Job summary
Kent & Medway Mental Health NHS Trust provides a liaison mental health assessment service to the Emergency Department and wards at the counties acute hospitals. It's a challenging and rewarding service to work in.
You will be a confident and experienced mental health clinician, who will work across the acute general hospital to provide mental health assessments, care, advice and training to both the Emergency Departments and in-patient wards.
The Pembury Liaison Psychiatry Service will be operating 24/7, 365 days a year. There is an expectation that the successful candidate will work predominantly Monday to Friday.
Ability to travel to different sites across the Trust in a timely manner
Main duties of the job
- To provide operational leadership and expertise to a team of clinicians who often work alone, to ensure the timely delivery of a safe and effective assessment service to the general hospitals for people aged 18 and over referred with mental health problems, dementia and co-morbid physical illness.
- To maintain clinical expertise and leadership skills through regular patient contact (minimum requirement of 1 shift per week).
- To ensure systems and processes exist to support staff performance in accordance with Trust objectives.
- To report on and contribute to the monitoring, evaluation and audit of the performance and clinical practice of the liaison service.
- To liaise with and work collaboratively with Acute Trust colleagues to promote the interface between acute and specialist inpatient and community services and enhance patient experience and recovery.
- To coordinate a training programme to the general hospital workforce
About us
We are the Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust. We care for the mental health and wellbeing of people across Kent and Medway. Our teams support adults with a wide range of mental health needs. Because we cover the whole county and both hospital and community settings, we can make care more joined up and easier to access for the 1.8 million people of Kent and Medway. Rated 'Good' by the CQC, we care for over 2,000 people in our hospitals and 54,000 in the community each year.
Our vision is simple: We are here to help communities not just live with mental illness, but live well. It's why we're passionate about working with communities to make mental health care better for everyone. And everything we do is guided by our values caring, inclusive, curious and confident.
Join us - if you share our passion for better mental health care and want to be part of a team that's doing well together.
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Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the attached job description for the full details on the responsibilities and person specification
We are serious about diversity and inclusion, and we are working hard to build this into our DNA. We warmly welcome applications for any of our roles from people from diverse backgrounds, and we are proactively encouraging applications from under-represented communities for our more senior roles, like this one.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the attached job description for the full details on the responsibilities and person specification
We are serious about diversity and inclusion, and we are working hard to build this into our DNA. We warmly welcome applications for any of our roles from people from diverse backgrounds, and we are proactively encouraging applications from under-represented communities for our more senior roles, like this one.
Person Specification
Training, Qualifications and Registration
Essential
- Registered Professional Qualification in Mental Health Nursing, Occupational Therapy, including registration with the relevant regulatory body
Desirable
- Registered General Nurse (as a dual trained practitioner) Post Graduate Degree/Masters programme
- Qualified Sign Off Mentor (998 or equivalent) / Accredited Practice Educator (APPLE programme for OT)
- If not a qualified mentor, commitment to work towards this
Experience
Essential
- Previous experience at band 6 or above
- Minimum of 2 years diverse post qualification experience
Desirable
- Formal presentations and teaching
- Working in a general hospital setting
Knowledge & Skill
Essential
- Current mental health policy, legislation and joint working practices relating to mental health.
- Ability to consider how recent Government initiatives relating to mental health can be realised through service developments in liaison services.
- Good knowledge of NICE guidelines relating to self harm, depression, dementia and delirium
- Understanding of the effects of physical health, long term conditions on mental health and well being.
- Can demonstrate leadership skills, motivate staff and inspire confidence & Manage conflict through mediation, negotiation and influencing skills
- Ability to develop and provide training packages, meeting the needs of the general hospital
- Ability to communicate and liaise effectively with others, including written communication skills.
Person Specification
Training, Qualifications and Registration
Essential
- Registered Professional Qualification in Mental Health Nursing, Occupational Therapy, including registration with the relevant regulatory body
Desirable
- Registered General Nurse (as a dual trained practitioner) Post Graduate Degree/Masters programme
- Qualified Sign Off Mentor (998 or equivalent) / Accredited Practice Educator (APPLE programme for OT)
- If not a qualified mentor, commitment to work towards this
Experience
Essential
- Previous experience at band 6 or above
- Minimum of 2 years diverse post qualification experience
Desirable
- Formal presentations and teaching
- Working in a general hospital setting
Knowledge & Skill
Essential
- Current mental health policy, legislation and joint working practices relating to mental health.
- Ability to consider how recent Government initiatives relating to mental health can be realised through service developments in liaison services.
- Good knowledge of NICE guidelines relating to self harm, depression, dementia and delirium
- Understanding of the effects of physical health, long term conditions on mental health and well being.
- Can demonstrate leadership skills, motivate staff and inspire confidence & Manage conflict through mediation, negotiation and influencing skills
- Ability to develop and provide training packages, meeting the needs of the general hospital
- Ability to communicate and liaise effectively with others, including written communication skills.
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).
