Job summary
The Mental Health Liaison Service is a CORE 24 team working within Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill hospitals, specialising in providing mental health care within the acute hospitals. You will be joining an already well established team that will be ready to support you.
We are welcoming interest from Registered Mental Health Nurses, Registered Social Workers or Registered Learning Disability Nurses working either at or towards a Band 7 level, who have experience of working in liaison/front line and crisis services or those who have worked with patients with complex mental health difficulties.
We are an ageless service working to address the mental health needs of people presenting to and receiving care in the acute setting. Common presentations include suicidal ideation, deliberate self-harm, depression, dementia, cognitive impairments, alcohol misuse, psychosis, adjustment to illness and physical and psychological co-morbidities. We assess people in the Emergency Department (ED) and from any ward across the hospitals.
Main duties of the job
The appointed person must be competent and highly skilled in offer a comprehensive and holistic assessment of a person's biopsychosocial needs, confident in autonomous decision-making and able to provide strong clinical leadership within the team in order to support other clinicians with complex clinical decision-making.
The post holder will act as a source of expertise and point of contact within the team for our colleagues from the acute hospital trust and work in partnership with senior clinicians and colleagues supporting and maintaining service provision to ensuring effective communication between services to resolve any potential clinical issues.
About us
We are an award winning and CQC rated good health and social care Trust delivering integrated services across Hull, East and North Yorkshire.Find out more on our website
We are a forward thinking and dynamic Trust with a real commitment to staff development. We value our colleagues and invest in them to ensure they have the right skills to deliver outstanding care.
We are proud to score above or equal to the average for all NHS People Promise theme areas demonstrating our commitment to improve the experience of working in the NHS for everyone. Wherever you work we know you will receive a warm welcome and all the support you'll need to get you started.
We recognise the positive value of diversity and promotes equality whilst challenging discrimination. We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds.
Work life balance is about having influence and flexibility over when, where and how you work. If the work pattern for this role does not meet your needs, we welcome an application and are happy to discuss working arrangements that differ from those advertised.
We offer a unique range of benefits that go above and beyond other NHS Trusts including an enhanced leave package and health and wellbeing support.
From city to countryside, market towns to moors you'll find a place to call home including some of the most affordable places to live in the UK.
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Job description
Job responsibilities
For further details with regards to this vacancy opportunity, please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for more information.
If you are interested in this post and would like further information then we would welcome you to contact Katie Willson at kathryn.willson@nhs.net oron 01482 226226. Please do not contact us for application forms.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For further details with regards to this vacancy opportunity, please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for more information.
If you are interested in this post and would like further information then we would welcome you to contact Katie Willson at kathryn.willson@nhs.net oron 01482 226226. Please do not contact us for application forms.
Person Specification
Knowledge
Essential
- Full understanding of relevant clinical practice, standards and protocols within identified clinical area.
- Full understanding of relevant policy, legislation, drivers and their application to clinical and service area, e.g. (, NICE Guidelines
Desirable
- Evidence of project work that has impacted on practice and demonstrates a higher level of communication/planning/change that impacts within own area of work/responsibility.
- Leadership training/qualification/experience
Experience
Essential
- Evidence of sound post-registration professional practice
- Ability to work across organisational boundaries, developing and maintaining multi-professional and multi-agency partnerships
Desirable
- Demonstrable experience of working in the specific field where the post is held.
- Leadership/management experience which has had a positive impact and created change within the service delivery/practice.
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Social Worker or Mental health or Learning disabilities nurse.
- Professional qualification relevant to practice area, with study to degree level
Skills and Competencies
Essential
- Able to demonstrate effective communication skills at all levels i.e. strategically and locally
- Effective inter-personal skills and experience in supervising and mentoring.
Desirable
- Ability to lead and motivate staff to embrace change.
Person Specification
Knowledge
Essential
- Full understanding of relevant clinical practice, standards and protocols within identified clinical area.
- Full understanding of relevant policy, legislation, drivers and their application to clinical and service area, e.g. (, NICE Guidelines
Desirable
- Evidence of project work that has impacted on practice and demonstrates a higher level of communication/planning/change that impacts within own area of work/responsibility.
- Leadership training/qualification/experience
Experience
Essential
- Evidence of sound post-registration professional practice
- Ability to work across organisational boundaries, developing and maintaining multi-professional and multi-agency partnerships
Desirable
- Demonstrable experience of working in the specific field where the post is held.
- Leadership/management experience which has had a positive impact and created change within the service delivery/practice.
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Social Worker or Mental health or Learning disabilities nurse.
- Professional qualification relevant to practice area, with study to degree level
Skills and Competencies
Essential
- Able to demonstrate effective communication skills at all levels i.e. strategically and locally
- Effective inter-personal skills and experience in supervising and mentoring.
Desirable
- Ability to lead and motivate staff to embrace change.
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).
