Paediatric Liaison Nurse
Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Guildford, GU2 7XX
Salary
£51,657 to £58,785
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Not specified
Closing date
2 September 2026
2 days left
Job description
My job makes better lives by leading and managing care of Children and Young People (CYP) who present in the Emergency Department (ED) at the District...
- To provide visible, credible professional clinical leadership, supporting the clinical management of CYP with mental health issues who have presented to the Emergency Department, who may have CYP with challenging behaviour as a result of an underlying condition such as learning difficulties, Asperger's and ADHD.
- To improve patient experience, quality and efficiency of service in DGH by focusing on the significant number of CYP with mental health issues that can complicate their care and discharge.
- Ensuring the care delivered to CYP with mental and physical health needs is of a high quality, research based, and is CYP and family/carer focused.
- To support the wider paediatric nursing and medical team, by arranging training opportunities to up-skill all professionals on effectively managing CYP's mental health needs.
- To manage CYP presenting with mental health. Emotional health and social care needs, co-ordinating between the medical, nursing CYPS community teams.
GOLDEN HELLO
We are pleased to announce that we are in a position to offer a Golden Hello payment of £3,000 (pro rata) for this vacancy eligible to the external candidates only. Payment would be made in three instalments. Further details can be found in the supporting documents.
We are committed to our staffs future development and offering training opportunities.These includebut isnt exhaustive, Professional Nurse Advocate training, Nurse Prescriber training and access to APT accredited courses.
Please check the job description and personal specification document for more information on the requirement for this job.
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.
Please note that we reserve the right to close posts as soon as sufficient applications are received.
Working from home contracts do not attract high cost area payments.
We look forward to receiving your application!
Qualifications
Essential
- A clinical qualification to degree level or equivalent Membership of NMC professional body
Experience
Essential
- 3 years post qualifying experience, 1 of which must have been a year as a Band 6 in community. Experience working with CYP with mental health needs in the community crisis setting
- Experience in undertaking mental health assessments, risk assessments, risk formulations, crisis and contingency planning and use of outcome measures.
Desirable
- Working with other agencies and as part of a multi-disciplinary team
- Good understanding of family functioning and knowledge and awareness of Safeguarding procedures
How to apply
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Provenance
Source
NHS Jobs
First seen
24 August 2026
Last checked
26 August 2026
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