As a member of the Integrated Mental Health Liaison Team (MHLT) you will:
1. Work alongside senior team colleagues to provide clinical leadership to the team.
2. Operate a Rapid Assessment and Treatment function for patients referred from the ED for specialist mental health assessment utilizing the SBAR model of rapid assessment and care planning, and a modified version of the UK Mental Health Triage Scale.
3. Support and develop the clinical skills of junior team members, particularly in relation to the safe and appropriate use of positive risk taking.
4. Support junior team members to prioritize referrals and clinical duties effectively, in order to promote safe and effective practice and clinical responsiveness.
5. Establish and maintain effective working relationships with acute trust staff.
6. Maintain high standards of oral and written communication with team/trust colleagues, acute trust staff, patients, and their significant others at all times.
7. Provide a specialist consultation-liaison service to referring clinicians and clinical teams, assisting them in decision making in difficult and complex cases.
8. Promote choice and hopefulness and ensure a recovery-oriented approach.
9. Promote and initiate any actions to safeguard vulnerable children and adults.
10. Be responsible for the full assessment of care needs of patients presenting with a wide variety of clinical conditions.
11. Plan and refer on for appropriate follow-up where necessary.
12. Provide a comprehensive consultation-liaison service to individual clinicians, particularly in assisting them develop emergency plans of care and make difficult decisions in cases where patients are exhibiting complex psychosocial needs and/or challenging behaviours.
13. Teach others, both in formal and informal settings, including pre-registration students.
14. Be responsible for specific clinical projects and undertake all necessary work to complete these, including facilitating meetings, liaising and/or negotiating with other staff.
15. Participate fully in quality assurance initiatives, with particular emphasis on a patient-first approach when required.
16. Act as a role model in providing a service for people with mental health problems for all staff within a general hospital setting.
17. Ensure the collection of required data to inform key clinical performance indicators.
18. Support the successful participation of the team in achieving required CQUIN targets.
19. Initiate and participate in audit/research projects associated with the work of the service when required.
20. Carry out investigations into formal complaints and serious untoward incidents and submit reports in a timely manner.
21. Represent the Trust in the general hospital setting and play a vital role in communicating and maintaining a good working relationship between both Trusts.
22. Perform any other reasonable tasks allocated to you.
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