Child And Adolescent Mental Health Liaison Clinical Nurse Specialist

Job summary

We are pleased to offer the opportunity for a Band 7 Child and Adolescent Mental Health Liaison Nurse to join the Child and Adolescent Psychological Medicine service. You will be joining a vibrant multidisciplinary team providing clinical care to children and young people in a paediatric liaison setting.

The Child and Adolescent Psychological Medicine service was developed to provide multidisciplinary consultation, assessment and treatment for paediatric and adolescent patients with psychological, emotional, behavioural and mental health clinical needs within the University College London Hospitals (UCLH) paediatric and adolescent division. This includes assessment and management of acute mental health crises presenting to the Emergency Department, occurring on wards / Day Care and in out-patient clinics. The number and complexity of these presentations has increased significantly over the last decade. These posts will predominantly work with this clinical group as a priority, though there is scope to work outside acute crises with UCLH patients requiring mental health interventions.

Main duties of the job

UCLH Paediatrics have inpatient beds based on the 11th and 12th floors of University College Hospital providing general paediatric and adolescent care. Children and young people (CYP) in mental health crisis may be admitted to these wards. The department is also responsible for local and national referrals for specialist assessment and treatment of children and adolescents in both inpatient and outpatient settings. These services include adolescents with complex comorbid medical and mental health difficulties and the Children, Teenage & Young Adult Cancer Service; a national quaternary diabetes team; a rheumatology and gastroenterology team; and a national adolescent rehabilitation service working with Functional / Medically Unexplained Disorders, Chronic Fatigue and other BodyMind or complex conditions.

The department includes the UCLH paediatric emergency department (ED), providing care for children and young people with urgent physical and mental health difficulties. The central London location of UCLH and the hospital's proximity to international transport hubs results in a diverse range of presentations.

About us

University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH) is one of the most complex NHS trusts in the UK, serving a large and diverse population. We provide academically led acute and specialist services, to people from the local area, from throughout the United Kingdom and overseas. Our vision is to deliver top-quality patient care, excellent education, and world‑class research.

We provide first‑class acute and specialist services across eight sites: University College Hospital (incorporating the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Wing), National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Royal National ENT and Eastman Dental Hospitals, University College Hospital Grafton Way Building, Royal London Hospital for Integrated Medicine, University College Hospital Macmillan Cancer Centre, The Hospital for Tropical Diseases, University College Hospital at Westmoreland Street.

We are dedicated to the diagnosis and treatment of many complex illnesses. UCLH specialises in women's health and the treatment of cancer, infection, neurological, gastrointestinal and oral disease. It has world class support services including critical care, imaging, nuclear medicine and pathology.

We are committed to sustainability and have pledged to become a carbon net zero health service, embedding sustainable practice throughout UCLH. We have set an ambitious target of net zero for our direct emissions by 2031 and indirect emissions by 2040.

Job responsibilities

For the full Person Specification and more information regarding the main responsibilities of this role, please refer to the attached Job Description.

Clinical supervision will be provided by the Lead Nurse for Child and Adolescent Mental Health at UCLH trust and there is the opportunity to form a peer continuing professional development group with Band 7/Band 8A nursing colleagues at the Whittington, Royal Free Hospital and the North Central London sector‑wide crisis service for children and young people. You will be supported by our three highly experienced Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrists and broad MDT including psychology, psychotherapy, social care, activity coordinators, education, and paediatric colleagues.

For further details/ informal visits contact:

• Ms Michaela Lydon, Lead Nurse for Child and Adolescent Mental Health, UCLH
• Dr Mike Groszmann MB BS, BSc, MRCPsych, Clinical Lead Child & Adolescent Psychiatrist, UCLH

This post presents the following opportunities:

• Providing psychosocial assessment, case management and treatment to CYP presenting in mental health crisis to UCLH ED, admitted to the wards and/or referred urgently to the Child & Adolescent Psychological Medicine Team.
• Clinical work with young people and their families in a collaborative and supportive multidisciplinary environment providing a wide range of clinical interventions including risk assessment, individual therapy, family work and safety planning.
• Liaison and co‑working with community services to deliver effective and timely care for CYP including community Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS), Childrens Social Care, education, Bright Futures and UCLH specialist services such as the Lighthouse and Brandon Centre.
• Potential for development of an outpatient caseload of CYP with co‑morbid medical and mental health difficulties such as medically unexplained symptoms, diabetes, rheumatological conditions, cancer diagnoses or allergies.
• Co‑working cases, with the opportunity to clinically and/or professionally supervise, advise, and manage junior psychiatry trainees within the team.
• Development of the departments existing close collaboration with the North Central London sector‑wide crisis service for children and young people (NCL CAMHS OOHs Crisis Service) who provide in‑reach to the paediatric departments across the sector.
• Development of a peer CPD group for Paediatric Liaison Mental Health nurses with the NCL CAMHS OOHs Crisis service and peers in similar posts at Whittington and Royal Free Hospital.
• Audit and data collection projects meeting department, trust and regional goals including submissions to the NCL and NHS‑E Mental Health Service Dataset (MHSDS) and improvement of the clinical pathway and patient journey of young people through the emergency department.
• Joining trust and regional working groups dedicated to improving the care of young people and UCLH working practices including adolescent transition, UCLH Mental Health Operational Delivery & System Improvement Group, UCLH Mental Health Workforce Group and North Central London Children & Young Peoples Mental Health Project board meetings.
• Providing teaching and training to paediatric colleagues and crisis services both within UCLH trust and regionally
• Organisation and delivery of staff support groups for paediatric nursing colleagues in general paediatrics, and teenage/young adult cancer services.

UCLH recognises the benefits of flexible working for staff.

Person Specification

Knowledge and Qualifications

Essential

• NMC Registered Nurse with valid current registration.
• Relevant post graduate degree in behavioural treatment modality
• Masters level education or working towards a qualification related to child/ adolescent mental health.

Desirable

• Hold non‑medical prescribing qualification or working towards.
• Relevant post‑graduate qualification in child and adolescent mental health.
• Qualification in other psychological therapy (systemic work/ CBT).
• British Psychoanalytic Council qualification.

Experience

Essential

• Significant experience in CAMHS speciality at band 6 or above
• Evidence of leading a change management initiative which improved patient care
• Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of young people and adolescents across range of care settings
• Experience of independently managing own caseload and making independent decisions around treatment and discharge.

Values

Essential

• Demonstrate ability to meet Trust Values of safety, kindness, teamwork and improving
• Understands the importance of Trauma Informed Care and applies this to their work with adolescents

Communication

Essential

• Able to support, reassure and verbally deescalate patients/carers in distress
• Understands importance of maintaining confidentiality

Personal and People Development

Essential

• Experience of managing and sustaining change particularly in service development

Desirable

• Experience of developing and implementing new policies and guidance
• Skilled in staff development and training
• Thorough understanding and knowledge of key indicators of excellent quality care
• Audit & research experience.
• Writing for publication.

Specific Requirements

Essential

• Articulates reasons for desire to work with young people with mental health needs
• Committed to providing safe, effective and timely patient‑centred care in a trauma informed way
• Willingness to work with electronic patient records (EPR)
• Sound IT skills and ability to maintain and create existing spread sheets / databases.
• Ability to work 5 days per week (Monday-Friday from 9am-5pm)

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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.

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all sections of the community.

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