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Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust
About
Established in April 2006, Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust is an integrated health and social care Trust specialising in the provision of mental health services throughout Kent. The Trust serves a population of approximately 1.8 million people across a mix of urban and rural areas and socio-economic groups.
We aim to provide effective, efficient and high quality care to all clients and the services provided include assessment of need, support, individual or group programmes of care, education and the promotion of mental health issues. These services are provided in a variety of locations including inpatient units, community homes, mental health centres, day treatment units and in clients' own homes. Our Care Programme Approach has encouraged clients to become fully involved in their own programme of care.
Job Overview
It's a challenging and rewarding service to work in, and we need the best quality of candidates to help us grow our service further into a 24 hour service. Mental Health Nurses & Occupational Therapists encouraged to apply.
You will be a confident and experienced mental health clinician, who will work across the acute general hospital to provide mental health assessments, care, advice and training to both the Emergency Departments and in-patient wards.
You will be able to meet the assessment and formulation needs of both working age adults and older adults and have a good insight into your training needs to fulfil this role.
You will have excellent interpersonal skills that you will use to facilitate high quality mental health assessments, and to build good working relationships with both internal and external stakeholders.
You will be committed to the parity of esteem agenda, and work closely with both physical and mental health clinicians to ensure a seamless delivery of care.
Key Responsibilities
* Work as part of a psychiatric liaison team providing a liaison and assessment service 7 days per week that will involve working unsocial hours and public holidays.
* Offer an assessment service to patients aged 18+ (with no upper age limit) presenting at the general hospital with a broad range of mental health and psychological problems, and diagnosed psychiatric illnesses.
* Provide a mental health consultation, liaison and advice service throughout the departments.
* Deliver a range of evidence based psychosocial interventions to individual patients as required.
* Assist and support general hospital colleagues in making decisions about treatment and care in complex situations.
* Provide formal and informal education and case consultation to registered and unregistered staff.
* Represent mental health services within the Hospitals.
* Provide a communication structure between secondary mental health services, primary care and non-statutory services, as a means of ensuring the highest possible standards of patient care.
Minimum Requirements
* Registered Professional Qualification
* 12 months post qualification experience
* Up to date knowledge of national and local guidance relevant to Liaison Psychiatry Service
* Robust Mental Health Needs assessment including risk, mental state and formulation
For further details or informal visits, please contact Rory Linton, Team Manager at [email protected] or call 07795980744.
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