Are you passionate about making a difference in mental health care? Join our dedicated team and play a crucial role in transforming lives within Acute Trusts across Somerset.

Your Role:

Comprehensive Assessments and Interventions: Conduct thorough mental health assessments and provide targeted interventions for patients presenting with suspected or actual mental health issues.

Expert Guidance: Empower acute care staff with specialist mental health advice, enabling them to manage a wide range of mental health challenges effectively.

Service Focus: Prioritise assessment, admission avoidance, and discharge planning in A& E. Facilitate early and effective discharge for adults from inpatient wards within the general hospital.

Continuous Professional Growth: Maintain and develop professional knowledge, skills and expertise at an advanced level.

Main duties of the job

As a liaison clinician, you'll bridge the gap between mental and physical health within the acute hospital setting. Respond promptly to crisis referrals in the emergency department and from inpatient wards, performing critical tasks such as:

Biopsychosocial Assessments: Place patients and their loved ones at the heart of all evaluations and interventions.

Risk Management: Conduct comprehensive risk assessments and develop effective risk management plans.

Collaborative Working: Engage in cross-system collaboration to provide integrated care.

Education and Advocacy: Reduce stigma and enhance mental health awareness by delivering regular training programs within the acute care setting.

About us

As an organisation, the NHS offers a wide range of benefits including flexible working, fantastic pension contributions, market leading annual leave allowance, career progression and regular conversations, not to mention our Blue Light Card and NHS exclusive discounts.The benefits of working in Somerset include the idyllic countryside, with our areas of outstanding beauty and stunning coastlines. You will get to enjoy these perks whilst still only being a stone's throw away from bustling city centres like Bristol, Bath and Exeter and only two hours away from London.There are excellent educational facilities in the area and, when compared to other regions, house prices are reasonable. You will to experience the best of both in Somerset, the countryside and the cosmopolitan -- there is truly something for everyone!

Job description

Job responsibilities

The duties and responsibilities of this role will include:

• Effective communication in a variety of forms, both verbal and written
• Strong working relationships within the team, across the acute setting and wider system.
• Planning and organisation of day to day work and recognising areas for improvement and change.
• Being responsible for patient care and treatment for work delegated to you, ensuring this is clearly documented.
• As a band 6 you will be responsible for ensuring you not only you receive regular supervision but facilitate this for junior embers of the team.

The attached job description will outline these roles and responsibilities in further detail.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• RMN, Social Work and Occupational Therapy Qualification.
• Current registration with relevant professional body.
• Evidence of continuous professional development.

Desirable

• Registered General Nurse.
• Psychological therapies training.

Experience

Essential

• Experience of managing risk of clients in crisis, recognising when to seek additional supervision.
• Evidence of high levels of motivation in the provision of care.

Desirable

• Experience of managing risk of clients in crisis, recognising when to seek additional supervision.
• Experience of working within psychiatric liaison services.
• Experience of working within both older adult and adult acute setting.
• Experience of working in the acute setting. high levels of motivation in the provision of care.

Additional Criteria

Essential

• Significant post registration experience in community mental health services, Home Treatment or Psychiatric Liaison Team.
• Demonstrate in depth knowledge of mental health assessment care planning development and evaluation skills in conjunction with clients and carers.
• Sound knowledge of Mental Health Act Legislation.
• To be conversant with Trust policies and procedures.Proficiency with computer based care records.

Desirable

• Proven ability to generate ideas and innovate change.
• Good knowledge of resources and working practices across health and social care.
• Ability to be innovative in practice.
• Working knowledge of psycho social interventions, cognitive behavioural therapy.

Employer details

Employer name

Somerset NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Yeovil District Hospital

Higher Kingston

Yeovil

Somerset

BA21 4AT

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