Child and Adolescent Mental Health Liaison Clinical Nurse Specialist

University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; London; On-site; GBP 37,000 - 44,000; Full time

Job summary

University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Band 7 Child and Adolescent Mental Health Liaison Nurse to join their multidisciplinary team for a 12-month position. This role focuses on delivering psychosocial assessments and treatment to children facing mental health crises, while also collaborating with community services to ensure comprehensive care. The position offers opportunities for professional development and working in a dynamic and supportive environment.

Qualifications

• Experience in child and adolescent mental health is essential.
• Ability to provide clinical care in a multidisciplinary team setting.
• Qualification as a registered nurse with mental health training.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical care to children and young people in mental health crisis.
• Conduct psychosocial assessments and develop treatment plans.
• Liaise with community services for effective treatment delivery.

Skills

Psychosocial assessment

Case management

Collaborative work

Risk assessment

Individual therapy

Family work

Job description

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 for 12 months. 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.

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), Children’s Social Care, education, RedThread, 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.
• Development of the department’s 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.
  
  

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 Throat, Nose and Ear Hospital
• Eastman Dental Hospital
• Royal London Hospital for Integrated Medicine
• University College Hospital Macmillan Cancer Centre
• The Hospital for Tropical Diseases
• University College Hospitals 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

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Michaela Lydon Job title: Lead Nurse for Child and Adolescent Mental Health Email address: [e-mail]

Dr Mike Groszmann MB BS, BSc, MRCPsych, Clinical Lead Child & Adolescent Psychiatrist, UCLH

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