Adult Hospital Liaison Mental Health Nurse

4 weeks ago


Doncaster, United Kingdom Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHSFT Full time

Job summary

As part of ongoing development and expansion we are developing our Hospital Liaison Team based at Doncaster Royal infirmary. The team is an all age service and we have older adult and substance misuse staff embedded within the core team.

We welcome applications from individuals with a minimum of 2 experience of delivering high quality assessments alongside evidence based interventions to adults receiving care within our local acute hospital.

This post is an exciting opportunity to make a difference work in a developing service at the front end of physical and mental health care in the acute hospital setting. This role will enable you to make a real difference to the lives of local people, by offering assessment, intervention, liaison in relation to co-existing mental health and psychological issues. The service will work closely with physical health, community mental health and IAPT services as well as our local social care and non-statutory colleagues.

The role calls for a highly skilled individual with excellent assessment, communication and brief intervention skills. The successful candidate must enjoy working as part of a wider team and fully understand the importance of liaison with other services. An awareness of how physical and mental illness can impact on outcomes and quality of life is a must in this position as well as good negotiation and problem solving skills.

Main duties of the job

To understand the requirements of the Mental Health Act 1983, Mental Capacity Act 2005, Care Act 2014, Care Programme Approach, Deprivation of Liberty safeguards as it applies to a psychiatric liaison service.

To promote and assist in the maintenance of the highest attainable standard of nursing care in a general hospital setting, drawing on examples of current best practice.

To provide specialist support and advice to referring agencies and case management, preventing unnecessarydelays.

To maintain timely clinical records and share content of clinical records/information appropriately with other professional and agencies, working across interfaces, to improve communication and timely patient care.

To advise patients, carers and significant others of the available resources. Referring assessed need to those agencies best able to meet these in the community and facilitate use of these resources.

About us

Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust (RDaSH) employ around 3700 talented colleagues who are very much appreciated, valued, and respected.

We have a wide portfolio which includes mental health, physical health, learning disability and drug and alcohol services.

We are passionate about enhancing the quality of our service and we work hard to attract and select the right colleagues for our organisation. Our goal is to employ those who share our passion for providing first class care while remaining committed to our vision and values.

To find out more about working for RDaSH and the fantastic benefits we offer visit our website:

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please view the attached job description and person specification to view the full details about the role.

Person Specification

Qualifications/Skills

Essential

Registered Mental Health Nurse. Risk assessment training Appropriate demonstrable experience of working with people with mental health problems. Experience of working with carers and families. Demonstrates advanced and comprehensive communication skills. Clear and concise command of English (written/oral.) Ability to organise and carry out teaching practice. Basic IT skills/Computer skills. Positive presentation skills Ability to integrate Self-motivated, starter and finisher. Must be able to demonstrate ability to prioritise workload Organised. Highly motivated. Flexibility

Desirable

Evidence of ability to work across team and organisational boundaries developing multiprofessional and multiagency partnerships. Hospital liaison experience. Experience of integrated working with physical health services. Excellent knowledge of mental illness, signs and symptoms
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