We are looking for a highly dedicated Nurse, Occupational Therapist, or Social Worker to join our Liaison Psychiatry Service at Epsom General Hospital in Epsom, Surrey.
Our team is an assessment and signposting service in the general hospital setting. We also offer teaching and education about mental health to raise awareness. Our team is a small multidisciplinary team consisting of clinicians, a service manager, a team administrator, and a team consultant. Our team is diverse, kind, and inclusive. If you would like to work for us, you can consider this challenging but rewarding role.
Our service is a specialist service within Hospitals and Specialist services. We are a core 24/7 days service, and our clinical staff works on a 27/7 roster covering long days, nights, and twilight shifts.
We also offer opportunities for development and growth. You will need the ability to work autonomously while still contributing to the team as a whole. Previous experience of working in Liaison Psychiatry/HTT/community and across ages is desirable, although not essential. We offer excellent staff support through clinical supervision and teamwork.
You will have an excellent and positive approach to work, with an outstanding, demonstrable background of providing high-quality care. You will have an insight into liaison psychiatry and the national guidelines impacting these services.
Main duties of the job To carry out psychosocial assessments of people referred to the Liaison service from a variety of sources within the General Hospital, including A&E and Medical Wards. To work with people presenting with a range of psychosocial needs arising in the context of physical illness, as well as people presenting to the hospital following self-harm or in a mental health crisis. To provide rapid psychiatric assessment and safe discharge planning in the Emergency Department. To agree on a collaborative plan of care with people who use our services and their carers where appropriate and arrange appropriate after-care. To ensure that the relatives, carers, and friends are actively encouraged to participate in care, provided with information, help, and support where necessary. To mentor, supervise, and teach qualified and unqualified staff, including students. To lead the care for a specified group of service users such as frequent A&E attendees. To assist in the development and maintenance of good working relationships with general hospital staff, local mental health services, primary care, and non-statutory organisations.
About us Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is the leading provider of health and social care services for people of all ages with mental ill-health and learning disabilities in Surrey and North East Hampshire. We also provide social care services for people with a learning disability in Croydon and ASD and ADHD assessment services in Hampshire.
We actively seek to engage people who use our services and our communities in improving the mental wellbeing of the local population. We work closely with other NHS and voluntary sector organisations who provide services and support people who use services and carers.
Surrey is a beautiful county lying just 30 minutes away from Central London and from the South Coast. Our historic market towns and bustling districts are enveloped in wonderful countryside, and our excellent road and rail networks bring the rest of the country within easy reach. For international travel, both Gatwick and Heathrow airports are nearby.
Please note that we reserve the right to close posts as soon as sufficient applications are received. Working from home contracts do not attract high-cost area payments. We look forward to receiving your application!
Job description Job responsibilities To co-ordinate and monitor the delivery of person-centered healthcare to a designated group of people who use our services, using complex clinical decision-making where appropriate. To be responsible for the full assessment of the psychiatric/psychosocial needs of those patients who have been referred to the service, including the comprehensive assessment of risks to self and others. To be responsible for the development, implementation, and evaluation of robust discharge plans based on a clear assessment and formulation of the person's needs, which may include urgent referral to secondary mental health services, social and voluntary services. To work as a member of the MDT in assessing and planning care and responding to changes in people who use our services. To act in a manner to respect the customs, individuality, values, sexuality, and spiritual beliefs, actively supporting the individual to fulfill these. To ensure provision of therapeutic activities, emotional support, and stability to clients to ensure effective engagement while maintaining professional boundaries. To create, develop, and maintain professional supportive relationships with all members of staff, with other professionals and agencies to enhance recovery. To act as a role model in providing a service for people with mental health problems within the general hospital setting.
Person Specification Qualifications Essential Professional Qualification as RMN/RN (Mental Health) or Occupational Therapist or Social Worker with professional registration (NMC/HCPC). Willingness to complete Mentorship course.
Experience Essential Experience post-qualification working with people with mental health problems. Independent assessment skills i.e. CMHRS duty, HTT assessment, liaison assessment, or similar would be desirable. Awareness of personal and professional boundaries. Evidence of CPD.
Employer details Employer name Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust Address Epsom General Hospital Dorking Road Epsom KT18 8EG Any attachments will be accessible after you click to apply. 325-6846347-SS #J-18808-Ljbffr
Our team is an assessment and signposting service in the general hospital setting. We also offer teaching and education about mental health to raise awareness. Our team is a small multidisciplinary team consisting of clinicians, a service manager, a team administrator, and a team consultant. Our team is diverse, kind, and inclusive. If you would like to work for us, you can consider this challenging but rewarding role.
Our service is a specialist service within Hospitals and Specialist services. We are a core 24/7 days service, and our clinical staff works on a 27/7 roster covering long days, nights, and twilight shifts.
We also offer opportunities for development and growth. You will need the ability to work autonomously while still contributing to the team as a whole. Previous experience of working in Liaison Psychiatry/HTT/community and across ages is desirable, although not essential. We offer excellent staff support through clinical supervision and teamwork.
You will have an excellent and positive approach to work, with an outstanding, demonstrable background of providing high-quality care. You will have an insight into liaison psychiatry and the national guidelines impacting these services.
Main duties of the job To carry out psychosocial assessments of people referred to the Liaison service from a variety of sources within the General Hospital, including A&E and Medical Wards. To work with people presenting with a range of psychosocial needs arising in the context of physical illness, as well as people presenting to the hospital following self-harm or in a mental health crisis. To provide rapid psychiatric assessment and safe discharge planning in the Emergency Department. To agree on a collaborative plan of care with people who use our services and their carers where appropriate and arrange appropriate after-care. To ensure that the relatives, carers, and friends are actively encouraged to participate in care, provided with information, help, and support where necessary. To mentor, supervise, and teach qualified and unqualified staff, including students. To lead the care for a specified group of service users such as frequent A&E attendees. To assist in the development and maintenance of good working relationships with general hospital staff, local mental health services, primary care, and non-statutory organisations.
About us Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is the leading provider of health and social care services for people of all ages with mental ill-health and learning disabilities in Surrey and North East Hampshire. We also provide social care services for people with a learning disability in Croydon and ASD and ADHD assessment services in Hampshire.
We actively seek to engage people who use our services and our communities in improving the mental wellbeing of the local population. We work closely with other NHS and voluntary sector organisations who provide services and support people who use services and carers.
Surrey is a beautiful county lying just 30 minutes away from Central London and from the South Coast. Our historic market towns and bustling districts are enveloped in wonderful countryside, and our excellent road and rail networks bring the rest of the country within easy reach. For international travel, both Gatwick and Heathrow airports are nearby.
Please note that we reserve the right to close posts as soon as sufficient applications are received. Working from home contracts do not attract high-cost area payments. We look forward to receiving your application!
Job description Job responsibilities To co-ordinate and monitor the delivery of person-centered healthcare to a designated group of people who use our services, using complex clinical decision-making where appropriate. To be responsible for the full assessment of the psychiatric/psychosocial needs of those patients who have been referred to the service, including the comprehensive assessment of risks to self and others. To be responsible for the development, implementation, and evaluation of robust discharge plans based on a clear assessment and formulation of the person's needs, which may include urgent referral to secondary mental health services, social and voluntary services. To work as a member of the MDT in assessing and planning care and responding to changes in people who use our services. To act in a manner to respect the customs, individuality, values, sexuality, and spiritual beliefs, actively supporting the individual to fulfill these. To ensure provision of therapeutic activities, emotional support, and stability to clients to ensure effective engagement while maintaining professional boundaries. To create, develop, and maintain professional supportive relationships with all members of staff, with other professionals and agencies to enhance recovery. To act as a role model in providing a service for people with mental health problems within the general hospital setting.
Person Specification Qualifications Essential Professional Qualification as RMN/RN (Mental Health) or Occupational Therapist or Social Worker with professional registration (NMC/HCPC). Willingness to complete Mentorship course.
Experience Essential Experience post-qualification working with people with mental health problems. Independent assessment skills i.e. CMHRS duty, HTT assessment, liaison assessment, or similar would be desirable. Awareness of personal and professional boundaries. Evidence of CPD.
Employer details Employer name Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust Address Epsom General Hospital Dorking Road Epsom KT18 8EG Any attachments will be accessible after you click to apply. 325-6846347-SS #J-18808-Ljbffr
