Clinical Practitioner - Liaison Mental Health Nurse

For questions about this job, contact:

Karen Pysden

Lead Clinician

karen.pysden@nhs.net

Please Note: All salaries listed reflect the pay for full time roles. Any part time roles will be pro rata.

Job Summary

The Jobholder will work as an integrated member of the Paediatric Neuromuscular team. They will work with professional groups within the Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (LTHT) and Leeds psychology team to develop this post and area of service. They will be embedded within the neuromuscular specialist care team to provide a collaborative shared approach for children, young people and their families. They will support development of tools and strategies to undertake comprehensive bio-psychosocial assessments for neuromuscular (NM) service users presenting with co-morbid physical and psychological difficulties. The post is funded for all children and young people accessing the neuromuscular service up to 18 years of age

They will carry an autonomous caseload providing robust evidence based interventions utilising a variety of techniques underpinned by a variety of models and experience. The post holder will be responsible for direct and indirect patient care, in line with Trust policies. The jobholder will ensure cost effective use of resources They will be involved, as part of the wider NM, in the development, implementation and evaluation of programmes of care and the setting of standards of care. It is the expectation that the mental health practitioner will bring a systemic well being/ mental health formulation to case discussions and support planning and provide peer supervision as required.

The jobholder will work with the NM service to develop the mental health skills of the MDT and where appropriate will engage in teaching and educational events for the regional NM and CAMHS network, providing supervision to students/learners and junior colleagues as required. The jobholder will be managed as part of the neuromuscular team and maintain professional links with the child psychology service and the national neuromuscular networks, in particular the psychosocial of Duchenne Care UK.

Why you should join our Team

Leeds Children's Hospital covers 27 medical and surgical specialties and is one of the largest specialist children's hospitals in the country. We have over 20 inpatient wards, employ over 800 nurses and last year held over 170,000 outpatient appointments and treated over 25,000 surgical patients both electively/non-electively.

Leeds Teaching Hospitals is currently embarking on one of the largest and most high-profile investment, transformation and regeneration programmes in the city and the wider region. Its Building the Leeds Way Programme aims to transform healthcare for patients in Leeds and the wider region. The investment Programme include the construction of two new hospitals at the Leeds General Infirmary (LGI) site one for adults and the other a brand state of the art Children's Hospital for Leeds and the surrounding region.

Leeds Teaching Hospitals is committed to our process of redeploying 'at risk' members of our existing workforce to new roles. As such, all our job adverts are subject to this policy and we reserve the right to close, delay or remove adverts while this process is completed. If you do experience a delay in the shortlisting stage of the recruitment cycle, please bear with us while this process is completed, and contact the named contact if you have any questions.

What you will bring to the role

Acts in accordance with the Nursing and Midwifery/ HCPC Code of Conduct. Able to fulfil the NMC/ HCPC requirements to maintain and revalidate registration. Clinical care delivery- Provide a clinical lead and role model to staff by delivering high quality care. Maintain a safe working environment- Act in such a way that safeguards the health and wellbeing of children and vulnerable adults at all times. Is familiar with and adheres to, the LTHT safeguarding policies. Raise concerns with regards to risk, danger, malpractice or wrong doing by following the LTHT Whistleblowing policy and supporting processes. Undertake duties on other wards or departments as and when required by service demands or patient need. Responsibilities for patient and client care-Assesses, plans, implements and evaluates care and treatments using specialist clinical knowledge and skills.- Organises own clinical workload.-Receives supervision of clinical care and outcomes from senior colleagues. Freedom to act-Refer patients as appropriate to other members of the multi-disciplinary team, relevant agencies and clinical teams - Make clinical assessments and treatment decisions within clearly defined policies and protocols Communication- Maintains accurate clinical and other records using the Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust's documentation.- Support patients and their families communicating sensitive condition related information and ensuring they receive required information to enable them to participate in their care delivery-Liaise with Community Services within health, education and social care (as appropriate) to ensure seamless provision of care delivery Education and Training - Provide training and education of learners and other junior staff-Participate in own and other's appraisals- Undertake mandatory and priority training within the required time scales-Provide education and training to patients and their carers.- Keep up to date with developments, advances within the specialty Leadership and management - Investigate and respond to accidents, complaints, untoward incidents and other significant events-Participates in the setting, monitoring and improvement of standards and the quality of patient care, including those standards defined in the National Benchmarks for Essential Care- Promote evidence-based practice, wherever possible- Engages users and carers views on service delivery and development- Actively promote LTHT, regional and national strategies- Actively promote and use the Leeds Improvement method to improve the quality and safety of the service- Implement policy and practice guidelines specific to the clinical specialty, proposing changes where appropriate- Contribute to policy and protocol development for speciality area- Exercises a personal duty of care in relation to equipment, resource and stock control utilising equipment and supplies appropriately. Research and Audit- Contribute to the research agenda- Undertake audit programmes specific to client group, treatments and developments.- Participate in clinical trials as appropriate.

Please see the attached job description for further information about this vacancy.

About Leeds Teaching Hospital NHS Trust

Our Trust values

The Leeds Way is working together to support each other and deliver the best possible care to patients.

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Responsible
Open and Honest
One Team
Kind

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Our purpose: Excellent, safe and sustainable care for every patient every time

Our priorities

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Outcomes

Sponsorship Eligibility

To comply with UK Government regulations on Skilled Worker sponsorship, Leeds Teaching Hospital NHS Trust is unable to provide sponsorship to applicants who do not meet the eligibility criteria or the salary threshold concessions set out under the Skilled Worker visa route. Please take this into consideration before submitting your application. Full guidance on these concessions, including details of who may qualify, can be found here.

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