Mental Health Champion/ Young People Practitioner for Children Service

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 Build team confidence in supporting CYP and families with mental and emotional needs. Encourage staff uptake of mental health related training and disseminating of learning. Facilitate joint working across mental health and physical health, working with Children Hospital clinical leads and executive leadership to encourage \’parity of esteem’. 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. 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. Facilitate improvements in joint working across RNOH and wider ICB systems and providers of CYP mental health care. 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: a.adedugbe@nhs.net Telephone number: 07721525215 #J-18808-Ljbffr