Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for dynamic, forward thinking leaders to join our Liaison Psychiatry Services as we transition to the national Core 24 model to meet KMPT transformation priorities. Liaison psychiatry is a crucial component of the 24/7 Urgent Care Model, providing a fantastic chance for motivated individuals interested in working in an acute hospital setting. This role offers the opportunity to deepen your knowledge in both physical healthcare and crisis intervention.
We have a number of Band 7 Liaison Psychiatry Senior Clinical Practitioner roles within our six liaison psychiatry teams which cover the county of Kent. You will be based at one of our sites in Dartford, Medway, Maidstone, Tunbridge Wells, Ashford, or Margate
We are seeking highly motivated, enthusiastic mental health professionals committed to promoting patient-focused care and treatment for adults of all ages in an acute hospital environment. Successful candidates will possess excellent leadership skills and will work across the acute general hospital, providing mental health triage, assessments and brief interventions to patients in the emergency departments and inpatient wards. Additionally, they will offer support, advice, and training to junior colleagues within the team and acute hospital colleagues.
The successful candidates will receive comprehensive induction, regular supervision and reflective practice. The role requires working a flexible shift pattern over a 24/7 schedule.
Main duties of the job
Clinical: To provide a biopsychosocial assessment of patients who attend the hospital with a known or suspected mental health problem, including those with dementia or delirium. Share expertise of mental health crises in over 65s. Work in close partnership with the Acute Hospital Trust, and Kent and Medway Partnership Trust teams in order to promote good working relationships and effective clinical care. Ability to assess where social need is greater than mental or physical health need and work with colleagues to coordinate appropriate plans of care for patients. Demonstrate risk management, and safeguarding issues, practicing safely and in accordance with individual patient need. To be able to formulate a comprehensive, multidisciplinary, integrated plan of care and communicate to relevant parties in a timely fashion. Involve carers at every step when appropriate.
Assess and anticipate individual needs of patient in crisis, taking appropriate action and communicating to relevant agencies/parties as required. Report all incidents as per the Trust incident reporting guidelines and policy.
The post holder will have the ability to work autonomously when carrying out assessments and planning care and collecting data.
About us
Come and work with us in the Garden of England where we combine exceptional professional development opportunities with a tremendous quality of life.
We are Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust (KMPT), providing mental health, learning disability and specialist services, serving 1.8 million people in Kent and Medway, as well as specialist services for adults in Sussex and Surrey. We are rated Good overall by the CQC.
Each year we care for over 2,000 people in our hospitals and 54,000 people in the community.
We are proud to employ over 3,800 people from 66 nationalities, and to serve an increasingly diverse range of communities across rural and urban areas.
You will be joining friendly, passionate colleagues, rich in their diversity, who are committed to providing excellent care to our service users and their loved ones.
The nature of our work attracts kindness and compassion as standard and everyone from our cleaners and porters to the chief executive and chairman are recognised as playing a vital role in providing an exemplary service.
Our strategy
Our mission is what we set out to do every dayWe deliver brilliant care through brilliant people
Our vision is where we want to be in the futureTo provide outstanding care and to work in partnership to deliver this in the right place, for every service user, every time.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To assess patients who attend the hospital with a known or suspected mental health problem, including those with dementia or delirium. Share expertise of mental health crises in over 65s.
Work in close partnership with the Acute Hospital Trust, and Kent and Medway Partnership Trust teams in order to promote good working relationships and effective clinical care.
Ability to assess where social need is greater than mental or physical health need and work with colleagues to coordinate appropriate plans of care for patients.
Demonstrate risk management, and safeguarding issues, practicing safely and in accordance with individual patient need.
To be able to formulate a comprehensive, multidisciplinary, integrated plan of care and communicate to relevant parties in a timely fashion. Involve carers at every step when appropriate.
Assess and anticipate individual needs of patient in crisis, taking appropriate action and communicating to relevant agencies/parties as required. Report all incidents as per the Trust incident reporting guidelines and policy.
The post holder will have the ability to work autonomously when carrying out assessments and planning care and collecting data.
To work within the Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust Hospital Liaison Psychiatry Service to deliver a hospital focused service for people with co morbid illness
To develop links with and work collaboratively with Acute colleagues, and with those in the Hospital Psychiatry Liaison Service to enhance the interface between the specialist service and general hospital service.
To provide a specialist assessment and intervention service for adults (18yrs +) with co morbid illness and hold a small complex clinical caseload.
To act as an educational and consultative resource for colleagues working within the general hospital, primary care and the hospital liaison psychiatry service.
To maintain excellent standards of practice and regularly evaluate these.
To support service manager and matrons in leading the change process in line with LPS accreditation and delivery of Core 24 LPS services
Develop appropriate clinical audit
Report any incidents in accordance with Trust Policy.
Act within policies, procedures and legislation that promote equality, diversity and rights.
Role model the trust values in your daily working practice, to your team and clients
Utilise resources in an effective and cost-efficient manner.
To take a lead in an identified & specific clinical area this may include Neurodiversity, Triage role, substance misuse, dual diagnosis, Dementia/Delirium, Complex emotional dysregulation disorders, High intensity users, Self-harming behaviours, medically unexplained symptoms - this is not an exhaustive list and is in addition to your generic role.
To lead on the clinical development of band 6 LPS staff.
To develop close working, trusted relationships with acute hospital colleagues
To complete clinical inductions for all newly appointed band 6 clinicians
To support LPS clinicians to access opportunities for work with days, and to encourage reciprocation, across a wide variety of services, to enhance understanding of other services roles, pathways and service provisions
To lead on service improvements for service users and carers, with increased involvement and completion of PREM & CRE
COMMUNICATIONS AND WORKING RELATIONSHIPS:
Communicate effectively with the liaison psychiatry team and with general hospital colleagues
To maintain accurate and relevant records and reports in accordance with Trust policy and professional requirements.
To provide assessment, progress and reports on interventions undertaken.
Liaise with other professionals and agencies that may be involved with a particular case
Please refer to the attached job description for full details and main responsibilities of the role.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To assess patients who attend the hospital with a known or suspected mental health problem, including those with dementia or delirium. Share expertise of mental health crises in over 65s.
Work in close partnership with the Acute Hospital Trust, and Kent and Medway Partnership Trust teams in order to promote good working relationships and effective clinical care.
Ability to assess where social need is greater than mental or physical health need and work with colleagues to coordinate appropriate plans of care for patients.
Demonstrate risk management, and safeguarding issues, practicing safely and in accordance with individual patient need.
To be able to formulate a comprehensive, multidisciplinary, integrated plan of care and communicate to relevant parties in a timely fashion. Involve carers at every step when appropriate.
Assess and anticipate individual needs of patient in crisis, taking appropriate action and communicating to relevant agencies/parties as required. Report all incidents as per the Trust incident reporting guidelines and policy.
The post holder will have the ability to work autonomously when carrying out assessments and planning care and collecting data.
To work within the Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust Hospital Liaison Psychiatry Service to deliver a hospital focused service for people with co morbid illness
To develop links with and work collaboratively with Acute colleagues, and with those in the Hospital Psychiatry Liaison Service to enhance the interface between the specialist service and general hospital service.
To provide a specialist assessment and intervention service for adults (18yrs +) with co morbid illness and hold a small complex clinical caseload.
To act as an educational and consultative resource for colleagues working within the general hospital, primary care and the hospital liaison psychiatry service.
To maintain excellent standards of practice and regularly evaluate these.
To support service manager and matrons in leading the change process in line with LPS accreditation and delivery of Core 24 LPS services
Develop appropriate clinical audit
Report any incidents in accordance with Trust Policy.
Act within policies, procedures and legislation that promote equality, diversity and rights.
Role model the trust values in your daily working practice, to your team and clients
Utilise resources in an effective and cost-efficient manner.
To take a lead in an identified & specific clinical area this may include Neurodiversity, Triage role, substance misuse, dual diagnosis, Dementia/Delirium, Complex emotional dysregulation disorders, High intensity users, Self-harming behaviours, medically unexplained symptoms - this is not an exhaustive list and is in addition to your generic role.
To lead on the clinical development of band 6 LPS staff.
To develop close working, trusted relationships with acute hospital colleagues
To complete clinical inductions for all newly appointed band 6 clinicians
To support LPS clinicians to access opportunities for work with days, and to encourage reciprocation, across a wide variety of services, to enhance understanding of other services roles, pathways and service provisions
To lead on service improvements for service users and carers, with increased involvement and completion of PREM & CRE
COMMUNICATIONS AND WORKING RELATIONSHIPS:
Communicate effectively with the liaison psychiatry team and with general hospital colleagues
To maintain accurate and relevant records and reports in accordance with Trust policy and professional requirements.
To provide assessment, progress and reports on interventions undertaken.
Liaise with other professionals and agencies that may be involved with a particular case
Please refer to the attached job description for full details and main responsibilities of the role.
Person Specification
Qualifications and Registation
Essential
- Registered Mental Health Nurse with NMC pin
- Post-registration therapy qualification or wish and ability to work towards this
- Educated or working at Masters level or equivalent experience
Desirable
- To have undertaken the Practice Supervisor qualification/training
- Additional qualifications or experience in specialists areas such as: ASD/Dual diagnosis/Dementia/Complex emotional dysregulation /High intensity users
Experience
Essential
- Previous experience at senior nurse (band 6 or above) of one year and above
- Experience of working individually with people using a CBT or similar therapeutic approach OR o Experience of working in the community with people with mental health problems
- Experience of identifying, assessing and managing clinical risk
Person Specification
Qualifications and Registation
Essential
- Registered Mental Health Nurse with NMC pin
- Post-registration therapy qualification or wish and ability to work towards this
- Educated or working at Masters level or equivalent experience
Desirable
- To have undertaken the Practice Supervisor qualification/training
- Additional qualifications or experience in specialists areas such as: ASD/Dual diagnosis/Dementia/Complex emotional dysregulation /High intensity users
Experience
Essential
- Previous experience at senior nurse (band 6 or above) of one year and above
- Experience of working individually with people using a CBT or similar therapeutic approach OR o Experience of working in the community with people with mental health problems
- Experience of identifying, assessing and managing clinical risk
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).
