Perinatal Specialist Mental Health £67-£71k JERSEY

Job responsibilities

To promote and develop the role of mental health liaison by providing clinical and professional leadership in development and implementation of evidence-based practices to support people with a mental health need who are under the care of the General Hospital. To facilitate high-quality person-centred specialist health care for people with mental health needs within a hospital setting. To ensure seamless care provision between mainstream hospital wards and mental health services including inpatient and community services. Providing nursing advice, education and direct support on complex health care needs of people with a mental health need, families, staff and provider services.

Responsible for liaising with Hospital wards, Adult Social Care & Mental Health Service staff and all other relevant carers in order to facilitate an effective health care pathway for people with mental health needs who have been admitted to the JGH.

Enhance care delivery by promoting a whole system approach to achieve positive outcomes within a multi-agency/disciplinary partnership.

Participate in multidisciplinary/agency team meetings, hospital admissions, case conferences, pre discharge meetings, as well as referrals onwards to other mental health teams.

Engage with all health care services to promote the rights of individuals, to access an equitable service and reasonable adjustments are made in order to meet individual needs.

Participate in the development and review of policies and procedures to ensure the health needs of people with mental health needs are considered and in particular, to develop processes and pathways within referrals and admissions to health care services.

Liaise with Hospital, Acute Services and GP practices to ensure appropriate needs identified and recorded, to carry out routine mental health assessment, screening and consultation for adults with a mental health need where required.

Assess and advise on issues surrounding complex health care needs of people with mental health in relation to emergency or elective admission, access to investigations and diagnostics required for health care needs and for discharge planning.

Provide mental health awareness training to staff from Hospital, other health professions, students.

Provide knowledge and advice to care staff on complex health needs and presentations (e.g. dementia, psychotic disorders)

Maintain as part of continual professional development up to date clinical mental health evidenced based knowledge/skills, using information to affect change in practice and ensure dissemination of new knowledge working within equality and diversity guidance, to reduce discrimination and disadvantage by making access to health services equitable.

Experience

Essential

• Evidence of experience and ability
• to demonstrate sound application of
• skills post qualification

Desirable

• Experience of providing
• training to colleagues

Knowledge

Essential

• Professional knowledge across a
• range of mental health health related procedures underpinned by
• theory
• Knowledge of relevant local
• national policies including
• Safeguarding , Mental Health Law
• Jersey 2016 and
• Capacity and Self Determination
• Law (Jersey) 2016.
• Skilled practitioner in assessing
• health needs of individuals.
• Specialist knowledge of the
• pharmacological and psychosocial
• interventions for the treatment of
• mental disorders.

Desirable

• Knowledge of behavioural
• methodology, Positive
• Behaviour Support.
• Understand or willingness to
• learn about how co-morbid
• conditions impact mental
• health.

Qualifications

Essential

• Level 1 Registered Mental Health
• Nurse (RMN) with NMC
• registration.
• Mandatory registration with Jersey
• Care Commission on appointment
• and must maintain registration
• yearly.
• Professional Degree.

Desirable

• Knowledge of behavioural
• methodology (Positive
• Behaviour Support).
• Understand or willingness to
• learn about how co-morbid
• conditions impact mental
• health.

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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).