Senior Mental Health Liaison Clinician for A&E & Wards

Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust; Bury; Presencial; GBP 38.000 - 52.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust in Bury is recruiting a Senior Mental Health Liaison Practitioner to join the Local Mental Health Team. You will assess referrals from A&E, hospital wards and S136, delivering clinical assessments and care planning.

The post offers an opportunity to develop in a supportive multidisciplinary environment, with emphasis on risk management, early discharge, and improving patient outcomes, while providing training to hospital staff.

Responsabilidades

• 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 individuals with 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.

Descripción del empleo

Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust in Bury is recruiting a Senior Mental Health Liaison Practitioner to join the Local Mental Health Team. You will assess referrals from A&E, hospital wards and S136, delivering clinical assessments and care planning.

The post offers an opportunity to develop in a supportive multidisciplinary environment, with emphasis on risk management, early discharge, and improving patient outcomes, while providing training to hospital staff.