Mental Health/Learning Disability and Autism Specialist Nurse

Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust; Manchester; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading healthcare provider as a Mental Health/Learning Disability and Autism Specialist Nurse. This role involves supporting children and young people with mental health and neurodiverse needs, providing guidance, leadership, and education within a collaborative team. You will work closely with multidisciplinary professionals and advocate for high standards of care, ensuring that both physical and individual needs are met. This is an excellent opportunity for experienced nurses looking to make a significant impact.

Qualifications

• Experience in mental health or learning disability nursing.
• Ability to mentor and supervise junior staff.

Responsibilities

• Provide guidance and expertise in mental health care.
• Conduct person-centered assessments for children and young people.
• Support hospital staff in managing mental health needs.

Skills

Leadership

Advocacy

Team Collaboration

Education

Registered Mental Health Nurse

Learning Disability Nurse

Job description

Mental Health/Learning Disability and Autism Specialist Nurse

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This is a fantastic opportunity for an experienced Registered Mental Health or Learning Disability Nurse with a specific interest in Children and Young People to work within the Focused Support Team in Royal Manchester Children's Hospital (RMCH) and the Managed Clinical Services which include Starlight Ward at Wythenshawe, the Children's Resource Centre at Trafford and the Children's Ward at North Manchester.

The Focused Support Team support delivery of high quality care to children and young people with learning disability, autism and mental health within the acute hospital setting. The successful applicant will become a key advisor across the hospital and build relationships within clinical settings providing guidance, leadership and expertise to ensure both the physical and individual needs are met.

The post holder will work closely with multi-disciplinary professionals providing a link for the paediatric nursing teams to the relevant CAMHS and Learning Disability Teams. They will also work alongside the RMCH and Managed Clinical Services (MCS) Education Team to develop and deliver on an Education Strategy in RMCH/MCS to teach, empower and support clinical teams to achieve high standards of care in hospital for Children and Young People with Mental Health and or Neurodiverse needs.

Undertake person centred assessments to ensure care is appropriately assessed, planned, implemented, and evaluated for Children and Young People.

Enable clinical and administrative teams to implement and ensure appropriate risk management and reasonable adjustments are in place.

As a specialist advisor lead and model positive behaviour plans to support and meet any Neurodiverse and mental health needs of children and young people when attending hospital.

Work in collaboration with the multi disciplinary team and external agencies to agreed and achieve high standards of care.

Support the Team Manager by taking an active role to lead and guide team members and assist with management tasks such as rostering and coordinating the team

Support hospital ward staff in their care and management of children and young people.

Advocate for children and young people with Mental Health and or Neurodiverse needs and their families.

Attend MDT care planning meetings and work in partnership with departments and agencies to ensure care delivered is aligned to NHS Standards and legal frameworks.

Build and deliver education and training for staff to enable and empower their professional development.

Mentor and supervise junior staff and students providing support and advice.

MFT is one of the largest NHS Trusts in England with a turnover of £2.8bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We’re creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.

Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 30,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you’ll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.

We’ve also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.

We’re proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What’s more, we’re excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.

At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Cameron McCormick Job title: Focused Support Team Manager Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 0161 701 5504

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Health Care Provider

• Industries

  Hospitals and Health Care

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