Mental Health Practitioner - Preston - Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust

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    The mental health liaison team provides a comprehensive service to patients/service users over 16yrs, carers and clinical colleagues based within the acute hospital trust. This involves:

    1. Offering an assessment service to patients presenting with a range of mental health and psychological problems.
    2. Providing a mental health consultation-liaison and advice service.
    3. Delivering a range of interventions to individual patients and their families, as appropriate.
    4. Assisting and supporting general hospital colleagues in making decisions about treatment and care in complex situations.
    5. Providing formal and informal education and clinical supervision to registered and unregistered staff.
    6. Representing mental health services within the general hospital.
    7. 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.
    8. Following assessment, discuss and agree with the band 7 practitioner, the most appropriate pathway, signposting and where an inpatient stay is potentially required refer to the Enhanced Gatekeeping MDT.
    9. Co-ordinate 136 MHA presentations in the A&E Department and support Section 136 Suites co-located.

    You will have experience of working with service users who present with complex mental health needs.

    Main duties of the job

    The Mental Health Liaison team provides a comprehensive service to patients/service users, carers and clinical colleagues based within our acute trusts at Royal Preston Hospital and Chorley and South Ribble Hospital. This involves:

    1. Offering an assessment service to patients presenting with a range of mental health and psychological problems.
    2. Providing a mental health consultation-liaison and advice service.
    3. Delivering a range of interventions to individual patients and their families, as appropriate.
    4. Assisting and supporting general hospital colleagues in making decisions about treatment and care in complex situations.
    5. Providing formal and informal education and clinical supervision to registered and unregistered staff.
    6. Representing mental health services within the general hospital.
    7. 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.
    8. Following assessment, discuss and agree with the band 7 practitioner, the most appropriate pathway, signposting and where an inpatient stay is potentially required refer to the Enhanced Gatekeeping MDT.
    9. Co-ordinate 136 MHA presentations in the A&E Department and support Section 136 Suites co-located.

    About us

    Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust provides a range of services including secondary mental health care across this area. Specialist provision comprises inpatient child and adolescent mental health services, perinatal mental health and forensic services including low and medium secure care. The Trust also provides a range of physical health and well-being services in the community alongside a range of partners in the Lancashire, Cumbria and Sefton area.

    Lancashire & South Cumbria Foundation Trust encourages flexible working, we believe that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing. We would consider working patterns such as term time, part time, compressed hours, flexi-time and career breaks. We encourage applicants to state clearly on their application forms this request and discuss these options at interview.

    For more information please visit our website via Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS FT.

    Job description

    Job responsibilities

    Please see attached the job description and person specification for more information about this role.

    Person Specification

    Qualifications

    Essential

    • Registered Mental Health Nurse qualification
    • On-going registration with the NMC.
    • Specialist qualification or equivalent level in skills and development
    • Evidence of commitment to continuing professional development

    Knowledge

    Essential

    • Understanding of Health and Safety policies and procedures
    • Knowledge and practice of Mental Health Act 1983
    • Knowledge and practice of the Mental Capacity Act 2005
    • Knowledge of common mental health problems and medication used in relation to these

    Experience

    Essential

    • Supervision and management of staff
    • Experience of assessing, planning and implementing and reviewing care needs
    • Experienced in acting as a mentor/assessor of student staff
    • Experience of interacting therapeutically with distress and/or disturbed individuals

    Employer details

    Employer name

    Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust

    Address

    Mental Health Liaison Team Central
    Preston
    PR2 9HT

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