Community and Inpatient Liaison Practitioner

Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust; Braintree; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare organization is seeking a Community and Inpatient Liaison Practitioner to enhance patient flow between inpatient and community services. The role involves supporting care coordinators, conducting assessments, and collaborating with multidisciplinary teams to ensure effective patient care and discharge processes.

Benefits

Season Ticket Loans

NHS discounts for staff

Excellent Training facilities and opportunities

Buying and Selling annual leave scheme

Salary Sacrifice schemes

Day One Flexible Employer

Qualifications

• Experience in mental health assessments and care planning.
• Ability to liaise with multidisciplinary teams.

Responsibilities

• Support care coordinators with care planning and assessments.
• Facilitate patient discharges from inpatient to community services.

Skills

Communication

Teamwork

Assessment

Education

Relevant healthcare qualification

Job description

Job Overview

The Gables Specialist Mental Health Team is a multidisciplinary service which provides comprehensive assessments and evidence-based treatments for adults experiencing a range of mental health disorders who are also presenting with risks that require management and support of a multi-disciplinary team.

The role of the Community and Inpatient Liaison practitioner will be to support care coordinators and the clinical team to interface with inpatient wards in order to support the flow of patient’s between inpatient and community services and to facilitate discharges from the inpatient service into the community. The role would also include supporting with discharging patients who have been open to the community services whose treatment has been completed to improve the flow and capacity within the Specialist Mental Health Team

Main duties of the job

The role of the Community and Inpatient Liaison Practitioner would allow care coordinators to maintain the therapeutic input with their patients while more practical tasks are taken on by the Community and Inpatient Liaison Practitioner. This would involve supporting with care planning, undertaking care act assessments, capacity assessments and relevant paperwork for panel presentations to either the local authority or the 117 panels.

It would be expected that the Community and Inpatient Liaison Practitioner would largely attend ward reviews, attend professionals meetings, liaise and interface with care coordinators, discharge coordinators and inpatient ward staff in order to contribute towards safe and effective working relationships with other teams, services, and organisations. The Community and Inpatient Liaison role would also support discharges from community services by identifying suitable patients and facilitating discharges for those who no longer require secondary care services.

Working for our organisation

EPUT are looking for motivated staff who shares our Trust values of Care, Learn and Empower. In return, EPUT can offer you a range of benefits and development including;

• Season Ticket Loans
• NHS discounts for staff
• Excellent Training facilities and opportunities
• Buying and Selling annual leave scheme
• The opportunity to work bank shifts and expand knowledge and experience in other areas
• Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars and Cycle to Work
• Day One Flexible Employer
  
  
  

The Trust supports and actively encourages flexible working for all employees. We offer many options and you are encouraged to ask the recruiting manager what is possible for this role. If appointed, you will have the opportunity to apply for a flexible working request from the first day of your employment

Join our Staff bank

What is Staff Bank?

Our EPUT NHS staff bank is an entity managed by the trust that hires clinical and non-clinical healthcare professionals to take on shifts at our trust hospitals and community settings. Here at EPUT we maintain our own bank of specialist staff to ensure that we are able offer safe and effective care at all times.

All our permanent staff are automatically enrolled onto the staff bank however this does not mean you have to work any additional shifts, but the option is there for you if you wish.

If you are joining our Trust in a fixed term role, please indicate on your New Starter Paperwork that you wish to join our staff bank.

Please note - staff who are formally at risk within the organisation will be given priority in securing alternative employment. Should it come to light that a post being advertised by the Trust is considered ‘suitable alternative employment’ to an individual who is at risk, the recruiting manager will be advised and the post will be withdrawn from NHS Jobs.

Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Applications for this role should be written by the applicant. If artificial intelligence (AI) programmes are used then the application may be rejected due to this document being an important part of the assessment process. This does not prevent applicants seeking appropriate support with applications should they need to for the purposes of any declared disability.

Important Professional References

Make sure that as a part of your application you have professional references with business contract information covering your last three year employment history. We are unable to accept personal or character references.

As a newly appointed employee you are responsible for incurring the cost of your initial DBS check relevant to your post, the amount will be deducted from your first salary with the Trust.

Applications for Job Share are positively welcomed.

Equal Opportunities Employer

Our Trust is an Equal Opportunities Employer. We particularly welcome applications from people with experience of using mental health services. We also hold the Disability two tick symbol and have made the pledge to commit to employing more people with learning disabilities, we encourage people with a disability to apply. If you require this application form in another format i.e. Braille or audio tape etc, please contact the Recruitment Department on 01375 364513 or email [e-mail] and we can arrange for this to be dispatched to you.

The Trust has the right to expire vacancies prior to the closing date if they so wish. The Trust makes every attempt to contact all applicants and we strongly advise that you check the email account which is registered with NHS Jobs regularly, we would advise however due to the high number of applications we receive that if you have not heard from us within three weeks of the closing date your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults, and expect all staff to undertake this commitment. Applicants will be subject to robust safer recruitment processes.

Covid Vaccination

Although Covid vaccinations are no longer a mandatory requirement within the NHS we continue to encourage and support the vaccination uptake as this remains the best line of defence against Covid19. The safety of our staff and patients is a top priority for us at EPUT.

If you would like to book a Covid vaccination or would like more information please contact us by emailing [e-mail] .