Job summary
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 is core 24/7 days a week service. Our clinicians work longs days and unsocial hours including week ends and nights. We are an assessment and signposting service for patients in the general hospital, we also 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, 7s nurses , a team consultant, a team administrator and service manager.
We are kind, compassionate and caring team and offer an assessment and signposting service for patients with mental health needs who attends the General hospital.
Our service have PLAN (Psychiatric Liaison Accredited Network) accreditation with the Royal college of Psych . We also have a good rating for our peer standard review. Our trust is supportive to staff with flexible working need.
If you are ambitious with a positive and ready to do attitude, and would like to be part of our team, we would like to hear from you. You will also have excellent communication skills with good assessment skills and experience working with patients in mental health crisis. You will be a great team player and supportive to the team. In return we will offer supervision and learning and development.
Main duties of the job
My job makes better lives by
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 whilst 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 centre of my decision making whilst 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 who provide services and support 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 description
Job responsibilities
To work collaboratively with the service manager and Multi- disciplinary team to develop outstanding liaison psychiatry services.
To engage staff and external partners positively and constructively, in line with the Trusts Clinical and Commercial strategy, supporting the Trusts Vision and Values
Ability to think develop practical innovative and creative solutions to the clinical issues and complex problems
To act as a responsible member of the Liaison psychiatry team and accept responsibility for own performance and delivery of targets
To 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.
To promote and introduce systems to continuously improve quality of care, drawing on national and trust guidance, in particular CQC
To promote and encourage multi-dimensional and multi-cultural aspects whilst ensuring parity of access and esteem
To support clinical improvement with a strong emphasis on integrated multidisciplinary working and the development of person centred care.
To ensure compliance with all statutory, financial, health & safety, employment, safeguarding requirements, including statutory and mandatory training
To ensure the trusts supervision policy is adhered to and supervisor, appraisal and personal/team development are intrinsic and considered in all business developments
To attend external partnership meetings as required
To deputise for the team leader and service manager as required
To work as part of a rota across 24hrs, 7 days per week with flexibility to travelling across sites and services as required.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To work collaboratively with the service manager and Multi- disciplinary team to develop outstanding liaison psychiatry services.
To engage staff and external partners positively and constructively, in line with the Trusts Clinical and Commercial strategy, supporting the Trusts Vision and Values
Ability to think develop practical innovative and creative solutions to the clinical issues and complex problems
To act as a responsible member of the Liaison psychiatry team and accept responsibility for own performance and delivery of targets
To 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.
To promote and introduce systems to continuously improve quality of care, drawing on national and trust guidance, in particular CQC
To promote and encourage multi-dimensional and multi-cultural aspects whilst ensuring parity of access and esteem
To support clinical improvement with a strong emphasis on integrated multidisciplinary working and the development of person centred care.
To ensure compliance with all statutory, financial, health & safety, employment, safeguarding requirements, including statutory and mandatory training
To ensure the trusts supervision policy is adhered to and supervisor, appraisal and personal/team development are intrinsic and considered in all business developments
To attend external partnership meetings as required
To deputise for the team leader and service manager as required
To work as part of a rota across 24hrs, 7 days per week with flexibility to travelling across sites and services as required.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Clinical qualification at Diploma level or above in Mental Health nursing, Occupational Therapy, Social Work with evidence of transferable mental health skills and practice
- Registration with a registered body
Desirable
- Post qualification training to degree level
Experience
Essential
- 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
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Clinical qualification at Diploma level or above in Mental Health nursing, Occupational Therapy, Social Work with evidence of transferable mental health skills and practice
- Registration with a registered body
Desirable
- Post qualification training to degree level
Experience
Essential
- 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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
