Liaison Specialist Practitioner Leeds

Meeveem Limited; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 36,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (LYPFT) seeks a dedicated mental health practitioner to join the Liaison Psychiatry Service in Leeds. The role involves specialist biopsychosocial assessments for working age adults and older adults within the acute hospital setting, with current responsibilities including ED assessments for children and young people with MH needs.

You will thrive in a dynamic environment, champion change, and contribute to service development and integrated care

Qualifications

• Possess acquired specialist knowledge of bio psychosocial assessment.
• Strong communication and leadership skills across professional boundaries.
• Experience in mental health assessments and care coordination.

Responsibilities

• Provide specialist mental health assessments and reviews for adults and older adults with co-existing physical conditions.
• Be the first point of contact out of hours for mental health in-reach referrals.
• Provide mental health assessments for under-18 patients in ED out of hours.
• Triage, prioritise and coordinate mental health assessments via appropriate pathways.
• Provide clinical support for teams across in-reach and acute liaison psychiatry services.
• Work in a 24/7 roster including Out of Hours.

Skills

Bio psychosocial assessment

Team leadership

Communication

Interdisciplinary collaboration

Job description

Job summary

We are seeking an enthusiastic, adaptable and patient-centred mental health practitioner to join our Liaison Psychiatry Service. This is an exciting opportunity to work at the interface of mental and physical healthcare, supporting patients across the Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

The successful candidate will provide specialist biopsychosocial assessments for working age adults and older adults in the acute trust hospital. The role currently includes assessments for children and young people presenting to the emergency departments with mental health needs.

We are looking for an individual who embraces change, is forward-thinking and solution focused. You will be a strong team player with excellent communication and leadership skills, able to build effective working relationships across professional and organisational boundaries.

The role requires a clinician who can think beyond immediate presenting problems, appreciate the wider healthcare system, and contribute to the ongoing development of integrated mental health services within acute care settings.

Main duties of the job

This is an exciting time to join the service as liaison psychiatry and emergency mental health pathways continue to develop. We are seeking someone who is comfortable working within a dynamic environment, can adapt to changing service needs, and is keen to contribute to service improvement and future models of care. As local and wider healthcare services evolve, the responsibilities and focus of the role may develop over time to best meet the needs of patients and services.

• Provide specialist mental health assessments and reviews to medically admitted working age and older age adults referred from Leeds Teaching Hospital Trust with co-existing mental health and physical conditions.
• Be the first point of contact out of hours for mental health in reach referrals from Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust.
• Provide a mental health assessment to patients under the age of 18 (Children and adolescents ) who present to the Emergency Department (ED) out of hours with self- harm or mental health difficulties
• Triage, prioritise and coordinate mental health assessments through the appropriate care pathway.
• Provide clinical support for teams across the mental health inreach teams and the Acute Liaison Psychiatry Service.
• Work in a 24/7 roster including Out of Hours.

About us

The Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (LYPFT) is the main provider of Mental Health and Learning Disability services in Leeds. We also provide specialist inpatient services in York and some highly specialised services across the country. As a teaching trust with strong links to local universities, we are a centre of excellence for teaching, research and development.

There are many benefits of working for LYPFT including fantastic employee wellbeing support, 27 - 33 days annual leave, flexible working and remote working arrangements, the NHS Pension Scheme, coaching, support and opportunities for career development and training and education support alongside a range of exclusive discounts and payment schemes including for cars, extra leave days and more NHS Discount Offers.

• including fantastic employee wellbeing support
• 27 - 33 days annual leave
• flexible working and remote working arrangements
• the NHS Pension Scheme
• coaching, support and opportunities for career development and training and education support
• alongside a range of exclusive discounts and payment schemes including for cars, extra leave days and more NHS Discount Offers

We also have a bank department, offering variety of roles in nursing, allied health professions, healthcare support worker and administration clerical. Permanent employees are automatically added to bank.

Applicants should be aware that individuals requiring a visa to work in the UK, the Trust only provides sponsorship for registered healthcare practitioner roles (this does not include Healthcare Support Workers). This is an essential requirement, and the Trust is unable to offer you a role if you do not meet Trust requirements for sponsorship and Home Office requirements for a visa.

Job responsibilities

We recruit people based on their values and qualifications (where required) and believe that their lived experience is an advantage, this means that together we are as diverse as the communities we care for. Simply put, when we employ caring people who act with integrity and have the right skills, we can give those with mental health challenges, learning disabilities and neurodiversity high-quality care and support to live fulfilling lives, and make our staff feel purposeful, happy and valued.

All our information is available in accessible formats. Please contact the Recruitment team [e-mail]

Attached to this advert is our candidates guide to values-based recruitment and supporting guidance on how to make a successful application.

If you require a reasonable adjustment, please contact the Recruitment Team or see the attached candidate guide to reasonable adjustments.

To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience youll need, look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading.

So that youre even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, youll need to take time to read the Candidate Guide to Values Based Recruitment. This document provides you with information to help you apply.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• RMN, Social worker or AHP

Skills

Essential

• Possess acquired specialist knowledge of bio psychosocial assessment.

Experience

Essential

• Substantial post registration experience

Knowledge

Essential

• Have specialist knowledge of a broad range of psychiatric conditions and a desire to improve their knowledge of the management and treatment relating to CAMHS, working age and older persons.

Values Based

Desirable

• 1. Tell us about a time when you spotted something small going wrong and did something to stop it becoming a bigger issue.
• 2. Tell us about a time when you realised a colleague or someone you know needed a bit of support and you offered to help.
• 3. Tell us about a time when you showed someone kindness or understanding.

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).

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.

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).