Mental Health Champion/ Young People Practitioner for Children Service

Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital (RNOH) NHS Trust; Greater London; On-site; GBP 59,000 - 67,000; Part time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a passionate and skilled senior children/mental health nurse to join their dynamic team. This role involves advocating for mental health in children services, fostering collaboration between various healthcare teams, and enhancing service delivery for children and young people. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in mental health, experience with complex cases, and a commitment to improving care standards. Join this forward-thinking organization to make a meaningful impact on the lives of children and their families in a supportive and innovative environment.

Qualifications

• Registered healthcare professional with active HCPC or NMC registration required.
• Experience in working with complex cases and safeguarding challenges essential.

Responsibilities

• Support CYP and families with mental and emotional needs.
• Facilitate joint working across mental health and physical health.
• Contribute to the development of high-quality, accessible services.

Skills

Mental Health Advocacy

Collaborative Working

Policy Development

Training Program Development

Knowledge of Safeguarding

Education

Registered Healthcare Professional

Teaching and Assessing Qualification

Job description

NHS AfC: Band 8a

Main area: Children Services

Grade: NHS AfC: Band 8a

Contract: Fixed term: 12 months

Hours: Part time - 22.5 hours per week

Job ref: 392-RNOH-1108

Site: Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust

Town: Stanmore

Salary: £59,490 - £66,239 per annum inclusive of HCAs

Salary period: Yearly

Closing: 02/01/2025 23:59

Please note in order to progress your application, your data will be processed by our 3rd party recruitment providers – North London Partners Shared Service, who conduct recruitment activities on behalf of Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust.

The Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust is the largest orthopaedic hospital in the UK and a global leader in our field. We provide a dynamic working environment where we support frontline staff to implement improvements so that we can realise our vision of being a world leading neuro musculoskeletal hospital providing the best patient care and staff experience in the NHS, delivering world leading research, and offering a strong foundation of education, training and career progression.

Job overview

Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust (RNOH) Children service is looking to recruit a talented, inspirational, collaborative senior children/mental health nurse, or senior allied health professional with specialism in Children and Young People care.

As well as advocating for mental health across our children services, the individual would help facilitate join up between RNOH practitioners, Children and Adolescent Mental Health Services, Liaison teams, learning disability and autism services, safeguarding and other key partners.

Main duties of the job

1. Build team confidence in supporting CYP and families with mental and emotional needs.
2. Encourage staff uptake of mental health related training and disseminating of learning.
3. Facilitate joint working across mental health and physical health, working with Children Hospital clinical leads and executive leadership to encourage 'parity of esteem’.
4. Building supportive and collaborative relationships with internal multidisciplinary team and colleagues in local CYP mental health teams and local authority services, such as social services.
5. Networking with others Mental Health Champions and similar roles across local, regional, and national systems to enhance dissemination of information from NHSE, Royal Colleges and professional bodies; sharing of good practice and feedback 'from the ground' to facilitate problem solving and further development nationally.
6. Facilitate improvements in joint working across RNOH and wider ICB systems and providers of CYP mental health care.
7. To contribute to the development, evaluation and monitoring of the team’s operational policies and services and participate in the development of high quality, responsive and accessible services.

Person specification

Education

• Registered healthcare professional with active HCPC or NMC registration
• Teaching and assessing qualification.

Experience

• Significant experience of working with CYP and families with complex cases and safeguarding challenges
• Evidence of collaborative working across professional and organisational boundaries, such as Mental Health teams, local authorities, education, and social services
• Demonstrable success of implementing strategic objectives
• Experience of working with CAMHS in an acute/non-acute Children setting

Skills and Ability

• Knowledge of impact of physical health on mental health and vice versa
• Developing and implementing policies, guidelines
• Experience of organising, writing, and delivering in-service training programmes.

We are committed to equal opportunities in employment and offer a range of flexible working practices. Part-time and job share applications will be considered.

Applications from job seekers who require sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications.

The RNOH operates a Smoke-Free Policy. Smoking is not permitted on any of the Trust’s premises (including the grounds that those premises are sited on) or in any Trust owned vehicle.

Name: Adefunke Adedugbe

Job title: Associate Chief Nurse for Children Service

Email address: [e-mail]

Telephone number: 07721525215