Senior Mental Health Practitioner
Posted 3 hours 10 minutes ago by NHS
£32,000 - £39,000 Annual
Permanent
Full Time
Other
Devon, Torquay, United Kingdom, TQ1 1TR
Job Description
We are seeking to recruit an experienced and motivated Band 6 Senior Mental Health Practitioner with significant post qualifying experience to join our dynamic team in the Torbay Liaison Psychiatry Service.
We welcome applicants who may consider a part time or full time contract and actively support Flexible Working Arrangements within the service.
Liaison Psychiatry is the branch of psychiatry that specialises in theinterface between medicine and psychiatry in a general hospital setting.
Liaison Psychiatry Services nationwide are experiencing significantinvestment and we are in the privileged position in Devon of being able tofurther enhance and develop our already well-established Liaison Services at Torbay District General Hospital in Torquay, South Devon.
You will have a key role in contributing to the mental health care ofpeople in the general hospital and we welcome applications from all mentalhealth professionals, including Nurses, Occupational Therapists and SocialWorkers.
This post covers a Core 24 hour service,working 7 days a week. In recognition of this, all staff received enhanced pay rates for unsocial hours.
You will be well supported within the team and encouraged to developyour clinical skills and knowledge base within a stimulating learningenvironment.
Main duties of the job You will be working within a Senior Mental Health Practitioner role helping support referrals from colleagues within Torbay General Hospital. You will be working within a busy team who complete both assessment and consultation work with people who require support for their mental health needs.
It will be your job to make specialist mental health assessments and devise interventions that will help people to recover. You will play a key role in a dynamic multidisciplinary team, working with multiple agencies on a daily basis.
You will be confident working with supervision, with the knowledge to devise individual recovery plans for the people you see. It is important that you can communicate effectively, not only with your colleagues, but the people you care for, their families and carers.
You will be an experienced mental health professional with a professional mental health qualification (RMN, CQSW / ASW, BSc/Diploma in OT, SROT)
We have a track record of supporting team members to grow in the role and can provide a range of training opportunities, including CPD modules that can help you develop the skills you need to thrive in the job and develop your career. At Torbay Liaison Psychiatry Service, we actively support staff career and professional development.
About us We provide mental health, learning disability and neurodiversity services, as well as a range of specialist & secure services for the wider south west region & nationally. We are passionate about promoting good mental health & wellbeing. We strive to use the expertise & resources within our organisation, and through our partnerships, to deliver high quality services that are safe & focused on people's recovery.
We are committed to developing a culture of coproduction, involving patients, families & carers in everything we do
Our values
We not only recruit based on qualifications & experience - we recruit individuals who possess & demonstrate the behaviours which underpin our Trusts core values. These include such attributes as showing a commitment to quality of care, improving lives of others, giving respect, dignity & compassion. We can bring those values to life in our everyday tasks by giving a smile; making time for people; challenging ourselves & others, & being open to new ideas.
We are committed to being an inclusive employer & applications are encouraged & welcomed from all sections of the community, regardless of any protected characteristics as governed by the Equality Act 2010. Part time & flexible working applications will be considered & supported, where possible. We particularly encourage applicants with lived experience of mental health conditions, neurodiversity or learning disabilities. We are a Disability Confident Leader.
Job responsibilities The Liaison Psychiatry Service provides a 24 hour, 7 day a week in and out of hours comprehensive service to patients, clinicians and carersat the local District General Hospital (DGH). This includes specialist mentalhealth assessment and intervention to people of all ages from the age of 18 whopresent or, are admitted to the DGH.
We provide a specialist consultation-liaisonservice to referring clinicians and clinical teams, assisting them in decisionmaking in difficult and complex cases, and providing both formal and informaleducation to qualified and unqualified staff, and offer a broad range ofspecialist psychosocial treatments for individual inpatients.
Staff within the service are also representingthe Devon Partnership Trust in the general hospital setting and will play avital role in communicating and maintaining a good working relationship betweenthe two organisations.
Throughconsultation, assessment and interventions, the Liaison Psychiatry Service aimsto -
In Torbay, our service incorporates the following areas:
Acute Care Pathway (ACP) Ensuring a timely response to people who attendthe Emergency Department and facilitating discharge from the Acute Medical Unitand other wards.
Inpatient Assessing andreviewing patients who are kept on caseload for a period of monitoring whilstthey remain in-patients in Torbay and South Devon DGH. This will include dementia, delirium,depression, eating disorders, psychosis, medication management & supportfor patient and ward in challenging situations, on-going risk assessment andmonitoring.
Integrated Psychological Medicine Service (IPMS)Ensuring pathways are in place to allow access to the right treatment at theright time for those who present with both complex physical and psychologicalneeds.
There are high ratesof mental health problems among people with long-term medical conditions andpeople with severe mental illness have a reduced life expectancy which can bedue to physical health issues.
Duties and Responsibilities
Communicationand Working Relationship Skills
We welcome applicants who may consider a part time or full time contract and actively support Flexible Working Arrangements within the service.
Liaison Psychiatry is the branch of psychiatry that specialises in theinterface between medicine and psychiatry in a general hospital setting.
Liaison Psychiatry Services nationwide are experiencing significantinvestment and we are in the privileged position in Devon of being able tofurther enhance and develop our already well-established Liaison Services at Torbay District General Hospital in Torquay, South Devon.
You will have a key role in contributing to the mental health care ofpeople in the general hospital and we welcome applications from all mentalhealth professionals, including Nurses, Occupational Therapists and SocialWorkers.
This post covers a Core 24 hour service,working 7 days a week. In recognition of this, all staff received enhanced pay rates for unsocial hours.
You will be well supported within the team and encouraged to developyour clinical skills and knowledge base within a stimulating learningenvironment.
Main duties of the job You will be working within a Senior Mental Health Practitioner role helping support referrals from colleagues within Torbay General Hospital. You will be working within a busy team who complete both assessment and consultation work with people who require support for their mental health needs.
It will be your job to make specialist mental health assessments and devise interventions that will help people to recover. You will play a key role in a dynamic multidisciplinary team, working with multiple agencies on a daily basis.
You will be confident working with supervision, with the knowledge to devise individual recovery plans for the people you see. It is important that you can communicate effectively, not only with your colleagues, but the people you care for, their families and carers.
You will be an experienced mental health professional with a professional mental health qualification (RMN, CQSW / ASW, BSc/Diploma in OT, SROT)
We have a track record of supporting team members to grow in the role and can provide a range of training opportunities, including CPD modules that can help you develop the skills you need to thrive in the job and develop your career. At Torbay Liaison Psychiatry Service, we actively support staff career and professional development.
About us We provide mental health, learning disability and neurodiversity services, as well as a range of specialist & secure services for the wider south west region & nationally. We are passionate about promoting good mental health & wellbeing. We strive to use the expertise & resources within our organisation, and through our partnerships, to deliver high quality services that are safe & focused on people's recovery.
We are committed to developing a culture of coproduction, involving patients, families & carers in everything we do
Our values
We not only recruit based on qualifications & experience - we recruit individuals who possess & demonstrate the behaviours which underpin our Trusts core values. These include such attributes as showing a commitment to quality of care, improving lives of others, giving respect, dignity & compassion. We can bring those values to life in our everyday tasks by giving a smile; making time for people; challenging ourselves & others, & being open to new ideas.
We are committed to being an inclusive employer & applications are encouraged & welcomed from all sections of the community, regardless of any protected characteristics as governed by the Equality Act 2010. Part time & flexible working applications will be considered & supported, where possible. We particularly encourage applicants with lived experience of mental health conditions, neurodiversity or learning disabilities. We are a Disability Confident Leader.
Job responsibilities The Liaison Psychiatry Service provides a 24 hour, 7 day a week in and out of hours comprehensive service to patients, clinicians and carersat the local District General Hospital (DGH). This includes specialist mentalhealth assessment and intervention to people of all ages from the age of 18 whopresent or, are admitted to the DGH.
We provide a specialist consultation-liaisonservice to referring clinicians and clinical teams, assisting them in decisionmaking in difficult and complex cases, and providing both formal and informaleducation to qualified and unqualified staff, and offer a broad range ofspecialist psychosocial treatments for individual inpatients.
Staff within the service are also representingthe Devon Partnership Trust in the general hospital setting and will play avital role in communicating and maintaining a good working relationship betweenthe two organisations.
Throughconsultation, assessment and interventions, the Liaison Psychiatry Service aimsto -
- Arrive at a formulation which willidentify the correct care pathway and ensure this is implemented
- Improve the quality of mental healthcare for all patients
- Improve quality of life for bothpatients and carers
- Identify and manage risk
- Reduce the length of stay in thegeneral hospital
- Prevent hospital admissions
- Reduce the number of incidents andcomplaints
- Measure improvements of healthoutcomes
- Determine service needs
In Torbay, our service incorporates the following areas:
Acute Care Pathway (ACP) Ensuring a timely response to people who attendthe Emergency Department and facilitating discharge from the Acute Medical Unitand other wards.
Inpatient Assessing andreviewing patients who are kept on caseload for a period of monitoring whilstthey remain in-patients in Torbay and South Devon DGH. This will include dementia, delirium,depression, eating disorders, psychosis, medication management & supportfor patient and ward in challenging situations, on-going risk assessment andmonitoring.
Integrated Psychological Medicine Service (IPMS)Ensuring pathways are in place to allow access to the right treatment at theright time for those who present with both complex physical and psychologicalneeds.
There are high ratesof mental health problems among people with long-term medical conditions andpeople with severe mental illness have a reduced life expectancy which can bedue to physical health issues.
Duties and Responsibilities
Communicationand Working Relationship Skills
- Contribute to the team and engage with a wide range of stakeholdersincluding staff, service users, their carers and other statutory andvoluntary sector agencies.
- Impart complex and sensitive information to:
- Patients and families/carers re assessment, care planning, treatmentand review
- Multi disciplinary teams to ensure the provision of consistent wellcoordinated care
- Primary care teams regarding client care
- External agencies also involved in the provision of care eg: voluntaryand private sector, police, social services, housing, employment etc
- Services user and carer groups
- Liaise with a wide range of other professions and agencies.
- Contribute to the safe and effective day to day operations of theservices including the handling of clinical enquiries.
- Present information, some of which may be contentious, to patients andtheir families and carers.
- Attend management and professional meetings as directed by their linemanager and professional lead.
- Responsible for planning and co-ordinating own day to day work load incollaboration with the needs of the service users and the wider needs of theservice. This requires excellentprioritisation skills.
- Plan and organise case conferences liaising with other agencies asrequired to meet the needs of their clients.
- Ensure that interventions are planned in an integrated and co-ordinatedmanner particularly where dependent on other external agencies.
- Undertake bio-psycho-social assessments, developinga working formulation and diagnosis which will identify onward carepathways. As part of thebio-psycho-social assessment completion of risk assessment and formulationwill determine risk management plans.
- Further assessments/reviews may be required and adjustmentsmade to care pathways where appropriate.
- Understands and recognises own limitations and seeks supervision whennecessary.
- Participate in research and development in linewith service delivery & development.
- Work withoutdirect supervision and take accountability for your own actions.
- When tasksare delegated, ensure that the person you have delegated these tasks to isappropriately skilled to undertake the tasks.
- Work withinthe operational policies and service specifications of the team.
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