Mental Health Liaison Practitioner

Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust; Bradford; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare trust in Bradford is seeking a Band 6 Mental Health Liaison Practitioner for the Acute Liaison Psychiatry Service. The role involves delivering compassionate assessments and interventions for service users in mental health crisis within the General Hospital setting. Candidates should have experience with diverse age groups and a nursing qualification. The position offers flexible working arrangements and a range of health benefits.

Benefits

Increased mileage rates

Health and wellbeing support packages

Development and learning opportunities

Qualifications

• Experience working with children, young people, and older adults in mental health crisis.
• Ability to conduct mental health assessments and provide solution-focused interventions.
• Strong communication skills to work with service users and stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Provide high standard nursing care within the Acute Community Services.
• Conduct clinical risk and mental health assessments in A&E Department.
• Develop safe pathways for intoxicated service users and provide tailored support.

Skills

Crisis intervention

Collaborative working

Trauma-informed care

Empathy and compassion

Education

Nursing qualification

Job description

BDCFT is looking for enthusiastic and innovative Band 6 Acute Liaison Psychiatry Service (ALPS) Mental Health Liaison Practitioner to be an active part of a team of trained and competent professionals in liaison Mental Health, who deliver a timely and compassionate assessment which effectively sign posts service users with mental health issues, presenting in our Bradford General Hospital.

ALPS is an all age service, therefore experience of working with children and young people and older people who are experiencing a mental health crisis would be desirable.

The successful applicants will need to be an excellent motivated practitioner, able to work within a General Hospital environment, respecting their views and methods, while simultaneously promoting Mental Health and collaborative working. In addition, close relationships and partnership working will be essential with other key stakeholders such as the Voluntary Care Sector, Local Authority, Blue light services and above all the service users and their families. Other key areas of work that the applicant will need to focus on are trauma informed care, ensuring older adults receive an equitable service, creating safe and inclusive pathways for the intoxicated service user, a focus on the increased risks for Perinatal service users and linking in to key services to counter the impact of social deprivation.

To provide a high standard of nursing care for service users within the Acute Community Services in Bradford. Mental Health Practitioners working within the Acute Community Service provide clinical risk and mental health assessment, formulation and short-term contingency planning to service users presenting in the Accident and Emergency Departments who are in mental health crisis. Working within the community, Mental Health Practitioners provide a range of face‑to‑face brief solution focused interventions empowering service users, carers and their families in decision making and signpost to a range of health and social care resources for support. There is the opportunity for placements within the Acute Community Services which includes Acute Liaison Psychiatry Service, Intensive Home Treatment and First Response Service. But this role is specific to our Acute Liaison Psychiatry Service, which are based the local General Hospitals.

Core Values

• We Care – We act with respect and empathy, and always value difference
• We Listen – We understand people's views and respond to their individual needs
• We Deliver – We develop and provide excellent services and support our partners

We will consider a variety of flexible working arrangements to enable staff to balance their work and home lives and support staff by offering a fantastic range of benefits including :

• Increase mileage rates for > 3500
• A wide range of health and wellbeing support packages
• A range of internal and external development and learning opportunities
• Plus many more.

We are also proud to pledge our support to the Armed Forces and hold a Bronze Award in the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme. BDCFT is dedicated to environmental and social sustainability by delivering on the commitments within our Green Plan. All staff are actively encouraged and supported to participate in training and to identify and implement sustainable quality improvement across all service areas and activities.