To provide a comprehensive CAMHS Mental Health Liaison service and assessment within acute hospital departments and wards across two acute hospital trusts and three acute hospital sites.

Offering a service 7 days a week from 9pm to 9am. Developing plans of care and make difficult decisions in cases where patients are exhibiting complex psychosocial needs and/or challenging behaviours.

Responsible for undertaking comprehensive clinical assessments of service users, including risk assessment, risk management planning, formulation and ongoing care planning, signposting or onward referral.

Including where appropriate, effective liaison and partnership working with colleagues from acute hospital trusts, children's social care, and community CAMHS services.

Main duties of the job

1. To provide a comprehensive CAMHS mental health liaison service and assessment within acute hospital departments and wards across two acute hospital trusts. Offering a service 7 days a week from 9pm to 9am. Developing plans of care and make difficult decisions in cases where patients are exhibiting complex psychosocial needs and/or challenging behaviours.2. To be responsible for offering and implementing a of high standards of clinical care ensuring the service provided is needs-led, compliant with national guidance and is viewed positively by service users.3. To be responsible for undertaking comprehensive clinical assessments of service users, including risk assessment, risk management planning, formulation and ongoing care planning, signposting or onward referral

About us

Probationary Period

This post will be subject to a probationary period. Internal applicants are exempt from the probationary period (unless you are an internal applicant currently part way through a probationary period or currently a bank member of staff).

Starting with NELFT

NELFT place a great deal of importance on new starters being properly welcomed and inducted into the Trust. All new starters will join the Trust on the first Monday of each month and will undertake a comprehensive induction of up to two weeks which will include mandatory training, systems training and the allocation of equipment. As part of the process new starters will have the opportunity to also meet the executive team, senior managers and attend a number of drop in sessions focussing in engagement, health and wellbeing and key processes. The induction will be held at our head office in Rainham, Essex.

High Cost Area Supplement - Outer London

This post also attracts payment for High Cost Area Supplement of 15% of the basic salary (with a minimum of �4,313 to a maximum of �5,436 p.a. pro rata for part time).

High Cost Area Supplement - Fringe

This post also attracts payment for High Cost Area Supplement of 5% of the basic salary (with a minimum of �1,192 to a maximum of �2,011 p.a. pro rata for part time).

Job description

Job responsibilities

1. To provide a comprehensive CAMHS mental health liaison service and assessment within acute hospital departments and wards across two acute hospital trusts. Offering a service 7 days a week from 8am to 10pm. Developing plans of care and make difficult decisions in cases where patients are exhibiting complex psychosocial needs and/or challenging behaviours.2. To be responsible for offering and implementing a of high standards of clinical care ensuring the service provided is needs-led, compliant with national guidance and is viewed positively by service users.3. To be responsible for undertaking comprehensive clinical assessments of service users, including risk assessment, risk management planning, formulation and ongoing care planning, signposting or onward referral4. To be responsible for organising and prioritising own workload in the day-today allocation of work.5. To deputise at request of or when required in the manager's or lead's absence.6. To educate other nursing and non-nursing staff, both in formal and informal settings. Teaching will also be provided to pre-registration students.7. To have organisational knowledge relating to Trust protocols and procedures and adhere to them, including knowledge and application of administration of medicine and moving and handling.8. To be responsible for providing accurate records of information required by the Trust for record-keeping and audit purposes.9. To ensure effective risk management at team level by accident/incident reporting, assessing and controlling risk and ensuring residual risks are added to the Trust register.10. To provide specialist clinical expertise within own occupation.11. To provide specialist clinical advice to other team members on the suitability of cariousassessments and intervention methods where appropriate.12.To act at all times as a role model in their clinical specialism, raising the profile and value of the role they provide, both to own team and to acute services and community colleagues.13.To support the Trust values in their day-to-day role.14.To be responsible for specific clinical responsibilities and undertake all necessary work to complete these, including facilitating meetings, liaising and/or negotiating

Person Specification

Essential

Essential

• oNVQ level 2 or equivalent standard of literacy and numeracy. Current RMN or AMHP registration
• oDemonstration of Trust Values
• oWorking with children & young people with complex, acute mental health needs.
• oEvidence of post-registration clinical development.
• oTo have experience of assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating aspects of care.
• oAbility to perform under pressure, quickly and effectively, making timely managerial decisions in conjunction with the Team lead and following through available agreed care pathways
• oAbility to work independently
• oAbility to perform under pressure, quickly and effectively, making timely managerial decisions in conjunction with the Team lead and following through available agreed care pathways.
• oKnowledge of safeguarding children, young people and adults.
• oAbility to maintain confidentiality where appropriate
• oAbility to perform under pressure, quickly and effectively, making timely managerial decisions in conjunction with the Team lead and following through available agreed care pathways.

Desirable

• oExperience of working in psychiatric liaison
• oUndertaking audits within a clinical setting
• oProviding staff supervision and appraisal to both qualified and non-professionally aligned staff

Essential

Essential

• o Ability to perform under pressure, quickly and effectively, making timely managerial decisions in conjunction with the Team lead and following through available agreed care pathways

Essential

Essential

• o To have experience of assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating aspects of care.

Employer details

Employer name

NELFT North East London Foundation Trust

Address

Brookside

107a Barley Lane,

Goodmayes

IG3 8XQ

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