Are you a qualified Mental Health Nurse, Social Worker or Occupational Therapist with post qualifying experience in Mental Health?
Are you interested in working within a general hospital environment, providing specialist assessment and treatment for patients with both physical and mental health needs?
We now offer a liaison service to not only the Emergency Department, but specialist assessment and guidance throughout all wards on both inpatient units. We are a multi-disciplinary core team of professionals including, Dual Qualified Nurses, Mental Health Nurses, Social Workers, Occupational Therapists, Psychiatrists, and administrators. Clinical presentations of the patients we support span a wide spectrum from organic disorders, psychosis, self-harm, severe depression or somatoform disorder to adjustment reactions, delirium, dementia, and abnormal health behaviour.
Main duties of the job
1. To provide specialist mental health assessments for working age adult patients and older people within Hampshire Hospitals.
2. To provide psychological support effectively and efficiently to patients with mental health needs who are temporarily in crisis, or who have mental health needs as a result of their physical illness or as a result of being hospitalised.
3. To advise non-psychiatry staff on outcome of assessment and formulate a care plan based on clinical intervention and risk management.
4. To provide time limited liaison reviews when needed for those patients with more complex and enduring mental health needs whilst inpatient in Hampshire Hospital NHS Trust.
5. Work positively and collaboratively as an integral part of the Specialist Adult Mental Health services, Older Peoples Mental Health services and effectively liaise with multi-agency colleagues, patients, and their family and carers.
6. Contribute to the development and quality of clinical practice of liaison work with this client group at local and national levels.
7. To provide mental health education, advice and training to clinical staff and students at Hampshire Hospital NHS Trust.
8. To work various shift patterns participating in a flexible 7 days per week rota on a shift rotational basis. The service operates over a 24hr period.
About us
Southern Health is one of the largest NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK, specialising in mental health and learning disabilities, as well as offering physical health community-based services.
With a workforce of more than 7000 and a footprint that spans more than 200 sites across Hampshire, we're committed to providing the best possible healthcare, reaching a range of diverse communities, whilst placing patients and staff at the forefront of all our endeavours.
Job responsibilities
Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached.
We are happy to talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* You will require a core professional qualification (Nurse, MH Nurse or Social Worker or Occupational Therapist).
* Professional registration with any of the following is required: Nursing and Midwifery Council or Social Work England or HCPC.
* Previous experience of working in CMHT or CRHT or Liaison Psychiatry.
Experience
* Post qualifying experience of working in Mental Health.
* Previous experience of working in Liaison Psychiatry or CMHT or CRHT or Drug and Alcohol Services.
Additional Criteria
* Professional registration with NMC or SWE or HCPC.
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.
Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital
£37,338 to £44,962 a year based on full time hours.
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time, Part-time
Reference number
348-MNH-5881
Job locations
Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital
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