Job summary
We
are looking for a committed and passionate registered professional to lead as
a Children and Young People (CYP) Mental Health Champion within Leeds
Childrens Hospital. If you have experience of working with Children and
Young People in crisis or have the transferrable skills required and hold a
professional registration with a governing body with the experience to shape
CYP mental health care for Leeds Childrens Hospital, we would love to hear
from you.
This
position is full time for a fixed term of 12 months to provide the key
functions of the national recommendations set out by NHS England and RCPCH
for CYP mental health in an acute setting.
The
successful applicant will be committed to improving the experience of CYP and
their families/carers. The applicant
will be a role model in CYP mental health care and be willing to develop and
implement national and local education and training to increase confidence in
Leeds Childrens Hospital colleagues through bedside support, sourcing,
signposting, and advocating for our service users, their families / carers
and provide the support to ward-based teams throughout Leeds Childrens
Hospital.
Main duties of the job
This is an exciting position as a dedicated lead to improve the experiences of CYP, their families / carers & the Leeds Childrens Hospital (LCH) staff in an acute setting by facilitating improvements in joint working across LTHT & wider system in Leeds and York Partnership Integrated Care Board. The role aims to improve care pathways by advocating & implementing best practice within an acute setting within LCH. There may be times that the candidate may be required to work cross city occasionally, however this role will be within Childrens services. This will require the post holder to be in the clinical areas, with an expectation to adapt to the unpredictability of CYP Mental Health care. The successful applicant will be committed to improving the experience of CYP and their families/carers.
The
key functions include;
Building team confidence & support across LCH to care for children and young people
in crisis or distress
Encourage uptake of training
through a planned & prepared training and education framework for
ward-based staff, aligning to national training and mandatory and priority
training within LTHT.
Provide joint working across LTHT for Children & Young peoples mental & physical health. This
will require excellent communication skills in advocating for vulnerable
Children and Young People in crisis by working collaboratively with
colleagues & representing LCH within a network of
community of practice in West Yorkshire.
About us
Are you ready to launch your career in an exciting & vibrant Children's Hospital? Are you seeking a new opportunity? Then look no further than the Leeds Children's Hospital. Leeds Children's Hospital is one of the UK's largest Children's Hospitals with state-of-the-art treatments and facilities.
Leeds
Teaching Hospitals is committed to our process of redeploying 'at risk'
members of our existing workforce to new roles. As such, all our job adverts
are subject to this policy and we reserve the right to close, delay or remove
adverts while this process is completed. If you do experience a delay in the
shortlisting stage of the recruitment cycle, please bear with us while this process
is completed, and contact the named contact if you have any questions.
Job description
Job responsibilities
2. JOB PURPOSE/SUMMARY
To
provide visible, credible professional clinical leadership, supporting the
clinical management of children with mental health conditions who have been
admitted to an acute paediatric setting within the Leeds Childrens Hospital.
To
improve patient experience, quality, and efficiency by focusing on the
children that present to an acute setting with mental health problems that impact
on their planned care and discharge.
To
ensure the nursing care delivered to children and young people with mental
and physical health needs is of a high quality, research based, and patient
and family focused.
To
improve the experience of children with mental health problems, liaising
effectively between social care, community and CAMHS services.
To
support the wider paediatric nursing and medical team, by arranging training
opportunities to up-skill all unregistered and registered nursing teams on
effectively managing young peoples mental health needs.
To
be an effective role model for acute staff within childrens services, with
the aim of supporting knowledge, skill and experience in Mental Health
practice
Support
the West Yorkshire Health and Care Partnership in achieving key quality
indicators in relation to childrens mental health in acute care settings,
providing evidence-based practice and development of new services/pathways,
including audit and change management.
Job description
Job responsibilities
2. JOB PURPOSE/SUMMARY
To
provide visible, credible professional clinical leadership, supporting the
clinical management of children with mental health conditions who have been
admitted to an acute paediatric setting within the Leeds Childrens Hospital.
To
improve patient experience, quality, and efficiency by focusing on the
children that present to an acute setting with mental health problems that impact
on their planned care and discharge.
To
ensure the nursing care delivered to children and young people with mental
and physical health needs is of a high quality, research based, and patient
and family focused.
To
improve the experience of children with mental health problems, liaising
effectively between social care, community and CAMHS services.
To
support the wider paediatric nursing and medical team, by arranging training
opportunities to up-skill all unregistered and registered nursing teams on
effectively managing young peoples mental health needs.
To
be an effective role model for acute staff within childrens services, with
the aim of supporting knowledge, skill and experience in Mental Health
practice
Support
the West Yorkshire Health and Care Partnership in achieving key quality
indicators in relation to childrens mental health in acute care settings,
providing evidence-based practice and development of new services/pathways,
including audit and change management.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registration held with a professional body (HCPC registered or Registered Mental Health or Childrens NMC registered).
- Recognised teaching qualification or equivalent demonstrable experience of teaching/supervising learners
Desirable
- Bachelor's Degree in Paediatric or Mental Health Nursing or equivalent
- Evidence of working at or willing to work towards masters level in a health related subject
Experience
Essential
- Evidence of continued professional development
- Excellent clinical skills
- Excellent Computer/IT Skills
Skills & behaviours
Essential
- Post qualification experience at Band 6 or equivalent within a specialty role
- Significant recent experience of working with children and young people with mental health presentations
- Considerable experience working within a multidisciplinary team
- Experience of clinical audit/or utilisation of research skills
- Experience in developing and/or reviewing standards/policies
- Change managemtn experience
- Experience in supervising, mentoring, and appraising staff
- Clinical Supervision experience
Other criteria
Essential
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Able to demonstrate motivation of self and others
- Ability to work on own initative
- Good time management and organisational skills
- Able to respond flexibly to differing daily demands
- Able to deliver formal teaching in addition to ad-hoc opportunities
- Ability to meet the occupational health requirements for this role
- Ability to travel between hospital sites and to venues out the Trust and comply with the wearing of PPE as appropriate to the clinical situation
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registration held with a professional body (HCPC registered or Registered Mental Health or Childrens NMC registered).
- Recognised teaching qualification or equivalent demonstrable experience of teaching/supervising learners
Desirable
- Bachelor's Degree in Paediatric or Mental Health Nursing or equivalent
- Evidence of working at or willing to work towards masters level in a health related subject
Experience
Essential
- Evidence of continued professional development
- Excellent clinical skills
- Excellent Computer/IT Skills
Skills & behaviours
Essential
- Post qualification experience at Band 6 or equivalent within a specialty role
- Significant recent experience of working with children and young people with mental health presentations
- Considerable experience working within a multidisciplinary team
- Experience of clinical audit/or utilisation of research skills
- Experience in developing and/or reviewing standards/policies
- Change managemtn experience
- Experience in supervising, mentoring, and appraising staff
- Clinical Supervision experience
Other criteria
Essential
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Able to demonstrate motivation of self and others
- Ability to work on own initative
- Good time management and organisational skills
- Able to respond flexibly to differing daily demands
- Able to deliver formal teaching in addition to ad-hoc opportunities
- Ability to meet the occupational health requirements for this role
- Ability to travel between hospital sites and to venues out the Trust and comply with the wearing of PPE as appropriate to the clinical situation
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
