Description
We are looking for dedicated Registered Mental Health Nurses, Occupational Therapists or Social Workers to join our Liaison Psychiatry Service. The team has a mix of Consultant Liaison Psychiatrists, Trainee doctors, Foundation Year doctors, Liaison Psychiatry Practitioners and Team Administrators.
You will undertake biopsychosocial assessments for patients who attend the Urgent Treatment Centre or Emergency Department or are admitted on medical wards and have mental health needs. You will work with patients presenting with psychosomatic disorder and a variety of psychological issues related to physical disorders.
You will offer a person-centred approach to patients' treatment, recovery and well-being. You will be required to make clear autonomous decisions based on an analysis of complex presenting problems and will have access to clinical support and supervision from more senior colleagues in the team.
The salary for this role is £45,953 to £54,254 a year.
Main duties of the job
- Undertake biopsychosocial assessments for patients
- Work with patients presenting with psychosomatic disorder and psychological issues related to physical disorders
- Offer a person-centred approach to patients' treatment, recovery and well-being
- Make autonomous decisions based on complex presenting problems
- Promote carer/family involvement where required/appropriate
- Liaise with colleagues from other areas of health and social care to coordinate and facilitate safe discharge plans
- Offer formal and informal training to peers and acute trust colleagues
Person Specification Experience:
- Adequate post qualifying experience work in psychiatry
- Experience of supervising staff
- Experience of crisis work and undertaking assessments and formulating care plans, risk plans and risk management
- Safeguarding
- Working in an MDT setting/ Team work
Knowledge and Skills:
- Knowledge of bio psychosocial interventions
- Assessment and treatment of patients who present with self-harm
- Risk assessment/management and crisis intervention skills
- Excellent communication skills
- Ability to use de-escalation skills
- Ability to make clinically safe autonomous decisions
- Organisational skills and ability to prioritise workload
Qualifications and Training:
- Professional Qualification as RMN/RN (Mental Health) or Registered Occupational Therapist or Registered Social Worker with professional registration (HCPC)
- ENB 997 or 998 (Teaching & Assessing in Clinical Practice) or equivalent teaching qualification
- Assisted Year In Practice (ASYE) if social work qualified