Mental Health Practitioner, Acute Liaison Team

Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust; Liverpool; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust is seeking an enthusiastic Nurse or AHP for their Mental Health Acute Liaison Team. This role involves supporting young patients and their families, coordinating care, and playing a key part in service development at one of Europe's leading children's hospitals.

Qualifications

• Experience in mental health care.
• Ability to work with children and young people.
• Qualifications as a registered nurse or AHP.

Responsibilities

• Provide guidance and support to young patients and families.
• Coordinate care for children referred to the team.
• Supervise junior staff and support service development.

Skills

Organisational skills

Enthusiasm

Support skills

Team coordination

Education

Nursing or AHP qualification

Job description

We are looking to recruit a dynamic, organised, and enthusiastic nurse or AHP to join our new and innovative Mental Health Acute Liaison Team based within Alder Hey Children's Hospital.

The post holder will be required to provide guidance and support to professionals across the trust, as well as provide direct support to young people and their parents/carers admitted to Alder Hey for physical health care needs, who also have a mental health presentation.

The successfully candidate will play a crucial role in the further development of service provision and its expansion over the next 12-18 months.

The post holder is responsible for supporting the coordination of care for children and young people referred to the Mental Health Acute Liaison Team who require assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation as required. The Mental Health Practitioner will supervise and develop junior staff as well as working with the Team Leader to support ongoing service and quality developments.

As one of Europe’s biggest and busiest children’s hospitals, at Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust, we treat everything from common illnesses to highly complex and specialist conditions. In addition to our main hospital site, we offer paediatric services at a number of community sites and hold local clinics across Merseyside, Cumbria, Shropshire, Wales and the Isle of Man. We also provide specialist inpatient care for children with complex mental health needs in our recently relocated and newly opened state of the art facility.

Alder Hey has a thriving research portfolio and leads research into children’s medicines, infection, inflammation and oncology. We are becoming recognised as one of the world’s leaders in children’s healthcare and research. We contribute to public health, lead cutting-edge research and teach the next generation of children’s specialists. Alongside this is our Innovation Hub, a dedicated space where clinicians and industries can come together to create new products and technologies.

We know that a children’s hospital is different and that our job is more than just treating an illness. To us, every child is an individual. As well as giving them the very best care, we set out to make them feel happy, safe and confident as they play, learn and grow. At Alder Hey we are here to look after a child and their family and that includes mums, dads, brothers and sisters.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Tony Maguire Job title: Acute Mental Health Liaison Nurse Specialist Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 07974875830

Andrea O'Donnell

Nurse Consultant

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