Senior Staff Nurse - Mildred Creak Unit

GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST; Camden Town; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A children's healthcare provider in Camden Town is seeking a Nursing Support role to support junior staff and enhance the development of young patients. The role involves facilitating structured care routines, conducting meetings, and engaging in reflective practices to encourage collaboration and empowerment in treatment approaches. Candidates must have strong communication and organisational skills, as well as experience with children facing mental health challenges.

Qualifications

• Experience supporting junior nursing staff in a mental health setting.
• Ability to engage therapeutically with young people.
• Experience facilitating meetings and reflective practices.

Responsibilities

• Support junior nursing staff and encourage their development.
• Facilitate structured routines for young patients.
• Offer therapeutic interactions and supervision.

Skills

Good communication skills

Organisational skills

Experience with children with mental health difficulties

Job description

Overview

The Mildred Creak Unit is a children's inpatient mental health unit situated within The Psychological and Mental Health Services at Great Ormond Street Hospital in the heart of London. The Unit cares for young people aged 7 - 13 years old with a range of severe and complex mental health difficulties.

Role and responsibilities

• The role involves supporting junior nursing staff and encouraging their development, this includes staff nurses from child and mental health backgrounds, experienced therapeutic care workers and healthcare assistants.
• Supporting a structured routine for the young people with weekly meetings at 2pm, including nurse led teaching, group discussion, MDT meetings, monthly team reflective meetings and a weekly facilitated nurse support meeting.
• We believe that every interaction with a young person is an opportunity to be therapeutic. Recognising the impact of the work, alongside the weekly reflective group meetings we support monthly individual supervision. Offering greater autonomy to the nurses, provides young people with greater collaboration and empowerment opportunities in their treatment journey.
• Role requires working within a team of dedicated nurses and a wide variety of other disciplines; good communication and organisational skills are essential, as is experience with this patient group.

About the organisation and diversity

GOSH is committed to recruiting the best person for the job, based solely on their ability and individual merit as measured against the criteria for the role; through a process that is fair, open, consistent and free from bias and discrimination. We are committed to being a diverse and inclusive employer and foster a culture where all staff are valued, respected and acknowledged. All applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, age, disability status or length of time spent unemployed. We particularly welcome applications from BAME communities, people with disabilities and/or long-term health conditions and LGBT+ community members.We have policies and procedures in place to ensure that all applicants and employees are treated fairly and consistently. We are proud to be accredited as a Disability Confident Employer, a member of Business Disability Forum and a