About the team:

The Mental Health Liaison Service provides a 24-hour service, 7 days a week to LewishamHospital offering urgent assessment and intervention to patients attending the Emergency Department and those admitted to the inpatient wards. The service works closely with UHL staff in a variety of medical settings.

You will join the team at an exciting time as we are currently developing our service in line with NHS England standards according to the CORE 24 Model for Mental Health Liaison Services.

Main duties of the job

About the team:

The Mental Health Liaison Service provides a 24-hour service, 7 days a week to LewishamHospital offering urgent assessment and intervention to patients attending the Emergency Department and those admitted to the inpatient wards. The service works closely with UHL staff in a variety of medical settings.

You will join the team at an exciting time as we are currently developing our service in line with NHS England standards according to the CORE 24 Model for Mental Health Liaison Services.

Main duties of the job

About the role:

An exciting opportunity has arisen for two Senior Psychiatric Liaison Practitioner to join the Lewisham Liaison Service within our busy, multi-disciplinary Mental Health Liaison Service.

You will join the team at an exciting time as we are currently developing our service in line with NHS England standards according to the CORE 24 Model for Mental Health Liaison Services.

It is essential that the post holder is flexible in working hours as the team operates 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

You must have excellent clinical skills, be able to demonstrate an ability to complete comprehensive mental state examinations, thoroughly assess risk, formulate safe and effective risk management plans and document this clearly. You should have experience of mental health emergencies, and crisis care in a variety of settings including community.

You must also be experienced and motivated, flexible and be able to show initiative in an environment which can be fast paced and pressured, Clinical supervision can be provided along with excellent training opportunities

About us

About the location:

You will be based at Lewisham Hospital, Lewisham High Street, London, SE13 6LH

Our Trust headquarters is located at Denmark Hill less than 5 minutes from the train station (zone 2). We also provide services and operate across other locations, such as London boroughs of Croydon, Lambeth, Lewisham and Southwark and substance misuse services for residents of Bexley, Lambeth, Greenwich and Wandsworth.

Benefits:

We are committed to ensuring our staff get the most out of their benefits package and understand the importance of a healthy work life balance. There is an extensive range of excellent benefits for you and your family. We want you to feel like you are part of a close knit team at SLaM. It's important to us that you valued and appreciated and that are why we have a comprehensive benefits package on offer

Job description

Job responsibilities

An exciting opportunity has arisen for two Senior Psychiatric Liaison Practitioner to join the Lewisham Liaison Service within our busy, multi-disciplinary Mental Health Liaison Service.

You will join the team at an exciting time as we are currently developing our service in line with NHS England standards according to the CORE 24 Model for Mental Health Liaison Services.

It is essential that the post holder is flexible in working hours as the team operates 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

You must have excellent clinical skills, be able to demonstrate an ability to complete comprehensive mental state examinations, thoroughly assess risk, formulate safe and effective risk management plans and document this clearly. You should have experience of mental health emergencies, and crisis care in a variety of settings including community.

You must also be experienced and motivated, flexible and be able to show initiative in an environment which can be fast paced and pressured, Clinical supervision can be provided along with excellent training opportunities.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• oRegistered Mental Health Nurse
• oEvidence of other advanced education related to Psychiatric Liaison
• oMentorship
• oEvidence of continued professional development

Desirable

• Experience of working liaison services
• oRegistered General Adult Nurse/ formal training in physical health
• oFormal training in risk assessment and management

Skils and Experience

Essential

• oA sound understanding and experience of how to assess and manage crisis within acute mental illness.
• oDemonstrate skills in autonomous, senior decision making regarding discharge and sign posting of service users following a comprehensive assessment.
• oAbility to demonstrate knowledge of the epidemiology, presentation and immediate management of deliberate self-harm.
• Ability to work under pressure
• Able to use initiative and support other staff within the MDT

Desirable

• oEvidence of skills working with the specific diagnosis of Personality Disorder, both in assessment and treatment of.
• Experience of delivering training to different disciplines

Knowledge

Essential

• oSignificant post qualifying experience in mental health services both inpatient and community based.
• oExperience of working with service users with harmful substance misuse and alcohol issues.
• oExperience of service development, Quality Improvement, Audit and leading change

Desirable

• oExperience at working at band 6 level or above within psychiatric liaison services.
• Experience of managing difficult situations demonstrating excellent communication skills

Employer details

Employer name

South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Lewuisham Hospital

Lewisham High Street

Lewisham

SE13 6LH

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