Senior Liaison Mental Health Practitioner

PENNINE CARE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST; Oldham; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust is recruiting a senior mental health liaison practitioner for Oldham. You will assess referrals from A&E, hospital wards and police, plan care and support safe onward pathways.

The role focuses on relapse prevention, early discharge and improving quality of life for service users in acute and ward settings. You will join an experienced multidisciplinary team, providing high-quality assessments, training and support to hospital staff while maintaining patient

Qualifications

• Comprehensive mental health assessment and risk assessment for service users.
• Clinical assessments and interventions for relapse prevention, early discharge and QoL.
• Ability to work within a multidisciplinary Mental Health Liaison team.

Responsibilities

• Work within the Mental Health Liaison team to assess referrals from A&E, wards or S136.
• Carry out mental health assessments for individuals attending the Emergency Department.
• Provide support to hospital wards, health staff and police/ambulance colleagues to guide pathways.

Skills

Mental health assessment

Risk assessment

Care planning

A&E liaison

Multidisciplinary teamwork

Job description

Are you a Qualified Mental Health Professional looking for an exciting opportunity to work in a team that will help you to develop and achieve your goals? Oldham Liaison mental health is recruiting for a senior mental health liaison practitioner
You'll join an innovating team thriving to provide a high-quality service, ensuring patients receive a comprehensive assessment, onward referral and safety netted when the attend A&E in a mental health crisis, admitted on the wards or detained on S136.
Working in the LMHT you will receive all age referrals from A&E, hospital wards or section 136 from the police. Referrals will be assessed, and care planned for admission, discharge and signpost to services that can meet the needs of the individual. For service users presenting with symptoms of a severe and enduring illness, and/or risks to self or others, you will complete a comprehensive mental health assessment and risk assessment to ensure that risks are managed and on-going supported is provided., Main Duties and Responsibilities. this is not exhaustive? Work as part of the multi-disciplinary Mental Health Liaison team to deliver an effective and efficient response to referrals from the acute trust, providing clinical assessments and interventions focusing on relapse prevention, early discharge and improved quality of life for patients referred.? Be expected to undertake mental health assessments for people attending the Emergency Department, offering highly developed clinical and risk assessments and managements plans? Provide a service to the wards within the general hospital, assessing individualswith a range of complex physical and mental health needs. This would include both functional and organic illnesses of later life in addition to younger people? Provide support and training to acute hospital staff regarding recognising mental health conditions and appropriate management and onward referral pathways? Provide information and clinical support to police and ambulance staff
in order to help them make appropriate pathway decisions? Provide support and care for individuals brought to an identified Place of Safety under Section 136 of the Mental Health Act and co-ordinate the assessment process.
Oldham Liaison Mental Health is leading the way in delivering high quality, safe, effective and evidence based best practice assessments and support for patients in A&E and on medical wards. The team is currently working towards getting accredited by The Psychiatric Liaison Accreditation Network.
You will be joining a team of experience practitioners willing to support your learning and development needs, offering flexibility for work life balance and with a strong desire to maintain staff wellbeing.