Main area: Adult Inpatients
Grade: NHS AfC: Band 6
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time
* 37.5 hours per week (Flexible working options available)
Job ref: 274-11294-AI
Employer: Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Mental Health Liaison Service, Department of Psychiatry, Pilgrim Hospital
Town: Boston
Salary: £37,338 - £44,962 per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 31/01/2025 23:59
Job overview
Suitably qualified, experienced (at least 2 years) and registered Mental Health Nurses, Occupational Therapists and Social Workers are encouraged to apply. Hours of Work: Core 24 service over a 7-day period.
These posts will provide operational support as part of our Mental Health Liaison Service (MHLS) working in partnership with United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust, aiming to provide emergency and urgent mental health support to people in A&E and General Wards. It will also review and signpost those who have been admitted concerning CAMHS and drug & alcohol-related mental health needs.
We require individuals who can demonstrate strong values to create and foster a culture that supports and enables the development of the Liaison service. We need dynamic, passionate individuals committed to achieving quality outcomes that ensure the needs of the patient are paramount in everything we do.
Main duties of the job
We are looking for Mental Health Practitioners with experience with the patient groups to which the service will be delivered. Your primary role will be to carry out comprehensive Bio-Psychosocial Assessments in line with NICE Guidelines and Evidence-Based Treatment Pathways for persons presenting to the Acute hospital. You will contribute to the Multi-disciplinary Team approach to ensure the best outcome possible for our patients. You will need to demonstrate high functioning in risk management, communication skills, and exceptional personal qualities to deliver high-quality care and assessment to patients, developing effective partnership working with the acute hospital trust and wider key stakeholders.
Working for our organisation
Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust provides mental health services and various learning disability, autism, and social care services in the county of Lincolnshire. Employing around 2,900 staff and serving a population of over 768,400, our people lie at the heart of everything we do.
You could be part of a Trust rated by staff as one of the best mental health and learning disability trusts in England. We firmly believe the key to high-quality care is a contented workforce. This is reflected in our Care Quality Commission rating of ‘outstanding’ for well-led and ‘good’ overall. In the most recent National NHS Staff Survey, our staff rated us as the number one trust nationally for staff morale and one of the top scoring NHS Trusts in the Midlands for being compassionate and inclusive.
We offer options for flexible working and provide a wide range of training and promotion opportunities in all professions. We support and celebrate diversity, have active staff networks groups, and are always looking at what more we can do to support our staff.
Whether you’re taking the first exciting steps in your career, itching for a new challenge, or searching for a better place to raise a family, Lincolnshire has a range of rewarding health and social care careers in a county that’s friendly, fascinating, affordable, and brimming with everything you need to live a happy life.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
When completing your application, please demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.
We can also offer you many staff benefits to help support you which include:
* Early access to Psychological Therapies and Physiotherapy
* Competitive annual leave allowance
* Car leasing scheme
* Free eye tests
* Money-saving options through our salary sacrifice scheme
* Discounts on major high street retailers and restaurants
We will ensure you are provided with high-quality supervision, mentoring, and access to national conferences and training to support your development, knowledge, and skills to succeed in delivering high-quality care.
Experience
* Relevant experience of working with people with mental health needs, especially dementia and older adults.
* Or substantial experience of working with individuals in crisis.
* Sufficient clinical knowledge to make autonomous decisions based on an analysis of complex presenting problems and judgment about available options.
* Sound knowledge of clinical/risk assessment and understanding of Information Governance principles.
* An understanding of the impact physical ill health can have upon mental health.
* Ability to work independently and collectively.
* Mentorship qualification or training.
* ENB998 / FliPS or equivalent.
* Experience of working within a Hospital Liaison environment.
* Working knowledge of Assessment tools.
* Working with people who have suicidal ideation.
* Working within a multi-disciplinary approach to healthcare.
* Experience of teaching in a formal or informal setting.
Qualifications
* RMN, Social Work or Occupational Therapist. Professional Registration (NMC) or degree or equivalent to profession.
* Evidence of specialised continued professional training in clinical practice.
* Educated to degree or diploma level.
As an ethical recruiter, we will not pursue applications from red list countries as defined by the World Health Organisation. In order to pursue and apply for this role, you must have UK NHS experience.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020, and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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