Staff Nurse/Key Worker

Sunflower House is an inpatient mental health facility, designed to help children and young people aged 5 to 13 who are going through a difficult time or struggling because of their way of thinking, their feelings, or with some difficult behaviour. Most of the children and young people start by having short, overnight visits with us, so we can get to know and understand each other before a longer stay. Children and young people come to us for all sorts of different reasons. These might include:

• Having complicated thoughts or feelings, making it hard to cope with everyday life
• Social life not working out
• Things like anger, upset or giddiness which can get in the way of friendships or relationships with family or other grown-ups
• Finding it hard to eat and drink healthily or look after yourself safely

We provide a friendly, safe and non-judgmental environment to stay in, and we have lots of learning and play activities every day. Everyone who stays with us has their own room which they can make their own with posters, photos and belongings – lots of children have told us this really helps them feel more at home.

As a Member Of The Multidisciplinary Team, And Specifically The Core Team, Working Within Agreed Supervision And Support Structures In Line With PDP, To Undertake The Following:

• To work as the key nurse, ensuring the delivery of a high standard of family centred assessment and treatment plans as agreed with the multidisciplinary team on a day-to-day basis through participation in and the provision of, aspects of a wide range of therapeutic approaches and activities within the inpatient and community setting.
• To support the day-to-day organisational planning and operational management of aspects of the Unit, including managing ad hoc shifts or defined areas of a shift as requested by the senior nurse.
• To support the day-to-day development and delivery of training and development packages to new/junior nurses, support worker staff and student nurses within the Unit.

Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust is a provider of specialist health care to over 275,000 children and young people each year. In addition to the hospital site located in the West Derby area of Liverpool, Alder Hey has a presence in community outreach sites and, in collaboration with other providers, our clinicians help deliver care closer to patients’ homes by holding local clinics at locations from Cumbria to Shropshire, in Wales and the Isle of Man. We currently have more than 4,000 staff working across our community and hospital sites. We’re also a teaching and training hospital providing education and training to around 540 medical and over 500 nursing and allied health professional students each year.

As black and minority ethnic (BME) employees are currently under-represented in this area, we particularly welcome applications from members of our BME communities. All appointments will be made on merit.

Benefits:

• You can expect a warm welcome at Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust, our staff are friendly and welcoming.
• We listen to each other and work together to embed our Trusts values and behaviours.
• At Alder Hey we appreciate our staff and reward them with an outstanding benefits package including:

• Great flexible working opportunities
• Discounted gym membership
• Lease car scheme and Home Electronics Scheme
• Generous annual leave and pension scheme
• Extensive staff health and well-being programmes

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Ben Smith Job title: Matron Sunflower House Email address: Ben.R.Smith@alderhey.nhs.uk