Job summary
We are seeking to appoint a dynamic and enthusiastic candidate to the position of Mental Health Champion - Paediatric Acute Setting, to join our Paediatric Senior Medical Team.
The post holder would work 15x hours per week and this role would be perfect for a Nursing or AHP professional seeking to expand or commence a specialist role within the Child & Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) provision.
Please see the job description and the person specification for further details
Main duties of the job
The national CYP Mental Health and CYP Transformation Programme teams jointly released funding in 2023/24 to enable systems to come together to collectively support CYP with mental health needs who present in acute paediatric settings, as well as supporting the clinical teams that manage these patients. One of the initiatives NHSE is funding is the establishment of Mental Health Champion in each provider that admits children and young people by Autumn 2023/24 to ensure that all children are appropriately supported in paediatric settings, with parity of esteem for mental health.
The Trust is expected to use the funding to establish at least one Mental Health Champion at North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust. The Trust will recruit to the role a senior clinician who can admit children and young people to a paediatric ward, and/or who holds clinical responsibility for children and young people in acute settings in the provider that admits paediatric patients. This is likely to be a Paediatrician, senior paediatric nurse, or senior paediatric allied health professional.
These Mental Health Champion roles have long been advocated for by NCEPOD, RCPCH and others, and have existing equivalents in other paediatric priority areas, such as the named Safeguarding Lead and Diabetes Clinical Lead. They are not intended to provide a greater share of clinical care but to carve dedicated space for a lead professional to drive vital work forward around.
About us
NMUH North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Hospital Trust (NMUH) is one of London's busiest healthcare providers, providing hospital care and community services for the 350,000 people living in Enfield, Haringey and beyond. Our specialist services include HIV, cardiology, blood disorders, diabetes, fertility, sickle cell and thalassemia. In addition to a full range of cancer diagnosis and treatment services, the Helen Rollason Cancer Support Centre is based on-site and provides services to support cancer patients' wellbeing. We also provide community services and have a dedicated 0-19 service for children and young people in Enfield so that they can get the best possible start in life. This includes health visitors and school nurses who are delivering the national Healthy Child Programme, which provides a structured framework for the delivery of key interventions to support the health and wellbeing of children and families from 0 to 5 and school aged children from 5-19. The 0-19 service aims to improve pathways and partnerships with services in the hospital and deliver excellent care for the children and families. For more information, please access the following link:https://www.northmid.nhs.uk/
Job description
Job responsibilities
A full list of duties and responsibilities will be found within the job description and requirements for the role can be found within the person specification.
Job description
Job responsibilities
A full list of duties and responsibilities will be found within the job description and requirements for the role can be found within the person specification.
Person Specification
Education & Qualifications
Essential
- First level health-related part 8, or 15).
- Evidence of master's level study.
- Post registration qualification appropriate to speciality.
- Degree or Diploma in appropriate AHP role.
- Registration with the HCPC or RCN as applicable.
- Teaching and assessing qualification.
- Degree in health-related subject.
- Evidence of continuous professional development /management training.
Desirable
- Recent attendance on leadership programme.
- Child Protection Training.
- PNA or BCS Facilitator.
Skills & Abilities
Essential
- Ability to lead and motivate.
- Highly developed communications skills (interpersonal, negotiation, liaison, written and presentation skills).
- Developing and implementing policies, guidelines, and projects from initiation to completion.
- Extensive experience of organising, writing, and delivering in-service training programmes.
- Computer literacy.
- Advising and influencing senior managers in relation to risk management and quality improvement.
- Ability to prioritise, meet tight deadlines and work independently.
- Positive and effective team member and leader.
Experience
Essential
- Significant experience in a senior Paediatric leadership post.
- Significant CAMHS experience in an acute/non-acute Paediatric Setting.
- Experience managing complex BCYP cases with significant safeguarding challenges.
- Evidence of collaborative professional networking beyond organisational level; i.e., CYP Mental Health teams, local authorities, and social services.
- Demonstrable success in managing change.
- Experience with the introduction of evidence-based practice.
- Prior experience managing risk and governance issues within a Paediatric setting.
Desirable
- Experience obtained in more than one clinical setting.
- Research experience.
- Audit experience.
- Prior experience in writing reports as needed by the service.
- Networking across local systems both regionally and nationally.
- Leading case-based discussions and debriefs surrounding challenging cases.
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Enthusiastic and motivated.
- Good interpersonal skills.
- Professional approach to work.
- Accountability - Takes responsibility for own actions and promotes good team working.
- Openness - Shares information and good practice appropriately.
- Mutual respect - Treats others with courtesy and respect.
- Willing to work a varied rota pattern including day/night shifts, weekends, and bank holidays.
Other Requirements
Essential
- Ability to work in a hospital setting.
- Ability to form good working relationships with others in a multidisciplinary setting.
- Ability to identify and employ mechanisms of clinical governance as appropriate, to support and maintain clinical practice in the face of regular exposure to highly emotive material and challenging behaviour.
- Ability to teach and train others and present the work of child and adolescent psychotherapists within public, professional and academic settings.
- Basic IT skills including word processing, use of email and internet.
- Interest and ability to contribute to service development.
- Ability to work in a hospital setting and the capacity to tolerate the emotional impact of working with children with distressing and life-threatening illnesses.
Trust Values
Essential
- oDemonstrable ability to meet Trust values
Person Specification
Education & Qualifications
Essential
- First level health-related part 8, or 15).
- Evidence of master's level study.
- Post registration qualification appropriate to speciality.
- Degree or Diploma in appropriate AHP role.
- Registration with the HCPC or RCN as applicable.
- Teaching and assessing qualification.
- Degree in health-related subject.
- Evidence of continuous professional development /management training.
Desirable
- Recent attendance on leadership programme.
- Child Protection Training.
- PNA or BCS Facilitator.
Skills & Abilities
Essential
- Ability to lead and motivate.
- Highly developed communications skills (interpersonal, negotiation, liaison, written and presentation skills).
- Developing and implementing policies, guidelines, and projects from initiation to completion.
- Extensive experience of organising, writing, and delivering in-service training programmes.
- Computer literacy.
- Advising and influencing senior managers in relation to risk management and quality improvement.
- Ability to prioritise, meet tight deadlines and work independently.
- Positive and effective team member and leader.
Experience
Essential
- Significant experience in a senior Paediatric leadership post.
- Significant CAMHS experience in an acute/non-acute Paediatric Setting.
- Experience managing complex BCYP cases with significant safeguarding challenges.
- Evidence of collaborative professional networking beyond organisational level; i.e., CYP Mental Health teams, local authorities, and social services.
- Demonstrable success in managing change.
- Experience with the introduction of evidence-based practice.
- Prior experience managing risk and governance issues within a Paediatric setting.
Desirable
- Experience obtained in more than one clinical setting.
- Research experience.
- Audit experience.
- Prior experience in writing reports as needed by the service.
- Networking across local systems both regionally and nationally.
- Leading case-based discussions and debriefs surrounding challenging cases.
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Enthusiastic and motivated.
- Good interpersonal skills.
- Professional approach to work.
- Accountability - Takes responsibility for own actions and promotes good team working.
- Openness - Shares information and good practice appropriately.
- Mutual respect - Treats others with courtesy and respect.
- Willing to work a varied rota pattern including day/night shifts, weekends, and bank holidays.
Other Requirements
Essential
- Ability to work in a hospital setting.
- Ability to form good working relationships with others in a multidisciplinary setting.
- Ability to identify and employ mechanisms of clinical governance as appropriate, to support and maintain clinical practice in the face of regular exposure to highly emotive material and challenging behaviour.
- Ability to teach and train others and present the work of child and adolescent psychotherapists within public, professional and academic settings.
- Basic IT skills including word processing, use of email and internet.
- Interest and ability to contribute to service development.
- Ability to work in a hospital setting and the capacity to tolerate the emotional impact of working with children with distressing and life-threatening illnesses.
Trust Values
Essential
- oDemonstrable ability to meet Trust values
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
