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A leading healthcare provider in the UK seeks a Mental Health Liaison Nurse for its Crisis Assessment Unit. The role involves performing biopsychosocial assessments for adults in crisis and formulating care plans. The ideal candidate should be adaptable, skilled in crisis assessments, and able to work unsocial hours. This position offers excellent career development opportunities, a supportive team environment, and a commitment to diversity and equality.
We are looking to recruit a Mental Health Liaison Nurse to join the Crisis Assessment Unit (CAU) which works alongside the well‑established Mental Health Liaison Team (MHLT) at St Thomas' Hospital. The post holder will be expected to be an advocate for mental health within the hospital and support all staff in providing care for people presenting with complex and multifaceted difficulties. The CAU is a bespoke mental‑health assessment unit firmly embedded within the emergency department (ED) of STH and operates as a safe, therapeutic space for those experiencing an acute crisis.
We are keen to employ adaptable and motivated individuals who are willing to become actively involved in this fast‑paced and progressive service. The role offers an excellent opportunity for anyone looking to further their experience of liaison psychiatry and develop their skills in crisis assessments and physical healthcare.
The team works alongside Mental Health for Older Adults, Perinatal Mental Health, and Neuropsychiatry; the post holder will provide assessment and care to patients presenting from these specialist areas, out of hours. The team operates on a 24‑hour, 7‑day a week basis and it is essential that the post holder is able to work unsocial hours, including night shifts and weekends on a pro‑rated basis.
The role of the mental health liaison nurse within the CAU will be to complete biopsychosocial assessments of adults in crisis, formulate robust and holistic risk‑management and care plans, and work alongside acute hospital colleagues and partner agencies to develop plans of care alongside the patient and their carers, relatives or friends. A sound, existing knowledge of the interface between physical and mental health is essential, as well as experience of working with those who use illicit substances and/or misuse alcohol.
The Trust is committed to providing services which embrace diversity and promote equality of opportunity. We are a Disability Confident Employer, welcome applicants from all sections of the community and people of all protected characteristics, provide reasonable adjustments for candidates with a disability, and are committed to treating people fairly with compassion, respect and dignity, and in promoting equality and human rights.
South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust has a rich history, well‑established community links and an international reputation. We deliver specialist services in the London boroughs of Croydon, Lambeth, Lewisham and Southwark, Bexley, Bromley, Greenwich, Wandsworth and Richmond.
We are committed to providing high‑quality, specialist care to our service users and we are recognised for our care and treatment; the Care Quality Commission already rates our services as ‘good’.
We launched our five‑year strategy, Aiming High; Changing Lives in 2021 together with Our Care Improvement System as our quality management system methodology to make a positive impact on patient care, outcomes and staff experience.
We recognises the unique and valuable contribution that people with lived experience of mental illness can bring to a role. We therefore welcome applications from people with lived experience and consider them an asset to the Trust.
We take pride in providing specialist care to our service users where our Trust values and our promise to be caring, kind, polite, prompt, honest, listen and do what I say I’m going to do is at the heart of everything we do. When you join us, you’ll be part of something special.
As a Trust we are happy to talk flexible working.
We look forward to receiving your application.
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