Job Overview
The Psychiatric Liaison Service based at Epsom Hospital is seeking an enthusiastic, highly motivated older adults specialist nurse to join our team. This is a Band 6 position.
We are a multi-disciplinary and diverse team offering assessment and signposting service. We are a 24/7 service and we work with all ages 18 and above.
We work very closely with acute hospital staff, local MH services, etc. and offer regular education and training programmes to colleagues.
Our service is PLAN (Psychiatric Liaison Accreditation Network) accredited.
We value all staff, we offer weekly teaching in our team for professional development and offer opportunities to attend courses for personal and professional development. Our staff will receive regular supervision as well as appraisal. You will be expected to complete the practice assessor and supervisor training courses and offer supervision to student nurses and other learners in the team.
This role is suitable for a practitioner with extensive experience in older adults who is passionate about ensuring a high quality holistic approach to the care and support provided to people with mental health difficulties in the general hospital.
If you have a 'ready to do' attitude and are kind and passionate about your work, we would like to hear from you. Our trust vision and values are at the centre of our care and delivery of our services.
Main duties of the job
To perform Bio- psychosocial assessments of people referred to the Liaison service from a variety of sources within Epsom General Hospital, including A&E and Medical Wards.
To work with people presenting with a range of psychosocial needs arising in the context of physical illness, as well as people presenting to the hospital following self-harm or in a mental health crisis
To provide rapid psychiatric assessment and safe discharge planning in Emergency Department.
To agree on a collaborative plan of care with people who use our services and their carers, where appropriate and arrange appropriate after-care
To ensure that the relatives, carers and friends are actively encouraged to participate in care, provided with information, help and support where necessary
To mentor, supervise and teach qualified and unqualified staff including students
To lead the care for a specified group of service users such as frequent A&E attendees
To assist in the development and maintenance of good working relationships with general hospital staff, local mental health services, primary care and non - statutory organisations
To facilitate the teaching and training of mental health topics in the general hospital.
Working for our organisation
Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is the leading provider of health and social care services for people of all ages with mental ill-health and learning disabilities in Surrey and North East Hampshire. We also provide social care services for people with a learning disability in Croydon and ASD and ADHD assessment services in Hampshire.
We actively seek to engage people who use our services and our communities in improving the mental wellbeing of the local population. We work closely with other NHS and voluntary sector organisations who provide services and support people who use services and carers.
Surrey is a beautiful county lying just 30 minutes away from Central London and from the South Coast.
Our historic market towns and bustling districts are enveloped in wonderful countryside, and our excellent road and rail networks bring the rest of the country within easy reach.
For international travel, both Gatwick and Heathrow airports are nearby.
Please note that we reserve the right to close posts as soon as sufficient applications are received.
We look forward to receiving your application
Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities
Please see the attached document for the job description and for a detailed overview of the main responsibilities of the role.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
RMN/RN, Social worker or Occupational Therapist (Mental Health)
Willingness to complete Practice Assessor (mentorship) course
Experience
Essential criteria
Evidence of post qualification study
2 years experience as a Band 6
2 years experience post qualification which should include independent assessment skills i.e. CMHRS duty, HTT assessment, liaison assessment or similar