Job summary
A fantastic opportunity has arisen for aBand7Senior Liaison Practitioner to join the new High Intensity User (HIU) service in Newham, based in the Psychiatric Liaison Team at Newham University Hospital. The service operates from 9-5pm, Monday to Friday, and is a service designed to support individuals who frequently attend A&E.
TheHIU service aims to review a cohort of people who are frequently attending the A&E at Newham Hospital and provide clear guidance and specific personalised care plans for some of the most complex patients who attend A&E.
The post holder will be expected to be self-motivating and autonomous with the ability to demonstrate accurate formulations of mental state, risk and need for people over the age of 18 years taking into account medical, psychological and social factors and referring on to other disciplines or other agencies as appropriate.
The post holder will provide advice on mental health issues and participate in development of the care plan for the person who is frequent attending.
Main duties of the job
Provide a forum for multi-disciplinary meetings to discuss complex patients whopresents frequently to A&ECreate personalized and first-person care plans for specific frequent attendees.Where this is not possible care plans bearing the person and their complexities in mind are createdProvide expert advice on the management, treatment and diagnosis of patients to acute hospital clinicians - where appropriate for HIU to seek expert advicefrom the relevant clinical speciality such as haematology, renal etc.Provide support to acute hospital clinicians to understand the complexities of frequent attending.To reduce readmissions to the Emergency DepartmentTo improve the experience of patients who receive care in the acute hospital.
About us
Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's 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
- Registered Mental Health Nurse, or Occupational Therapist, Social Worked.
- Current Professional Registration.
- Recognised post graduate qualifications in a specialist area of adult or older adult mental health
- Evidence of continual professional development
Desirable
- ENB 998 or Mentorship Equivalent
Previous Experience
Essential
- Substantial post qualification experience in the field of adult and/or older adult.
- Previous experience at working at senior level.
- Previous experience at working autonomously.
- Experience of working in a multidisciplinary mental health team.
- Experience of working in a multi-cultural environment and of ensuring that nursing practice is culturally sensitive.
- Extensive and demonstrable experience of assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating programmes of care, particularly in an acute care or older adult community setting.
- Essential and demonstrable experience of writing concise and clear clinical reports
- Experience of supervising staff.
- Experience of teaching and assessing in specialist mental health adult and/or older adult settings.
- Experience of developing or contributing to the development of new services preferably in mental health.
Knowledge
Essential
- Demonstrate an understanding of how to promote the rights, responsibilities, and recovery of adults and/or older adults with mental health problems
- Demonstrate a full understanding of the key issues and priorities relating to the provision of liaison mental health services in an acute hospital for aged 16 years and over.
- Demonstrate an understanding of the expectations, pressures and demands of an acute inner-city hospital, wards and Registered care homes.
- Demonstrate a clear understanding of current legislation and policy pertaining to the provision of mental health services in all settings including the Mental Health Act 1983, Mental Capacity Act 2005, NHS and Care Act, 2014, Human Rights Act 1998
- Demonstrate a thorough knowledge, expertise and practical experience of a full range of therapeutic nursing skills and approaches to people with mental health problems aged 18 years and above.
- Demonstrate a thorough knowledge, understanding and practical experience of risk assessment and risk management.
- Demonstrate an awareness and understanding of child and adult protection issues.
- Demonstrate a clear understanding and commitment to implementing the Equal Opportunities policy.
- Demonstrate an understanding of research and audit.
Skills
Essential
- Demonstrate well developed and confident professional nursing or occupational therapist, social work skills.
- Demonstrate skills in providing effective leadership.
- Demonstrate skills in providing effective leadership.
- Demonstrate skills in providing structured and focused supervision and consultation.
- Demonstrate skills in managing the performance of staff under their supervision
- Demonstrate excellent interpersonal skills.
- Demonstrate excellent problem solving and conflict resolution skills
Person Specification
Education/ Qualification/ Training
Essential
- Registered Mental Health Nurse, or Occupational Therapist, Social Worked.
- Current Professional Registration.
- Recognised post graduate qualifications in a specialist area of adult or older adult mental health
- Evidence of continual professional development
Desirable
- ENB 998 or Mentorship Equivalent
Previous Experience
Essential
- Substantial post qualification experience in the field of adult and/or older adult.
- Previous experience at working at senior level.
- Previous experience at working autonomously.
- Experience of working in a multidisciplinary mental health team.
- Experience of working in a multi-cultural environment and of ensuring that nursing practice is culturally sensitive.
- Extensive and demonstrable experience of assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating programmes of care, particularly in an acute care or older adult community setting.
- Essential and demonstrable experience of writing concise and clear clinical reports
- Experience of supervising staff.
- Experience of teaching and assessing in specialist mental health adult and/or older adult settings.
- Experience of developing or contributing to the development of new services preferably in mental health.
Knowledge
Essential
- Demonstrate an understanding of how to promote the rights, responsibilities, and recovery of adults and/or older adults with mental health problems
- Demonstrate a full understanding of the key issues and priorities relating to the provision of liaison mental health services in an acute hospital for aged 16 years and over.
- Demonstrate an understanding of the expectations, pressures and demands of an acute inner-city hospital, wards and Registered care homes.
- Demonstrate a clear understanding of current legislation and policy pertaining to the provision of mental health services in all settings including the Mental Health Act 1983, Mental Capacity Act 2005, NHS and Care Act, 2014, Human Rights Act 1998
- Demonstrate a thorough knowledge, expertise and practical experience of a full range of therapeutic nursing skills and approaches to people with mental health problems aged 18 years and above.
- Demonstrate a thorough knowledge, understanding and practical experience of risk assessment and risk management.
- Demonstrate an awareness and understanding of child and adult protection issues.
- Demonstrate a clear understanding and commitment to implementing the Equal Opportunities policy.
- Demonstrate an understanding of research and audit.
Skills
Essential
- Demonstrate well developed and confident professional nursing or occupational therapist, social work skills.
- Demonstrate skills in providing effective leadership.
- Demonstrate skills in providing effective leadership.
- Demonstrate skills in providing structured and focused supervision and consultation.
- Demonstrate skills in managing the performance of staff under their supervision
- Demonstrate excellent interpersonal skills.
- Demonstrate excellent problem solving and conflict resolution 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
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).
