Come and join a supportive team within the Boston Mental Health Liaison Service. New and exciting opportunity for a Band 5 Developmental post at Boston Mental Health Liaison Service. We seek to appoint an enthusiastic practitioner who is passionate about caring for and meeting the needs of patients in the acute setting of Pilgrim Hospital.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be responsible for the assessment of and appropriate liaison for a defined group of service users (16 +) admitted to Hospital. The post holder will provide assessment and professional advice as well as support to the Emergency Department and Wards, staff/teams and all other relevant agencies to ensure that any patients with mental health needs have a timely admission and are linked into appropriate LPFT teams/services upon their discharge if appropriate.

The expectation is to work towards band 6 level whilst receiving the relevant training and support from senior practitioners within the service.

About us

Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust provides mental health services and a number of learning disability, autism and social care services in the county of Lincolnshire. Employing around 2,800 staff, and serving a population of over 766,000, our people lie at the heart of everything we do.

You could be part of a Trust rated by staff as one of the best mental health and learning disability trusts in England, in an area heralded as a fantastic place to live and work. We firmly believe the key to high quality care is a contented workforce. This is reflected in our Care Quality Commission rating of 'outstanding' for well-led and 'good' overall. In the most recent National NHS Staff Survey, our staff rated us as the number one trust nationally for staff morale and one of the top scoring NHS Trusts in the Midlands for being compassionate and inclusive. We're really proud of this!

We are also leading the way in transforming care, with multi-million-pound transformation of patient environments and radical redesign of community services.

This is the time to join and help redesign our services of the future. We offer options for flexible working and provide a wide range of training and promotion opportunities in all professions. We support and celebrate diversity, have active staff networks groups and are always looking at what more we can do to support our staff.

Job description Job responsibilities

To provide a high standard of clinical care ensuring safe and effective assessment, treatment and comprehensive discharge planning using highly developed clinical reasoning skills and appropriate assessment tools. Operational hours are over 24 hours, 7 days a week. As band 5 developmental post there will not be an expectation of working nights. Hours will be from 08:00-21:00hrs. To delegate aspects of the patient treatment plan to other members of the team, whilst maintaining overall responsibility for patients care, where appropriate. To manage case-load and service delivery in accordance with and in order to contribute towards the attainment of Service/Trust productivity requirements. (Key Performance Indicators). Work with individuals to assess their mental health, recognise mental illness and identify their related needs and circumstances; and enable them to understand, manage and where appropriate change their behaviour. Plan, implement, review and improve interventions to meet peoples identified needs and manage their inherent risk with comprehensive Clinical Risk Formulation, with support from Band 6 Mental Health Practitioner. To assess carers and families needs and develop, implement and review programmes of support for carers and families, with support from Band 6 Mental Health Practitioner. Protect people from abuse, neglect and harm. To work collaboratively and promote effective working relationships with members of the multi-disciplinary team, ensuring effective and appropriate clinical decision-making, with other professionals and agencies. To maintain accurate and timely clinical records and to co-ordinate and monitor those of the team. To adhere to N.M.C. or other professional codes of conduct and ethics, plus associated legislation. To develop clinical practice having due regard tor the NICE Guidelines for Laision Psychiatry 2016 To demonstrate empowering leadership skills within the Mental Health LiaisonTeam and seek opportunities in local and national area as to promote and develop the profession. To participate in Clinical Governance activities, including: induction, supervision, personal development review, health and safety, risk management and audit.

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Person Specification Qualifications Essential

• RMN, Social Work or Occupational Therapist. Professional Registration (NMC) or degree or equivalent to profession

Desirable

• Evidence of specialised continued professional training in clinical practice
• Educated to degree or diploma level

Experience Essential

• Relevant experience of working with people with mental health needs, especially dementia and older adults.
• Or substantial experience of working with individuals in crisis
• Sound knowledge of clinical/risk assessment and understanding of Information Governance principles
• An understanding of the impact physical ill health can have upon mental health
• Ability to work independently and collectively

Desirable

• Mentorship qualification or training
• ENB998 / FliPS or equivalent
• Experience of working within a Hospital Liaison environment
• Working knowledge of Assessment tools
• Working with people who have suicidal ideation
• Working within a multi-disciplinary approach to healthcare
• Experience of teaching in a formal or informal setting

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