedded throughout the organisation.
Would you like to work flexibly? In the NHS, we are reminded every day of how important life is. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us, for our patients and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement
We have the highest CQC rating of all Acute NHS Trusts in Kent and Medway (Good). The CQC highlighted that managers promoted a positive culture that supported, valued staff and created a sense of common purpose based upon shared values.
The Trust is a great place to work, stay, develop a career and enjoy a healthy work life balance. We have made and are delivering on a wide range of commitments to staff; health and wellbeing; equality; diversity and inclusion; access to education and career development. During 2020 we sett up quality councils, driven by our staff to create a culture of shared governance and quality improvement.
We have a strong focus on innovation and improvement. Part of Guy's and St Thomas' (GSTT) 'Healthcare Alliance' we are introducing new models of care to improve clinical outcomes for patients. Our association with GSTT also gives staff wishing to develop their skills excellent opportunities to work across numerous specialities.
As our local population increases, our services and skills are expanding and adapting to meet demand. We are continuously looking at best practice models to enhance and improve the services we offer.
The Trust provides services at Darent Valley Hospital and Queen Mary's Hospital, for a local population of over 500,000 people.
If you would like to be part of our innovative and forward thinking team putting patients at the centre of all we do, we invite you to #joinourfamily.
The NHS are striving towards "we work flexibly" as a workforce, we want to ensure that you can work in a way that is best for us, our patients, and importantly for you. We offer many flexible working opportunities, speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement for you and if it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
Please note this vacancy may close earlier than stated to aid efficient processing of applications. To ensure your application will be considered please submit it at your earliest convenience. If you have not heard from us within 21 days of the closing date please assume that you have not been shortlisted on this occasion.
Please note, that due to the limited number of car parking spaces, car parking permits will be allocated subject to compliance with the Trusts eligibility criteria and availability of spaces. Permit holders are not guaranteed a car parking space.
Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust is a smoke free organisation. To improve public health smoking or vaping is not permitted anywhere on the hospital site.

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