Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Specific Responsibilities 
1. Working relationships:  
1.1 Working within the paediatric areas, PAU and Emergency Department 
1.2 Liaise with NELFT, CAMHS crisis, eating disorder teams, learning disabilities and 
safeguarding teams and Social Services 
1.3 Working within multidisciplinary and multi-agency care teams and relevant shared 
care/tertiary centres. 
1.4 Ensuring that clients and carers who face cultural and/or language barriers are helped to 
understand and make use of the services available. 
1.5 To maintain and develop relationships with professionals external to the area of service, 
children, young people and their families (where appropriate) within CAMHS area of 
service/specialism. 
2. Budget responsibilities: 
2.1 To ensure the effective use of all resources, supplies and equipment. 
3. Accountability  
3.1 Deliver excellent patient care in conjunction with evidenced-based clinical standards 
within the speciality 
3.2 Contribute to the evaluation and development of the service provided 
3.3 Contribute to the development of multi -agency integrated care 
3.4 To establish close working links with NELFT, primary care colleagues, community 
paediatric service and tertiary/ shared care centres 
3.5 To communicate complex and sensitive information and advice to child or young person 
and their families, carers and professionals, including information about diagnosis and 
prognosis, to find ways of enabling the information to be understood, providing empathy 
and reassurance. 
4. Clinical responsibilities 
4.1 Working alongside the CAMHS crisis and eating disorder services: assess, plan, 
implement and evaluate nursing provision. Develop and implement specialist nursing 
protocols, developing care packages and programs of care for young people who self
harm or have an eating disorder, including the involvement of multi-agency input around 
the child or young person and their family’s needs. 
4.2 To be responsible for the assessment, planning, implementing and evaluating of 
specialist care, including supporting and evaluating the work of paediatric and agency 
staff  
4.3 
To act as a resource of specialist advice for children, young people and families on the 
nursing care and management of specialism; including the provision of advice and 
management of acute complications. 
4.4 To review CAMHS patients in ED or paedaitric areas who require an inpatient bed and 
ensure appropriate risk assessments are completed  
4.5 
Review policies and procedures in relation to CAMHS and the management of these 
patients in the acute setting. Ensure these policies are kept up to date and are evidence 
based and are embedded into the patient journey. 
4.6 
Act as an advocate for the young person and their family and where necessary refer to 
external agencies for identified support  
4.7 To actively involve service users in decisions about the service and support they receive, 
to be aware of and inform service users about participation initiatives, and actively 
support the development of such initiatives to ensure the voice of service users is at the 
heart of service design, development and delivery. 
4.8 
4.9 
Assess, plan, implement and evaluate holistic specialist nursing care in the hospital 
setting and ensure that any staff providing care for the children and young people with 
mental health related issue are aware of the care plan and their roles and responsibilities  
Daily review of ward in-patients admitted to Willow or attending the hospital with a 
mental health related issue.  Support for ED and PAU on mental health related issues. 
4.10 To provide support for nursing staff roster, working clinically caring for children and 
young people with general paediatric needs where there are no CAMHS children in the 
hospital, to cover shortfalls or sickness 
4.11 Provide ongoing counselling, support, information about the conditions, lifestyle changes 
and long-term implications to children, young people and families 
4.12 To work co-operatively with healthcare professionals from NELFT, safeguarding, 
members of the primary care team and other agencies including schools to provide 
holistic, co-ordinated packages of care for the child, young person and family 
4.13 To assess and manage clinical events to ensure safe and effective care 
5. Education 
5.1 To provide support, advice and education to the emergency department and Paediatric 
areas to build knowledge and skills of staff within these settings in the care and 
treatment of children and young people with mental health difficulties 
5.2 Assist in the application of, and develop guidelines for best clinical practice. Advise 
clinicians and colleagues on changes to practice. 
5.3 Promote positive attitudes towards children and young people with mental health illness 
across the ward and other departments where they are caring for children. 
5.4 Act as a resource to improve the management of risky and dependent and vulnerable 
young people eg. Risk Assessments and management strategies 
5.5 Ensure staff compliance of Trust policies and procedures.  
5.6 Undertake safeguarding supervision and support sessions with NELFT as directed and 
report difficult cases to the  Paediatric Matron / ward manager for further action 
5.7 Ensure National and Safeguarding Children guidelines are adhered to at all times 
5.8 Responsible for own professional registration and Revalidation requirements, to attend 
courses relevant to specialism as deemed suitable at appraisal or in the process of 
clinical supervision 
5.9 Attend relevant multi-agency training or education to develop one’s own knowledge to 
ensure that current practice is implemented 
5.10 Support the development of skills and knowledge amongst students and all members of 
the Paediatric team 
6. Professional 
6.1 Act as an advocate for the young person and their family and where necessary refer to 
external agencies for identified support  
6.2 Adhering to the NMC (2015) Code of Professional Standards of practice and behaviours 
for nurses and midwifes 
6.3 Maintaining own professional development in line with the requirements of Revalidation, 
identifying and acting on training needs and attending relevant lectures and courses as 
necessary to ensure best practice. 
6.4 Keeping up to date with current developments in patient care and evidence-based 
practice. 
6.5 Working within all policies, procedures and guidelines of Dartford and Gravesham NHS 
Trust including those related to Safeguarding children. 
6.6 Ensuring that confidentiality is maintained at all times, including the storage of records 
and the transfer of verbal and written information.