Children/Young People’s Mental Health Education Practitioner

STOCKPORT NHS FOUNDATION TRUST; Stockport; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in Stockport is looking for a Children and Young Person Mental Health Nurse to lead mental health services for youths. The role involves collaboration with various teams and enhancing staff training to deliver quality care for vulnerable young patients in emergency and pediatric settings.

Benefits

27-33 days of annual leave

NHS pension scheme

Salary sacrifice schemes

NHS Staff discounts

Cycle to work scheme

Financial advice services

Qualifications

• Experience in mental health care for children and young people.
• Strong leadership and teaching abilities.
• Ability to work collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead development and delivery of mental health services for children and young people.
• Support planning and organization of health services with community partners.
• Evaluate training needs and enhance staff knowledge.

Skills

Clinical decision-making

Collaboration

Child safeguarding

Mental health assessment

Education

Registered Nurse qualification

Job description

Overview

An exciting opportunity has become available at Stepping Hill Hospital for a Children and Young Person Mental Health Nurse to join the welcoming Treehouse team. This role is based within the Treehouse children's Unit, working alongside the Children's Safeguarding Team. You will be fully supported by the Senior Nursing Team, Matron for ADHD and the Named Nurse for Safeguarding Children. You will be the specialist lead for children and young people presenting at the hospital with mental health and associated behavioural and emotional issues in the Emergency Department, on the Paediatric Unit and, for those young people aged 16-17 years, the adult wards. You will work collaboratively with relevant disciplines, to be accountable for own decision making and clinical practice, care planning and intervention. You will ensure joined-up, seamless care and service provision for vulnerable children and young people, especially those with mental health and associated behavioural and emotional difficulties. You will develop knowledge and skills of staff across the Trust to support safe, high quality and evidence-based care for vulnerable children and young people, in order to develop and enhance services for this patient group throughout their hospital attendance, admission, discharge and follow-up care planning.

Main duties

1. Lead on the further development and delivery of the children and young people\'s mental health agenda; working closely alongside colleagues in all Paediatric areas to ensure timely and robust assessments and referrals are undertaken, in line with current policy and NICE guidelines.
2. Lead on the development of processes and procedures for those children and young people presenting in the Emergency Department or admitted onto the Paediatric Ward with mental health, behavioural and emotional needs.
3. Support the Paediatric services across the organisation to plan/organise actions to maximise the health of individuals, including multi-disciplinary/agency referrals and discharge planning; working closely with community services.
4. Maintain a highly visible, clinical presence and ensure others benefit from expertise through on-the-job education, teaching and advice.
5. Evaluate additional training needs and deliver training to enhance the knowledge and skills of staff across the Trust.
6. Be the specialist lead for hospital staff in the care of vulnerable children and young people with mental health and associated behavioural and emotional issues and ensure engagement and links between all services is efficient and effective across all relevant services.

Additional information

We hold a unique position in the Stockport community as the provider of healthcare and we are one of its largest employers. We believe that the best organisations are those that reflect the communities they serve. We are therefore seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce to make it truly representative of our local population.

If you require support with your application please contact a member of the recruitment team, who can discuss alternative application methods. We recognise that flexible working is important. We take requests for flexible working seriously, consider any request we receive and try to work with you, so we can explore if your request may fit with the needs of the service.

Benefits

• Between 27-33 days of annual leave plus bank holidays
• NHS pension scheme membership
• Salary sacrifice schemes for lease cars, home electronics and more, to make your salary go further
• NHS Staff discounts
• Cycle to work scheme
• Salary finance - for loans, savings, budget planning and tips on managing debt
• Stockport Credit Union- for local financial advice