Main area: Liaison in Emergency/Urgent Care - Mental Health Services
Grade: Band 6
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week (includes shift work of nights, days and weekends)
Job ref: 350-MHC6593251
Employer: Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Aintree Core 24, Southport Core 24
Town: Liverpool, Southport
Salary: £37,338 - £44,962 per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 22/11/2024 23:59
Interview date: 29/11/2024
Job overview
Aintree Core 24 and Southport Core 24 provide specialist assessment of service users' mental health who present to the Emergency Department in times of crisis or are referred from acute general hospital wards. The role involves formulating treatment and risk management plans based on assessments of needs, with appropriate triage and diversion from the service.
The service operates on a shift system of long days, shorter nine and a half hour shifts, and nights to provide 24/7 service throughout the year.
Main duties of the job
1. Provide high quality, evidence-based care within the division for service users and their carers.
2. Work in a socially inclusive way and in line with the recovery model.
3. Function as named nurse/care coordinator to service users, undertaking assessment, planning, evaluation, and review of care.
4. Participate as an active member of the multi-disciplinary team.
5. Provide advice, expertise, and leadership within the team.
6. Supervise care for service users presenting with complex and high-risk needs.
7. Work autonomously, reaching clinically appropriate decisions based on information received.
8. Act as a mentor for students.
Person specification
Qualifications
* Appropriate professional qualification or experience at Degree Level e.g. RMN, AHP, Social Worker
* Evidence of post-registration study / continuing professional development e.g. Mentorship in Practice
* Working towards master level education
Knowledge/experience
* Minimum of 2 years post-registration experience in mental health.
* Evidence of leadership and management skills.
* Evidence of experience of managing cases & case loads.
* Evidence of supervising staff.
* Ability to work autonomously across the organisation and with other agencies.
* Experience of working in partnership with other agencies and service users and carers.
* Experience of audit/research and working knowledge of clinical governance.
* Experience in change management and policy formulation.
* Experience of using Incident Reporting Systems e.g. DATIX.
* Experience of undertaking and involvement in Serious Untoward Incident Reviews.
* Evidence of experience working with a range of people with mental health problems in various healthcare settings.
Skills
* Able to communicate effectively both verbally and non-verbally.
* Being responsive and flexible, seeing change as an opportunity to improve services.
* Ability to lead the process of standard setting and audit.
* Leadership skills.
* Ability to work within a divisional management team and generate own workload.
* Ability to build purposeful relationships both internally and externally.
* Proven knowledge of relevant mental health legislation.
* Demonstrate knowledge of CPA ECC guidelines.
* Demonstrate knowledge in mentorship, preceptorship, and supervision.
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