Job Description
Job summary
This service covers an enhanced model of care to provide wrap-around care for children and young people in our acute hospitals and 136 suites for Surrey young people, 12 hours a day, 7 days a week. The team builds relationships within the acute hospitals to further support care for the young person holistically (emotional, mental, and physical) and to improve communication between the teams involved.
As part of the EWMH Team, you will be ensuring that the physical health and mental health needs of children and young people admitted to the district general hospitals are being met in order to reduce the crisis presentation. Facilitate timely discharge to community services with appropriate follow-up or support until such time as a T4 bed or social care placement is in place. Plan and deliver interface meetings with appropriate community services. Upskilling team members, including the paediatric team on the wards, regarding mental health, disordered eating, neurodevelopmental, and emotional health issues.
This is an 18-month fixed-term contract that may be extended with the success of the pilot service. There will also be opportunities within our crisis pathways at the end of this term.
Main duties of the job
About us
Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is the leading provider of health and social care services for people of all ages with mental ill-health and learning disabilities in Surrey and North East Hampshire. We also provide social care services for people with a learning disability in Croydon and ASD and ADHD assessment services in Hampshire.
We actively seek to engage people who use our services and our communities in improving the mental wellbeing of the local population. We work closely with other NHS and voluntary sector organisations that provide services and support people who use them and their caregivers.
Surrey is a beautiful county, lying just 30 minutes away from Central London and from the South Coast.
Our historic market towns and bustling districts are enveloped in wonderful countryside, and our excellent road and rail networks bring the rest of the country within easy reach.
For international travel, both Gatwick and Heathrow airports are nearby.
Please note that we reserve the right to close posts as soon as sufficient applications are received.
Working from home contracts do not attract high-cost area payments.
We look forward to receiving your application!
Job descriptionJob responsibilities
Ensuring that the physical health and mental health needs of children and young people admitted to the paediatric ward are being met in order to reduce the crisis presentation and facilitate timely discharge to community services or support and care for children and young people while they wait for a T4 adolescent admission or appropriate social care placement.
You will be responsible for providing assessments and care planning that relate to the presentation of children and young people in conjunction with the paediatric teams in the acute hospitals. You will be leading a team of Band 6 nurses and Band 3 support workers as part of this dedicated service. You will be expected to work on a rota basis, covering days, weekends, and bank holidays.
Working closely with the team, you will support the children and young people presenting with mental health needs, disordered eating, neurodevelopmental, and emotional health issues and provide timely interventions that contribute to their care. You will also be working alongside acute care paediatric colleagues on the ward and the support workers.
Please check the job description and personal specification document for more information on the requirement for this job.
Person SpecificationExperience
Essential
Desirable
Qualifications
Essential
Desirable