Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
We are looking for a competitive and competent Clinical band 7 clinician with a caring and positive attitude to join our team. We are based in Epsom General Hospital and provide a core 24/7 service. Our clinicians work long days and unsocial hours, including weekends and nights. We are an assessment and signposting service for patients in the general hospital, and we liaise with internal and external partners for signposting. We deliver teaching to the acute hospital staff and work collaboratively to deliver an excellent service. Our team consists of band 6 and 7 nurses, a team consultant, a team administrator, and a service manager.
We are a kind, compassionate, and caring team that offers an assessment and signposting service for patients with mental health needs who attend the General Hospital.
Our service has PLAN (Psychiatric Liaison Accredited Network) accreditation with the Royal College of Psychiatrists. We also have a good rating for our peer standard review. Our trust is supportive of staff with flexible working needs.
If you are ambitious with a positive attitude and would like to be part of our team, we would like to hear from you. You will have excellent communication skills, good assessment skills, and experience working with patients in mental health crises. You will be a great team player and supportive of the team. In return, we will offer supervision and learning and development.
Main duties of the job
My job makes better lives by
Providing expert interventions and oversight to the care of people within the Acute General Hospital pathway. I will ensure that the care delivered is excellent and in keeping with the most up-to-date guidelines.
I will support the growth and development of other members of the Liaison Psychiatry team while supporting the service manager and wider Trust to achieve an exemplary CORE24 service underpinning our visions and values. My role will include providing education, challenging stigma, and actively supporting service improvement and development.
I will put the experience of the person using the service at the center of my decision-making while building a supportive and responsive relationship with colleagues in the Acute Trust.
I will build outstanding relationships with all relevant services and will lead on clinically challenging and complex cases across the lifespan.
About us
Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is the leading provider of health and social care services for people of all ages with mental ill-health and learning disabilities in Surrey and North East Hampshire.
We actively seek to engage people who use our services and our communities in improving the mental wellbeing of the local population. We work closely with other NHS and voluntary sector organisations that provide services and support to people who use services and carers.
Surrey is a beautiful county lying just 30 minutes away from Central London and from the South Coast.
Our historic market towns and bustling districts are enveloped in wonderful countryside, and our excellent road and rail networks bring the rest of the country within easy reach.
For international travel, both Gatwick and Heathrow airports are nearby.
Please note that we reserve the right to close posts as soon as sufficient applications are received.
Working from home contracts do not attract high cost area payments.
We look forward to receiving your application!
Job responsibilities
1. Work collaboratively with the service manager and multi-disciplinary team to develop outstanding liaison psychiatry services.
2. Engage staff and external partners positively and constructively, in line with the Trust's Clinical and Commercial strategy, supporting the Trust's Vision and Values.
3. Think creatively and develop practical innovative solutions to clinical issues and complex problems.
4. Act as a responsible member of the Liaison Psychiatry team and accept responsibility for own performance and delivery of targets.
5. Support the team leader and service manager in developing sustainable and improving services in line with national specifications, local implementation requirements, and a set financial envelope.
6. Promote and introduce systems to continuously improve the quality of care, drawing on national and trust guidance, in particular CQC.
7. Encourage multi-dimensional and multi-cultural aspects while ensuring parity of access and esteem.
8. Support clinical improvement with a strong emphasis on integrated multidisciplinary working and the development of person-centred care.
9. Ensure compliance with all statutory, financial, health & safety, employment, and safeguarding requirements, including statutory and mandatory training.
10. Ensure the Trust's supervision policy is adhered to and that supervision, appraisal, and personal/team development are intrinsic and considered in all business developments.
11. Attend external partnership meetings as required.
12. Deputise for the team leader and service manager as required.
13. Work as part of a rota across 24 hours, 7 days per week with flexibility to travel across sites and services as required.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Clinical qualification at Diploma level or above in Mental Health Nursing, Occupational Therapy, or Social Work with evidence of transferable mental health skills and practice.
* Registration with a registered body.
* Post qualification training to degree level.
Experience
* Extensive experience of working with people with a variety of mental health issues.
* Demonstrable expertise in complex assessment of people with both mental and physical health issues.
* Demonstrable ability to develop practical innovations and approaches to issues and complex problems.
* Expertise and experience in supervision and supporting the growth of other staff.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975, and as such, it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Address
£48,270 to £54,931 a year Incl 5% Fringe HCAS, pa, pro rata
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
325-6846926-SS
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