Job summary
The Mental Health Liaison Services at Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust. are looking for a Senior Mental Health Practitioner.
You will work in partnership with patients in the Community Hospital setting as they complete their hospital treatment; providing practical, emotional and signposting support as well as acting as a patient advocate if requested. You will work alongside Community Hospital colleagues to improve patient experience, care and wellbeing.
We will work with you to ensure that we support your personal and developmental needs, this includes a bespoke induction to ensure that you are fully prepared and supported in delivering this role.
Our aim is to work closely with our Community Hospital colleagues to deliver a pro-active, patient focussed service that delivers the right care at the right time and your work will ensure that the voice of the patient is fully recognised.
If you have excellent interpersonal skills, the desire to deliver high quality care and you are ready to use your experience to support others then please get in touch to talk through the role.
Main duties of the job
- Offer a visible, accessible presence within community hospitals in the provision of an assessment service to inpatients presenting with a broad range of mental health and psychological problems, and psychiatric illnesses. The nature of the role will also include the need for specialist assessments, treatments and interventions to older people with complex needs or enduring mental health issues.
- Deliver innovative and inspiring mental health training to support Gloucestershire Care Service priorities that enable the health and social care workforce and other priority groups to deliver high quality mental health services.
- Providing a mental health consultation, liaison and advice service throughout the hospital wards
- Delivering a range of evidence based psychosocial interventions to individual patients who have or who are suspected to have a mental health issues.
- Assisting and supporting community hospital colleagues in making decisions about treatment and care in complex situations
- Providing formal and informal clinical supervision to registered and unregistered staff
- To be a positive role model that promotes social inclusion and equitable mental and physical health for people living with mental health issues and their carers.
- Providing 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
About us
We have a skilled and dedicated workforce of over 5000 colleagues working in a diverse range of services over 55 sites and within people's homes. We strive to enable a welcoming workplace culture that builds and celebrates civility, inclusivity and diversity, while providing a sense of belonging and trust.
Annual staff surveys, regular Pulse surveys and other engagement opportunities provide our people with lots of opportunity to tell us about their experiences of working with us. In the latest staff survey, 61% of colleagues gave us their views. It was great to hear that:
- 72% of colleagues would recommend the Trust as a place to work, ranking us 1st for Provider Trusts in the South West region on this question.
- 76% would recommend the standard of care provided in our services if a friend or relative needed treatment, also ranking us 1st in the South West region.
- 81% said that care of patients and service users is the Trust's priority, compared with an average in comparable NHS Trusts in England of 64%.
This high-level overview shows we are in a healthy position, with higher scores than average for comparable organisations, alongside a great response rate, indicating good staff engagement. However, we also know we have plenty of room for improvement in many areas. To that end, we continue to prioritise and invest in our commitment to genuinely becoming a Great Place to Work with consistent top-quartile performance in the annual staff survey and Pulse surveys.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Knowledge of key areas of mental health liaison work and the core skills required
Extensive knowledge of a variety of approaches to assessment of mental health and associated treatments
A conceptual understanding of the principles of recovery and social inclusion with the ability to apply to Clinical practice
Excellent skills in relation to assessment and treatment and clinical management
Knowledge of the clinical and demographic risk factors associated with suicide and self-harm
Comprehensive knowledge of the MHA and Mental Capacity Act
Effective resource management skills.
Ability to analyse information
The qualification, training & experience requirements for the role are underlined in the Job Description/Person Specification.
The Trust is required to work in line with the Governments UK Visa and Immigration Rules and Regulations. For more information about sponsorship for certain roles, please visit - https://www.gov.uk/browse/visas-immigration/work-visas
Job description
Job responsibilities
Knowledge of key areas of mental health liaison work and the core skills required
Extensive knowledge of a variety of approaches to assessment of mental health and associated treatments
A conceptual understanding of the principles of recovery and social inclusion with the ability to apply to Clinical practice
Excellent skills in relation to assessment and treatment and clinical management
Knowledge of the clinical and demographic risk factors associated with suicide and self-harm
Comprehensive knowledge of the MHA and Mental Capacity Act
Effective resource management skills.
Ability to analyse information
The qualification, training & experience requirements for the role are underlined in the Job Description/Person Specification.
The Trust is required to work in line with the Governments UK Visa and Immigration Rules and Regulations. For more information about sponsorship for certain roles, please visit - https://www.gov.uk/browse/visas-immigration/work-visas
Person Specification
clinical
Essential
- Assisting and supporting community hospital colleagues in making decisions about treatment and care in complex situations
- Work effectively with service users, formal and informal carers involving them in the planning, development, delivery and evaluation of training and education activities.
- Significant proven post qualifying experience of working with individuals with severe and enduring mental illness
Desirable
- Experience of working with a wide range of mental health conditions; including (not exhaustively) depression, delirium, dementia and self-harm
- Experience of working with older people in a clinical setting
- Experience of working in a general hospital setting
professional
Essential
- A conceptual understanding of the principles of recovery and social inclusion with the ability to apply to Clinical practice
- Experience of working with and training/presenting to people from a variety of professional backgrounds.
- Knowledge of key areas of mental health liaison work and the core skills required
Desirable
- Comprehensive knowledge of the MHA and Mental Capacity Act
- Excellent skills in relation to assessment and treatment and clinical management
professional
Essential
- Experience of offering advice and guidance across organisational & professional boundaries.
- Excellent skills in relation to assessment and treatment and clinical management
- Knowledge of key areas of mental health liaison work and the core skills required
Desirable
- Ability to prioritise work load and manage resources effectively
Person Specification
clinical
Essential
- Assisting and supporting community hospital colleagues in making decisions about treatment and care in complex situations
- Work effectively with service users, formal and informal carers involving them in the planning, development, delivery and evaluation of training and education activities.
- Significant proven post qualifying experience of working with individuals with severe and enduring mental illness
Desirable
- Experience of working with a wide range of mental health conditions; including (not exhaustively) depression, delirium, dementia and self-harm
- Experience of working with older people in a clinical setting
- Experience of working in a general hospital setting
professional
Essential
- A conceptual understanding of the principles of recovery and social inclusion with the ability to apply to Clinical practice
- Experience of working with and training/presenting to people from a variety of professional backgrounds.
- Knowledge of key areas of mental health liaison work and the core skills required
Desirable
- Comprehensive knowledge of the MHA and Mental Capacity Act
- Excellent skills in relation to assessment and treatment and clinical management
professional
Essential
- Experience of offering advice and guidance across organisational & professional boundaries.
- Excellent skills in relation to assessment and treatment and clinical management
- Knowledge of key areas of mental health liaison work and the core skills required
Desirable
- Ability to prioritise work load and manage resources effectively
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
