Job Title: CYP Mental Health Liaison Matron Role

Band: 8a

Location: University Hospitals of Leics NHS Trust

Department: Corporate Nursing/ Childrens Hospital

Professionally accountable to: Head of Nursing Children's Hospital

Managerial Accountable to: CYP Mental Health Lead.

Main duties of the job

This is an exciting opportunity to work alongside the CYP MH Clinical Lead for a 10 month secondment to help develop CYP mental health services within UHL and work in a liaison capacity with CAMHS CYP team to deliver collaborative systems and pathways for CYP in UHL with Mental health needs. As a strong clinical leader, this role will lead on the strategic development of clinical pathways, develop educational programmes for UHL staff, provide patient focused care and create a collaborative approach with the multidisciplinary team and wider stakeholders

CYP presenting to UHL with MH challenges continue to rise and admission to the acute paediatric wards for CYP with MH illnesses or concerns are often complex cases that have multiple clinical services involved and have prolonged length of stays prior to discharge.

This would be a full time post (Band 8a) to be incorporated into the Corporate Nursing Team to work collaboratively with the Matron for Children's Safeguarding (due to the overlap of the more complex admitted patients) and the Children's Safeguarding team, as well as the Lead Nurse for the Children's Hospital, Matron for Learning Disability and the UHL Mental Health and Safeguarding Lead.

About us

Our new strategy, developed with the support and feedback of colleagues, patients, and partners, is our compass for the next seven years (2023-2030).

We have four primary goals:

• high-quality care for all,
• being a great place to work,
• partnerships for impact, and
• research and education excellence

And we will embed health equality in all we do - taking active steps to reduce the avoidable differences in healthcare that some people face, working in partnership with communities.

Our strategy is underpinned by new values and we will work to ensure they are an everyday reality for all:

• we are compassionate,
• we are proud,
• we are inclusive, and
• we are one team

This is an exciting moment as we look to the future with clarity on what we already do well and where we need to focus our energies to make an even bigger difference for the people we serve.

About the University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust:

http://www.leicestershospitals.nhs.uk/aboutus/work-for-us/current-vacancies/

Job description

Job responsibilities

-Provide Effective Leadership and Communication

- -Delivery of Effective Health care within the organisation

-Clinical Governance , Reduction of Risk, Audit, and Research

1.1 To improve patient experience, quality and efficiency of service in the acute paediatric setting by focusing on CYP with mental health issues that can complicate their care and discharge.

1.2 To support staff within the units to appropriately risk assess, plan and deliver care and support the pathway of children and young people with mental health conditions within the acute Trust.

1.3 To ensure the nursing care delivered to CYP with mental and physical health needs is of high quality, research based and is patient and family focussed.

1.4 To work alongside the newly appointed General Paediatrician with an interest in Eating Disorders and the Paediatric Dietician with an Interest in Eating Disorders to develop the inpatient Eating disorder pathway within UHL and to work in collaboration with the CAMHS Eating Disorders service.

1.5 Work with Play Specialists to ensure that resources are available for children / young people whilst in the Childrens ED or on the Paediatric wards.

1.6 To co-ordinate care for children and young people by liaising with the medical, nursing , CAMHS colleagues and other support services and to support communication between the Young Person, acute paediatric/adult medical team, CAMHS, Childrens Services, Safeguarding teams, Eating Disorders service, Learning disability team and Discharge team etc .

1.7 To help deliver organise and deliver the MDT Psychosocial weekly meeting between UHL Gen Paeds Team and CAMHS (and other services as required).

1.8 Provide information, referral and/or appropriate sign-posting for Children, young people, carers and parents.

2. Provide managerial and clinical advice and where necessary practical support with implementation of the Trusts mental health and associated policies with particular focus on advocacy and compliance with legal responsibilities

.1To develop education and training programmes in collaboration with the Practice Development Teams and Lead Nurse for the Childrens Hospital to ensure that knowledge, skills and competencies of the trained staff and students are able to meet patients' and carers' needs by develop learning outcomes and competency assessments for all staff.

..0 Provide managerial and clinical advice and where necessary practical support with implementation of the Trusts mental health and associated policies with particular focus on advocacy and compliance with legal responsibilities

Provide managerial, clinical expertise and advice on clinical risk issues associated with CYP Mental Health.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered Mental Health Nurse/ Childrens on NMC register
• Evidence of educating and training groups of staff

Desirable

• Minimum three years experience at Band 7 of of working with C& YP with complex mental health needs

Qualifications

Desirable

• Masters Qualification in relevant field / evidence of studying at Masters Level

Knowledge

Essential

• Understands the scope of the role of the Matron and multi disciplinary working and how this contributes to service development, quality improvement and leading effectively

Desirable

• Demonstrates knowledge of the needs of CYP with complex health needs in an acute setting: ED and inpatient areas

Skills

Essential

• Ability to remain patient focused and solution focused

Desirable

• Evidence of devising safety plans and convening safe discharge planning meetings with member of the MDT

Qualifications

Essential

• Evidence of NMC approved Teaching and Assessing programme or equivalent

skills

Essential

• Effective verbal and written English language

Personal criteria

Essential

• Professional at all times and must demonstrate behaviours consistent with organisations values

Desirable

• Evidence of additional responsibilities/interests e.g. link/champion roles IT skills

Skills

Essential

• Ability to communicate effectively (written, verbal and non-verbal communication) with patients/relatives and carers and all members of the multi-disciplinary team

Desirable

• Ability to lead reflective practice and clinical supervision activities

Employer details

Employer name

University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust

Address

Leicester Royal Infirmary

Infirmary Square

Leicester

LE1 5WW

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