Urgent Care Practitioner for Mental Health Liaison

If you enjoy the complexity, challenge and fast pace of working in acute mental health this role is for you. As a member of the multi-disciplinary Mental Health Liaison Team at St Richards Hospital you will be supporting people experiencing a Mental Health crisis in addition to those who may be experiencing a relapse in their diagnosed mental illness. A number of our patients are referred with self-harm or a history of self-harming behaviours. MHLT also receive referrals from patients admitted to the wards with complex physical and mental health problems. The role involves working alongside the Acute hospital and other colleagues including drugs and alcohol services, Social Services and charitable organistaions involved in the patients care and ongoing support. The team follow The Core 24 model and are a 24/7 service. Within the multi-disciplinary team you would be working with the Team Leader, Clinical Nurse Specialist, Consultant Psychiatrist, Psychologist, and Urgent Care Practitioners., The role of this team is the assessment and planning of care of patients and a sound knowledge of pathways of care. You will be liaising with other mental health services and agencies, in addition to acute inpatient units. This role will involve assessment and planning of onward care. It is preferable to have some experience of working in acute care (inpatient setting/crisis team/mental health liaison team). In the post you will be working flexible hours to enable the team to provide a 7-day service in line with Core 24. You will receive regular supervision and have the opportunity for personal and professional development as well as contributing to the team's development. Please contact the team leader if you wish to discuss this further. This is a seven day per week service which requires shift work and unsocial hours with enhancements.

• Knowledge of MHA (1983/2007).
• Knowledge of Mental Capacity Act (2005), to include practical knowledge of FACE documentation, DOLS and Best Interest decisions
• Child and Adult safe guarding procedures
• Evidence of organising and prioritising their workload.
• Demonstrate ability to enhance care through evidence-based knowledge
• Demonstrate professional development relevant to the specific care group, Registered Mental Nurse
• Mentorship, ENB 998 or level 3 module in teaching and assessing in clinical practice, Significant post registration experience
• Experience of working within an appropriate care setting or an ability to demonstrate that skills and knowledge are transferable across specialities
• Knowledge of the MHA (1983/2007)
• Knowledge of the Mental Capacity Act (2005) and DOL's
• A working knowledge of a range of therapeutic assessment tools and their application to the Liaison service caseload, Successful candidates are normally appointed to the bottom of the pay scale unless previous NHS experience in a similar role can be evidenced., You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
  
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We actively promote flexible working and understand how important work life balance is, especially in healthcare. Whether it's part time hours, hybrid working or flexible start and finish times, we'll explore what works for you and the role. We recognise that tools like AI are becoming part of everyday life and you may choose to use them when preparing your application. We welcome this, as long as what you submit reflects your own experience, skills and voice. AI can be helpful for structuring or refining your answers, but it should not replace your own examples or create content that isn't based on your real experience. Our recruitment process is designed to get to know you, and we'll explore your examples further at interview, so it's important your application genuinely represents what you bring. You can read more about using AI in applications and interviews on our recruitment process page. We're shaping a workplace where ideas are encouraged, technology supports you and everyone has a voice in how we improve. If that sounds like the kind of organisation you want to be part of, we'd love to hear from you.

You will be joining a committed and dynamic multidisciplinary team and will be fully supported and empowered to make a difference to creatively develop many new ways of working, towards building safe and responsive quality mental health services fit for the future. In return we can offer a supportive working environment and access to training opportunities to assist you to realise your potential and achieve a greater degree of job satisfaction. To protect the health and safety of our staff/workers, patients, and those attending our sites, we encourage our workforce to get fully vaccinated against COVID. As a Trust employee you will enjoy the following:
• Excellent starting salary
• NHS Pension contributions
• 27 days holiday allowance plus bank holidays
• Flexible Working patterns
• Child care vouchers
• Excellent training and development opportunities
• NHS Discounts
• Employee Assistance Programme
This post offers The Trust's Golden Hello for band 6 Nurses, or a Relocation package up to a maximum of £2000. (pro rata applies and subject to terms and conditions. Please see attached Protocol document) We encourage flexible working. We know that a positive work/ life balance brings about huge health-related benefits, which has a positive impact on the care we provide. Please speak to us about flexible working, for example, home-working, part time hours, flexible start/ finish times or anything else. If it works for you and works for the role, we'll do our best to make it happen.Detailed job description and main responsibilities
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