Children's Emergency Department Liaison - Wirral, United Kingdom - Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
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Wirral, United Kingdom

4 weeks ago

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The Paediatric Liaison Service role is to ensure that there are effective two way communication and sharing of information between hospitals and community services which enables children and their families to receive appropriate care and support.


The liaison team coordinator also receives hospital discharge information about children and young people (0-18 years) which is then passed to community teams on behalf of the acute trusts.

The service facilitates follow up of children in neonatal intensive care and children's wards in order that best care is provided for those children and their families


This role is full time equivalent and working hours are Monday to Friday 9 The post holder will be required to work in a busy and challenging environment and should be able to work without direct supervision, exercise initiative and seek support /guidance from the Specialist Nurse for Safeguarding Children.


  • Provide comprehensive screening of children's attendances to the Emergency Department and extract relevant information of concern to share with appropriate agencies following the child's attendance.
  • Liaise and share information with Children's Social Care, 019's team, Child and Adolescent Mental Health Teams and other specialist teams regarding any health promotion and child development needs which are a cause for concern or require further support from agencies (including Safeguarding).
  • Efficient collection, input and recording of data in line with service requirements to assist the Specialist Nurse for Safeguarding Children in preparation for quarterly assurance reports.


Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (WUTH) is committed to ensuring that the safeguarding of our patients, their families, our staff and our communities is at the foundation of our 'Together we will' Trust values.


We strive to improve and build upon the safeguarding practices we offer by promoting the Trust ethos that safeguarding is everyone's business in the drive to continuously make improvements to the service we provide.


The Trust Safeguarding Team continues to provide a range of activities to support key areas of safeguarding work, embrace change and respond to emerging themes both local and nationally and strive to ensure all safeguarding processes are robust and effective.


The Safeguarding Team includes Named professionals and practitioners working within Adults, Children and Unborn supporting all patents and staff with safeguarding.


  • Work within all national and local protocols, policies and procedures in relation to safeguarding children.
  • Ensure all statutory safeguarding concerns are shared with relevant agencies and escalated to the Specialist Nurse for Safeguarding Children.
  • Liaise with colleagues across departments and external agencies to ensure that information is shared appropriately in a timely manner and in accordance with GDPR legislation and information sharing agreements in place.
  • Provide advice regarding health promotion and share themes and trends identified internally or received externally.
  • To be responsible for ensuring confidentiality and safekeeping of patient records and compliance of mandatory data protection training.
  • Clearly communicate and document enquiries/information obtained from other professionals and relay to the appropriate professional to enable an effective and speedy response.
  • Escalation of noncompliance of Trust policies, procedures and guidelines and report to senior management team if practice appears to contravene policies or if concerned about any aspect of patient care.
  • Report an oversight of the Liaison service daily to the Specialist Nurse for Safeguarding Children.
  • Ability to identify the signs and symptoms of suspected abuse, child exploitation, radicalisation and developmental stages of children from birth to 18yrs. Be able to refer and raise concerns with the appropriate agencies and professionals.
  • Take responsibility for own learning and development by recognising and taking advantage of all opportunities to learn internally and externally.
  • Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
  • Be able to plan and organise time daily and in line with demands of the service and manage priorities within their caseload.
  • To maintain accurate and comprehensive records using appropriate Trust IT systems and safe storage.
  • Commitment to antidiscriminatory practice.
  • Exercise emotional intelligence and demonstrate a developing emotional resilience in relation to their role.
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