Job overview

The renal youth support and transition worker is a member of the multi-disciplinary team, allocated to manage and maintain a safe, child and young person-focused environment.

The post holder will be able to assess, plan, implement and evaluate transition support for young people on the renal ward, renal out-patients clinic and dialysis unit in support of qualified staff.

To develop and deliver a comprehensive preparation programme for admission to the transition programme for a successful transfer to an adult renal hospital as well as prepare the young person for self-management of medical condition as an adult

The successful candidate will work closely with the renal transplant nursing and medical team. The successful candidate will also support young people in the haemodialysis unit and the other specialist renal modalities. Where deemed necessary the youth and transition workers will also support the attached renal ward. This role also has an element of play and support for our younger renal children and introduction to renal transition.

Main duties of the job

Promote choice, wellbeing and the protection of all individuals, by being aware of the trust policies on child protection and safeguarding children and by following the correct procedures if you have any concerns.

To establish effective rapport with groups, individual children, their families and siblings.

 Management of the transition clinics including planning, organising and delivering transition clinics alongside the adult hospitals. By assessing how many patients will attend each clinic, the complex needs of the young person that may involve other services, how many clinics each young person may require before transfer and what other support they will require through the transition programme.

Proactively participate in multidisciplinary meetings with the adult hospital pre- and post-clinics to plan the best tailored transition package of care for each young person.  This will focus on how many clinics each young person attends, taking their needs and conditions into account.

Act as the young person’s advocate with supporting them to gain confidence in talking to health professionals as well as taking control of their own medical condition and to live as good quality a life as possible by empowering the young person.

Working for our organisation

Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust is the first of its type in the UK. Our Trust was formed in February 2017 to drive forward our commitment to provide the highest quality, world-class physical and mental health care for our women, children and families. Uniting our hospitals means more seamless care; more investment to make greater advances in our specialist treatment and world-leading neo-natal and fetal work. Importantly, it also gives us a greater voice in shaping the future of family-centred care.

Birmingham Children's Hospital is a UK leading specialist paediatric centre with an international reputation in several areas.

Birmingham Women's Hospital is one of two dedicated women's hospitals in the UK, with the busiest single site maternity unit, delivering more than 8,200 babies a year offering a full range of gynaecological, maternity and neonatal care.

Forward Thinking Birmingham (FTB) Mental Health Services are a unique, innovative community and inpatient mental health partnership. Alongside partners FTB offers care pathways of mental health assessment and treatment for young people aged 0-25 years old.

Our Trust is committed to creating the best place to work. We believe in promoting and enhancing inclusion, diversity and equality and encourage applications from all areas of the community, who meet the criteria for the role, regardless of age, gender identity, disability, race, religion or sexual orientation.