Job summary
An opportunity has arisen for a band 5 to band 6 developmental post a substantive position within the Mental Health Liaison Team at Salisbury District Hospital in Wiltshire. We are looking to recruit a newly qualified registered practitioners (RMN, OT or Social Worker) who has an interest in working with individuals who have presented to Salisbury District Hospital.
The team offer learning opportunities to work alongside service users experiencing medicallyunexplained symptoms, functional disorders and severe and enduring mental illnesses while admitted for physical health treatment at the RoyalUnited Hospital.
This post is open to newly qualified social workers. In line with AWP trust policy all newly qualified social workers (NQSW) will be recruited initially at Band 5 level, regardless of advertised role banding. All NQSW's are expected to successfully complete their ASYE within 2 years of employment, unless there are exceptional circumstances in which case it may be extended for a further 2 years.
If you have been appointed to an advertised Band 6 role this will be an automatic progression, following confirmation of your successful ASYE completion. If you have been appointed to a Band 5 post you will then be eligible to apply for a subsequent Band 6 vacancy upon successful ASYE completion.
Main duties of the job
This involves:
Offering a comprehensive psychosocial and safety assessment, service to patients presenting with a range of mental health and psychological problems, and psychiatric illnesses.
Providing a mental health consultation-liaison and advice service.
Delivering a range of nursing and psychosocial interventions to individual patients and their families, as appropriate.
Assisting and supporting general hospital colleagues in making decisions about treatment and care in complex situations.
Providing formal and informal education and clinical supervision to registered and unregistered staff.
Representing mental health services within the general hospital.
Providing a communication structure between the general hospital, secondary mental health services, primary care and non-statutory services, as a means of ensuring the highest possible standards of patient care.
As a member of the mental health liaison band 6 team, the post holder will be expected to assess and treat patients who are referred from a variety of sources, which will include:
Emergency Department.
Medical assessment areas.
All wards and clinical teams across the hospital including ITU and Maternity.
About us
We are AWP (Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust) a diverse organisation with over 5,000 dedicated staff providing inpatient and community-based mental health care.
We provide services from a range of locations to approximately 1.8 million people living in Bath and North East Somerset (B&NES), Bristol, North Somerset, South Gloucestershire, Swindon, across the county of Wiltshire and in parts of Dorset.
Our outstanding people promote mental health and wellbeing. The expertise and resources within AWP are dedicated to a person-centred approach for those who use our services and for all employees. We recognise that happy and fulfilled employees give better care.
At AWP we actively encourage applicants from all backgrounds; we are particularly keen to encourage applications from people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, those with disabilities and from the LGBTQ+ community. We want people to bring their unique blend of experiences, backgrounds, perspectives and knowledge to AWP, as diversity makes us stronger.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Be responsible for the full assessment of care needs of patients presenting with a range of undifferentiated mental health and psychological problems. As a result of this assessment, you will beresponsible for the development, implementation and evaluation of programmes of care, without direct supervision.Provide a comprehensive consultation-liaison service to clinical teams, assisting them to formulate appropriate plans of care and make decisions in cases where patients may be exhibiting complex needs and/or challenging behaviours.Initiate and participate in the teaching and educational programmes of all grades of nursing and non nursing staff. You will also provide teaching and develop learning opportunities for pre and post registration nursing students.When appropriate, maintain a small caseload of patients, providing a broad range of treatments and clinical interventions, as appropriate to the individuals needs.Be responsible for participating in specific clinical projects and undertake all the necessary work to complete these, including facilitating meetings, liaising and/or negotiating with other staff.Participate fully in appropriate quality assurance initiatives, with the emphasis on developing patient/service user-focused services.Promote a positive attitude and encourage a supportive culture in relation to mental health and psychiatric illness across the general hospital.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Be responsible for the full assessment of care needs of patients presenting with a range of undifferentiated mental health and psychological problems. As a result of this assessment, you will beresponsible for the development, implementation and evaluation of programmes of care, without direct supervision.Provide a comprehensive consultation-liaison service to clinical teams, assisting them to formulate appropriate plans of care and make decisions in cases where patients may be exhibiting complex needs and/or challenging behaviours.Initiate and participate in the teaching and educational programmes of all grades of nursing and non nursing staff. You will also provide teaching and develop learning opportunities for pre and post registration nursing students.When appropriate, maintain a small caseload of patients, providing a broad range of treatments and clinical interventions, as appropriate to the individuals needs.Be responsible for participating in specific clinical projects and undertake all the necessary work to complete these, including facilitating meetings, liaising and/or negotiating with other staff.Participate fully in appropriate quality assurance initiatives, with the emphasis on developing patient/service user-focused services.Promote a positive attitude and encourage a supportive culture in relation to mental health and psychiatric illness across the general hospital.
Person Specification
Skills
Essential
- Effective communication and empathy, forming rapport, when interacting with service users, families and other healthcare professionals and when undertaking assessments with distressed individuals in crisis.
- The ability to evaluate the severity of a persons mental health condition, assess potential harm to themselves or others, identify protective factors and make informed decisions and interventions risk assessment and collaborate with other healthcare professionals to plan a safe discharge.
- Knowledge of key areas of liaison, psychosocial assessment and the psychological effects of physical illness.
- Have experience of working therapeutically with individuals following self-harm
- Diploma level/degree in relevant health/social care profession, eg RMN, OT, Social worker
Desirable
- Knowledge of various therapeutic approaches in the care and treatment of individuals with drug and alcohol problems
- Of working in a mental health liaison setting/general hospital
- Teaching & assessing qualification
- Knowledge/experience of those experiencing social factors eg homelessness, financial difficulties and adverse life events
- Knowledge/experience working with Police, probation or safeguarding
Person Specification
Skills
Essential
- Effective communication and empathy, forming rapport, when interacting with service users, families and other healthcare professionals and when undertaking assessments with distressed individuals in crisis.
- The ability to evaluate the severity of a persons mental health condition, assess potential harm to themselves or others, identify protective factors and make informed decisions and interventions risk assessment and collaborate with other healthcare professionals to plan a safe discharge.
- Knowledge of key areas of liaison, psychosocial assessment and the psychological effects of physical illness.
- Have experience of working therapeutically with individuals following self-harm
- Diploma level/degree in relevant health/social care profession, eg RMN, OT, Social worker
Desirable
- Knowledge of various therapeutic approaches in the care and treatment of individuals with drug and alcohol problems
- Of working in a mental health liaison setting/general hospital
- Teaching & assessing qualification
- Knowledge/experience of those experiencing social factors eg homelessness, financial difficulties and adverse life events
- Knowledge/experience working with Police, probation or safeguarding
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).
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