Mental Health Liaison Nurse - Immediate starts!

The Mental Health Liaison Service is a 24 hour 7 days a week nurse led assessment and signposting service based within the acute hospital, New Cross Hospital. Although based at New Cross Hospital, you would also be expected to respond to referrals from the other sites at West Park Hospital and Cannock Chase Hospital and therefore you must be able to demonstrate you are able to travel to the 3 sites as required.

You would join a well-established service that has been operational since 1996 and has maintained very good working relationships within the acute and mental health trust and has developed in line with the NHS England standards for a CORE 24 model into a multi-disciplinary team.

The team provide high quality mental health nursing and an urgent assessment service to individuals attending the Emergency Department, and the wards within the 3 hospital sites at times of mental health crisis. The team receives a high number of referrals which can be complex and challenging, which provides an excellent opportunity to enhance your practice and develop your nursing skills.

In order to be considered for this post you will have already gained experience in mental health nursing within an acute setting (in-patient, crisis home treatment) and have robust and sound clinical assessment and decision-making skills including the ability to prioritise your workload whilst maintaining a degree of flexibility to accommodate competing demands of the service when they arise.

Main duties of the job

• To work as part of the Trusts Urgent Care services specifically delivering a comprehensive 24/7 Liaison Mental Health Service for the Emergency Department (ED) of the Royal Wolverhampton Trust (RWT) and related hospitals. The service purpose is to support and assess those attending the RWT acute hospitals who are experiencing a range of mental health problems, have self-harmed or actively suicidal or are in mental health crisis


• Provide time limited liaison follow up when needed for RWT inpatients presenting with more complex and enduring mental health needs and provide a consultative / advisory role to professional colleagues on clinical issues related to mental health needs.


• To contribute to the ongoing improvement of the Mental Health Liaison Service currently offered in the Emergency Department and on the wards at the acute hospitals.


• To contribute to the service which will be operating in line with the 'Core 24' model and follows guidance from NICE for the assessment of individuals presenting at the acute hospital and the policy implementation guide for Liaison Psychiatry and psychological medicine.


• To contribute to Mental Health provision and education programmes within the RWT acute hospitals.


Working for our organisation

Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust provides specialist mental health, learning disability, and community healthcare services for the population of the Black Country.

Across the whole of the region we provide:

• Adult and older adult mental health services


• Specialist learning disability services


• CAMHS


Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust was formed on 1 April 2020, after NHS England and NHS Improvement approved the merger of Black Country Partnership NHS Foundation Trust and Dudley and Walsall Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust.

Combining resources, strategies and talented workforce enables us to deliver a wider variety of outstanding services that are based on best practice and are continually improving.

We currently employ over 3,000 members of staff and just like the population we serve, we are made up of diverse cultures and backgrounds.

• Detailed job description and main responsibilities


• Provide evidence based mental health and risk assessments of individuals presenting with acute mental health issues and/or who have self-harmed and are under the care of New Cross Hospital, West Park Hospital or Cannock Chase Hospital.Respond to referrals from the Emergency Department, Acute Medical Unit, Urgent Care Centre and the wards/departments at the identified Royal Wolverhampton Trust sites within the timescales provided.Undertake a comprehensive biopsychosocial/risk assessment and develop comprehensive care packages for patients who have received a face to face assessment and have been identified as meeting the criteria for support from local mental health services ie. Healthy Minds, Wellbeing Service, Complex Care, Early Intervention or Urgent Care Services including Home Treatment team and Inpatient services.Ensure referral and access to other services where appropriate e.g. Voluntary sector, community organisations etc. is in accordance with patient's needs,

agreement or best interests.To utilise the full range of mental health assessment skills that reduces the likelihood of an individual being signposted more than once and having duplicate assessments.To record interventions on Black Country Healthcare electronic patient record system. To record clinical information in RWT patient records.Ensure that written communication is relevant, accurate, clear, legible and organised. Agreed trust data sets and risk assessment documentation will be fully completed following each assessment.Provide information, education, support and advice to patients and their family / carers where relevant, this includes communicating complex and/or sensitive information.To provide support and advice to acute trust colleagues providing care to patients with mental health problems.Be skilled in recognising and interpreting abnormal signs/symptoms, including physical symptoms, underlying physical conditions that may impact on mental health
needs.Liaise with the Intake Team (Wolverhampton City Council Adult Social Care) or out of hours Social Services Emergency Duty Team, to arrange and attend Mental Health Act assessments.To reduce the number of re-attenders into the Emergency Departments by signposting to appropriate service.Job hours will include unsociable hours.

Experience in mental health nursing within an acute setting (in-patient, crisis home treatment)
Comprehensive biopsychosocial and risk assessment skills and formulation of management plans
Desirable criteria
pervious experience of working autonomously in an assessment service
knowledge of community pathways and community resources,
• Worked in a Liaison Psychiatry Service (desirable): 1 year (preferred)


• Worked in a Home Treatment / Crisis Service: 1 year (preferred)


Licence/Certification:

• RMN (required)


• formulation of risk assessments (required)


• Experience of conducting Biopsychosocial assessments (required)
  
  cost of living buster role!!! Full time - 37.5 hours per week (shift work including weekends, nights and bank holidays = excellent unsociable hours up-lift £££'ss These shifts can be done via the bank - weekly pay - and we can consider temp to perm allowing you to try before you sign up for a substantive post!, Job Types: Full-time, Temporary contract, Temp to perm


Pay: £25.00-£40.00 per hour

Expected hours: 37.5 per week

Benefits:

• Additional leave


• Childcare


• Company car


• Company events


• Company pension


• Cycle to work scheme


• Discounted or free food


• Employee discount


• Flexitime


• Free parking


• Gym membership


• Health & wellbeing programme


• On-site parking


• Sick pay


• Store discount


Schedule:

• 10 hour shift


• 12 hour shift


• 8 hour shift


• Day shift


• Holidays


• Monday to Friday


• Night shift


• Overtime


• Weekend availability


Ability to commute/relocate:

• Wolverhampton, West Midlands: reliably commute or be willing to relocate with an employer-provided relocation package (required)