Nurse Consultant- CYP High Intensity Pathway in East Ham

First postholder in a newly created Nurse Consultant role for the CYP High-Intensity Pathway, sitting across the East of England Provider Collaborative. The work centres on leading the CYPMH PICU Advisory service, gatekeeping referrals within the Patient Flow Team, and supporting clinicians through consultation and training. Phases one and two involve shaping referral handling, then developing a new PICU-LSU model to reduce escalation to low secure care. Fit rests on extensive post-registration mental health learning disability nursing experience and a leadership qualification or equivalent.

What the job involves

• Lead the operation and development of the CYPMH PICU Advisory service, working with the Patient Flow Hub and clinical lead
• Act as a senior member of the Patient Flow Team, gatekeeping referrals across the East of England
• Provide senior strategic nursing input and advice to the collaborative and management team, working with external agencies
• Support development, implementation and monitoring of CYPMHS High Intensity provision, including nurse-led care programme initiatives
• Offer consultation, training and support to clinicians on complex presentations, mainly in GAU Tier 4 settings
• Work beyond GAU settings, including acute hospitals and communities, where a PICU referral is made directly for CYP
• Advise the Transformation and Commissioning Team on PICU development, clinical governance, quality and service improvement
• Phase 1: handle referrals where a GAU or community referrer requests higher security or intervention
• Phase 2: join the project team to develop and implement a new PICU-LSU model, reducing escalation to the LSU pathway and implementing an enhanced therapeutic inpatient model
• Participate in national workstreams on CYPMHS PICU services
• Participate in workstreams on CYPMHS low secure alternatives within EoEPC
• Work to the four consultant nurse functions: expert practice; professional leadership and consultancy; education and development; practice and service development linked to research and evaluation

What’s required

Qualifications

• Management qualification, or equivalent experience
• Leadership qualification, or equivalent experience

Registration & licences

• Registered mental health learning disability nurse with current nursing professional registration

Experience

• Extensive post-registration experience
• Extensive experience leading innovation and best nursing practice in CYPMH across complex, multidisciplinary systems, including CYP/LD HDU/PICU experience
• Extensive, broad NHS experience at senior level within the profession
• Evidence of delivering significant service change and development
• Representing key issues at senior management level and above
• Extensive experience in both management and clinical settings

Nice to have

• Higher degree in nursing, preferably to doctorate level
• Advanced clinical practice skills
• Research experience
• Experience providing clinical supervision for multidisciplinary clinicians and complex case presentations