Urgent Care Practitioner - Mental Health Liaison

Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust; Bognor Regis; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 54,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Golden Hello or Relocation Incentive

Job summary

Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust in England is seeking an Urgent Care Practitioner to join the Mental Health Liaison team. You will assess and treat patients at the General Hospital, bridging physical and psychological health while working with hospital colleagues.

The post supports 24/7 urgent care with shifts including nights; you will teach staff and collaborate across teams. A Golden Hello or Relocation Incentive may apply.

Qualifications

• Excellent communication skills
• Experience with older people in mental health
• Ability to work autonomously while contributing to the team
• Willingness to deliver teaching sessions to hospital colleagues

Responsibilities

• Provide specialist mental health assessments and treatment for patients attending the General Hospital
• Support 24/7 urgent care pathway with shifts including nights
• Collaborate across Urgent Care Teams (Mental Health Liaison Team and The Haven)
• Build strong relationships with patients, carers, general hospital colleagues and other health/social care partners

Job description

Are you looking for a role which brings a real challenge every day?

We are looking for an Urgent Care Practitioner with experience of older people to join the Mental Health Liaison team who can bring knowledge and expertise to this dynamic area of mental health service provision.

You will be working at the interface between physical and psychological health and bring your knowledge and expertise to your general hospital colleagues. You will undertake specialist and timely mental health assessments and treatment for patients attending the General Hospital. We support patients with a wide range of problems, including self-harm, adjustment to illness and physical and psychological co-morbidities. As there is no entrance requirement for A&E and people’s perceptions of what constitutes a mental health emergency or crisis can vary, our team are referred people with all sorts of problems, including those people presenting to mental health services for the very first time.

This post offers the Trust's £2,000 Golden Hello or Relocation Incentive for Band 6 Nurses & Practitioners, (pro rata and subject to terms and conditions; please see attached Protocol Document for full details).

We are looking for some who is confident in the management of common mental health problems and who can bring their knowledge to their general hospital colleagues both informally and by undertaking teaching sessions. We have recently merged with our Older Persons Liaison Team so are now providing assessments and support to anyone over the age of 18.

You will need excellent communication skills and be able to foster excellent relationships with patients, carers, general hospital colleagues and other parts of the health and social care system.

This is a challenging but rewarding role, offering an exciting opportunity the right candidate. You will need the ability to work autonomously whilst still contributing to the team as a whole. If you enjoy the challenge and stimulus of working under pressure and are able to remain calm in quickly changing circumstances, you will be well suited to this role.

As our Urgent Care Pathway offers a service 24 hours a day into our General Hospital on the same site and the post-holder will work flexible hours to support delivery of 24/7 services. It is essential that you are able to work on a shift pattern to include nights.

This role will support the work of and across Urgent Care Teams (Mental Health Liaison Team and The Haven) and as such the post holder will be expected to work across these teams as required. Our services are integral to our Urgent Care Pathway and ensure people presenting to acute mental health services receive a compassionate, person-centred assessment and timely care plan whether this occurs in an acute setting such as The Haven; the General Hospital or in their home.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Linzi Wady Job title: Service Manager Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 07388 993941