Job overview

Crisis Care Nurse

Full time - 37.5hrs per week- shifts across 24 hours 7 days a week

Permanent post

This is an exciting opportunity for a registered nurse who has an interest and experience in working with young people experiencing mental health crisis. The Crisis Care Service operates 24hrs per day 7 days per week, and provides intervention and support to children, young people and families experiencing mental health crisis.

This role is in a department that operates on a 24/7 shift basis and therefore enables staff to qualify for unsocial enhancements in addition to their basic pay.

Mental Health Services at Alder Hey are offering excellent benefit schemes:

Refer a friend - Alder Hey

Successful candidates who are introduced to the trust by existing staff members will receive £1000 after completion of six months in post. Please include the name/Alder Hey email for your friend in the additional information section of your application. This will be paid in two parts, £250 in first month pay on commencement in post, and £750 on completion of six months.

Accommodation

Alder Hey will support the cost of accommodation for up to 3 months from the date of employment (up to £500 per month). The cost is to be paid by the staff member and reclaimed as expenses.

Relocation package

Relocation packages to support new hires and will be consulted on an individual basis, please link in with [email protected] for further information

Main duties of the job

As a member of the multidisciplinary team, and specifically the core team, working within agreed supervision and support structures in line with PDR, to undertake the following:

• To undertake appropriate mental health assessment of children and young people referred to CAMHS and provide a range of appropriate, evidence based clinical interventions including time limited home-based treatment, when required, under supervision.
• The post holder will provide support, advice and consultation to families/carers and other professionals involved in the life of the child/young person including the Accident & Emergency Department and paediatric wards at Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust and Ormskirk NHS Trust.
• To staff the Crisis Care Phonelines in a professional manner, initially under the supervision of senior practitioners, and working towards autonomous decision making when outcoming the calls.
• To support the day-to-day organisational planning and operational management of aspects of the Team, including managing ad hoc shifts or defined areas of a shift as requested by the senior practitioner.
• To support the day-to-day development and delivery of training and development packages to new/junior nurses, support worker staff and student nurses within the Team.

Working for our organisation

As one of Europe’s biggest and busiest children’s hospitals, at Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust, we treat everything from common illnesses to highly complex and specialist conditions. In addition to our main hospital site, we offer paediatric services at a number of community sites and hold local clinics across Merseyside, Cumbria, Shropshire, Wales and the Isle of Man. We also provide specialist inpatient care for children with complex mental health needs in our recently relocated and newly opened state of the art facility.

Alder Hey has a thriving research portfolio and leads research into children’s medicines, infection, inflammation and oncology. We are becoming recognised as one of the world’s leaders in children’s healthcare and research. We contribute to public health, lead cutting-edge research and teach the next generation of children’s specialists. Alongside this is our Innovation Hub, a dedicated space where clinicians and industries can come together to create new products and technologies.

We know that a children’s hospital is different and that our job is more than just treating an illness. To us, every child is an individual. As well as giving them the very best care, we set out to make them feel happy, safe and confident as they play, learn and grow. At Alder Hey we are here to look after a child and their family and that includes mums, dads, brothers and sisters.