Mental Health Liaison Practitioner

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a 18.5 hrs band 6 Mental Health Liaison Practitioner to join the Mental Health Liaison team based in Royal Glamorgan Hospital.

The Mental Health Liaison Team is set up to provide an Adult ageless  service for  patients admitted to the  general hospital as well as the emergency departments.  The team offer timely comprehensive assessment of the mental health needs of those referred that present with unexplained medical conditions that may be a consequence of mental health illness or co-occurring mental health and physical health problems and individuals that are presenting with incidents of self-harm.

The successful candidate will possess excellent communication skills, be a good team player with a flexible attitude and the ability to provide high quality individualised assessments and advice on the care and treatment of patients within the general hospital setting.

Work effectively within a multi-disciplinary team and demonstrate a genuine interest and enthusiasm for caring for people with mental health difficulties.

If you are keen to enhance your personal and professional development, whilst making a real difference to patients, we would love to hear from you.

We are looking to appointment an enthusiastic, passionate, motivated individual who has a genuine desire to make a difference to our Mental Health Liaison Team.

Main duties of the job

This post is fixed term/secondment for 6 months due to meet the needs of the service

If you are interested in applying for the secondment position, you must obtain permission from your current line manager prior to applying for this post.

The main purpose of this role is to contribute to a 7 day a week provision of a Mental Health Liaison Service.

You will need to demonstrate a sound clinical knowledge and awareness of current clinical practice and have sound knowledge of safeguarding procedures, the Mental Health Act, Mental Capacity Act and the Mental Health Measures.

The post holder must have good communication, listening and organisational skills which are essential for the role along with excellent clinical assessment and formulation skills to meet the needs of the clinical team.

The post holder must have a positive attitude, be able to work as a member of a team and autonomously in a challenging and changeable environment and have excellent presentation, oral and written communication skills always acting in a professional manner.

Provide training and education for both Pre Registration and Post  Registration nursing students and other health care professionals/agencies.

Contribute to the development of a comprehensive liaison service.

Foster robust working relationships with colleagues from all disciplines within the general hospital setting and within the mental health services to facilitate improved joint working.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click “Apply now” to view in Trac.

This post is secondment for 6 months due to - meet the needs of the service

If you are interested in applying for the secondment position, you must obtain permission from your current line manager prior to applying for this post.

Welsh Skills Desirable: This post is advertised as Welsh Desirable. This doesn’t mean essential; whilst the candidate doesn't need to have skills in Welsh, we'll consider it an advantage when short-listing and selecting candidates. This isn’t ‘fluency’, just Speaking & Listening skills at Level 3 (equivalent to CEFR B2) or above. Level 3 means basic conversations with patients about their everyday health. For more information, see ‘Welsh Language Guidance’ in the documents right at the bottom.