Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
Paediatric Mental Health Champion
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Job Description
The national CYP Mental Health and CYP Transformation Programme teams jointly released funding in 2023/24 to enable systems to come together to collectively support CYP with mental health needs who present in acute paediatric settings, as well as supporting the clinical teams that manage these patients. One of the initiatives NHSE is funding is the establishment of Mental Health Champion in each provider that admits children and young people by Autumn 2023/24 to ensure that all children are appropriately supported in paediatric settings, with parity of esteem for mental health. This funding has now been confirmed for 2026/2027.
The Trust is expected to use the funding to establish at least one Mental Health Champion across the three hospital sites of North Middlesex University Hospital, Barnet Hospital and The Royal Free Hospital. The Trust will recruit to the role a senior clinician who can admit children and young people to a paediatric ward, and/or who holds clinical responsibility for children and young people in acute settings in the provider that admits paediatric patients. This is likely to be a Paediatrician, senior paediatric nurse, or senior paediatric allied health professional.
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Responsibilities
- Facilitating improvements in joint working across their trust and wider system
- Increasing the confidence of their colleagues in supporting these children and young people and their families/carers, through sourcing, signposting, and supporting training and education opportunities, and ensuring clear pathways are in place across teams.
- Improving the experience of children and young people and their families/carers.
- Advocating for mental health across paediatrics, the individual should help facilitate join-up between CAMHS, mental health liaison teams, mental health nurses, learning disability and autism services, and other key partners.
- To contribute to the development, evaluation and monitoring of the team’s operational policies and services and participate in the development of high quality, responsive and accessible services.
- To undertake, together with colleagues, audit, and research to help develop and improve the service budget.
- To ensure resources are managed effectively within timescales and budget.
- To keep up to date comprehensive notes and prepare formal documents and reports as required.
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About The Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
The Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK's biggest and most innovative trusts. Across three main hospitals, our dedicated army of staff care for over 1.6million patients, treat more than 200,000 in A&E, deliver over 8,000 babies and carry out more than 17million tests. Our size, scale and influence offer you unrivalled career opportunities and a forward-thinking approach to working that works around your lifestyle. From flexible hours and generous benefits, to next level training, we make it easier to take your career to the top.
For more information please follow link https://www.royalfreelondonjobs.co.uk
Contact Information
For further details / informal visits contact:
- Name: Leah Anthony
- Job title: Head of Nursing for BCYP
- Email address: leah.anthony@nhs.net
- Telephone number: 07846418588
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