Job summary
Reading Community Mental Health Team are looking for a Band 7 Ward Liaison worker to support patients through their inpatient journey at Prospect Park Hospital in Reading, the successful candidate will provide a key link between community and inpatient services working alongside our partners in Reading Borough Council to support the safe discharge of individuals back to the community in a timely manner
This post offers the opportunity for a Band 6 looking to progress their career or a Band 7 looking to enhance their experience to build relationships, knowledge and expertise and support people through the admission process and their return to the community.
Reading Community Mental Health Team is a busy service and the role is key to the ongoing commitment to support our client group receive the best possible care on their recovery journey. The successful candidate will join an experienced and supportive leadership team and be encouraged to focus on their own career development alongside supporting others
Main duties of the job
To be responsible for the assessment, planning, implementing and evaluation of specialist care to support discharge from the ward, including evaluating the work of junior staff and be responsible for developing care packages and programmes of care, including the involvement of multi-agency input around the service users needs.
To maintain and develop relationships with professionals external to the area of service, service users and their significant others (where appropriate) within the area of service/specialism. This would include our inpatient teams, Urgent Care services, partner organisations and care agencies, recognising that these relationships are key to the development of effective support for the individual
To ensure services are delivered in a manner that is appropriate, relevant, and respectful to all community members, recognising the diversity of ethnicity, culture, belief, privilege and capacity of service users and carers.
To ensure services are delivered in area of specialism, that meets the quality and clinical effectiveness standards; to proactively participate in measuring service user and staff satisfaction in service area.
To provide leadership to the multidisciplinary team, actively developing junior staff and imparting knowledge and experience
About us
We are a Community Mental Health Team providing a wide range of services to the Adult population of Reading who experience severe and enduring mental health problems. We look to offer innovative and high standards of care which focuses on the needs of the individual on their personal recovery journey. To help achieve this we work closely with partner organsiations, carers and our service users to build an effective and supportive care pathway
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see attached job description for more information about this role and working at Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see attached job description for more information about this role and working at Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust.
Person Specification
Education/Qualifications/Training
Essential
- Diploma or degree level professional qualification
- Professional qualification - RMN, OT, DipSW/CQSW
Desirable
- Registered for practice through NMC.
- To have a Sign Off Mentor (SOM) qualification as in accordance with the NMC and be able to sign off students as proficient for registration.
Continuous Professional Development
Essential
- Evidence of continuous professional development to high standard.
Previous Experience
Essential
- Experience of working in community mental health services.
- Minimum two years post-qualification experience of working with adults with mental health problems.
- Experience of supervising staff and students.
- Experience of multi-disciplinary team working.
- Experience of report writing.
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
Essential
- Thorough working knowledge of mental health problems and their management.
- Knowledge of current mental health policy
- Strong organisational skills and the ability to analyse situations and be able to make the right decisions.
- Ability to work as a member of a multi-disciplinary team
- Ability to work autonomously and set own priorities.
- Ability to apply client-led principles and form non-discriminatory therapeutic relationships with clients and carers.
- Ability to maintain good quality records.
- Ability to take responsibility appropriate to senior clinician role.
- Ability to deal with emotionally demanding situations, to remain control under pressure, and to be adaptable to demands of the role.
- Ability to reflect and critically appraise own performance
- Show good interpersonal and communication skills through a variety of mediums being sufficiently IT literate to us a number of IT systems available to the team to promote good team working and communication
Additional Requirements
Essential
- Effective leadership and management skills
- Proven interpersonal, communication and supervision skills.
- Confident in their ability to make rapid and effective decisions.
- Ability to be creative in changing service delivery to meet the needs of the service user and the ongoing development of the service
- Flexible working with an ability to use own initiative as well as to be a team player.
- Demonstrates evidence of Trusts values
- Hold a clean driving licence and have use of a car for work.
- Occupational Health clearance satisfactory to the Trust.
- Disclosure and Barring Service check satisfactory to the Trust.
Desirable
- Ability to travel to multiple sites.
Person Specification
Education/Qualifications/Training
Essential
- Diploma or degree level professional qualification
- Professional qualification - RMN, OT, DipSW/CQSW
Desirable
- Registered for practice through NMC.
- To have a Sign Off Mentor (SOM) qualification as in accordance with the NMC and be able to sign off students as proficient for registration.
Continuous Professional Development
Essential
- Evidence of continuous professional development to high standard.
Previous Experience
Essential
- Experience of working in community mental health services.
- Minimum two years post-qualification experience of working with adults with mental health problems.
- Experience of supervising staff and students.
- Experience of multi-disciplinary team working.
- Experience of report writing.
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
Essential
- Thorough working knowledge of mental health problems and their management.
- Knowledge of current mental health policy
- Strong organisational skills and the ability to analyse situations and be able to make the right decisions.
- Ability to work as a member of a multi-disciplinary team
- Ability to work autonomously and set own priorities.
- Ability to apply client-led principles and form non-discriminatory therapeutic relationships with clients and carers.
- Ability to maintain good quality records.
- Ability to take responsibility appropriate to senior clinician role.
- Ability to deal with emotionally demanding situations, to remain control under pressure, and to be adaptable to demands of the role.
- Ability to reflect and critically appraise own performance
- Show good interpersonal and communication skills through a variety of mediums being sufficiently IT literate to us a number of IT systems available to the team to promote good team working and communication
Additional Requirements
Essential
- Effective leadership and management skills
- Proven interpersonal, communication and supervision skills.
- Confident in their ability to make rapid and effective decisions.
- Ability to be creative in changing service delivery to meet the needs of the service user and the ongoing development of the service
- Flexible working with an ability to use own initiative as well as to be a team player.
- Demonstrates evidence of Trusts values
- Hold a clean driving licence and have use of a car for work.
- Occupational Health clearance satisfactory to the Trust.
- Disclosure and Barring Service check satisfactory to the Trust.
Desirable
- Ability to travel to multiple sites.
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).
