Job summary

The Rapid Response Liaison Psychiatry MHSOP service based at Kings Mill hospital is offering a substantive Band 6 Liaison Nurse post for an organised, highly motivated and enthusiastic individual who has excellent communication skills, a flexible approach to work and are committed to working with older adults.

This post is eligible for a Golden Hello payment of �2,750 for new starters who are external to the Trust. This is payable in 3 instalments over a 2 year period. This payment is only eligible to new starters who do not already hold a contract of employment with the Trust. This post also includes paid enhancements for unsocial hours working during night, weekends and bank holidays.

Main duties of the job

The Liaison Psychiatry service for older adults seeks to deliver a comprehensive, integrated liaison psychiatry service for people over the age of 65 in all departments of Kings Mill Hospital, Newark General and Mansfield and Ashfield Community Hospitals. It provides a year round proactive supportive service to our acute colleagues to facilitate the best possible care to those presenting with mental health conditions such as dementia, acute confusion and delirium.

A core requirement of our service is to provide training and education to our acute hospital colleagues and it is expected that the successful applicant will take an active role in this.

About us

We have a huge variety of opportunities in our expansive Trust covering geographically from South Yorkshire, Nottinghamshire to Leicester, providing mental health inpatient and community services, community health services, forensic mental health services and secure prison healthcare across the East Midlands.

We have more than 100 sites and a huge scope of unique opportunities to develop your career and gain some amazing experiences. We strive to be a great place to work and offer many staff benefits and tailored staff support and wellbeing programmes.

Do you want to make a difference?

Do you believe in Trust, Honesty, Respect, Compassion and Teamwork?

Then Nottinghamshire Healthcare is the perfect place for you to start, maintain or further your career. Join our team of nearly 9000 who are making a difference every day. We are all about our people - our staff, volunteers, carers, service users and patients. We are NottsHC.

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Job description

Job responsibilities

The Liaison Psychiatry team is PLAN accredited which is an exciting and nationally recognised process and we would welcome the successful applicant to continue to support this process.

If you feel you have the attributes necessary to contribute to this dynamic and highly experienced team and would like the opportunity to work within this challenging environment we would welcome your application.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Professional mental health nursing qualification
• Current NMC registration

Further Training

Essential

• Evidence of further training within mental health/psychiatry

Desirable

• ENB 998 or equivalent
• Clinical supervision course

Work Experience

Essential

• Experience of working within an MDT
• Recent experience with older adult mental health

Desirable

• Community Mental Health experience working with Older People with Mental Health problems
• Recent experience of working within Liaison Psychiatry Services

Aptitudes/skills

Essential

• Excellent written, verbal and presentation skills
• Effective time management and organisational skills
• IT skills
• Effective teaching skills

Desirable

• Clinical supervision skills
• Caseload management

Disposition attributes

Essential

• Focused on learning and professional development
• Motivated and enthusiastic
• Caring and compassionate
• Reliable and conscientious
• Patient and calm in times of stress

Contractual Requirements

Essential

• A full UK driving licence and vehicle for business use is required for this post

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