Care Home Liaison Mental Health Nurse

Job description

Job responsibilities

Job Title:Care Home Liaison Mental Health Nurse

Trust: Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust

Location: Great Oaks Hospital

Pay Rates: £19 -£30.55

Shift Patterns: Working either day shifts or long days (08:30-19:30) Monday- Friday.

Why might this job interest you?

Being a Care Home Liaison Mental Health Nurse in the NHS is a versatile and impactful role that spans across various healthcare settings, from hospitals to community clinics. It involves providing comprehensive care to patients of all ages and backgrounds, addressing both acute medical needs and long-term health management. The flexibility in scheduling allows general nurses to balance their professional responsibilities with personal commitments, ensuring they can deliver compassionate and effective care while maintaining a healthy work-life balance.

What you can add:

• To work as a member of a Multi-Disciplinary Team reporting back to colleagues, both verbally and in writing and seeking advice, guidance and support where necessary.
• To provide each patient for whom they are a Lead Professional with an agreed care plan, containing review dates, in accordance with Community Mental Health Nurse and Care Programme Approach standards.
• To actively seek to contribute to setting standards of care, to generate and implement quality initiatives.
• To promote compliance with medication and other treatments prescribed, noting and reporting non-compliance and side effects as appropriate
• To develop and maintain healthy partnerships with all stakeholders including statutory, third sector and voluntary agencies.
• To advise patients, carers and significant others of the available resources. Referring assessed need to those agencies best able to meet these in the community and facilitate use of these recourses.
• To understand the requirements of the Mental Health Act 1983, Mental Capacity Act 2005, Care Act 2014, Care Programme Approach, Deprivation of Liberty safeguards as it applies to a psychiatric liaison service.

The role will involve, but not be limited to you performing the above.

What you'll need:

• A minimum of 6 months paid experience in a mental health hospital environment within the last 3 years
• Adult Mental Health Practice
• Community Mental Health Practice
• Older Peoples Mental Health Practice
• Hospital/Care Home Liaison
• Working with physical healthcare services

Specific Skills:-

• Evidence of keeping up to date
• Access to transport and the ability to travel within the required geographical area
• Experience of being supervisor (Clinical/Managerial)
• ENB998 (Teaching) or equivalent
• Risk assessment training
• Clinical Intervention skill training

*Depending on the Trust, you may require variable additional certification and skills.

The benefits we can offer you in return

• Putting People in Places to Care be part of the NHSP community, by joining the bank and caring for patients with a team of people from all walks of life.
• Weekly pay to give you access to your wages more quickly.
• Blue Light Card NHS Discount Provider
• First choice of shifts/placements at the Trust of your choice over agencies.
• Our team is always happy to help - access our support line any time.
• Working options to suit your lifestyle being on the bank gives you the flexibility to work the shifts you want or choose fixed term placements.
• Training and development opportunities via the Trust and NHSPs own academy.
• Explore different wards, keep your skills up to date whilst gaining vital experience.
• Being part of the NHSP Community means youll get access to member activities such as member of the month, member appreciation week, key date giveaways, webinar series and much more.

Who are NHS Professionals?

NHS Professionals is a flexible staff bank, owned by the Department of Health, our purpose is to provide you with the autonomy to decide when, how, and where you want to work. Supporting your lifestyle and making you feel part of the team and community. Offering you flexible work or alternatively fixed term placements.

Apply Today

By joining us you can look forward to a choice of flexible Bank shifts or fixed term placements across any of our client Trusts in England.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• A minimum of 6 months paid experience in an Adult Mental Health environment within the last 3 years.
• Comply with NMC Professional Registration and keep up to date with current nursing practices.
• Ensure accurate records are kept in accordance with CHS policy and NMC guidelines.
• Undertake regular mandatory training*

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.

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

NHS Professionals Limited

Address

Rotherham Doncaster & South Humber Nhs Foundation Trust

Tickhill Road

Doncaster

DN4 8QN

Employer's website

https://www.nhsprofessionals.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)