Psychiatric Liaison Nurse

Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust; Woolwich; On-site; GBP 36,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust seeks an experienced mental health nurse to join the Greenwich Mental Health Liaison Team. The role focuses on bio-psycho-social assessments for patients referred from the Emergency Department and medical wards, including Sect 136 cases, with emphasis on mental state and risk assessment.

The team is well supported by Home Treatment and other community teams; candidates should have at least 2 years post-qualification experience, be NMC registered, and be able to carry

Qualifications

• Qualified mental health nurse registered with the NMC.
• At least 2 years post-qualification experience.
• Experience in Home Treatment or assessment teams preferred.
• Good communication, teamwork and leadership qualities required.

Responsibilities

• Carry out independent assessments and formulate robust risk management plans.
• Engage in emergency assessments with focus on mental state and risk.
• Collaborate with Home Treatment teams and other community mental health services.

Skills

Mental health nursing

NMC registered

Risk assessment

Independent assessments

Leadership qualities

Job description

We seek to appoint an experienced, confident mental health nurse, interested in working with comorbidities, to join the Greenwich Mental Health Liaison Team. The team is settled, experienced and held in high esteem for carrying out bio-psycho-social assessments on people who present with mental health difficulties, referred from the Emergency Department and the medical wards. The team also deals with Sect 136 patients who are brought to the Emergency Dept. by the police. As an emergency assessment team, the focus is on mental state- and risk- assessment and management. The work is interesting and varied and the team is well supported by the acute psychiatric wards, Home Treatment teams and other community mental health teams. This is a busy team in a stressful environment, but the team members are very supportive of colleagues. Good practice is encouraged by regular reflective team supervision, as well as individual supervision, and there are opportunities for personal and professional development and training.

The post holder will be a qualified mental health nurse, registered with the NMC and with at least 2-yrs post-qualification relevant experience. Prior experience of work in a Home Treatment or other assessment team is highly recommended, as the post-holder will be expected to carry out independent assessments and formulate robust risk management plans. To be successful in this role the post-holder will need a good knowledge of both the MHA and the MCA. The job role further requires good communication and interface skills, good time-keeping and organisational skills, team work, and leadership qualities.

Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,300 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, secure hospitals, children's centres, schools and people's homes. We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations in the South of England. In London we operate within the Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent. We manage hospital sites including Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital, Woolwich, as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs. We are the largest NHS provider of prison health services providing healthcare to prisons within Devon, Dorset, Bristol, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, Kent and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people. Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families. This is strengthened by our new values:

• We're Kind
• We're Fair
• We Listen
• We Care