mental health liaison nurse

The role of the mental health liaison nurse (also known as Psychiatric Liaison Nurses or PLNs) will be to complete biopsychosocial assessments of adults requiring acute mental health care in St Thomas' Hospital, formulating robust and holistic risk management and care plans to support discharge to appropriate community or inpatient services., Working closely with the Psychiatric Nurse in Charge (NIC) you will be able to gain experience within not only acute assessments of patient's within the busiest psychiatric liaison service within SLAM, but also work with one of the most diverse and changing patient populations in the trust.
The MHLT covers both the Emergency Department (ED) and the inpatient medical/ surgical wards and the successful applicants would be expected to be be able to work within either work stream. The PLN's also work closely with our Crisis Assessment Unit (C AU) to provide a further clinically therapeutic environment for assessment and your clinical judgement and risk assessment skills will contribute to both the use and development of this service along side the ED.
The post holder will work alongside acute hospital colleagues and other partner agencies to develop plans of care alongside the patient and their carers, relatives or friends. This also includes opportunities to work within frequent attenders frameworks and pan London initiatives.
We offer an extensive supernumerary induction program (based on experience) to ensure that you are going to be prepared to be working in this busy environment alongside our GSTT counterparts. Our highly specialist team will also support and develop your established skills, along side PLAN recommendations, to ensure that we support your potential moving forward within this role and beyond., Working autonomously within the parameters of the role leading and supporting junior staff and wider care team to implement the delivery of quality nursing care, contributing to the physical, psychological, social, recreational and spiritual care in a recovery-focused way through therapeutic engagement and activities, and taking steps to address any issues that arise.
Co-ordinating and evaluating collaborative patient centred care; getting feedback and improving plans with the multi-disciplinary team(MDT).
Providing accurate information about care in an accessible format to patients and their relatives /carers.
Liaising and working positively with members of the multi-disciplinary team and partner organisations.
Leading and supporting/teaching junior staff on risk assessment and risk management that involves making decisions based on knowledge of the research evidence, knowledge of the individual service user and their social context, knowledge of the service user's own experience and clinical judgment.
Recognising and valuing service users as individuals, acknowledging the importance of maintaining the service user's respect and dignity at all times and ensure that the care provided respects equality and diversity.
Implementing the principles of 'recovery': encouraging and supporting service users to engage with healthy lifestyles, facilitating psychosocial activities and other activities of their interest. Where appropriate contributing to psychological interventions.
Advocating for service users' needs and rights within Trust policy. Encouraging and empowering service users to have an optimum level of responsibility for their individual programme of care.
The Trust is committed to providing services which embrace diversity and that promote equality of opportunity. We are a Disability Confident Employer, we welcome applicants from all sections of the community and people of all protected characteristics. We provide reasonable adjustments for candidates with a disability and are committed to treating people fairly with compassion, respect and dignity and in promoting equality and human rights. We aim to put this commitment into practice by:
+ Embedding our commitment to tackling inequality, eliminating discrimination and harassment; promoting equality of opportunity and fostering good relations in our everyday practice
+ Ensuring that all our services and all staff understand and support our commitment
+ We believe that people who use our services, their carers and our staff, should be treated with compassion, respect and dignity
Please note:
+ That all applications for this post will need to be made online
+ That you read and understand the Job Description and Person Specification attached to the role. Your Statement in Support should reflect the requirements specified as your application will be judged against these criteria
+ That the closing date listed is a guide only and that the vacancy may close earlier should sufficient number of applicants have been received. We advise that you submit your application as early as possible
+ That once you have submitted your application you agree to your application being transferred to a 3rd party e-recruitment system. All subsequent information regarding your application will be generated from apps.trac.jobs
+ That should you not have heard from us within three weeks from the closing date your application has not been successful
+ That priority consideration for applications may be given to at-risk NHS employees
+ That should you be successful and appointed, you authorise South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust to confirm your previous NHS service via an Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) process
+ That we are a smoke-free Trust
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South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust has a rich history, well-established community links and an international reputation. We deliver specialist services in the London boroughs of Croydon, Lambeth, Lewisham and Southwark, Bexley, Bromley, Greenwich, Wandsworth and Richmond.
We are committed to provide a high quality and specialist care to our service users and we are recognised for our care and treatment we provide. The Care Quality Commission already rates our services as 'good'.
We launched our five-year strategy, Aiming High; Changing Lives in 2021 together with Our Care Improvement System as our quality management system methodology to make a positive impact on patient care, outcomes and staff experience. By joining SLaM, all staff will get the opportunity to be part of this exciting improvement journey supported with learning and development to harness everyone's potential as change makers.
The trust recognises the unique and valuable contribution that people with lived experience of mental illness can bring to a role. We therefore welcome applications from people with lived experience and consider them as an asset to the Trust.
Our Values
We take pride in providing specialist care to our service users where our Trust values and our promise to be caring, kind, polite, prompt, honest, listen and do what I say I'm going to do is at the heart of everything we do. When you join us, you'll be part of something special.
As a Trust we are happy to talk flexible working., We are at the forefront of mental health care, support and research. By working within SLAM, you'll gain specialist experience within a Trust with a rich history and international reputation in mental health.
We will give you access to professional development and extensive learning opportunities. Together we will work to improve the lives of people with mental health needs, reduce stigma and educate the community.
Our focus is always around the service user - we want to ensure that they are given the opportunity to start recovery in a safe environment whilst working with talented and passionate individuals.
The way we work is based upon five commitments:
+ to be caring, kind and polite
+ to be prompt and value your time
+ to take time and listen to you
+ to be honest and direct with you
+ to do what I say I'm going to do