Job summary
- Main area
- Pediatric Liaison Nurse
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- Bank: 4 months (Weekdays 9-5pm)
- Hours
- Part time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 384-SM-Paediatric Nurse
- Employer
- Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- East Surrey Hospital
- Town
- Redhill, Surrey
- Salary
- £30.35 Per hour
- Salary period
- Hourly
- Closing
- 16/09/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Pediatric Liaison Nurse
Band 7
Job overview
Important Information for Applicants: This vacancy is for Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (SaBP).
This role is offered through Flexi-Bank, a collaborative temporary staffing service delivered in partnership between Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust and Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust. Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust acts as the host provider and manages the recruitment, onboarding and administrative processes on behalf of Surrey and Borders.
Please note that although Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust branding may appear on this advert and within the recruitment system, successful applicants for this vacancy will undertake bank shifts for Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust.
Work Location:
East Surrey Hospital
Canada Avenue,
Redhill, Surrey,
RH1 5RH
Why join Flexi‑Bank?
Work flexibly – choose shifts that suit your lifestyle and availability
Access more opportunities – pick up shifts across mental health and community
Get paid fairly and on time – competitive rates and fast access to earnings through Stream
Stay supported – benefit from training, development and guidance from our dedicated Temporary Staffing Team
Main duties of the job
Surrey and Borders is looking for someone who will make lives better by leading and managing care of Children and Young People (CYP) who present in the Emergency Department (ED) at the District General Hospital (DGH) and by working in partnership with the multi-disciplinary team consisting of representatives from the ED, police, ambulance, and mental health service alongside CYP and their families/carers collaboratively making a difference to their lives
As part of a partnership within the Pediatric ED at the DGH it is vital to ensure the service operates in a safe, effective and efficient way as part of a whole system. Foster a culture that encourages and enables individuals to have an active role in identifying, planning and meeting their individual needs. Support strategic leadership in relation to service improvement and quality evaluation
Working for our organisation
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 who provide services and support people who use services and carers.
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.
Would you like to work in an organisation that sits in the top 10 best NHS Mental Health, Learning Disability and Community Services Trusts to work for? This ranking is based on staff feedback in the 2023 NHS Staff Survey.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Clinical Duties
- To clinically undertake mental health/risk assessment, which can be used to inform the care planning of the CYP whilst they are at DGH.
- To maintain accurate contemporaneous records during assessments, complying with the trust documentation policy and that of your professional body
- To manage clinical situations that may be challenging and distressing for staff, ensuring the needs of the CYP and family/carers are paramount
- To ensure effective discharge planning so that individual CYP needs are met with an appropriate plan of action involving the multidisciplinary team as required
- Support and mentor junior colleagues
- To improve the experience for CYP presenting to the Emergency Department.
- To foster a close working relationship with clinicians and Allied Health Care Professionals to ensure a multidisciplinary approach to care in line with clinical governance
- To critically analyse risk assessments to prioritise care and management of CYP.
- To provide consultation to other professionals within CYPS.
Management Responsibility/Professional Leadership
- To effectively manage the pathway from admission until discharge for CYP
- To assist in the decision-making regarding skill mix and presenting acuity and the need for 1:1 staffing
- To work alongside and support staff when a CYP presents in crisis or displaying violent or aggressive outbursts. Able to use techniques to diffuse behaviour
- Facilitate and support nurses in working collaboratively with all other members of the multi- disciplinary team
- Use of leadership styles appropriate to the changing circumstances/landscap
Education Training and Personal Development
- Act as a role model to junior nurses and students rotating to the area
- Provide information, referral and/or appropriate “sign-posting” for CYP and families/carers.
- To undertake a recognised assessor training and subsequently participate in the formal assessment of learner nurses (nurses only).
- To plan and maximise opportunities to deliver work-based learning for the Emergency Department Team. This may extend to the Paediatric Ward.
- To stay in date with all Stat and Mand training courses
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Registered Mental Health Nurse with CYP experience or Mentorship preparation, relevant teaching qualification or relevant experience
- Demonstration that you have knowledge of your professional code of conduct and guidance issued by your professional body and that you adhere to this
Desirable criteria
- Assessment in Practice or Mentor preparation course
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of undertaking specialist assessment and treatment of CYP
- Experience of working with CYP either in community or T4 settings
- Evidence of continuing professional development
- A minimum of two years relevant MH experience in a CYP environment
- Knowledge of legislation with relation to CYP care and treatment
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working with CYP with disordered eating
- Experience of working in the NHS
- Level 3 Safeguarding Children and Adults training
- Experience of family therapy or therapeutic intervention skills
- Prevention and management of violence and Aggression skills
Skills
Essential criteria
- Effective and efficient keyboard skills in the recording of clinical information and in communicating with colleagues.
- Knowledge & awareness of diversity and human rights and the competencies appropriate to your role to support their diverse needs and human rights
- Able to communicate effectively with the CYP, families and with other staff /agencies to ensure that the care, treatment and support is not compromised
- Able to demonstrate a good understanding of the CYP communication, physical & emotional needs; can identify changing needs and recognise and promote their independence
- Ability to undertake a clinical risk assessment and to work within safeguarding procedures
Desirable criteria
- Skills in using IT, including office applications, clinical record systems and database/statistical applications e.g. Excel
- Ability to teach and train others, using a variety of complex multi-media materials suitable for presentations within public, professional and academic settings
- Ability to lead and motivate others
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
The postholder will have regular contact with vulnerable people and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Caroline Musendo
- Job title
- Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
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