Discharge Liaison Mental Health Practitioner

NHS; Redruth; Presencial; GBP 40.000 - 48.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust in Redruth invites applications for a Band 6 Discharge Liaison Mental Health Practitioner to support safe and timely discharge across Longreach Town, Redruth. The post is 37.5 hours per week and permanent, with a mix of full- and part-time opportunities.

The role involves multidisciplinary discharge planning, working within the Patient Flow team to reduce delayed transfers of care and coordinate care from hospital to the community.

Formación

• Registered health professional with NMC or HCPC registration.
• Experience delivering care/support to people with mental health issues.
• Experience leading discharge planning for people with complex needs.

Responsabilidades

• Ensure the dignity and respect of service users.
• Signpost service users to access benefits and welfare resources.
• Follow planned interventions and monitor service users' progress.
• Prepare agreed assessment reports/treatment plans in the accepted format.
• Make applications for funding discharge packages based on MDT recommendations.
• Maintain adequate records and participate in electronic recording.

Conocimientos

Discharge planning

Mental health knowledge

Patient care

Educación

NMC/HCPC Registration

Descripción del empleo

Band 6

Main area Discharge Liaison Mental Health Practitioner Grade Band 6 Contract Permanent Hours

• Full time
• Part time

37.5 hours per week Job ref 201-26-990

Site Longreach Town Redruth Salary £39,959 - £48,117 Per annum/Pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 17/11/2026 23:59

Thank you for your interest in joining us at Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust.

We pride ourselves in striving to be an employer of choice.

Strategic Themes

Great Care

• Care based on what matters to people.
• Care provided at home or close to home.
• Improvement through learning, research and innovation.
• Prevention and alternatives to hospital.

Great Organisation

• Buildings that support health and wellbeing.
• Technology enabled care.
• Care teams are supported by responsive corporate services.
• Safe, efficient, effective and productive.

Great People

• A place people love to work and feel valued.
• Living our values with staff (all voices count).
• Attract, grow and develop talent.
• Leaders with compassion, who continuously learn and listen.

Great Partner

• Encourage and enable effective partnerships.
• Joined-up community services.
• Work with others to maximise workforce opportunities.
• Reduce our impact on the environment.

At the NHS, we are reminded every day of how important life is. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s job share, part time or another flexible pattern. In addition, although the role advertised may have a ‘home’ office base indicated, we remain committed to supporting flexibility around workplace locations. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

Job overview

Exciting opportunity to play a pivotal role in enabling safe and timely discharge, through active discharge planning from the point of admission to reduce delayed transfers of care.

Effective discharge planning provides a multidisciplinary approach to continuity of care; a process that includes identification, assessment, goal setting, planning, implementation, coordination, and evaluation. Effective discharge planning supports the continuity of care, providing a critical link between treatment received in hospital by the patient, and post-discharge care provided in the community.

The post holder will be a health or social care professional with expertise of working within Mental Health services.

This post sits within the Patient Flow team, this incorporates bed management and discharge coordination.The wards are spread over two hospital sites, Bodmin Hospital and Longreach House.

Main duties of the job

• Ensuring that the dignity and respect of service users is maintained.
• Signpost service users to gain access to resources including benefits and welfare rights
• Follow planned interventions and monitor service users progress. Using a
  pragmatic and practical approach to working with people with mental
  health problems.
• Preparing agreed assessment reports/treatment plans accurately in the accepted format.
• Making applications for funding discharge packages based on MDT recommendations.
• To maintain adequate records as required by existing procedures, entering appropriate details on service users case notes as necessary, show a
  willingness to attend training to facilitate recording information electronically.

Working for our organisation

We’re an NHS community and mental health provider Trust based in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. We deliver community and hospital-based care to improve people’s physical and mental health. We also provide specialist support to people with dementia or a learning disability.

We are a people organisation and people matter to us. As part of the team, you’ll help support the health and wellbeing of the people who live and visit this beautiful part of the UK.

Over 4,000 people make up the Trust. This includes doctors, nurses, therapists, plus admin and support staff.

We work in people’s homes, in community clinics and bases. Some staff work from one of our 13 community hospitals. Our aspiration is to have great people, provide great care, be a great place to work and a great partner.

Approximately 568,000 people live here. A third of people who live in Cornwall are supported by acute hospital services in Devon. As a result, we also work closely with our partners in Devon. In the summer, and during other holidays lots of people choose to visit the area. This increase the numbers of people who use out services.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To view a detailed job description and person specification including the main responsibilities of this role please see ‘supporting documents’.

Person specification

Education / Qualifications and Relevant Experience

• Professional Registration - NMC/HCPC
• Experienced in delivering care/support to people with mental health issues
• Experienced in leading discharge planning for people with complex needs

Knowledge and abilities

• Demonstrable understanding of mental health issues and the mental health system.
• Significant recent clinical experience in delivering direct care/support to people with mental health issues
• Awareness of local services

At Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust we are proud to prioritise the development of our people. To support this, the following opportunities are available:

• Career conversations and individual development plans for succession planning and talent management
• Protected CPD time for registered staff
• Access to a dedicated central development fund supporting CPD for all staff
• Leadership and Management development programmes
• Coaching and mentoring opportunities
• A full clinical induction programme for operational skills
• Access to a care certificate programme for our band 1-4 clinical staff
• A bespoke and robust preceptorship programme to support newly qualified staff

Being part of a successful NHS Foundation Trust brings a portfolio of rewards and benefits for our staff. These include:

• Suite of health and wellbeing initiatives to support our colleagues physical and mental health
• Free access to individual HARP portfolios to support revalidation for nursing staff
• Free DBS checks where required
• Discounts available from retailers, UK hotels and main attractions
• Salary sacrifice car scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• The Trust reimburses all application costs for staff eligible to apply for EU settlement status.

If you are successful at the shortlisting stage of the recruitment process you will be contacted via TRAC.jobs email regarding interview details.

Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust welcomes and values individuals with lived experience of mental or physical ill health joining our workforce. We aspire to have a culture that develops, promotes and supports lived experience roles - throughout the organisation.

If you are successful, you agree to Occupational Health accessing your health records from your current or previous employer to check the status of your inoculations and screening tests. Appointments are subject to full three year satisfactory references therefore please ensure you include correct contact details for your nominated referees including email addresses.

Any general recruitment queries, please contact our recruitment team on 01208 834644

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

The Health Jobs UK website has jobs from numerous employers, within health and care across Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly.

Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust provides acute medical, surgical and specialist services to a population of around 500,000 which can increase significantly during the busy holiday periods.