Job summary
We are looking for an enthusiastic and committed Practitioner to join our well-established Care Home Liaison Service in South Gloucestershire. We specialize in delivering high quality interventions to people residing in care homes in the South glos area.
We are a team of Nurses, OT, & Support Workers who work with service users living in care homes who have a diagnosis of dementia and/or functional mental health illness. We work with residents individually, and with families & care staff, and we have a broad range of clinical and therapeutic interests. You will be joining a rich source of clinical expertise and knowledge and will find many opportunities to continue your clinical and professional development.
The successful applicant will provide specialist assessment, formulation, intervention and evaluation, alongside staff training, supervision, consultation, advice and support to the teams they are working within.
To work as an independent practitioner delivering the following core liaison service domains for Older Adults within Residential/Nursing/Care establishments across south Glos:
- Undertake urgent specialist Mental Health Assessments
- Provide recommendations for care & treatment within multiple care pathways
- Determine the nature & severity of mental health needs and provide sign posting and advice about onward care pathways
- Provide ongoing support, & advice to care home staff
- Provide ongoing education & training for care home staff
Main duties of the job
To actively support residents in care establishments across South Gloucestershire to maintain their placement and/or avoid an admission to an acute ward. The team promotes the health and well-being of older people using a person centred approach. Individual assessment of the person's needs ensuring a focussed response to issues raised and informs a plan that will provide support and education for staff and informal carers.
To liaise with other members of the multidisciplinary team and other agencies involved in the care of individual service users. Signposting service users and carers to other services as appropriate.
To contribute to integrated governance processes, including the continuing development, improvement and monitoring of service provision and performance, and monitoring standards on care, through data collection and audit processes.
Our base is in Kingswood, S Gloucestershire, on the periphery of the City of Bristol with easy access to the M4 and m5 motorways.
Because the role involves working within the community, a full driving license and access to a car is essential.
About us
We are AWP (Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust) a diverse organisation with over 5,000 dedicated staff providing inpatient and community-based mental health care.
We provide services from a range of locations to approximately 1.8 million people living in Bath and North East Somerset (B&NES), Bristol, North Somerset, South Gloucestershire, Swindon, across the county of Wiltshire and in parts of Dorset.
Our outstanding people promote mental health and wellbeing. The expertise and resources within AWP are dedicated to a person-centred approach for those who use our services and for all employees. We recognise that happy and fulfilled employees give better care
At AWP we actively encourage applicants from all backgrounds; we are particularly keen to encourage applications from people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, those with disabilities and from the LGBTQ+ community. We want people to bring their unique blend of experiences, backgrounds, perspectives and knowledge to AWP, as diversity makes us stronger.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Provide specialist assessment for referred service users using specified assessment tools to an agreed standard.
To make effective use of the standard liaison approach and structure for assessments according to the SBAR (Situation-Background-Assessment-Recommendation) format
Following assessment, to provide short- term follow up of patients where appropriate.
To contribute evidence based expertise to multi-disciplinary team care planning processes
Develop and maintain effective therapeutic relationships with service users and significant others.
To work in partnership with service users and carers providing them with relevant information, signposting them to relevant agencies and assisting service users to make choices and plans for their future care.
To assist and participate in appropriate service development forums.
Provide a specialist service in a variety of settings having responsibility for managing your own caseload, providing interventions as appropriate and based on best available practice.
Hold a caseload of service users requiring monitoring and review of medication regimes.
Maintain accurate and up to date records of casework with individual clients, ensuring that your practice & record keeping complies with all relevant standards and Good Practice Guidelines.
Ensure the monitoring and evaluation of the service by collecting and recording high quality and timely data using electronic and paper systems as required.
To attend clinical and team business meetings as necessary.
Participate in your own supervision and appraisal working with your line manager to set and review your objectives, and to identify and meet your training and professional development needs as outlined in the KSF profile for your post.
Maintain professional registration and abide by the NMC code of conduct ensuring required skills and competencies required are maintained.
Ensure that you keep up to date with developments in both functional and organic care, ensuring that your practice is based on best available evidence and meets all relevant standards and requirements.
Have responsibility for the supervision of other staff as required.
Contribute to the provision of training for students, working with colleagues to ensure that the service meets relevant standards in this respect.
Participate in providing support, advice and training to staff of other services as appropriate.
Have responsibility for other duties as agreed with line manager.
Reduce the likelihood of hospitalization on grounds of lack of expertise to mange low to moderate mental health needs in context.
Keep abreast of current research, literature and other developments relevant to your professional sphere and area of practice.
To participate in clinical audit and service evaluation programmes as required.
To provide concise and effective liaison and feedback to clinical staff within secondary mental health services and Primary Care teams including advice on effective and appropriate management strategies for those patients referred to the service.
To promote positive attitudes, mutual understanding and collaboration between non mental health staff and mental health services, users, carers, voluntary agencies, primary care and social services
Job description
Job responsibilities
Provide specialist assessment for referred service users using specified assessment tools to an agreed standard.
To make effective use of the standard liaison approach and structure for assessments according to the SBAR (Situation-Background-Assessment-Recommendation) format
Following assessment, to provide short- term follow up of patients where appropriate.
To contribute evidence based expertise to multi-disciplinary team care planning processes
Develop and maintain effective therapeutic relationships with service users and significant others.
To work in partnership with service users and carers providing them with relevant information, signposting them to relevant agencies and assisting service users to make choices and plans for their future care.
To assist and participate in appropriate service development forums.
Provide a specialist service in a variety of settings having responsibility for managing your own caseload, providing interventions as appropriate and based on best available practice.
Hold a caseload of service users requiring monitoring and review of medication regimes.
Maintain accurate and up to date records of casework with individual clients, ensuring that your practice & record keeping complies with all relevant standards and Good Practice Guidelines.
Ensure the monitoring and evaluation of the service by collecting and recording high quality and timely data using electronic and paper systems as required.
To attend clinical and team business meetings as necessary.
Participate in your own supervision and appraisal working with your line manager to set and review your objectives, and to identify and meet your training and professional development needs as outlined in the KSF profile for your post.
Maintain professional registration and abide by the NMC code of conduct ensuring required skills and competencies required are maintained.
Ensure that you keep up to date with developments in both functional and organic care, ensuring that your practice is based on best available evidence and meets all relevant standards and requirements.
Have responsibility for the supervision of other staff as required.
Contribute to the provision of training for students, working with colleagues to ensure that the service meets relevant standards in this respect.
Participate in providing support, advice and training to staff of other services as appropriate.
Have responsibility for other duties as agreed with line manager.
Reduce the likelihood of hospitalization on grounds of lack of expertise to mange low to moderate mental health needs in context.
Keep abreast of current research, literature and other developments relevant to your professional sphere and area of practice.
To participate in clinical audit and service evaluation programmes as required.
To provide concise and effective liaison and feedback to clinical staff within secondary mental health services and Primary Care teams including advice on effective and appropriate management strategies for those patients referred to the service.
To promote positive attitudes, mutual understanding and collaboration between non mental health staff and mental health services, users, carers, voluntary agencies, primary care and social services
Person Specification
short listing
Essential
- Front line experience of using advanced assessment skills especially in determining the nature and severity of mental illness/health (functional and organic) and differentiation between physical and mental health symptoms and conditions.
- Extensive working knowledge of the make up of the wider health and social care community including statutory and non-statutory services and direct experience of multi inter-agency working and collaboration.
- Significant skills and experience in educating and training the mainstream workforce, particularly non-specialist mental health workers.
- Demonstrates substantial experience of assessing risk and developing risk management strategies
Desirable
- Experience of providing supervision to delegated staff.
- Experience gained in a wide variety of settings
Person Specification
short listing
Essential
- Front line experience of using advanced assessment skills especially in determining the nature and severity of mental illness/health (functional and organic) and differentiation between physical and mental health symptoms and conditions.
- Extensive working knowledge of the make up of the wider health and social care community including statutory and non-statutory services and direct experience of multi inter-agency working and collaboration.
- Significant skills and experience in educating and training the mainstream workforce, particularly non-specialist mental health workers.
- Demonstrates substantial experience of assessing risk and developing risk management strategies
Desirable
- Experience of providing supervision to delegated staff.
- Experience gained in a wide variety of settings
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.
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).
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.
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).
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