Mental Health Liaison Practitioner

We are looking for Mental Health Practitioners with experience with the patient groups to which the service will be delivered. It is expected that your primary role will be to carry out comprehensive Bio-Psychosocial Assessments in line with NICE Guidelines and Evidence Based Treatment Pathways for persons presenting to the Acute hospital.

You will be contributing to the Multi-disciplinary Team approach to ensure the best outcome possible for our patients. You will need to demonstrate high functioning in risk management, communication skills and exceptional personal qualities to deliver high quality care and assessment to patients. Developing effective partnership working with the acute hospital trust and wider key stakeholders.

Suitably qualified, experienced (at least 2 years) and registered Mental Health Nurses, Occupational Therapists and Social Workers are encouraged to apply. Hours of Work: Core 24 service over a 7day period.

Job description

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.

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.

To assess carers and families needs and develop, implement and review programmes of support for carers and families.

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 Liaison Psychiatry 2016.

To demonstrate empowering leadership skills within the Mental Health Liaison Team and seek opportunities in local and national areas 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.

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.

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

Skills

Essential

• Excellent assessment and risk management skills
• Sound knowledge of the national agenda for mental health 5 year forward view

Desirable

• Knowledge of current agenda and guidance towards Mental Health Liaison

About the employer

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 2,900 staff, and serving a population of over 768,400, 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. 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 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.

Whether you're taking the first exciting steps in your career, itching for a new challenge or searching for a better place to raise a family, Lincolnshire has arange of rewarding health and social care careers in a county that's friendly, fascinating, affordable and brimming with everything you need to live a happy life.Visitbeinlincolnshire.comto find out more.