Mental Health Liaison Practitioner

We are looking for enthusiastic, ‘can do’, and motivated Band 6 Mental Health Practitioners from a range of professional backgrounds to join our Multi-Disciplinary Team. We are keen to recruit Nurses, Occupational Therapists and Social Workers to join our service. An AMHP qualification or a willingness to work towards this qualification is particularly desirable.

As one of the main mental health service providers within Greater Manchester, we recognise the priority to achieve a parity between mental and physical health care and are committed to achieving this, enabled by our CORE 24 Liaison Mental Health services. Our services work at the interface between physical and mental health to bridge this gap. Our teams operate 24/7 to provide responsive mental health care in the acute hospital and A&E settings, delivered by experienced and established multidisciplinary teams.

You will be actively supported to develop as a mental health professional, building on your existing experience and knowledge. Due to the diverse nature of the populations we serve, you will have a wide range of exciting learning opportunities available to you. The day-to-day diversity of our services and the support in learning are key reasons why people join us Your learning will be further supported by the fact that you will be working within experienced multidisciplinary teams among experts in a number of different fields involved in wider research and service development agendas.

We recognise the importance of supporting our staff to achieve an effective work-life balance and maintain positive wellbeing. Therefore, we work with team members to offer flexibility in their roles and working wherever this is possible. Our services describe themselves as mutually supportive and we understand the challenges that can be associated with mental health care delivery.

Greater Manchester Mental Health (GMMH) Foundation Trust employs over 6,400 members of staff, who deliver services from more than 160 locations.

We provide inpatient and community-based mental health care for people living in Bolton, the city of Manchester, Salford, Trafford and the borough of Wigan, and a wide range of specialist mental health and substance misuse services across Greater Manchester, the north west of England and beyond.

Greater Manchester is one of the world's most innovative, original and exciting places to live and work. From the beauty of the surrounding countryside to the heart of the vibrant inner city with great shopping, entertainment and dining options.

Wherever you go you will experience a great northern welcome with people famed for their warmth, humour and generosity.

Our people enjoy their work, have opportunities to learn and develop their skills and are encouraged to generate new ideas that improve care for our service users.

To provide in-reach into the A&E department and general acute wards providing comprehensive assessments to plan and identify the mental health needs for patients referred to the service and to follow up.

To have an understanding physical health conditions and impact they can have on mental health.

To be able to engage and establish an empathic rapport with patients with a wide spectrum of mental health problems in difficult settings.

To possess the knowledge of the different components of mental health assessments within a defined model for a range of conditions including robust risk assessment and management of risk following assessment.

To be able to competently undertake a comprehensive mental health assessment.

To ensure the timely and comprehensive completion of specialist mental health assessments for individuals on the acute wards requiring funding to meet their future care needs e.g. continuing health care needs assessment, or specialist nursing assessment.

To ensure that carers are informed and involved in care and where appropriate supported through the process according to the wishes of the patient.

Please see attached job description and person specification.

Staff benefits
- Pay Enhancements - 30% additional for Evenings (8pm onwards) and Saturdays and 60% additional for Sundays and Bank holidays.
- 27 days annual leave plus bank holidays rising to 29 after 5 years and 33 days after 10 years
- Excellent pension
- Cycle to work scheme
- Salary sacrifice car scheme
- Wellbeing programme
- Blue Light Card Discounts