Psychiatric Liaison Service Clinician - Aylesbury

Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust; Aylesbury; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading healthcare provider as a Psychiatric Liaison Service Clinician in Aylesbury. You will provide essential mental health services in acute settings, working collaboratively with a multidisciplinary team. The role offers opportunities for career progression and tailored training within a supportive environment.

Benefits

Career progression

Tailored training

NHS discounts

Pension scheme

Employee Assistance Programme

Mental Health First Aiders

Staff accommodation

Qualifications

• Proven team working skills required.
• Ability to travel independently between sites.
• Experience in providing mental health services.

Responsibilities

• Provide mental health services at Stoke Mandeville and Wycombe General Hospital.
• Manage assessments in a busy environment autonomously.
• Support timely and safe discharge from wards.

Skills

Team working

Crisis assessment

Mental health advice

Education

NMC pin or HCPC registration

Job description

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Do you want to join a small, fun and well-regarded Liaison team in Buckinghamshire?

We are seeking a Psychiatric Liaison Service Clinician to join our Psychiatric Liaison Service. The purpose of the Bucks Psychiatric Liaison Service (PLS) is to provide a liaison psychiatry service for patients in acute psychiatric states (psychosis, severe depression, dementia, and delirium) presenting to the Acute Hospital Trust, and where appropriate, provide assessment, liaison, and treatment advice to meet mental health as well as physical needs.

Along with crisis assessments within hospital settings, we also provide expert mental health advice, support, and training to staff. You must be able to work collaboratively with a multidisciplinary team to ensure the care provided is safe, effective, and of high quality.

We are a strong team working towards PLAN accreditation and seek someone with proven team working skills. Please note this role requires clinicians to work 3 long days per week on a rota system with 4 rest days.

Key Responsibilities:

1. Provide mental health services at Stoke Mandeville and Wycombe General Hospital, ensuring patients' mental health needs are met alongside their physical needs.
2. Function autonomously, managing assessments in a busy environment.
3. Arrange and provide brief evidence-based psycho-social treatments for patients who have self-harmed.
4. Support timely and safe discharge from wards, working closely with the Trust to avoid unnecessary hospital stays.
5. Contribute to reducing unnecessary inpatient admissions and support appropriate care packages as alternatives to admission.

The ability to travel independently between sites within the Trust is essential. If you are outside the UK, you must be fully qualified, have passed your OSCE, and hold an NMC pin or HCPC registration.

Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust provides physical, mental health, and social care across various regions. Our services are delivered at community bases, hospitals, clinics, and homes, aiming for care as close to home as possible.

Our vision is that everyone receives: “Outstanding care delivered by an outstanding team” and our values are: “Caring, safe and excellent”.

We offer benefits including career progression, tailored training, annual leave, NHS discounts, pension scheme, lease car, cycle scheme, Employee Assistance Programme, Mental Health First Aiders, staff accommodation, and support groups.

For more details or informal visits, contact: Lauren Jenkins, Deputy Team Manager, at [e-mail] or 01865901966.

We value candidates with motivation and shared values. If you don’t meet all requirements but are interested, please contact us to discuss further.

Additional Information:

• Seniority level: Entry level
• Employment type: Full-time
• Job function: Health Care Provider
• Industries: Hospitals and Healthcare