Specialist Liaison Practitioner

Job overview

The Mental Health Liaison Service is a CORE 24 team working within Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill hospitals, specialising in providing mental health care within the acute hospitals. Our service works at the interface between physical and mental health to achieve a parity between mental and physical health care.

We are welcoming interest from Registered Mental Health Nurses, Registered Social Workers or Registered Learning Disability Nurses working at a Band 6 level, who enjoy working in fast paced and busy environment.

We are seeking someone who has experience and is clinically confident in carrying out a comprehensive Bio-Psychosocial Assessments in line with NICE Guidelines and are able to develop the formulation of treatment and risk management plans based on assessment of needs.

The service operates on a shift system of long days and nights to provide 24/7 365 days a year.

This is a fantastic opportunity for someone who would like a new challenge where no two days will be the same!

Main duties of the job

In this role you will;

• Offer a Mental Health and Risk assessment service to an ageless patient group presenting at the general hospital with a broad range of mental health, psychological problems and diagnosed psychiatric illnesses. • Be committed to the parity of esteem agenda, and work closely with both physical and mental health clinicians to ensure a seamless delivery of care. • Provide a Mental Health consultation, liaison and advice service throughout the departments. • Assist and supporting general hospital colleagues in making decisions about treatment and care in complex situations. • Provide formal and informal education and case consultation to registered and unregistered staff. • Provide a communication structure between secondary mental health services, primary care and non-statutory services, as a means of ensuring the highest possible standards of patient care.

We are led by a Consultant Psychiatrist and Clinical Leads, and are committed to supporting your ongoing professional development.

Whilst Practitioners are expected to work autonomously providing Mental Health assessments and interventions to our patients, there is an emphasis within the team of Multi-Disciplinary working and managing care jointly.  We are an extremely supportive team and hold a wealth of knowledge, experience and expertise within our team. We encourage this to be shared to promote learning and to provide the best and safest care possible to our patients and their families.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For further information with regards to this vacancy please see the attached Job description and Person Specification.