Job summary
We are looking for an experienced and enthusiastic healthcare professional - Registered Mental Health Nurse, Occupational Therapist or Social Worker who is ready for a new challenge to join our CMHT for Older People as Mental Health Liaison Practitioner, working as a link and liaison person with Primary Care Networks (PCNs), Community Integrated Mental Health Services (CIMHS), Social Services and other agencies as part of the Newham Directorate Community Mental Health Transformation programme to produce positive health outcomes and impact for older people with mental health problems.
This role is developmental and should be viewed as under construction since the older adult services are in the early stages of engagement with community mental health transformation.
Main duties of the job
- Work collaboratively with PCNs to facilitate older people with mental health problems' access to GPs and other specialist community health services and organisations.
- Be able to recognise potential crisis situations and act responsively and reasonably to resolve the situation.
- Conduct comprehensive telephone as well face-to-face- assessment of older people with sudden and ongoing mental health problems and provide advice to GPs and CMHTOP or signpost to other services as soon as possible.
- From comprehensive assessment, apply specialist knowledge and clinical skills to analyse the complexity and urgency of heath care needs and provide management advice to the referring team.
- Communicate effectively with CMHTOP and all those involved in the person's care, including family members where appropriate to ensure that the advice is based upon all the relevant information available regarding the person's presentation, background history and care needs.
- Aid GP Surgeries to deliver ongoing treatment at home to older people that are less able to attend GP surgeries and where appropriate to liaise with Social care Teams to facilitate assessment of social care needs that could reduce the number of unnecessary referrals to CMHTOP.
About us
Our mission is to make a positive difference to peoples lives by improving the quality of life for all we serve. Our Values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive. So we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in The Trust and Our partner organisations.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Kindly refer to the job description and person specification that is attached to the vacancy profile.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Kindly refer to the job description and person specification that is attached to the vacancy profile.
Person Specification
Education/ Qualification/ Training
Essential
- oRegistered Mental Health Nurse, OT or Social worker t with current Registration
- oEvidence of Post Registration continuing professional development.
Desirable
- oManagement or leadership qualification
- oPractice Educator/Assessor or mentor
- oRelevant training in Mental Health Liaison
Experience
Essential
- oExtensive previous specialist nursing experience at Band 6 and above.
- oPrevious specialist nursing experience of working with older adults with mental health problems. oPrevious experience of working within a Community Mental Health or Liaison setting and caseload management.
Desirable
- oPrevious experience of managing others and functioning as a team member
- oPrevious experience of management and clinical supervision of others, including annual appraisal
- roPrevious experience and delivery of quality improvement, service development and bringing innovation to a team
- oPrevious experience of change management including QI methods
Ability and Skills
Essential
- oEvidence of previous values driven leadership, interpersonal and managerial skills
- oEvidence of excellent organizational skills
- s oEvidence/demonstration of range of enhanced communication skills in a multi-disciplinary team.
Desirable
- oDemonstrates excellent skills of conflict resolution, negotiation and facilitation.
- oCrisis assessment and management skills
Person Specification
Education/ Qualification/ Training
Essential
- oRegistered Mental Health Nurse, OT or Social worker t with current Registration
- oEvidence of Post Registration continuing professional development.
Desirable
- oManagement or leadership qualification
- oPractice Educator/Assessor or mentor
- oRelevant training in Mental Health Liaison
Experience
Essential
- oExtensive previous specialist nursing experience at Band 6 and above.
- oPrevious specialist nursing experience of working with older adults with mental health problems. oPrevious experience of working within a Community Mental Health or Liaison setting and caseload management.
Desirable
- oPrevious experience of managing others and functioning as a team member
- oPrevious experience of management and clinical supervision of others, including annual appraisal
- roPrevious experience and delivery of quality improvement, service development and bringing innovation to a team
- oPrevious experience of change management including QI methods
Ability and Skills
Essential
- oEvidence of previous values driven leadership, interpersonal and managerial skills
- oEvidence of excellent organizational skills
- s oEvidence/demonstration of range of enhanced communication skills in a multi-disciplinary team.
Desirable
- oDemonstrates excellent skills of conflict resolution, negotiation and facilitation.
- oCrisis assessment and management skills
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
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).
Employer details
Employer name
East London NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Community Mental Health Team for Older People
First Avenue Resource Centre 103 First Avenue
LONDON
E13 8AP
Employer's website
https://www.elft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
