# Staff Nurse/Key Worker > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/staff-nursekey-worker/ecfe4b94-6a81-4641-93e0-31c7cfd10fdc - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/staff-nursekey-worker/ecfe4b94-6a81-4641-93e0-31c7cfd10fdc.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** Alder Hey Children's Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Staff nurse - **Grade:** Band 5 - **Salary:** £32073.00 to £39043.00 - **Contract type:** 12 months (12 months fixed terms) - **Employment type:** Full time, Part time, Flexible working, 37.5 hours per week (Shift pattern, mixture of days & nights.) - **Closing date:** 2026-11-25T23:59:59.999Z - **Posted:** 2026-11-11T12:56:28.248Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/-v8424816 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8424816?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.alderhey.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview To work as the key nurse, ensuring the delivery of a high standard of family centred assessment and treatment plans as agreed with the multidisciplinary team on a day-to-day basis through participation in and the provision of, aspects of a wide range of therapeutic approaches and activities within the inpatient and community setting. To support the day-to-day organisational planning and operational management of aspects of the Unit, including managing ad hoc shifts or defined areas of a shift as requested by the senior nurse. ### Main duties of the job Using a range of clinical skills, to assist and at times autonomously lead on assessment and treatment care needs, within a risk assessment framework for children and their families admitted to the Unit. To assist in the planning, implementation and evaluation of family centred nursing care and management plans as agreed with the core team. To support the delivery of a range of daily individual and group structures to promote the therapeutic milieu of the Unit. This includes providing agreed activity groups and individual activities. To observe, communicate and at times, co work with senior multidisciplinary team members, in the provision of a range of therapeutic approaches on an individual, group or family basis. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities To support the delivery of a range of daily individual and group structures to promote the therapeutic milieu of the Unit. This includes providing agreed activity groups and individual activities. To observe, communicate and at times, co work with senior multidisciplinary team members, in the provision of a range of therapeutic approaches on an individual, group or family basis. To provide high quality clear written and verbal accounts of the child’s stay in relation to the defined care and management plans. To contribute to evidence-based clinical nursing reports, for parents and multidisciplinary professionals as agreed with the core team. To actively access and participate in the unit supervision and support process and in line with development, to provide on a shift by shift basis, the same to newly qualified/appointed nurse, support worker and student nurse staff. To follow and inform the development of policies and protocols to support evidence based clinical practice. Proactively manage telephone calls; many may be of a sensitive nature from patients/parents/carers or from other healthcare professions, all of which require a high level of patient confidentiality and sensitivity. Responsibility for providing accurate, up to date, clinical advice relating to queries into the department. ### Applicant requirements You must have appropriate UK professional registration. This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service. ## Person Specification ### Skills **Essential** - Excellent communication skills when providing or receiving complex or sensitive information. - Excellent observational skills to support safe and effective care and treatment - Ability to adopt a flexible approach when required by the needs of the service - Ability to coordinate and prioritise workload and meet deadlines **Desirable** - Understanding of the therapeutic milieu - Individual and group activities ### Knowledge **Essential** - LD/MH presentations - Team working (reasons for) - Supervision and support systems (reason for) - Risk assessment and management (reasons for) - Evidence based practice **Desirable** - Child/adolescent mental health problems and approaches to assessment and treatment ### Experience **Essential** - Placements or direct working within a MH or LD setting - Organising own duties and prioritize tasks within a busy team environment. - Working within a multi-disciplinary team - Actively participating in mentoring/supervision processes **Desirable** - Experience within the field of CAMH - Inpatient provision of care - Risk assessment and management tools/processes ### Managerial **Essential** - Effective/efficient time management skills - Conflict management skills - Approaches to promote a safe, healthy and therapeutic environment **Desirable** - Staff organisation skills - Skills in providing daily structures /activities - Monitoring and supervision skills for working with support workers and student nurses ### Qualifications **Essential** - Registered RMN or RNLD or RSCN (with experience in CAMH through placements) **Desirable** - Completed preceptorship ### Personal Attributes **Essential** - Capacity to listen and act in a caring manner towards patients, relatives and visitors, especially where there are barriers to understanding. - Ability to demonstrate excellent leadership skills, including leading change, empowering others and holding people to account. ### Training & Development **Essential** - Identify own training and development needs - Participate in training and development sessions - Read and identify evidence-based practice **Desirable** - Provide aspects of training and development processes to other new staff/students - Participate in research/audit ## Documents - [jd (pdf, 288.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10765862) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.