Mental Health Liaison Practitioner

South Cumbria Nhs Foundation Trust; Blackburn; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Mental Health Liaison professional to work within Royal Blackburn Hospital's A&E and acute wards. You will provide 1:1 support to service users, liaise with clinical colleagues, and contribute to evidence-based practice in a busy environment.

Flexible working patterns and wellbeing resources support staff wellbeing. The role involves engaging with individuals experiencing psychosomatic and psychological issues, using high-level communication

Job description

Patients may present with a wide range of mental health and psychological problems, including following an episode of self-injury, psychiatric emergency and as a consequence of physical illness. You will be expected to work with individuals experiencing psychosomatic disorders and a variety of psychological and adjustment issues resulting from physical illness. You will use higher- level communication skills, both written and oral and have an ability to engage with challenging and/or acutely distressed individuals, sometimes in potentially hostile and/or antagonistic situations. The Mental Health Liaison team provides a comprehensive service to patients/service users, carers and clinical colleagues based within our acute trust at Royal Blackburn Hospital. This involves:

• To assist in the provision of quality evidence-based practice, within a busy A&E department and Acute wards. Providing advice; support and care, liaising with other agencies under the guidance of the Mental Health Liaison Nurses for Service Users and their families who present often in a distressed state with complex mental health needs and social difficulties.
• Completion of physical health tools to improve the physical health of service users with mental illness.
• Provide 1:1 support to service users waiting psychiatric admission in A&E
• LSCFT support flexible working, we believe that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing. We would consider working patterns such as term time, part time, compressed hours and flexi-time.
• The wellbeing of our people is at the heart of everything we do. We offer a wide range of resources, tools and support to help you thrive both in and out of work. Explore our full wellbeing offer here: Keeping our workforce well